"Creak—creak—"
A teeth-grating sound of twisting metal suddenly rang out from one corner of the hall without warning. It came from the lavish golden elevator reserved for VIPs, which should have been out of service at this moment.
Everyone's attention snapped toward it. At the center seam of the tightly shut metal doors, carved with intricate patterns, an irregular bulge suddenly appeared! Then, a huge malformed claw covered in blue-gray keratin violently stabbed through the gap.
"Creeeak—"
The heavy elevator doors were forcibly pried open from within by that claw's utterly brutal strength, warped and twisted! The metal panels bent and curled back, revealing the pitch-black elevator shaft beyond, like an abyss.
The malformed yet horrifyingly powerful claw gripped the hall's polished marble floor, its nails scraping against the stone with a creaking sound. Then its owner slowly extended its head and upper body from the dark elevator shaft.
The first thing they saw was a waterfall of wet black hair hanging down, water constantly dripping from its ends.
A pale, pointed face emerged from behind the long hair. It was unmistakably the face of a human woman. It seemed as though it wanted to cheer or laugh, and sharp fangs showed through its enormous split mouth. Its forked tongue trembled like a little red snake.
"Holy shit! What the hell is that? Sadako?!" Yasha, who had only just recovered, was jolted by the horrifying sight and cursed. Then his internal injuries flared up, and he coughed twice, spitting out a small mouthful of blood.
As more and more of its body emerged, its full form was exposed. Below its waist were not legs, but an enormous snake tail—"Dead Servant!"
Sakurai Nanami and Ryoma Genichiro cried out at the same time, their faces filled with incredulous horror.
How could Dead