Chapter 11
The four bosses mobilized in perfect formation, reluctantly escorting me to the stairwell below the thirtieth
floor.
I clutched my pile of items and looked down at my red dress, moved to a mess of tears.
Who said these were the monstrosities of a horror game? Were they not just my most intimate and adorable family?
The chat feed commented with sour jealousy.
[If you gave me those items, I would think they were cute too.]
[I have to admit Alice has skills since she at least survived the thirtieth floor until now. She even won the
affection of the bosses.]
[True enough, former players could not even enter the door of the thirtieth floor. They got killed by the girl in
the blood dress the moment they reached the entrance.]
[In my opinion, with four bosses as backers and so many badass items, Alice will definitely complete the first
clear this time!]
[It feels like watching my own daughter growing up. Boo hoo.]
I arrived at the twenty-ninth floor and knocked politely on the door. It opened after a single rap.
I knew from the group messages that the players on this floor were already dead.
A pair of twins peered out from behind the door, their teenage faces visible.. They eyed my gear warily- especially the dull kitchen knife-before forcing tight, fawning smiles.
“You are the neighbor from the thirtieth floor, right? You’re welcome to visit, but why did you bring a
weapon?”
“Now you’re treating us like strangers. This is the visiting card for the twenty-ninth floor, please take it.”
They would have been more charming, were it not for their shattered heads. Their facial features were mangled beyond recognition, and a foul stench radiated from their clothes.
I pinched the plain card. It only had a small black pattern on it, and I could not make out exactly what it was.
I thanked the siblings and asked politely. “Could you invite me in for a cup of tea?”
“I think perhaps we can discuss the fate of your mother and your enemy.”
Yes, I was not actually idle when I first entered this purgatory game and stood downstairs.
While everyone else scrambled to claim floors, I had circled the building five times out of sheer boredom.
Finally, I dug out a dirty old newspaper from a garbage pile shrouded in black air. It was buried in a pile of
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vomit made of unknown slime.
Luckily, this was the old trade of a social bottom feeder like me.
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