Alice tore a piece of her clothes, trying to stop the bleeding.
"It''s no use... Alice... Ah," Zero felt a severe pain, a pain she had never endured before.
"Stop moving... I have to stop the bleeding..." Alice said as she removed the shredded flesh.
Despite the horror of the scene, Zero could bear the sight, but chills ran down her spine, and cold sweat covered her face.
Alice managed to stop the bleeding and bandage the wound, fear and anxiety creeping into her heart.
"I''m done... How do you feel?" Alice asked worriedly.
"It hurts... but it''s the best solution... for now... but it''s not my only problem," she said, shaking her arm.
"Calm down... Forgetting your name... it''s not the end of the world... And don''t worry... you haven''t lost all your memories... Zero... If we knew each other before... then we have the same memories... Zero... don''t be afraid... I''m here... I''ll help you... I''ll be with you... always." Alice said, extending her hand to help Zero stand up.
Zero smiled, took her hand to stand up: "Thank you."
The Fairy Man grabbed Zero''s severed hand, then threw it on the platform with great anger.
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"Fool... the seal was a trap of his own making," he said, then vanished into thin air.
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The two girls were walking in that corridor, fear and caution were evident on Alice''s face, but Zero''s mind was focused on what Pain had told her.
"Was what she told me true?... Or was it just a trick to provoke me... That word [■■■■■] Does it have a connection?... I... I''m confused... I don''t understand what it means... Is it a title... or something bigger?"
Suddenly, Alice noticed something moving, fear gripped her heart, but Zero pushed Alice behind her to protect her, and grabbed her necklace, and cold sweat began to flow.
At that moment, a rope descended from above, Alice turned to it, and at that moment, she raised her head to find Nomz waving to them, inside the ventilation openings.
"Zero... look," she said, shaking Zero.
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Zero turned to find Nomz had thrown the dangling rope to them.
"That''s good."
Alice climbed up that rope until she reached the opening.
"Zero... try to hold on to it... we''ll pull the rope."
"Okay."
Alice and Nomz held the rope, and they began to pull, and only a few moments passed before something caught on Zero''s foot.
Zero was surprised, so she turned to find a severed hand gripping her leg, and blood was pouring onto the ground like a waterfall.
Fear gripped her heart, and she began to stagger and try to drop it, but she held on to her foot tightly.
"Get away... leave me alone... Alice hurry."
"What''s going on... Stop moving... We can''t pull you," Alice looked at Zero to see that hand clinging to Zero''s foot.
"Damn it... Hurry up, Nomz..." Alice said as they pulled hard until Zero reached the opening, and quickly they began to pull the hand hard, but it was very stubborn, but they managed to remove it.
And quickly, that hand jumped back into the dark tunnel.
"Ah... Zero... Isn''t that your hand?" Alice asked wearily.
"It''s definitely mine," Zero said in surprise.
"Thank you, Nomz..." Alice said, but Nomz was surprised and did not reply.
"Ah... What''s wrong?" Alice asked as she tried to take his hand, but he hid behind Zero.
"(Laughter) He doesn''t know you used to be Pain... You look different." Zero said this and patted the dwarf."
"Oh... that makes sense."
The two girls and the dwarf began to crawl in that tunnel, and it was difficult for Zero, as she was leaning on her severed hand, she began to feel pain, but Nomz helped her, as he was small, and made her lean on him.
"Ah... guys... I can''t see because of the darkness... Do you have anything, Nomz?"
Nomz shook his head to say no.
"Our luck is bad." Zero said disappointedly.
Suddenly, the two girls and Nomz began to hear the sound of something moving rapidly in the openings.
Zero''s heart began to race, and Alice was joined by fear more than ever.
Suddenly, that hand jumped on Alice, and quickly, Zero grabbed her necklace, and it glowed with a power that weakened the hand, so Nomz saw the way well.
The hand retreated back into the darkness again, but Nomz began to guide Alice.
"Ah... Where are you taking me... Zero... Lean on me."
Nomz stopped and turned to Zero, pointing to his chest.
"I think he''s trying to say make the necklace glow," Alice said playfully.
"This is not the time to joke... Although what you said is true... but I don''t control the necklace... it works on its own."
"I told Pain that it glows when you''re afraid."
"I think it''s more complicated than that... but... I think it glows... at the right times."
Suddenly, the hand jumped, targeting the little Nomz, so he grabbed him and began to drag him, but Alice grabbed him in time.
"Zero... come on," Zero grabbed the necklace, and it glowed with greater power, so the hand fled.
At that moment, Nomz stood up and started running.
"Wait... Nomz... Zero... I''ll help you... Wait," Alice said as she prepared Zero.
The two girls saw Nomz standing at an opening, with fog hanging in the air more than ever.
Nomz pointed down, so Alice threw the rope but it didn''t reach the ground.
"Zero... go down first... I''ll lower the rope more when you''re ready."
When Zero went down, Alice went down and said, "Thank you, Nomz... the place is strange down there... maybe you should stay here."
Nomz pointed to indicate agreement, then continued on his way.
"Don''t forget to bring us at least a lamp."
Alice went down, and looked left and right, she couldn''t find Zero.
"Zero... where are you... Zero." Suddenly, she saw Zero sitting on the ground, so she rushed to her.
"I was looking for you... why did you stay away from me... wait" Alice noticed that Zero was trembling in her place.
"Zero... what''s wrong?"
"Alice... run away..." Zero turned to Alice, that hand had attached itself to Zero''s face, Alice''s eyes narrowed at that moment, Alice froze in her place, unable to move, as if her feet were paralyzed.