BOOM!!!
Insanity's full-force punch produced a sonic boom, but hit nothing at all.
Click.
Insanity's vision glitched for a moment, and that eerie shadow appeared behind her, completely unharmed.
"This is ridiculous..."
Insanity threw another punch, only to hit empty air again.
The same visual glitch, the same move behind her.
Once could have been a coincidence, but twice warranted some thought.
Insanity stopped throwing punches and stared intently at the shadow's face.
This guy... he's probably trying to drain my stamina and break me mentally.
Then he'll kill me.
If that's the case... I can't let myself get bogged down. I need to find a way out.
Insanity feinted a punch, and sure enough, her vision glitched again.
But this time, Insanity didn't stupidly charge in the opposite direction.
She used a shortcut straight away, moving as far as her ability could take her without crossing through space-time.
Once.
Twice.
Three times.
Insanity remained in the Temple's pitch-black corridor.
Now she was certain: the issue wasn't how big the Temple was.
The problem was that eerie hedgehog.
As long as he was there, she would keep going in circles in this place.
Insanity began trying a different approach.
She changed the direction of her shortcut to somewhere else.
Up, nothing happened.
Down, nothing happened.
Left, nothing happened.
Right...
Click.
Insanity vanished.
"...What happened?"
Sonic.EXE stepped out of the shadows and saw only a single Phosphorus Flame Torch.
"...Looks like I failed again?... Heh heh heh... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
Rather than flying into a rage, he burst into laughter.
"All right, all right. Then let's see whether your last friend is that lucky, shall we?"
Insanity appeared in a very small room.
There was nothing in the room except a large, glowing golden ring.
"Hmm?"
Insanity remembered what Killer had said: