I stared blankly at the bear's head.
Its eyes were glass beads, and its fur looked incredibly soft. If its head hadn't been so enormous, it would have been pretty cute.
I recognized it as an enlarged version of the teddy bear, the one that belonged to Lü Qiaolan. I'd even possessed it once and hugged it—or maybe I'd hugged one of its companions.
But when an originally adorable teddy bear was enlarged until one of its eyes was bigger than my head, it could hardly be called cute anymore.
The girl's screams and the blood I was submerged in made it impossible for me to associate the bear with anything adorable.
An exorcist... a teddy bear...
Was this the teddy bear's revenge? Or...
I didn't have time to think about it. The enormous teddy bear had already stood up and raised its cylindrical arm, bringing it down hard.
It had no claws, only a cylindrical arm. The arm should have been soft. Yet when it came down, it smashed the already damaged roof completely apart.
Bricks and stones fell into the blood, churning it into waves.
Once the walls around the entire space were destroyed, the blood carried us straight outside.
I heard the young man cursing.
"What the hell! Why hasn't this illusion disappeared yet? Hurry up and undo it—" His voice traveled away with his body, until he was somewhere I couldn't see.
The space seemed to have no boundaries, and the blood didn't seem to rise or fall.
I strained to turn my head, searching for the enormous teddy bear. Judging by its size, I should have spotted it immediately. As long as I looked in the right direction, it should have been impossible to miss. But after turning my head from side to side, I