"He said he's also very grateful to you, Mr. Su."
"It was only after meeting you that he began observing the humans around you. The long, dull stretches of time became interesting as a result."
Observing?
Su Bai knew the one sending Chiliu the message must have been that strange Administrator. As a key figure planted in the Red Moon Society by the Opposition Faction, and the last sane member of the merfolk remnants, Mr. Fish should not have cared about humans, much less taken an interest in human players.
But clearly, the course of events in this life had already changed in some way.
"As for my kin, there's no need to trouble you any further, Mr. Su." After quietly relaying the message, Chiliu turned to glance at the Elevator Shaft he had brutally torn open. Disdain and resignation mingled in his voice as he muttered to himself, "What's wrong with this building? It doesn't even have a decent passage."
Su Bai looked at the twisted, warped elevator doors before him, their metal fragments still trembling faintly, and gave a soft chuckle.
"I'll leave it to you," he replied, his tone calm and direct. "If you encounter any headless strange creatures on the 66th Floor, you can ask them for directions. They are the building's administrators, after all."
Other than smile, there really wasn't much he could say. After all, this building constructed from nightmares had no Emergency Stairwell of the sort human logic demanded, and the elevator before them... no matter how he looked at it, it was beyond use.
"Thank you." Chiliu sounded as sincere as ever. He nodded lightly, making the enormous Mirror Frame behind him sway. A slender finger also emerged from a shard of mirror left in one corner of the frame and slowly