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A few dozen meters is a short distance for me. If I just accelerated, I could easily get there with a few jumps.
But now the road was blocked by a crowd of people. I pushed my way through the crowd, keeping my eyes on Barbara.
Barbara, who had been watching Arachne, turned around and ran off somewhere. Her steps were strangely unsteady.
‘Damn, this is annoying.’
My long skirt was caught and stepped on by people. I wanted to rip this uncomfortable piece of fabric off and throw it away right away.
Barbara, with her small body, made her way through the crowd and went straight to the rest area for the tour participants. Although it was called a rest area, it was quite large, with five floors. It had everything you would need, such as a restroom, a restaurant, and a break room.
‘What are your intentions?’
As soon as I got out of the crowd, I hurried my pace.
Barbara went into the building first. The interior would be empty. Since it was still early in the test run, people were too busy looking at Arachne to even enter the rest area. There were only a few people coming and going to use the restroom.
“Haha, miss, I need to go to the bathroom… … Hey, you!”
A middle-aged nobleman who had just come out of the entrance spoke to me. He was shaking the water off his hands, as if he had just finished his business.
I tried to ignore the man and pass by. The nobleman grabbed my shoulder, perhaps because he felt bad about that.
Whirl!
I moved reflexively. I grabbed the nobleman’s wrist and twisted it backwards, subduing him. I was annoyed at having to waste time on things like this.
“If you want to be healthy, just ignore the worries and go your own way. If you understand, nod twice.”
As I applied pressure once more, I heard a crunching sound from the man’s elbow.
“Ugh, okay, I got it. I got it.”
Only then did I let go of the man and enter the building. I could hear the man’s warning through the closing doors.
“Oh, I’ll find out which family’s maid you are and beat you up! How dare you!”
I ignored his words as if I was closing my ears.
‘Where did Barbara go?’
The hallway leading from the building entrance was quiet. There was no way to see where Barbara had disappeared to.
‘Trust your senses and intuition.’
I closed my eyes, placed my hands on the floor, and listened.
Tok, tok, tak.
I have to pick out the sound I want from the subtle noise.
‘It’s a good thing you’ve been doing your auditory reinforcement training consistently lately.’
Hearing enhancement has been a personal training project of mine recently. I wanted to learn echolocation, the ability to identify and recognize the environment using sound reflections. Of course, it is not a skill that can be learned overnight.
Knock, knock.
I opened my eyes. Sensing the direction, I moved following the trail of sound.
There was a clear sound of footsteps on the stairs between the second and third floors. I jumped between the railings and went up and down the floors in one breath.
“Haa, haa.”
In the middle of the hallway, I saw Barbara, panting. She looked at me and ran as if she had gathered all her strength. Her steps looked dangerously difficult.
‘Is it a trap?’
It was so easy to catch up, so I was on high alert and had my senses sharpened.
The Barbara I knew was a strange, if not bizarre, girl. The darkness was so deep that even I felt uneasy.
However, there was no sense of alienation or discomfort in the surrounding environment. The only person who felt uncomfortable was ‘Barbara’.
“Haa, haa… … Ugh!”
Barbara, who was running, fell down with a crash. She turned her head, her pupils shaking with fear.
Now I am nothing more than a maid. There was no reason to be afraid. Even if Barbara had seen through my clothes, she was not a person who would be afraid of me.
“Are you sure that Barbara is right?”
I said, looking down at the fallen Barbara. Even analyzing the pattern of her iris up close, it was definitely Barbara.
But my gut was screaming, ‘That girl is not Barbara.’
“I, I am… … Barbara.”
There is no time for long interrogation. I have drawn out dark longings and desires.
… … I’ve always wanted to half-kill Barbara.
Boom!
I grabbed Barbara’s ring finger and broke it. I didn’t break it cleanly, but it was so rough that the bone was poking out through the skin.
“Ugh, ah, ahhh!”
Yes, if this girl were really Barbara, she wouldn’t be screaming so weakly. Instead, she would be laughing at me for choosing torture and violence.
“You’re not Barbara. Tell me straight. I want to crush that pair of shoes flat anyway.”
“Ugh, ugh, ugh, please… … .”
The girl didn’t seem to have much mental strength, but she kept her mouth shut.
As I said before, I don’t have time. If there’s a trap, I have to find it right away.
Crazy, crazy.
I twisted and entangled two more of her fingers, flesh and muscle twisting and tangling.
The output of my prosthetic hand could destroy flesh and blood like a toy. The natural body is so weak.
Wood crack!
I wrapped my arms around her broken fingers and squeezed them. Blood like sap dripped from my clenched fist.
A terrible scream was about to burst out of the girl’s mouth.
Crack!
I slapped the girl’s cheek with my palm, scratching at her skin until it tore and tattered like a rag.
“Stop screaming and answer me. Who are you and where is Barbara?”
“My name is Baba… … .”
Okay, that’s it.
Whirlwind.
