(This was a parallel dimension of DifferentTopic.)
"So... does this count as a multiverse too?"
Murder was a little skeptical. If the three of them hadn't still been in their usual forms, he might have suspected he'd traveled into a game.
"Of course..."
Killer collected every last Gold Ring in the air, then slowly descended.
But she looked terrible.
"...This is bad... I just checked. This timeline is a genocide..."
Both Murder and Insanity immediately grew grave, all because of what Killer said next.
"...that's already been completed."
The three continued onward, but none of them were in the mood to have fun anymore.
Murder and Insanity did eat a few Gold Rings along the way at Killer's request. According to her, it was to keep something terrible from happening.
Suddenly, the blue sky across the entire world flickered for an instant.
After that flicker, nothing remained in the sky but blood red.
The flowing rivers and waterfalls cascading from great heights all turned into seas of blood.
"!!"
"...?!"
"???"
All three reacted differently, but each showed how unsettled they felt.
"Killer... don't tell me this is part of that game you played too...?"
"No..."
Killer didn't look any better than they did.
"What's going on...?"
They continued onward. As they went farther, the bodies of small animals began appearing on the bloodstained grass. Some had wooden stakes driven through their bodies; others had been strung up high and left to bleed to death...
Every one of those gruesome deaths frayed the trio's nerves.
(Including Insanity. As mentioned earlier, the Insanity of Triple Past only went as crazy as before during battle.)
Suddenly, a figure appeared ahead-the only one they'd seen in all this time.
A rather handsome blue hedgehog.
He faced them with his eyes tightly closed,