?


    Lah yelled, then ran inside the tunnel in front of him.


    Hikaru frowned, he felt that her personality hadpletely changed since she saw the army destroying the zombies.


    Up until now, Lah seemed to be a different person. Moreover Her calm facade seemed to have disappeared.


    Hikaru shrugged, then turned to leave.


    [Master, won''t you go inside to do the quest?]


    "Didn''t you hear Lah say that it''s dangerous inside, she even toldme to leave?"


    "Perhaps we just need to wait outside for everything to be over, then use a little fire to burn this ce down toplete the mission."


    "I don''t need to go with Lah either, if I go with her I''ll put my life in jeopardy."


    "Anything that Lah isafraid of would surely be terrifying. Do you think… that it will be safe for me to go inside?"


    [But it''s not safe for Lah to go alone, are you willing to let her go alone?]


    Hikaru shrugged: "Did you forget that Lah is also a main character?"


    "Events like this will probably threaten Lah''s life but not kill her."


    "On the contrary, after this event, Lah will probably be even stronger."


    [So… are you really ignoring her?]


    "That''s right." Hikaru said with a smile, "I want to stay away from her anyway, this is a good opportunity. I''ll wait for her to finish the trouble inside the armory, then I will destroy it."


    "Just sitting and waiting canplete the quest, why should I risk my life to help her?"


    "I am just a viin, after all. Like you said, even though my luck is high, I don''t have a main character''s aura."


    "Without the protagonist''s aura, I would be in danger or even death."


    "There is no reason for me to take the risk."


    [Haizzz, it''s up to you.]


    Hikaru felt a little strange. This was the first time she had spokento him this way.


    Could it be… Rika changed her mind?


    No, maybe she just didn''t want to talk anymore.


    "Why didn''t you convince me? I often see that you will convince me to try to form close rtionships with other women, why are you saying that now."


    [Ah! You said that I shouldn''t control you, now you are saying that it feels strange that I don''t control your thoughts. Hikaru, you are hard to understand.]


    Hikaru frowned, he felt that Rika was right so he couldn''t refute her.


    [Actually, I don''t want to control your thoughts or actions either. I only want the best for you, like a mother who wants the best advice for her son.]


    Hikaru: "..."


    He felt that Rika was scolding him but he couldn''t find an opening to reiterate.


    [But I feel like no matter how much I talk, you won''t listen to what I have to say. That''s why, for now, I''m just giving you some advice.]


    [It''s fine if you don''t follow my advice. After all, the one who will suffer is you.]


    "You mean I have to go inside that tunnel, no matter how dangerous it is inside, and help Lah finish this event?"


    [That''s right.]


    "Um… let''s assume I''ll do as you say. So… what will I get?"


    [I don''t know. Perhaps… you will gain Lah''s trust.]


    "Hahaha… things like trust are the most useless things. Even if I gain her trust, if she wants to, she can still kill me."


    [Hm… That''s why I didn''t convince you much. You don''t believe what I say anyway.]


    "That''s right. Because what you usually say is too hard to believe. Even though I trust you very much, you are an existence attached to me after all."


    "However, what you have advised me to do so far is just toflirt with the heroines."


    [Haizz, like I said, you can think whatever you want. I also only want the best for you.]


    [Besides… you already have Velys, I don''t need to care too much anymore.]


    "You''re acting weird, Rika. At first, you encouraged me to flirt with the heroines, but when I wanted to confirm that Velys was mine, you tried to stop me."


    "Rika, what do you really want?"


    [Are you doubting me?]


    "I don''t doubt you, I just find it difficult to understand you."


    [Haizzz, do you want to hear me tell the truth or a lie?]


    "Of course the truth. Wait! Tell me the lie first."


    [Lie? I want you to make all the heroines your heroines, then p the male protagonists in the face.]


    Hikaru: "..."


    "So… what is the truth?"


    [I feel that you are much better than those male protagonists.]


    Hikaru was surprised to hear that. However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that he was no better than those main characters.


    He is cowardly,zy, and unintelligent... After all, he''s just an ordinary office worker on Earth.


