Sealed Memories

He fell silent for a moment.

Lin An's mood was complicated.

Although the Second Will had not explained it explicitly, he quickly understood what it meant after the reminder.

"So."

"The way to enter the Phantom Story is to kill the Evil Thought Monsters one by one, following the order in which the story unfolds."

"Rather than constantly fighting the monsters and killing them in no particular order, which would be completely pointless."

"It really is quite simple..."

He let out a bitter laugh.

Lin An recalled the doubt he had had earlier.

That was why he had only come into contact with the phantom in the ninth layer of the Inner World.

His initial guess had been correct. The story that appeared in the phantom was indeed not something the System had created to reenact the events.

Nor was it meant to help Awakeners find the monsters' weaknesses.

It was simply telling him, in the most direct way possible, that he only needed to kill the monsters in the order of the story.

Janitor (Evil Thought behind the violence: Executioner, Wire Mesh Monster)

Rubber-Suited Man (Evil Thought behind the violence: Judge)

The Head Spider's true body (Evil Thought behind the violence: Indifferent Onlooker)

And finally, the nurse.

("That's right.")

The Second Will spoke calmly:

("You actually thought of this yourself.")

("ROSE, who controls the Inner World, would judge Awakeners who slaughtered one another as indifferent onlookers, or even accomplices of the monsters.")

("Then, looking at it from the opposite angle.")

("When you kill the monsters, you become one of her people in her eyes. After all, you avenged her.")

("That being the case, you can naturally enter the Inner World where she is.")

("Although it is somewhat far-fetched, the System has set the rules. You just have to do