She had thought her own words were sharp, but she had met a master of sarcasm.
However, her attention was diverted, and her nerves, stretched to the limit, relaxed again.
She plopped down in the swivel chair, crossing her long legs.
Her bunny girl outfit was already in tatters, but the scratched stockings were even more attractive.
Yuuki’s eyes immediately fell on them.
“Hey, you’re being too blatant.” Mai immediately put her legs down.
“I think peeking is more impolite. Appreciating beautiful things should be done openly and honestly. Look closely at my eyes; they are filled with appreciation.”
“I only see a pervert.” Mai snorted, waving her hand a little weakly, “Forget it, I’m too lazy to argue with you. Let’s talk about what to do next. We can’t hide here for long.”
“Don’t forget Hint 2, we are no longer inside the old castle.” Yuuki became a little more serious, whispering: “We can’t stay in any location for more than two hours. First, catch our breath, then thoroughly study that Id Trait. This thing holds the hope for our next step of survival.”
“It’s time to study it properly.
I suddenly feel like I have the ability to keep going.” Mai perked up, straightening her back, and asked curiously: “Oh, what’s your Id Trait?”
Yuuki didn’t speak, picked up his knife, and turned to leave.
“Hey, you’re not going to guard against us, are you?” Ai looked over, her eyes sharp.
“You really saw through me.” The man’s gaze was sincere, without a single flaw, “The Id Trait should be a player’s biggest trump card, not easily exposed, but the three of us have gone through several life-and-death trials. Why would I guard against you?”
“Then you….”
“I’ll take the burden of multitasking. I’ll investigate what I care about while studying this trait. Let’s meet up and discuss in about 20 minutes.”
Bang.
Yuuki closed the door and turned to look into the depths of the tunnel.
After one night, he had already figured it out.
Strength was only one part; to survive, intelligence gathering was more important.
So, Ai and the others could rest, but he could not. This story is hosted at g.com.
Besides that, he had to make a choice within these twenty minutes.
Since Ai and Mai both unlocked theirs directly, why was it a question for him?
“Moreover, I always feel a bit uneasy.”
Yuuki raised his head, his gaze fixed on the pitch-black tunnel.
As his mind completely relaxed, his thoughts seemed to transcend this purgatorial instance.
In this life, he had two unsolved mysteries: one, why he came here, and the other, why, after coming to paradise, he was reminded that he would encounter purgatory.
[Survive]
The bloody words in the original owner’s diary lingered in his mind.
This notebook was gone, perhaps a hallucination from his Crossing, or perhaps the original owner was a chuunibyou.
But for some reason, Yuuki believed it.
He truly gave up the idea of tricking elementary school students everywhere to prepare for some apocalypse, and then, the apocalypse came true.
It was definitely not as simple as a normal transmigration.
The stench of the living corpses still lingered in his nostrils.
This illogical trust collided with reality, so he didn’t have that dream-like feeling that other newcomers had.
Therefore, he was cautious with every step, deeply pondering any abnormal situation.
[Player Yuuki, do you wish to unlock your trait immediately?]
Every word of the whisper was incredibly clear, as if waiting.
Yuuki racked his brain but found no clue, his brows tightly furrowed, no longer joking with Mai as he had been earlier.
“I have no choice.”
In the corridor, Ryan’s strange and inexplicable killing intent, and the abnormal difficulty he spoke of, all hung over his head like a sword.
Those two veteran players were completely unreliable.
The nightmare had just begun, and I needed strength.
This was his final judgment, and Yuuki liked to ponder deeply, but he never hesitated when a decision needed to be made.
“Unlock trait immediately.”
As these words left his mouth, every muscle tensed.
The tunnel remained pitch black, and no terrifying monsters ran out.
Like Mai and Hayasaka, there was no abnormality on his body.
Only a faint, indistinct, almost imperceptible sigh, before Yuuki could even hear it clearly, he froze stiff.
A gaze, an invisible gaze, fell upon him.
He couldn’t distinguish whether this gaze was benevolent or malevolent, daring not even to lift his head.
In just a flash, the gaze disappeared, and then an emotionless whisper resounded in his mind.
[Player Yuuki, Id Trait Unlocked — Unknown’s Garment]
[Draw one garment daily. A garment is the player’s unique cognition. Cannot be stored, single-use, valid for one day. Two-hour interval between drawing and using.]
[Description: The world is your known, you are the world’s unknown. Make good use of this unknown —]
[You will, change everything.]