    He went to work at 8 am and came home at 5 pm.


    He did not have too many friends, nor did he have any achievements or memorable events in life.


    His life was very ordinary. So ordinary that even if he spends a day trying to find something special in his life, he can''t find anything.


    That''s why, when he heard Rika say he was better than the main characters… Hikaru felt that this was a lie.


    "Okay, I get it."


    Rika didn''t say anything more after hearing that.


    Finally, he turned to leave.


    After exiting that ce, he suddenly stopped, and muttered: "Damn it!"


    …


    Inside the tunnel, Lah ran while remembering what had happened in the past.


    Memories that were buried deep once again surfaced, and this could be clearly seen on her face.


    Lah went to a room at the end of the tunnel. The door of this room was made of a special type of ss, so Lah could see inside.


    However, she had no intention of going inside and was just watching from the outside.


    The room was filled with iron cages, no, maybe it was some kind of special metal.


    In those cages were the skeletons of all sorts of creatures.


    There were even human bones and strange creatures that no one has ever seen.


    Lah frowned, she looked into the deepest part of the room, where there were cells used to holdrge creatures.


    In it, there was a cell that had been violently broken open, of course, inside that cell, there were no skeletons.


    Suddenly, Lah noticed some strange marks on the ground next to the cell.


    That mark was like a ck footprint and handprint, as if someone was crawling with both their hands and feet covered in mud.


    Those footprints and handprints stretched from the ground up to the wall, then…


    Lah followed the trail up to the ceiling. There, she saw a shadow that looked a bit like a human, but it wasn''tpletely human.


    It was twisting its body like a rope. Then, from its back grew four more arms.


    Those four hands were also not the hands of ordinary people, as they were longer, the fingers were also very long, and even had ws.


    Lah, seeing this shadow, immediately muttered, "Darizo..."


    The shadow that was clinging to the ceiling seemed to hear the sound Lah just made. It immediately stopped what it was doing, then slowly crawled towards the ss door.


    As it walked to the ss door, Lah could clearly see that it was a skeleton-thin man covered in human skin.


    His long hair was tangled like a pile of withered grass. His face had an eerie smile like the one''s monsters had in horror movies.


    He opened his mouth to speak, although Lah couldn''t hear his voice, she could tell what he was saying by the movement of his lips and mouth.


    "Lah… you finally showed up…"


    Lah was fearless, her eyes filled with anger and murderous intent: "Darizo, I finally see you again… it seems… you have given up on being a human, and have be a ugly monster."


    Darizo also seemed to understand what Lah was saying even though he couldn''t hear any sound from her.


    He frowned and said, "Ugly? This is the beautiful shape of evolution. This evolution will take humanity far beyond the inherent mediocrity."


    "Lah, you have left me, betrayed me. You even destroyed my research. Lucky… hahaha… luckily those idiots couldn''t enter this room."


    "This room has been created with a special alloy, even if you use a diamond drill, you cannot drill through this ss gate."


    Darizo said as he tapped the ss with his ws.


    His ws were extremely sharp, however, no matter how much force he exerted, the ss door stood still, without any scratches.


    Lah smiled scornfully: "Darizo, this is the room you created… even though it can prevent people outside from entering, it''s also your prison."


    "You can''t go out either, you''ll have to stay in this room until you die."


    Darizo saw Lah''s mouth move and knew what she was saying.


    He just smiled and said: "Lah, you are much more beautiful than before. I wonder how beautiful you will be when you be my test subject."


    "You should remember that… if I can build this room, I can also break it."


    "Oh!" Lah nodded, then gestured with her hand: "Please… show me you can finally break through this room after years of being locked inside?"


    Darizo suddenly stared at Lah, his eyes beginning to change. His pupils began to divide from one iris into two, then four and then eight.


    The 8 irises were crammed in his eye, but it was notpletely useless.


    Two eyes, a total of 16 irises stared at Lah, Darizo smiled and said: "Lah, did you know that eyes also contain a kind of energy."


    "It can scare people and even make them obey orders."


    "As long as there is enough energy in the eyes, I can control others to do what I want with just one look…"