"Principal, what did you just say? Could you say that again?"
"..."
In short, Bronya started playing games with Theresa, and Theresa improved at an astonishing rate. With Bronya's reminders, she noticed many things she had never paid attention to before.
"On the third step ahead, two zombies will burst through the door. Step on it first, then back up. Go around them, head inside, and close the door. Those two can't open doors. There's a trophy on the left, pick it up. The key is behind the picture frame..."
Sure enough, there was absolutely nothing in common between how experts played games and how newbies played them.
There were also a few minor incidents along the way.
Bronya had never touched Easy Assist Mode, so she didn't know that its puzzles were simpler than those in Insane Mode.
That was beyond her expectations.
Seeing Theresa's tense and thrilled expression, Bronya had no idea why she was so delighted. Wasn't this something anyone with hands could play?
"Ah! I almost forgot!"
It took Theresa two hours and forty-two minutes to finish the entire run. As she watched the A+ rating float up alongside the ending music, satisfaction filled her heart. When she came back to herself, she suddenly realized the expert's patient guidance was no longer at her side. Bronya and Zhao Bai had vanished as well. They had gone out; compared to playing games with Theresa, running a restaurant apparently seemed more interesting.
She stamped her foot and muttered to herself, "That monster beneath the sea... How did I get so caught up in gaming that I forgot something so important?"
Theresa hurriedly got dressed and headed outside.
Deep beneath the sea, at the end of that long, narrow passageway, sat a massive stone sphere covered in cracks.