Unsafe...

After the person being disciplined entered the 'single room', he appeared very 'well-behaved' and 'honest'. He didn't say a word or make any unnecessary movements, and just sat quietly on the floor staring at Uraraka Shige in another 'single room' not far away.

Every time Uraraka Shige turned his gaze back, the person being disciplined would make a 'smile' expression at him, but when he smiled, the person being disciplined would grin wide open, exposing all his teeth to the air.

Sometimes she would continue to mouth the same words to Uraraka Shige, and the content of her mouth would cycle back and forth between "I found you," "They're coming soon," "Just wait," and "They'll find you too."

From this perspective alone, he seems like a madman who has heard the whispers of an ancient god from some mythology.

Uraraka Shige tried to communicate with him, but the guy didn't say a word. When Uraraka Shige spoke to him, he would respond with one of the four mouth shapes mentioned above.

So Uraraka Shige gradually stopped paying attention to this guy.

However, a few days after this guy was imprisoned in a 'single cell' not far from Uraraka Shige, another guy who also seemed very strange to Uraraka Shige arrived and was also imprisoned in a 'single cell' not far from Uraraka Shige.

Like the previous person being disciplined, this guy stared at Uraraka Shige without saying a word after entering the 'single room'.

When Uraraka Shige, he responded with mouth movements, just like the previous person being disciplined, expressing things like "here" or "found".

Uraraka Shige also couldn't do anything about this guy, so in the end he could only ignore him, just like he had with the previous person being disciplined.

As time went by, more and more of these strange creatures were being held in the 'single cells' around Uraraka Shige. Although the mouth shapes they made were not exactly the same, they all meant the same thing.

This made Uraraka Shige more certain that these guys were strange, but in the end he couldn't figure out what was going on with them. He could only draw a final conclusion based on their behavior and the meaning expressed by their lip movements.

These individuals, who are undoubtedly connected to each other, are being locked in 'single cells' in order to find themselves and achieve some purpose.

The purpose of this was revealed fifteen days later.

By this time, the number of these strange-looking individuals had reached six. After the last strange individual was locked in a 'single cell,' a full day later, on the afternoon of the second day, these six interconnected individuals began to exhibit even more obvious abnormalities.

Five of them, at the same time the next day after the last one arrived, suddenly fell into a coma.

Only the last guy sent to the 'single room' did not fall into a coma. Instead, he became 'energetic' and 'Invigoration', as if he were full of energy. He was no longer silent and motionless as before, just like a programmed person who only knew how to keep repeating a few lip movements.

Then this guy spoke to Uraraka Shige.

He said, "So you were hiding in a place like this. No wonder we couldn't find you for months."

This guy's movements, expressions, everything seemed extremely smooth, yet there was an odd, incongruous feeling about it... It was almost like a picture of a smartphone on a Walkman box.

While smartphones can indeed function as portable music players, it's clear that a smartphone offers a much wider and more comprehensive range of features than a single portable music player.

Upon closer inspection, Uraraka Shige discovered that the source of this eerie and unsettling feeling actually came from the guy's mouth... When he was speaking, just as the sound was about to be heard, the guy's mouth did not move at all, let alone utter a sound.

"How have you considered the invitation from that esteemed person?"

The guy's voice rang out again, but his mouth remained completely unchanged.

Uraraka Shige was startled and stood up abruptly.

The guy's words and 'voice' resounded directly in Uraraka Shige's mind.

Moreover, the information implied in this guy's words... without a doubt, 'that person' must be referring to 'AFO', who invited him in the first place!

Kurasu Rikizo continued training his body in Gravity environment suitable for him, only glancing in this direction from time to time, while Gu Yu simply stopped training and stared intently at Uraraka Shige.

Uraraka Shige didn't explain anything to the two of them. If he only tried to appease them with words, Gu Yu and Kurasu Rikizo might not believe him. If he told them the truth directly, they wouldn't be able to help him.

After all, one of them is a fitness fanatic, and the other is a bit of a goofball. If the situation required strength, they could certainly be of help, but when it comes to devising strategies... it's more appropriate to seek their Qu Zhi.

Moreover, Uraraka Shige's attention was almost entirely focused on this guy who didn't speak, and he didn't actually notice the state of Kurasu and Gu Yu at all.

Just as Uraraka Shige was pondering whether to answer this guy's question, and if so, how to answer it and what kind of answer to give, the guy's voice rang in Uraraka Shige's mind once again.

"Haven't you made up your mind yet? So much time has already passed..."

Suddenly, the guy seemed to have thought of something.

"... Could it be... you've forgotten about that person's invitation? Haven't you even seriously considered it yet?!"

Uraraka Shige remained silent, unsure how to respond... He worried that if he fabricated a lie, it would be quickly exposed.

But if he told the truth... was he supposed to tell this guy that he turned himself in again and returned to this Discipline Prison precisely to get away from 'AFO'?

He initially thought that the special nature of this Discipline Prison might allow him to stay away from areas influenced by 'AFO'. However, it is now clear that 'AFO's' people can infiltrate this Discipline Prison. In that case, it means that he is not as 'safe' in this Discipline Prison as he imagined.

It can be said that he is now truly in a dilemma, caught between a rock and a hard place, feeling as if he is drowning and at a loss.

Fortunately, that guy either imagined something or for some other reason, and gave Uraraka Shige another chance.

"... If it weren't for your youth... never mind, there's still time, I'll give you some more time to consider."

The voice that echoed in Uraraka Shige's mind carried a deeper meaning.

You absolutely must seize this opportunity...