I returned our home while he toured with her novel Chapter 110

Chapter 6

I sighed heavily.

I had to straighten this kid out, right now.

“Who do they think they are, talking smack like that? They’re dead wrong.”

“If I ever catch them, I’ll give them hell. And a punch in the face.”

“But listen to me, Meg. You can’t talk about yourself that way.”

“It breaks my heart.”

I kept ranting until I fell asleep.

I didn’t know what happened next.

While I slept, Meg snuggled up to me and watched over me.

Her dress flickered, shifting rapidly from blood-red to pure white and back again.

Then, she whispered.

“It makes Mommy sad. I can’t make Mommy sad.”

The chat feed exploded.

[I’ve never seen her stats flip like that! The dress turned white!]

[Holy shit. This newbie actually overwrote the Blood Girl’s stats. She’s the real deal.]

The cold drone of the System woke me the next morning.

[Initial Players: 30. Survivors: 15.]

I fumbled for my phone, bleary-eyed, and checked the group chat.

Five more people were dead.

Three taken by monsters.

Two others saw something, hit 100 Sanity, and died of fright.

A private message from Scarlett flashed on the screen.

[Alice, hon, are you okay? I was fighting off monsters on the second floor all night and couldn’t reach you.]

[You need to bond with your “family” ASAP. I remember this from Sterling’s old run.]

[Take this tip as my apology. I feel awful for not warning you about the selection trap and letting you get

stuck on the 30th floor.]

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Scarlett was busy playing the saint in the main chat, dishing out advice to the rookies.

Justin piped up occasionally to play bad cop.

[Why bother helping them? You’re too soft. Dead weight just drags us down.]

Scarlett shot back a sanctimonious reply.

[Faté brought us together. Let’s not be so calculating.]

Of course, the survivors were treating Scarlett like the Second Coming.

These two veterans were putting on quite a show.

I grinned and pressed my nose to the screen to reply.

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