After the capsule pod's vital-sign check was complete, its hatch opened just like last time.
I wore nothing but a simple sleeveless dress. I had no other belongings, and of course, no shoes or socks. I had fought my black-rabbit-armored self with this "equipment" before. Though I had Crystallization as my trump card, wasn't that a little unfair?!
I had probably woken up here more than once.
But every time, I lost to another version of myself, forgot what happened in reality, and was sent back to the New World...
Thinking about it, that was pretty embarrassing. Was the gap between me and that girl really so huge?
"Time to go."
I flipped out of the capsule pod. Without looking around any further, I headed toward the door from my memories. Naturally, I kept as quiet as possible along the way so she wouldn't notice me first...
Of course, she might have already noticed.
But that wasn't a problem. I had come to cause her trouble this time. Just because she was another me didn't mean I would go easy on her...
She was right. After being separated for so long, we were no longer the same individual.
I didn't shout or make any noise. One advantage of being barefoot was that it was harder to make a sound. I ran silently through the passageway filled with cables and pipes, quickly approaching the Stone Gate hall at the end.
All those cables converged there as well. I had no idea what those pipes were for...
There were no branching paths here.
Other than the lack of doors and windows, the building's structure was quite simple. Though it covered a large area, it was mostly empty. I had no idea why it had been designed with such a long corridor. It