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"...Time favors you, this is the cruelest and most precious gift that fate gives you."

"Don't be afraid, there is still a long way to go."

Until I returned to the manor where the survivors lived, the voice of the photographer still echoed in my mind, making me in a trance, as if I had returned to the time when I was lost for the first time, and someone had said the same thing to me.

I have really deviated from time for too long, traveling again and again, and constantly getting lost in the long river of time. No one knows how I feel when I stand in a different time and space and look at the sky of London.

No matter how much time has passed, the square, the white dove, the idol, and the church seem to never change.The sun shone finely, spreading a layer of broken gold on the fountain in the square, and the sky facing the cross on the roof of the cathedral not far away was still blue, beautiful and ethereal.People can't help but think that if there is a heaven in the world, it should be in the blue sky, above the clouds that are not stained with dust.

But I can't go to heaven, it's a place I can only look into the distance forever.Mother said that hell is where we are, because heaven doesn't want to hear Satan's name.

It seems that the established fate predestined us to walk in the dark night and live in the shadows.

When I was alone, I took out the invitation letter I had received and read it several times. I had already learned the few short sentences by heart, like eating a bitter fruit. The more I read it, the more bitter and difficult it became. The sentence that has been blacked out, thinking that as long as the manor owner doesn't leak his words, no one will know the truth.

...He wouldn't say that one of the conditions of participating in the escape game is to keep a secret, and there is no benefit.

I took out the photo that Joseph gave me and took a look at it. In the black and white photo, I ran away with Naibu without hesitation. It was a bit hurtful to say it, so I agreed to his permission to take a photo of me... I am I really hope that I can leave my own traces, but the more I hope, the more that secret sticks in my throat, which makes my desire more urgent.

…to find that person, to prove the meaning of my life, to let me know that my soul is not lost, and to correct all mistakes.

Just thinking about it like this made me feel pain, as if my stomach was convulsing, and I squeezed the envelope and photos tightly with my fingers. No one knew that I had waited for too long, so long that I sometimes even had the idea of ​​giving up on myself.I begged Joseph to save that photo for me, probably planning for failure.

Failure is nothing but death, I am not afraid of it.

For Joseph, I always have a bit of guilt. He never owed me anything, but I couldn't compensate him for a perfect fiancee.I had decided to leave the manor a long time ago. I thought the engagement would fail, but after a date, I couldn't figure out what he meant.

But no matter what, life is still going on, and the game is constantly going on.To meet the conditions to start the final game, it is too difficult to win ten games in a row. If you lose one game, all previous efforts will be wasted. Even Marta and Naib have not been able to do it so far.All I can hope for is to save enough points—that is an astronomical number, so I don’t dare to spend it. I have saved little by little until today, and I will suffer the feeble punishment of failing to escape, waiting for the day when I can participate to the end game.

But the next development is still somewhat unexpected.

Sacred Heart Hospital.

I am deciphering the security machine on the first floor of the hospital. The terrain here is very good. If the regulators come here, it is relatively easy to deal with them. I am very relieved to decipher.

The progress bar increased rapidly. At this time, I heard a woman's scream not far away. This voice was very familiar. I subconsciously raised my head. Through the birdcage-shaped window in front of me, I saw that the doctor was being chased by the supervisor. kill.

A red ghost hit Emily hard and knocked her to the ground. Immediately, it seemed to sense my gaze and turned to look at me.

Through the stone fence, what I saw was a ferocious ghost face. The figure of a woman in a red kimono flashed, and then turned into a scarlet beam of light and landed next to the cipher machine I was deciphering.

send!

I quickly dropped the cipher machine and ran away, first out of the window, and then towards the gate of the hospital.

When I passed Emily who fell to the ground and tried to stand up, I couldn't help but pause. I couldn't save her, and I couldn't even protect myself.Glancing at it, I saw that the lady doctor was secretly hiding a needle. With the medicine, Emily's self-healing time was much shorter than other survivors.

