Sizzle!

It sounded like something was being torn apart, and then there was the little girl's sobbing.

But the woman's anger did not subside.

Hearing the sounds, she began searching the room, issuing warnings: "Is he still hiding inside?... Come out here! Damn it, don't let me find you!"

The footsteps drew closer quickly.

no way.

There are only a few places to hide in the room, and the wardrobe is too conspicuous to go unnoticed.

and.

As it turns out.

The closet isn't safe either...

Su Bai glanced at the clothes hanging in the closet. The empty sleeves were gradually puffing up, and pale arms were emerging from them. Large clumps of dark, damp hair were also sticking out of the collars of the clothes...

Clang!

The cabinet door was yanked open.

The hallucination vanished instantly, but Su Bai didn't feel relieved. Facing the angry woman, he tried to say, "Madam, I think I can explain..."

"Found you!"

The woman simply let out an incredibly chilling sound with a gloomy face.

Instantly.

Darkness descends.

...

It appeared outside the window for the fourth time.

The little girl standing by the window looked even paler, and her weak voice seemed to overlap with her terrified screams from a moment before.

"Brother Hyman, come in quickly..."

Su Bai did not hesitate.

He immediately climbed through the window and entered.

He did not overlook the abnormality that was happening to the little girl. Before, she could retract the rope hanging outside the window by herself, but now she was struggling to call him.

With a flick of his sleeve.

Su Bai's gaze sharpened slightly.

Perhaps it was just his imagination, but he noticed that the little girl's arm seemed to have more of those stubborn needle marks that were difficult to heal...

No,

It's not an illusion.

"The illusion was reset because of my mistake, but I haven't been punished at all..."

Su Bai's expression turned slightly furious.

He subtly sensed the truth through these subtle changes.

If each time the illusion resets, the little girl has to go through another painful 'treatment,' then her scarred arms... and, among the corpses under the bed, Su Bai saw the attire of a church demon hunter.

In other words, long before him, many people had already tried to break the illusion existing in this room.

Without a doubt.

The needle marks on the little girl's body were proof of their repeated failures.

Su Bai understood this point, but problems arose as a result.

How much longer can she hold on?

She had only failed three times, yet she had become so weak.

If she fails too many times, will she die? ...What changes will occur to this illusion after she dies?

"Brother Hyman, what are you thinking about?... Your eyes are so scary."

The little girl said timidly.

Upon hearing this, Su Bai suppressed the dangerous thought that had flashed through his mind.

He smiled and said, "Really? I was just thinking about what gift to give you this time. Is there anything you particularly like?"

"...Sister Via told me stories about the ocean before, and I really want to collect more pretty seashells."

The little girl said innocently.

shell,

He definitely doesn't have it.

Su Bai casually picked something up as a gift and gave it to her, glancing at the mechanical pocket watch on his chest.

The hands are still turning.

His expression froze completely at that moment.

time,

Things have changed.