Lying in Swap Papyrus's arms, Swap Chara smiled.
She told Papyrus that she had plenty of determination.
Just then, Swap Chara's body began to flicker.
"What's going on?"
Blue looked at her hands. They were flickering too.
"Sans..."
The timeline was collapsing.
Murder remembered what had happened in ULB's timeline.
When a timeline was about to collapse, the code of everything within it would become unstable.
Swap Papyrus looked at Blue.
"...You have to leave. This timeline is collapsing, but you can still be saved."
Just then, Swap Papyrus's gaze fell on Ink.
Ink was staring at Swap Papyrus with a look that could only be called terrifying, making her uncomfortable all over.
"No, Paps!"
"If we're going to escape, we have to go together at least!!"
Swap Papyrus lowered her head and looked at Blue.
"If you help them, everything will go back to the way it was!"
"I'll take care of Chara. Get out of here, now!!"
"This is your duty as a royal guard... You're the coolest, Sans."
Killer stood beside the others, trying to bring up the reset button.
She couldn't reset.
Too much data was missing.
Classic teleported to Blue's side.
"Sorry... buddy, but we have to go."
Dream opened a portal.
"Hurry! This portal can take us to a relatively safe timeline!!"
"Dream... what are you going to do next...?"
"I need to return to XTale and continue my investigation!"
"I can feel some positive emotions still lingering there that could help me."
"You can continue your mission in the next timeline, Ink..."
Ink didn't answer.
"Are you okay?... Ink?"
"..."
Fell looked at Ink, who stood frozen there, and gave her a shove, pushing her into the portal.
They entered the portal one after another.
With tears streaming down her face, Blue was forced to part with Swap Papyrus.
Deep down, they both knew that staying in that collapsing timeline meant they had no future.
But... to reclaim what had been taken from her... Blue had no choice but to set out with the others...
All she could do was carry Papyrus's hopes with her.
Everyone stared at the stars before them, speechless for a long time.
"So... what are we supposed to do now? Ink's disappeared again."
"...I knew we shouldn't have trusted her!"
Fell pounded the ground in anger.
Blue was still sobbing nearby.
Murder and Killer, on the other hand, were very quiet.
"Speaking of which... who exactly are you two...?"
Classic remembered the two beside him.
They looked like they had no desire to fight and were admiring the beauty of the stars just like the others. Classic had wanted to ask that question for quite a while.
He just hadn't found the chance.
Murder and Killer sat beside the three of them as if they belonged there.
"Right... I've been wanting to ask too. How many f█cking monsters did you kill to get your f█cking LV to this ███ point?!"
"...If you'd been through enough genocide routes... you'd understand."
Murder spread his hands.
"That's right. All you need to know is that we're here... to help you."
Killer agreed, then stood up as well.
"Speaking of which... do you have any plans right now?"
Classic thought it over. They did have a point.
If they were enemies, they should have sided with that human and Octopus earlier.
"Uh... all right, I guess I can trust you a little..."
Classic stood up.
"Then... I'm going to look for that painter. Do any of you want to come with me?"
"We'll both go with you."
Killer pulled Murder to his feet and stood beside Classic.
"...I'll stay here and keep Blue company. You go ahead."
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