"S..."
In her haze, a human child seemed to be whispering against her spine.
"Sans..."
The voice spread from every direction like surround sound, reaching Killer's ears.
"So noisy... who's talking?..."
Still groggy, Killer slashed with her knife, carving a terrifying crack straight into the wall in front of her.
BANG!!!!!!
"Hey! Sans! Is something wrong with your brain?"
This time, she heard it clearly.
"?!"
Not only had she heard it clearly, that sentence startled Killer wide awake. Looking closely, she realized she was in the Ruins.
Had that portal sent her to the Ruins? After examining the details carefully... these were even the Ruins from her own world (Undertale: Something New).
In that case, Murder should have returned to his past timeline too, right? She should be able to leave now... then go find him.
...?
Killer waved her hand through the air several times in succession, but the entire space remained deader than a vacuum. In other words, not a damn thing happened.
"...What's going on?"
"Hey, Sans, what exactly are you hesitating over? I thought I made myself very clear. You chose this path, so all you can do is keep following it."
Chara paused for a moment, and liquid determination began streaming down Chara's face.
"Now, what you need to do is simple. Keep moving forward. Keep raising your LV. Understand?"
Whoosh, whoosh-
The eerie, translucent soul circled Killer, using words to coax her into action.
Chara, who came from the depths of her soul and appeared only to Killer, had actually... come back to life again?
Even after everything Killer had been through, honestly, she could not fully resist that influence.
Pressing a hand lightly against her aching head and resisting Chara's verbal manipulation, Killer sounded deeply confused and surprised.
"...How did you