As Abigail, I caused trouble in infinite space.

After saying that, Abigail jumped off the building and landed on the ground.

"Keep it down, honestly."

Kyoko also jumped off the building and landed next to Abigail.

"It's alright. I just looked carefully and there was no movement around, and it doesn't seem like I'm having a nightmare."

"Since the dream world seems to hold a great secret, it's always better to be careful."

"Alright then, let's be careful on our way."

After saying that, the two of them took their weapons and walked along the alley between the buildings, heading out of the city.

"Apricot, what do you think lies beyond that layer of mist?"

"I can't guess, but I don't think it's anything good."

“I think so. By the way, since this place is called the Dream World, we won’t end up in someone else’s dream, will we?”

"If that's the case, then things will get interesting."

After traversing the city, the two finally arrived at the city's border.

"Why? I have a bad feeling about this?"

"Me too. I always feel like we're being watched by something, and it's very uncomfortable."

As they talked, they cautiously looked around, but found nothing.

"Could it just be my imagination today? My intuition is usually very accurate."

"In any case, now that we've come this far, there's no reason to turn back. Let's go."

"That's true. Let's see what lies behind this fog."

After saying that, the two stepped into the mist.

"Xingzi, give me your hand. The fog is too thick. We don't want to get separated."

"Ah."

The two held hands to prevent themselves from getting separated in the thick fog, while gripping their weapons tightly, alert to any possible attack.

The fog covered a vast area, and the two walked for a long time without ever reaching the outside.

"Do you think it's possible that we'll just keep going in circles?"

"Spinning around in place? That can't be right, we've been moving forward the whole time!"

“I think it’s not impossible. We’ve walked for so long, either the fog is really vast, or we’re just going around in circles. You know, in a place where visibility is only a few meters, it’s actually very easy to confuse our vision and lead us to go in circles.”

"What should we do then? Go back?"

Xingzi asked with some confusion.

“Going back is impossible. Now that we’re already here, are you willing to leave without finding out the truth?”

"Of course I'm not willing to accept it."

"That's right. However, we need to find a way out of this fog. This place is so open. Although they can mislead us on the ground, we can only truly move straight forward once we fly into the sky."

"Fly into the sky? How are you going to do that? We can't fly."

"It's actually very simple. Although we can't fly, we can jump! As long as we keep jumping in one direction, isn't that the same as constantly flying?"

Is this really okay?

Xingzi thought about it and realized that the idea seemed to make some sense, but it also felt a little strange.

"No problem, but don't jump too wildly. If we both get lost in our confusion, that would be terrible."

"Understood. Just be careful to coordinate with their actions."

"Okay, let's go then. 1, 2, 3, jump!"

In their haste, the two bent their knees and jumped, reaching a height of over ten meters and a distance of more than several tens of meters.

They kept jumping forward, and sure enough, it didn't take long for them to reach the edge of the mist.

"I knew it would be like this. Now let's see what's hidden behind this fog."

"Be careful, or there might be some danger outside."

"Okay, then let's slowly walk out."

Slowly, the two walked out, but after emerging from the mist, all that appeared before them was a vast, dark plain. The white moonlight in the distance was much more pleasing to the eye than the blood-red moonlight inside the mist.

"Is this what it looks like outside? It doesn't seem to be anything special."

"Indeed, I thought something terrible would happen after we emerged from this fog. But there was nothing there. By the way, what are you doing?"

After finishing her sentence, Kyoko looked at Abigail's hand movements with some curiosity.

"I tried to see if I could open the dream gate here, but I failed."

"Failed? Does this mean this place doesn't belong to the dream world?"

"I'm not quite sure. There are just too many doubts and too many things I don't understand."

Abigail stopped what she was doing and began to think deeply about the situation.

"Hehehe... How did you guys get out?"

Just then, a little girl's voice suddenly came from above them.

The two quickly looked up at a tree not far away, where they saw a blonde girl dressed entirely in black, wearing a small round hat.

"who are you?"

"Hehehe, you still haven't answered my question? How did you get out? That useless master, can't you even do this kind of work well? Oh, right, right, this side is my responsibility. Ugh, so troublesome, I really don't want to do work, surveillance is too boring."

