In the darkness, Mono could only hear the sound of his own breathing. As the light and shadow swept past, everything around him was silent.
The distance gradually closed.
"Click?"
Suddenly, a soft sound came from a side where the flashlight's beam couldn't reach. Mono hurriedly turned the flashlight toward it.
As soon as the light fell, the sound vanished instantly.
However, looking at the doll that remained motionless under the light, the corners of Mono's mouth twitched.
If he remembered correctly, this doll with double hooks on its hands was just...
Standing perfectly straight, wasn't it?
Moreover, it seemed the direction it was facing wasn't toward him either. Just as he was thinking...
"Click?"
Another sound suddenly came from the other side.
"Damn!"
Mono was startled and quickly turned the flashlight to the other side. The light fell upon a doll supported by iron canes for legs. Mono remembered it had been facing the wall at '080' just a moment ago.
"Clack, clack, clack~" Just as he was shining it, another soft sound came from where he had just moved the flashlight away.
Mono looked back.
He saw that the doll with double hooks on its arms, which had been motionless under the flashlight's beam just now...
Was now walking toward him with mechanical steps. Its gait was bumpy and stumbling, but its speed was incredibly fast.
"Stop right there!" Mono immediately turned the light back.
Instantly, the beam fell upon it. "Click?"
The doll stopped its movements immediately.
However, it still maintained its forward-lunging posture.
"Clack, clack, clack?"
As soon as the light turned to the doll with double hooks, the doll that had been facing the wall...
Also started moving again.
Mono had long anticipated this and quickly turned the flashlight's beam. It also stopped in its tracks immediately.
Mono didn't let the double-hooked doll repeat its trick; he turned the flashlight away...
Then with a flick of his wrist, he turned it back...
Shining it directly on its body.
Then, with another turn, he shone it on the doll supported by iron canes. The light alternated between the two dolls, and they both instantly lost...
The ability to move.
Mono didn't waste any more time. Seizing the opportunity, he set off again. He plunged directly into the puppet crowd.
It was like a drop of water hitting a hot frying pan; the place instantly erupted.
"Click-clack, click-clack, click-clack?"
"Click-clack, click-clack, click-clack—"
"Click-clack, click-clack, click-clack~"
Countless mechanical footsteps instantly echoed from all around, messy yet seemingly orderly, reverberating throughout this dark and spacious hall.
Mono had expected this.
Most of the dolls here were indeed capable of moving.
Hurriedly gripping the flashlight, Mono's body suddenly spun three hundred and sixty degrees at an extremely fast speed.
The flashlight's beam in his hand spun along with his rotation.
The rotating light swept across the bodies of all the dolls rushing toward Mono...
And they all stopped in their tracks instantly.
Mono didn't dare delay; taking this chance, he ran a few more steps forward.
However, when he pulled back the flashlight, the dolls all started moving again in unison.
Mono spun around once more.
In this way, walking and spinning all the way, finally, just as Mono felt he was spinning so much he was getting dizzy and about to vomit, a large door appeared not far away.
Overjoyed, Mono did one last spin and then began to sprint. As the light disappeared, all the dolls now went completely out of control.
Like the zombies chasing humans everywhere in Resident Evil, guided by the scent of raw meat, they only thought of reaching out to catch their prey.
Mono didn't stop.
The footsteps behind him were drawing closer and closer.
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