(Mi)
This wasn't my first time plunging into the Great Will's Consciousness Ocean.
As always, it was murky and pitch-black. Other than the all-pervasive negative emotions, there was nothing here. And yet it could maintain the New World's operations in such an environment...
No, the reason I felt uncomfortable was because I was Radiance's representative.
If I were a Witch, or an entity that used darkness as its primary energy source, perhaps I might have found this place comfortable?
Still, it was only somewhat unpleasant.
Compared to how unbearable it had been before, the Great Will could no longer inflict such overwhelming pressure on me.
Though I was an entity of consciousness, I still maintained the manifested form of myself wearing a combat suit.
"Mi Xue, isn't it about time you came out?"
I even took the initiative to call out to her.
"We won! A bet is a bet, so come out already!"
"Idiot! Why won't you ever listen to me properly?!"
Yet Mi Xue did not appear. The one standing before me was still the Black Rabbit... Her skin had returned to that soy-sauce color, and she stood in the empty void with her arms crossed.
I never knew I could make such a wide range of expressions—frowning, gritting my teeth, looking furious yet unable to say anything.
"I don't know what exactly you're trying to say, but the outcome has been decided. It's about time this farce involving the entire world came to an end."
"If you keep this up, you'll die."
"Are you threatening me?"
"It's a warning."
"So what exactly is it that Mi Xue cannot know? Are you mother and daughter still hiding things from each other?" I knew Mi Xue was listening, but I asked anyway.
As expected, the Black Rabbit did not