The girl gave off a lazy vibe, but the two of them dared not ignore the pressure she brought.

"What should we do now? They don't seem prepared to answer our questions."

Kyoko turned her head and asked Abigail, who was standing next to her.

"Let's give it a try. She's the first person we can talk to in the dream world. Maybe we can ask her something. And she doesn't seem to be very hostile towards us."

After saying that, Abigail took two steps and looked up at the girl.

"We emerged from the fog. Where are we?"

"Here? This is the world of that useless lord. That useless lord assigned me such troublesome work. I really don't want to do it."

The girl seemed to have a lot of complaints about the useless adult she was talking about, and she always seemed to look down on him.

"Then can you tell me who this 'useless master' you're talking about is?"

"A useless lord is a useless lord indeed."

The girl's answer was as good as no answer at all, which made Abigail feel a little uncomfortable.

"Can you tell me why you call this 'useless lord' 'useless lord'?"

"Because she's really useless."

Whether the girl's answer was carefully calculated or random, Abigail only gleaned one piece of information from these conversations: it seemed that there was someone above this girl manipulating everything, and this dream world seemed to be that person's world.

"Then can you tell me, if we keep walking straight ahead, where will we end up?"

"Over there? If you keep going, you'll probably run into Leng Xue. If you do, she'll dismember you, like cutting up a toy bear, piece by piece. She's always thinking about cutting that useless adult into pieces and carrying them with her. Why does she always think about such troublesome things?"

Upon hearing the girl's words, Abigail and Kyoko's expressions turned somewhat serious. Clearly, they were very lucky; the girl in front of them didn't seem to be planning to carry out that useless adult's orders, although they didn't know what kind of relationship existed between them.

"Ah, can you go back? Although I don't want to work, if I let you leave, that useless master will scold me again. But I still don't want to work, so you should go back on your own."

The girl lay lazily on the tree branch and even yawned.

"What do we do? Go back?"

"It's better to go back first. It's more dangerous outside than we imagined. We're lucky to have encountered a girl who doesn't want to fight. If we had encountered the cold-blooded person she claims to be, it would have been dangerous. But this is a rare opportunity, so I'll ask her a few more questions."

After saying that, Abigail turned back to the girl in the tree.

"Can you tell me your name?"

"Sloth. My name is Sloth."

"Laziness, why is it called that?"

"Because I'm just lazy."

"Can you tell me how many people are in your group? And what are their names?"

"This is so troublesome. There are 15 of us in total, and as for their names, there are so many, I don't want to say them. I mean, can you please stop asking? Answering these questions is too much trouble. You should just go back now."

After hearing the girl's words, Abigail and Kyoko exchanged a glance.

"Know when to quit while you're ahead."

"Well, let's leave it at that for now. Although there are still many mysteries, it seems we can't continue asking questions today. Let's go back."

After saying that, the two turned and walked into the mist. They still needed to return to the town in the mist. At least for now, they had to go through the Dream Gate to return to the real world.

"Ah... they're finally gone. I can go back to my stroll now."

After saying that, the girl in the tree jumped down. However, at that moment, she suddenly turned her head to look in the next direction with some displeasure. There, a white creature slowly walked out of the mist.

"Seriously, I have to go back to work again. It's such a hassle."

Despite saying that, the girl moved with great agility. In a flash, she appeared in front of the snow-white creature, and a huge spike like a thumbtack appeared in her hand. She pierced through the creature in one go and hung it on the spike.

"Little rabbit, white and white, two ears standing up straight, cut it, cut its veins, cut its arteries, it stays still, so cute..."

The girl hummed a song as she hung the snow-white creature on the thumbtack in her hand and then took it away.

Back in the mist, the two opened the dream gate and returned to the real world. The sky was slightly white, and the sunrise seemed to be just around the corner.

"We need to get back quickly, Saya is about to wake up."

Looking at the pale horizon, Kyoko said to Abigail:

"I'm leaving now, you should go back quickly too."

"Oh, right, don't tell anyone else about this beforehand."

"Do you suspect that the mastermind is among us?"