Ouroboros's Soul

A moment later, the police arrived at the scene, Alexis was still stunned by the scene just now, her eyes were still looking at the corpse covered with a white cloth. While Ryu was talking to the police to get statements and information. The young policeman with chestnut hair named Jack, with a friendly and sociable appearance, talked to Ryu very intimately, looking at the girl behind Ryu, he couldn't help but be curious.

"So that's Ouroboros?" - Jack

"Yes, and still young and doesn't understand her current situation" - Ryu

"Ah, that's right, something that should be common in rookies. You better deal with that thing up there" - Jack

Ryu's eyes looked towards Alexis who was still sitting absent-mindedly while Wiro was sitting on her lap, the young policeman followed Ryu's gaze. Then he looked confused and disdainful.

"Her? You must be joking, right?"- Jack

"Don't underestimate her, her tarot soul is something unusual"- Ryu

"You mean that puppy? No matter how strong the tarot soul is, the one who commands it is still the Reader"- Jack

"That's right, the Reader is the center of the tarot soul control. But you haven't seen it yourself, so you don't know how her tarot soul is used. Each tarot soul and reader have different ways of working"- Ryu

While the other two were arguing, Alexis was still sitting there looking at the corpse when suddenly a chill ran down her spine. Looking up at the apartment building where the 13th floor was, Alexis' pupils reflected something above.

"Are you going back there?"- Wiro

"Something is stuck there....And wants to be freed"- Alexis

"You know that action is stupid, right?"- Wiro

"Maybe so...maybe I did act stupidly, it's just that I feel like I can't turn back anymore. Things have come to this point"- Alexis

The little wolf landed on Alexis' head, licking the corner of his mouth.

"You're really a coward who still wants to do reckless things. I'll go with you, if you die I'll become a wandering soul"- Wiro

Hearing the wolf's words made her feel somewhat comforted and gave her a little more motivation to act, so she went back into the apartment while the other two weren't paying attention. However, Alexis herself didn't know that her eyes were starting to show signs of change.

"Even if you say so, I still don't believe she can do it"- Jack

"Why don't we try to witness it?"- Ryu

Although Jack didn't really believe it, Ryu's words sounded very certain, and they had known each other for quite a while so they understood each other's feelings. But everyone makes mistakes sometimes and can't be right forever.

"Okay, if you say so, let's try it out. Who's right and who's wrong, I'll bet a cup of soda"- Jack

"Deal!"- Ryu

"But the first problem to solve is how to convince her, looking at her dazed state, I don't think she's too scared to dare... Ryu, where is she?"- Jack

Ryu turned around and didn't see Alexis sitting there anymore, so a scary thought popped into his head, could it be that the girl had returned to that apartment building. So the two of them quickly ran into the castle, they dodged to the side to let the people in the elevator out and then they rushed inside. Jack had to use his police powers to make sure no one was allowed in except them, Ryu pressed the random numbers on the elevator panel, this was actually a ritual in the urban legend of elevators leading to other worlds.

Alexis being transported to the 13th floor was completely random because that thing on the 13th floor was the cause. While waiting for the elevator to move, Jack took out his phone to look up information.

"Let's see, this apartment building has some pretty strange incidents from time to time. There are a few people who have disappeared for a short time without a trace, no surveillance cameras, nothing. They still come back but their minds are no longer normal. This case of someone dying is the first time and there are still many missing people who have not been found" - Jack

"Maybe it's because of too much mental torture that in the end someone couldn't take it anymore and committed suicide"- Ryu

"Do you think the same thing as I just thought?"- Jack

"What?"- Ryu

"That brat?"- Jack

"I don't think so. There's no way, no one can be calm after witnessing a dead body. Unless their mind goes through some kind of change, then that's another story"- Ryu

Suddenly the whole elevator shook violently, causing them to stop talking.

"It seems like that brat has already angered that creature"- Jack

"I told her that she was the prey, so why did she rush into danger without any preparation?"- Ryu sighed in frustration

As soon as the elevator reached the 13th floor, the elevator door opened and in front of them was a dark hallway, the stench of blood assaulted their noses. Just now Ryu came to this floor and saw only the dark corridor where Alexis was in danger, now this place was filled with red liquid scattered everywhere. Thinking about this pile of blood from the face-down corpse just now, the girl might be in danger.

"Well, what could be worse?"- Jack joked

"We're not sure yet. How dangerous do you think this Hollow is?"- Ryu

"Level B or maybe Level A. Because to be able to open up a territory for the entire apartment floor, Level B can do it, but to occupy a place for such a long time, only Level A can"- Jack

As soon as the two stepped out of the elevator, the elevator door slammed shut and everything went dark, the lamps on the wall suddenly lit up red one by one along the corridor, illuminating the end of the path, something gradually appeared, it was a pile of flesh mixed with crushed bones inside. Jack approached the pile of slimy flesh and looked closely, then saw a familiar face, so he took out his phone to check again.

"Looks like we know the fate of the remaining missing people."- Jack

"Perhaps that creature is reaching a new level of development, but perhaps because it didn't absorb enough, it wants to kidnap as many people as possible in such an obvious way."- Ryu

Suddenly, there was a sound, Ryu took out a knife with characters engraved on it, while Jack pulled out a gun with tree root patterns, both of them prepared a fighting stance to confront the creature. The sound of an object crawling towards them very slowly, along with the painful groans, made the atmosphere even more tense.

From the darkness, a skinny hand stretched out and crawled on the ground, the creature revealed itself with a miserable face as if something had torn half of its face off, its lower body was missing half, black blood and internal organs were scattered all over the floor. The two of them opened their eyes wide in shock, what the hell had attacked this creature.

"Save...save me...monster..."

Jack turned to look at Ryu with an expression of trying to calm down.

"It can't be that brat, right?"- Jack

"Jack, do you know anything about wild tarot souls?"- Ryu

"Why do you want me to review the old lesson all of a sudden?"- Jack

"Just answer me"- Ryu

"From what I know, wild tarot souls are usually not properly controlled by their masters, are constantly thirsty for their master's energy, and act rashly"- Jack

"And did you forget something?"- Ryu

"Uh...it seems like there's nothing else"- Jack

"This is why I always tell you guys to learn the necessary lessons"- Ryu pinched her nose

"Gaaaah, save me!!!"

The creature was then pulled back into the darkness by something and the sound of bones and flesh being chewed up rang out, something even more terrifying than the one that killed the creature just now was now advancing towards them. Jack began to see the situation becoming more serious, Ryu's eyes looked straight at the thing that was gradually stepping out from the darkness.

"A tarot soul can become wild, if their master is harmed, they will kill anyone whether friend or foe"- Ryu

From within the endless darkness, a pair of wild blue eyes glowed looking at the two of them, it was Wiro in the size of a giant black wolf, its mouth was still flowing with a lot of black liquid after devouring the creature just now.

"Holy moly... that's a big wolf!"- Jack was shocked

"It seems that girl is injured and passed out somewhere, if we don't find her quickly and wake her up, this wolf won't stop its massacre"- Ryu

"So do you have a plan?"- Jack

"For now, let's lure the wolf and find the girl"- Ryu

"That doesn't sound like a plan at all!"- Jack

Wiro growled threateningly and rushed towards the two of them, forcing them to separate to avoid jumping behind the wolf and running deep into the endless hallway.