"Want to go together?"
Standing in the spartan dorm room, Su Bai glanced at Wu Heng's shell on the bed. He was inviting Wu Heng to put on his "clothes" and accompany him to the Honghuai City Su Xuan had constructed.
"To see... Su Xuan?"
The name "Su Xuan" seemed somewhat unfamiliar to Wu Heng, but that was only natural. After all, it was a name the other man had used for only a dozen or so years. In the Nightmare World, Su Xuan probably had a better-known name, or a title like "Dream Weaver."
"...No need." Whatever had crossed Wu Heng's mind, he still declined to return to the shell on the bed. "I'm fine as I am."
Su Bai found that a little strange. Previously, Wu Heng had resumed his identity as "Yao" because Shen Guanlan had accompanied them on their assignment. At the time, they had not yet known she had ulterior motives.
This time, they were heading to a fictional place with no human players-the "Honghuai City" Su Xuan had personally constructed in the Nightmare World. There were no assignments there, no audience, only themselves. Besides, Su Xuan had long known that Su Bai carried the Ghost Shaman's aura, and those two "people" were old acquaintances of sorts. Under these circumstances, Su Bai had assumed Wu Heng would be willing to accompany him in a more "complete" form.
But since Wu Heng had refused, he did not insist.
To Su Bai, it did not matter what form Wu Heng took. As long as he remained by his side, that was enough.
"Let's go."
Su Bai spoke softly, raised his fingers, and slowly removed the slender key from his hair tie before extending it in front of him.
A hazily outlined lock appeared before him, as though