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So this… is her hideout.
Lea looked around and swallowed hard. The long hallway she was in stretched into the distance, completely pristine and white. It was devoid of any signs of life, without even the faint hum from ventilation and lights. The only sound was her own breathing, making the eerie silence deafening.
She intuitively knew—this was no ordinary hideout.
I heard it was supposed to look like a warehouse… but this feels more like a laboratory.
If this truly was an important place to Puppeteer, what could be inside? Tensing, Lea carefully surveyed her surroundings.
“Let's move forward first,” said Se-Hoon softly.
“Got it.”
Matching their strides, the two moved in unison, staying close together. The hallway seemed endless, with no signs of any side paths or doors. It made Lea feel a twinge of unease, half-expecting something to jump out at them.
“…Hmm?”
She suddenly noticed a faint ripple in the air. At first, she thought her eyes were playing tricks on her, but a closer look revealed that the entire hallway was subtly shimmering.
Realizing something was off, Lea tapped Se-Hoon on the waist.
“Hey, something's strange about the air around us.”
“Oh, that's probably toxins.”
“Toxins…?”
“You know how Puppeteer and their puppets don't need to breathe, right? Because of that, they likely filled the air with a color and odor-less poison.”
Without preparations, any intruders would instantly succumb to poisoning. And even if they were prepared, they’d still need to use magic to filter the toxins, making it the perfect trap to eliminate and identify intruders.
They were notoriously difficult to deal with according to stories he heard before he regressed, and such traps were common in major...
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