In other areas, including reaction time, awareness, and perception, he wasn't weak at all.
Even Six in her normal state couldn't compare to him in these aspects.
So while he sometimes appeared... useless, he was by no means weak. He didn't need Six to worry about him.
Seeing this, Six squeezed her hand.
She felt so wronged...
Mono really has a foul mouth...
The elevator rumbled downward for an unknown amount of time.
Just when Mono started to wonder if they were on an elevator to hell, a slight vibration finally came.
The elevator shook gently, and then it came to a complete stop.
The feeling of weightlessness finally vanished.
*Sizzle*
The elevator doors slowly opened.
But what met his eyes was total darkness.
Black, a bottomless black.
It felt even heavier than the atmosphere in the Doll Room.
This was hundreds of meters underground; even the strongest light couldn't penetrate this thick layer of earth.
Coupled with the fact that there were no lights installed in this damned basement corridor...
There was truly not a single speck of light to be perceived.
Mono felt like he had gone blind.
As he was looking around blindly...
*Click!*
The sound of flint striking came from beside him.
Then, a glow appeared from the side.
Six had taken out the lighter and produced a flame.
The weak light of the flame illuminated the surroundings, dispelling the darkness and chasing away a sliver of the heavy, oppressive feeling.
Surface creatures always need light; this isn't surprising.
Mono pulled Six along, slowly walking forward.
The ground was covered with black floorboards, which were somewhat wet and slippery.
This was moisture condensed from the water vapor seeping in from the underground soil.
After walking just a few steps, under the illumination of the firelight, they saw two crooked... stretchers placed on both sides of the pitch-black corridor.
White Cloth was scattered on the carts, draped onto the ground, with large patches of white left on them.
The humid air caused everything here to deteriorate.
The smell was, as always, somewhat dull and unpleasant.
Continuing forward, they suddenly saw several more iron racks, and beside the racks were several large boxes.
Some limbs spilled out crookedly from within.
These old remains belonged to some dolls.
They were likely defective products, which is why they were thrown into the corner of the corridor, left to be eroded by time and moisture.
They continued walking forward silently; the corridor felt somewhat claustrophobic and bottomless.
Only the faint sound of footsteps could be heard echoing in their ears.
Mono also felt quite terrible.
If it weren't for the light of the lighter shining and being able to hold Six's hand, he would probably feel a bit nervous too.
Just nervous, not afraid.
Any person would be nervous; there was nothing strange about that.
After walking a bit further, a ninety-degree turn suddenly appeared ahead. The two passed through silently, but a faint light suddenly appeared in the distance. Mono immediately raised his alertness from ten to twelve.
Mono listened carefully to every movement around him, then continued stepping forward. Soon, the two arrived at the end of the light.
At the end of the corridor was a room.
Past the room was a wooden door.
As long as they opened the wooden door, they could pass through.
However, Mono did not act rashly.
He turned his gaze to a corner inside the room.
Beside the wooden boards were some dolls.
Because of the light, Mono wasn't worried about them moving. But what truly concerned him was that cabinet.
There was movement inside.
The sound was very weak but very chaotic, like the sound of mechanical fingers rapidly tapping on a silent keyboard.
What on earth was it?
Just as he was thinking, a figure jumped out from the dilapidated cabinet. Mono saw the shadow clearly under the light and was momentarily stunned.
So it was those moving hands?
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