Xiao immediately crouched beneath the windowsill, desperately clamping a hand over his mouth, not daring to breathe.
A monster... how could there be a monster like that!?
Xiao had only vaguely sensed something, but actually seeing the monster itself was another matter entirely.
He heard heavy footsteps outside, his heart leaping into his throat.
The monster was drawing closer!
The gunshot just now must have caught its attention! With that enormous body, tearing apart this flimsy wooden house would be all too easy! Xiao could only pray that it thought he was not here.
Suddenly, Xiao felt an itch on his neck.
He instinctively reached up to brush it away, but it felt extremely strange.
It was somewhat coarse hair.
Xiao's eyes went wide.
Damn it, I opened the window to fire! That monster must have come right up to it, its long hair reaching into the house!
Xiao trembled all over. All he could do was curl up as tightly as possible to avoid accidentally making a sound.
Please don't notice me, please don't notice me!!
Xiao prayed desperately, but his eyes instinctively turned toward the room.
Suddenly, his gaze froze.
A rather ugly pair of padded slippers appeared before his eyes. He could vaguely make out a rabbit design.
Xiao was not much good at sewing, but he had still done his best to embroider pictures on his daughter's padded slippers.
"Daddy, what are you doing?" Phoebe rubbed her eyes as she looked at Xiao hiding beneath the window.
Gunfire rang out in an unbroken barrage across the Factory District.
Elliot looked grimly at the streets outside. Long-haired monsters were everywhere.
He recognized these monsters. This was [Its] final form, the enormous monster beneath the Red Moon!
Previously, in the Ruins, Vanessa and her companions had nearly been