Kisaragi Station || Apocalypse Paradise #3

202: Are You F*cking Kidding Me?

Rena screamed, and her voice echoed in the corridor. She was standing directly in front of Reno's grinning face; they almost touched each other's face. Rena quickly backed away from him and nearly tripped. Lin Sanjiu's past 24 hours in Kisaragi Station World were filled with these constant scares. Now that she was in a Higher Consciousness form, she ignored her fear and immediately rammed herself into Reno's face. The momentum threw him backward by more than a meter, and he tumbled to the ground.

"What... what happened?" Rena regained her composure and rushed over, holding up a fist. She was unsure if she should hit him.

"Ugh! Stop hitting me! It hurts," Reno uttered. His head was now in a normal position—as it turned out, he probably used the wall as a support before turning his head at that weird angle. He held his nose and lifted his tear-covered face. "It was just a prank. Why are you guys overreacting?"

The grayish brain paused mid-air before it showed the words: BEAT HIM. Rena howled and pounced on him, pounding his face with her fists as Reno begged her to stop.

"This isn't the right time to create trouble!" Rena said angrily, ceasing her punches, only to kick her brother hard with her pink Mary Jane shoes. "You're lucky we didn't whack you to death, mistaking you for a ghost!"

"Let's forget this happened," Reno was covered in dust. Seeing that the grayish brain was poising itself for another attack, he quickly changed the subject, "Actually, Lin Sanjiu was right. When I walked around the corner, I felt a presence."

Rena and Lin Sanjiu instantly quieted down. Rena frowned. "A duoluozhong?"

"I'm not sure." Reno looked at the corridor cautiously. "I can't see that thing. I only felt it rushing toward me... Do you understand? The feeling when you can't see or touch something, but you just know it's there..."

"When it was about to land on me, my special item helped me block that attack," Reno patted his chest. There seemed to be something under his shirt. "Without this, I don't know what would have happened to me... At that moment, I felt a chill in my bones."

Lin Sanjiu was alarmed by his description. 'Was Reno nearly consumed by dark matter? Could the name of this place explain why the siblings are suddenly unable to see the duoluozhongs here?'

Lin Sanjiu was lost in her thoughts when she turned and realized that Rena's expression looked a little off. Rena furrowed her brows and appeared doubtful. She looked at the corridor and her brother. Somehow, Lin Sanjiu felt that the girl was puzzled by something else.

"Isn't this station called the Invisible Place? It isn't weird that we can't see them, right?" Rena
said, pulling Lin Sanjiu out of her thoughts. "But more importantly, what should we do now?"

'Since you two have lost your biggest advantage over those duoluozhongs, isn't it obvious?'

However, Reno's reply instantly made Lin Sanjiu feel old.

"Didn't we come here to train ourselves? I find it rather meaningless to fight against those duoluozhongs we can see. It isn't challenging at all. We might as well go home to kill chickens." Reno laughed high-spiritedly. He even had a carefree expression. "Now that there is a bit of a challenge, we should take advantage of this! I've decided. Let's stay here tonight. Once we get rid of the duoluozhongs here, I want to go to the 26th floor!"

Rena agreed as if she was already used to such situations. On the other hand, Lin Sanjiu was so shocked that she nearly lost control over her floating. Even though she spelled "I oppose" and kept the words in mid-air for a long time, the siblings seemed to ignore the opinions of the brain following them and had already started searching for a unit to stay in.