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    Pain''s gaze was like that of a beast hunting its prey. The tone of her voice began to change gradually. Zero slowly retreated backward towards the tyrant, her vision blurred as the crimson light blinded her right eye. Pain lunged towards her, transforming one of her tentacles into a sharp blade. Zero jumped to the right and began to run towards the darkness.


    "What am I going to do... There''s nothing to jump on... or a tool to fight with... The darkness is total... I can''t fight... and on top of that... why didn''t the necklace work even though I''m scared?" Zero said this as she clutched her necklace, beginning to return to her normal state.


    Suddenly, she heard something moving towards her. She jumped repeatedly from her place, hearing something piercing through the wood. She looked around in all directions. Suddenly, she felt something coming towards her from behind. Quickly, she lowered her head to find a knife in front of her, slowly melting and turning black. It moved behind Zero, so she turned to find knives floating in the air around her, heading towards her at an incredible speed.


    Zero began to avoid these knives with precise movements, dodging all those blows, until one of them scratched her cheek.


    "Damn it... is that all you''ve got?" Zero said wearily.


    ''How am I going to face her... I don''t even know her weakness... I was stupid when I believed she was Alice... I should have thought... there''s no place for emotions and feelings in this world... I should have watched her... to know a point... wait... Pain isn''t really a human... but a monster that takes the souls of children... if that''s true... then that explains why she''s sad... all those children are suffering... and lying to themselves... this world is hell for anyone who wants to dream again... I found it... maybe I should exploit... this... no... because Pain doesn''t have that feeling anymore... maybe I should just watch her...''


    Suddenly, one of the knives hit Zero. "Damn it... she hit me... I have to run away..." Zero turned behind her to find Pain smiling strangely. She quickly grabbed Zero by the neck, throwing her to the ground, and squeezed her neck tightly as she said, "There''s no point in resisting... all their emotions have disappeared... it''s time for you to join them..."


    "Zero... goodbye," Pain stabbed Zero directly in the heart with a real knife. Zero screamed in pain as she resisted. Pain got up and smiled cruelly.


    "No chance of escape... the poison in that knife is strong... it will prevent you from moving... wait... I don''t want to take a damaged body..."


    Then she headed towards the cells.


    "Master of Mirrors... I don''t need you anymore... take these... because I have what no one has been able to defeat for years..." Suddenly, Pain felt a stab in her back, it was the same knife she had used. She turned around to find Zero still standing, raising her left hand as if she had aimed something, and breathing heavily, with blood everywhere around her. She was bleeding profusely from her mouth, so she wiped it and said, "Something that hasn''t been defeated for years... am I that important, Pain...?"


    "Zero... you weren''t affected... that poison is strong... how...?"


    "The fight isn''t over yet, Pain... I won''t die before I take Alice."Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.


    "Damn it... when will you stop being stubborn... just die." Pain said this and lunged towards her, directing the tip of her tentacles towards Zero. Zero was no longer able to move, so she fell to her knees from exhaustion and pain. Pain''s form looked like a reaper to her.


    ''Move, my body... why don''t you move... I''m going to die now...'' Zero said this as she received a stab from Pain, and fell prostrate on the ground. Pain grabbed her by the hair and said, "Zero... you''re like the children... even though you''re more than that... did your escape from this place make you weak?"


    "Ah... Pain... what do you mean... I don''t understand... what does this mean?" Zero said in severe pain and confusion.


    "What happened to you... it''s as if you forgot everything."


    Suddenly, Zero was shocked, as she hadn''t told Pain this: ''Wait... what do you mean... from all this... for years... forgetting... weakness... and what do you mean by leaving this place... can it be... impossible... I don''t believe it... Pain... what does this mean... what''s your relationship to what''s happening... we only met a short time ago... and you say... that I haven''t been defeated for years... could all this hell be your doing... or did the Fairy Man and your master do something?... Tell me exactly... what''s the point.''


    "Zero... I have no intention of going against what I was asked to do... all I can say is... Zero... or should I remind you of your destiny... ■■■■■■■." At the moment Pain whispered that, something moved in Zero''s body, so she fell from exhaustion, as she began to bleed more than before.


    "Sorry, Zero... but... this... is your destiny..." Pain said this as she headed slowly towards the cells.


    In that moment of humiliation, the light of those cells danced with Pain''s footsteps, as if it was a harbinger of her inevitable end.


    "What''s happening to me... why am I so stupid... was this my destiny from the beginning... was all this my doing... I!.... I made my life like this... or is all this a lie... a lie!.... I wish I... at least... fell without a struggle"


    { You''re right }'', suddenly, Zero felt as if time had stopped. He bent down to her and said in her voice: "That''s right... I wish you were dead... a failure like you doesn''t deserve to stay alive..."


    At that moment, Zero froze in fear, so she turned her head slowly towards the source of the sound, and her stabbed heart was still beating strongly, and sweat was dripping more and more. She found a girl who looked like her, covering both her eyes with her bangs, except that her left eye lit up with a strange color. It was like a bomb ready to explode.


    "Did you forget...? Oh... yes... you forgot everything in the end... let me remind you of one thing... death for you... is to forget... who you are... oh... my... doll." At that moment, Zero screamed loudly, as she struggled against that voice, to delve into her memories, a memory filled with blood and corpses.


    At that moment, the necklace lit up more strongly, so Pain turned to see the light in front of her. "What the..."


    Pain got up to find Zero standing again, but this time, there was something inside her, motivating her, making her continue. It was a strange black aura surrounding her, and something was shining on her forehead. It was a black line, like an incomplete drawing.


    Zero looked at her hands, and a look of surprise appeared on her face.


    "Impossible... you''re very stubborn, Zero," Pain lunged with all her might towards Zero, directing her blade towards her, so Zero blocked it with the symbol of her necklace.


    "For this necklace... it finally has another use."


    "Annoying... stop resisting..." Pain said this and retreated quickly backward, the light of the cells suddenly disappearing, making it difficult for Zero to see.


    "It''s hard to fight her in the dark... I have to find a way to fight her..." Suddenly, Zero began to feel a strange sensation in her left eye, as if she was seeing something with it.


    "My eye... maybe { try it yourself } maybe... if I cover the vision with my right eye..." Suddenly, Zero began to see a circular area with light.


    "Ha... it worked... maybe that girl wasn''t bad." Zero said this as she headed towards it.


    Zero took the eye on her necklace and said, "Pain... I''ll prove you wrong... we''re not done with our fight yet... come on... show yourself... because we... haven''t settled our score yet"