The regulator behind me was extremely fast. When I turned around, I saw her feet dangling in the air, and she was floating in the air. She rushed over in an instant, but when I saw her face, I braked suddenly and shyly picked up the The fan in his hand covered his cheeks, and the hideous ghostly face disappeared.

Ms. Red Butterfly Michiko is a very shy person. Whenever people look at her face, the ghost face will disappear. Survivors often use this to prevent her from flying and chasing them.

However, I am not used to running backwards. The flight of the red butterfly just now has shortened the distance between us by half. I quickly turned around and rushed into the hospital gate, and ran directly to the second floor.

The supervisor quietly trailed behind her, like a silent ghost, and it was impossible for you to judge her position by the sound.And as long as you look back, you will find that the distance between her and yourself has been shortened a lot. She is like a ghost in oriental legends, elusive.

Hongdie covered her face with an exquisite folding fan, only revealing a pair of beautiful eyes, making people wonder what kind of beautiful face should be under the fan.She walks like a lady, and her long black hair is well draped behind her head. If you don't know the shape of her ghost, maybe everyone will regard her as a survivor.

I gritted my teeth and ran upstairs, my feet creaked on the old stairs, but she was still at the door of the hospital, and when I turned my head, she appeared beside the stairs, walking towards me at a very fast speed. Approaching, I panicked and almost tripped over the stairs under my feet.

From a close distance, I can even see the blade hidden in the folding fan in Hongdie's hand. The cold light on it indicates that it can easily penetrate the survivor's body when the folding fan strikes.

Before I could run far, I felt a chill pass by, a cold hand rested on my shoulder, the folding fan closed in front of my neck, and the sharp blade touched my skin.

"My concubine is rude."

The woman's clear voice like a warbler's cry sounded faintly from behind, coupled with the approaching cold breath, people couldn't help but get goosebumps.

This was the first time I heard Hongdie speak. Because of the blade on my neck, I didn't dare to resist, so she tied a balloon like this:

"Please don't make this concubine difficult."

I wanted to struggle, but Hongdie led me down from the second floor of the hospital, and soon floated to a carnival chair.When I was tied to the carnival chair, the lady doctor had already healed successfully, and the regulator's beautiful eyes glanced at the distance: "Have you run away, forget it, Miss Yeager, who is better at deciphering, is more threatening. "

At this time, one survivor has been eliminated. Among the remaining two, Emily has a strong recovery ability, but she is a superior person, and Kurt has a strong ability to hide, but she is timid. Neither of them can be counted on. of.

I couldn't count on them to save me, and I couldn't outrun Hongdie. I knew that I was going to fail when I was tied to the carnival chair by the regulators. When I calmed down, I began to be surprised by Hongdie's attitude.

Although Miss Hongdie is a shy female supervisor, the number of survivors eliminated by her is quite a lot.In the past, many survivors guessed her character and tried to talk to her, but she didn't pay much attention to her, but today she seems to be easy to talk to.

When I was sitting on the carnival chair, Hongdie seemed to be looking at me with interest: "I heard that Miss Yeager is Joseph's fiancee? What a wonderful fate."

How did she know?

I looked at her in surprise, thought for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Miss Michiko, how did you know?"

"Everyone knows~ Let me think about it, it seems that Leo said it, Leo heard it from Valletta? Valletta seems to listen to Jack...?"

She counted them one by one, and I was dumbfounded. I never expected that this matter had already been publicized among the supervisors: "It seems that Miss Yeager is also half of her own person, but it is a pity that due to work responsibilities I still can't let you go..."

"Miss Yeager, do you understand?"

I was speechless.

"Of course..." In the end, I slowly said: "Everyone has their own tasks, and I can't give up my escape efforts because of this. This is not only causing trouble for him, but also irresponsible to my teammates."

"That's great, Miss Yeager is really a reasonable person." Hongdie half-covered her face with her fan and said with emotion: "I heard that Mr. Joseph has gone to the owner of the manor. If you two can work so hard for love, It's really touching, if I were back then..." Her voice gradually dropped. "

My attention was all attracted by one sentence, and my whole body instantly became vigilant, with a trace of uneasiness in my heart: "What is he going to do with the manor owner?"