I pulled back the hem of my skirt and took out my dagger, the ‘Graken Boot’. Without waiting, I stabbed the tip of the blade under the girl’s eye and flicked it away.
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Bam!
Her eyeball popped out as it caught the knife. It felt squishy because it was alive.
I didn’t ask any more questions. I was going to mutilate the girl’s body with merciless violence without saying a word. I just had to repeat the questions until she answered them herself.
There is a limit to the pain that an untrained civilian can endure. The girl seemed to sense my determination and resolve.
“Ugh, aaaah, aaaah! I’ll tell you, ah, ah, my eyes, hurt, hurtaaaa… … .”
“No, it doesn’t matter whether you answer or not. I’m going to slowly peel off your skin, starting from your fourth skin. Until you ask me to kill you. Because you annoyed me.”
The girl’s remaining eyes widened. Her terrified tongue tried to spit out the truth.
“My, my name is Nether, Nether Along! Please! Stop, it hurts too much, I, I can’t stand it. P, please, huff.”
“Nether… … Along?”
I was also confused. What the hell is this?
Nether Along is the bodyguard currently attached to Enrico Lagan. The registration number of the full-body prosthesis also matches. What if the girl in the form of Barbara is Nether Along right now?
Who is the Nether Along who is attached to Enrico Lagan?
‘Surely not, Barbara… … .’
… … If my guess is correct, Barbara was truly an extraordinarily insane woman.
Whoosh!
I grabbed the girl who called herself Nether Along and pulled her hair back. My terrible guess was true.
A faint surgical scar ran along the edge of his forehead, a mark where his skull had been opened and then closed.
“This crazy bitch… … !”
A swear word came out of my mouth. I looked down at ‘him’. I felt both pity and disgust at the man trapped in the girl’s body.
‘Barbara put her brain into Nether Along’s full-body prosthesis, and Nether Along’s brain was put into her original body. Just to use as bait… … She abandoned her natural body!’
The innate flesh is like a child. Even if it wears out and breaks, it can be discarded. However, no one took it lightly enough to consume the entire flesh in this way. Some even kept their innate flesh in freezer after changing into a full-body prosthesis.
Barbara swapped her Nether Along full-body body with her own. If the full-body body is not tailored to her, the side effects will be severe. She will also have mental problems.
Barbara’s transformation was so disgusting that I wanted to vomit. My cross-dressing was just cute.
“So is your full-body body next to Enrico Lagan Barbara?”
“They say that if you just listen to them, they will return your original body to you… … .”
Nether Along said, sobbing. I threw him down and caught my breath.
‘Outside now, Giselle, Iley, Enrico and Barbara are riding Arachne.’
Enrico will manipulate Arachne to get close to Giselle. Giselle won’t find it strange if Enrico does something like that. It’s natural given Enrico’s obsession and personality.
‘Just as we naturally arranged all the situations to attract Barbara, Barbara also naturally approached Giselle, making disgusting sacrifices.’
I put my hand to my ear and tried to communicate. Neither Ilay nor Giselle picked up the communication.
‘It’s already happened.’
It was time for Enrico’s Arachne to contact Giselle’s Arachne and remain. There was no way to know from the outside what was happening in the rocky area.
But my anxiety was surprisingly not that great.
‘The person next to Giselle right now is none other than Ille.’
No matter how much Barbara prepares, Ilay will show skills that exceed her expectations. Barbara will never be able to estimate Ilay’s skills. Ilay is growing faster than anyone else right now.
“Barbara won’t give you back your body. If you want to live, just wait here quietly.”
I spoke briefly and went down the building.
Groan, grumble.
It was noisy outside. They didn’t seem to care about the commotion I was causing in the rest area building.
“Did you get hit? Wasn’t there a girl from the Custoria family riding it?”
“Machine failure?”
“What happened?”
A thick plume of smoke was rising from the rocky area.
The staff of Autonova were busy. They were operating the drone with expressions of bewilderment. An accident occurred during the exhibition schedule. And if we were not careful, the young lady of the Custoria family could get hurt or die.
The Autonovas’ reconnaissance drone was quickly crossing the rocky terrain. The air vehicle carrying the paramedics was also about to take off.
Squeak!
I held the door of the ambulance closed. The motor that opened and closed it made a loud noise as if it was going to explode.
“What the hell are you doing! This is an emergency!”
The paramedics looked at me and yelled.
“I am an employee of Custoria. Since my lady had an accident, I am qualified to ride as well.”
I spoke calmly. The paramedics also gave up their seats at the word Custoria.
“What kind of maid has so much strength… … .”
They murmured as they watched me. The door of the air vehicle was dented along the marks of my hand.
The aerial vehicle was flying over the rocky terrain. The rescue workers were checking the accident scene in advance through the sight of the reconnaissance drone.
There was a pervasive sense of anxiety. If things went wrong, those involved in the exhibition would not be spared from accountability.
-Luka, I just sorted out the situation here. Giselle is safe.
The message from Illei flashed on my retina.
Yeah, I knew it.
I let out a shallow breath and felt relieved.
