There were no clocks or timers, yet at a certain moment, the Rubik's Cubes on every player's shackles began to spin.
As the cubes rotated, the rooms themselves shifted and tilted. Deceitful Bloom and Lightchaser, who had been in front of Rita, rotated counterclockwise to the left. Rita and the Quiet Mountain Rita above her rotated clockwise to the right.
With the rotation, the nearly transparent barriers between rooms transformed into black metal. Lamps lit up each of the four corners.
This was the rooms' true form—it looked more and more like a prison.
Ding~
As the clear, bell-like sound chimed like the strike of a clock, all ambient noise outside vanished. A mechanical prompt sounded in Rita's mind.
[Detected Prisoner8017-BS-319365910, Violet-Gold Talent: Alchemy]
[Prisoner8017-BS-319365910 triggered Four-Star Creation Game]
A scroll descended in a flash.
Rita turned her gaze from the vine-shaped lamp and looked at the scroll.
