"Give up struggling."
"She got tired of you long ago."
"You want to get rid of me. I know that too. Haven't you noticed?"
"You know perfectly well. You just refuse to admit it."
The voices were everywhere.
They pressed in from every direction.
Veliona scanned her surroundings warily, but she could not pinpoint their source.
Anger surged to her head. "Shut up!!"
But it did no good.
The taunts only grew louder. "You're a monster."
"A monster through and through."
It was as though hundreds upon thousands of mouths were whispering at once.
"Monster! Black claws, hideous monster!"
Male and female voices intertwined, young and old crying out together.
The whole world was passing judgment on her.
Her ears buzzed.
She was alone and helpless.
The fury in Veliona's eyes gradually turned cold.
"Don't pretend you're some prophet."
She gritted her teeth. "A piece of trash like you has no say in what I am."
Before her words had faded.
More than a dozen rifts suddenly split open in midair.
More puppets poked their heads out, laughing maniacally. "You guessed right! Hahahaha!"
At the same time.
In another space.
Seele stood alone.
Faced with this pure soul, the puppet made no effort to hide the disgust on its face.
It spat. "You hypocritical thing."
"A soul like yours doesn't deserve to set so much as half a foot inside the Theatre of Domination!"
Deep in the void, mechanical sounds rang out, sharp and grating.
Countless savage beast silhouettes tore through the darkness, lunging at her with an aura of destruction.
Seele tightened her grip on her scythe, but her breathing grew heavier and heavier.
Sweat slid down her temples, and her vision began to warp and blur.
"Can't hold on already?"
The eerie Doll tilted its head, its limbs