Child Ghost stood motionless.
Its past experiences had taught it that it couldn't outrun this monster.
Being chased felt awful.
Especially that constant, shadow-like sense of tension.
It was afraid the monster would pounce on it and bite it. It watched as the distance between them grew shorter and shorter...
It was about to be caught!
The terror of having its life hang by a thread drove it to do something daring.
It stopped.
It was going to fight this monster.
But when it realized that the monster hadn't taken advantage of the opportunity to attack after it stopped, and had stopped as well, it was a little stunned.
What was going on?
Wasn't this monster going to eat it?
If not...
Child Ghost took a deep breath—
Then why was the damned monster acting as if it wouldn't stop chasing until it caught it?
Was it toying with it?
Child Ghost felt a lump of anger stuck in its throat.
It was so stifling that its eyes rolled back.
But the monster was stronger.
If the monster was more powerful than it, and it couldn't afford to provoke it, couldn't it at least avoid it?
It decided to leave.
Since the monster wasn't going to eat it, and had already toyed with it, it should be able to leave now, right?
Child Ghost cautiously took a step.
The cruel truth soon shattered its "wishful thinking."
When it stood still, the monster opposite it stood still too.
When it moved, the monster opposite it moved too.
Child Ghost: ...
Its whole face scrunched up.
Was the monster not done playing yet... or did it have some other purpose?
Child Ghost didn't know.
What it did know was that neither answer was good for it.
"Woof, woof~"
Duoji barked at