This was an open space whose design carried a certain symbolic significance. Several large holes had somehow been torn through the once-sealed ceiling, and faint light from outside streamed in from crisscrossing angles.
The light illuminated the unique structure at the center of the hall—the staircases and walkways did not simply rise straight up and down, but spiraled upward in an elegant yet mysterious double-helix structure, like the building's own spine.
It looked just like the double helix of DNA.
Mu hurried up an intact staircase he had found after entering a vertical shaft on the side, using the shadows above as cover while his hawk-like gaze swept over the similarly spiraling walkway ahead.
Bang!
Muzzle flash tore through the darkness as a bullet struck the rusted railing beside Mu, sending up a spray of sparks.
While the lingering echoes of the gunshot reverberated through the hall, the man's voice drifted down from the darkness above.
"Do you know what this place is, Mu!?"
The white-clad figure standing at the end of the high spiral staircase exuded a poison capable of corroding the mind through his words, even with that damned mask on.
Rau Le Creuset—had this guy lured him here just to talk about something so pointless?
"Who the hell cares, bastard!"
The fury and irritation in Mu's heart erupted without needing any buildup. Though he gave the most vicious reply possible, his hands did not hesitate as he pulled the trigger again toward the source of the voice. The muzzle jumped, and bullets howled through the double-helix structure.
Mu's bullets tore through the dim air with shrill whistles, but ultimately produced only a feeble cascade of sparks against the distant metal railing. That fleeting flash failed to reveal the enemy's figure, instead leaving a taunting afterimage on his