Alomitsu

Chapter 16: Studio City (2)

The magnificent and shocking light and shadow buildings were just like the huge ancient fortresses, even if the castle of any king was less than three points.

I couldn’t help but marvel at the light and shadow buildings that continue to rise. If this was made by craftsmen, it would be a great building as famous as the Egyptian pyramids.

The sound of sneaky conversation came from the spiral staircase. When I heard the sound, I stood stiffly on the spot. Is this a projection of a mirage? Is it something terrifying again?

I picked up the coconut on the ground, which was the only weapon I had left at this point. I thought I finished with the pirate’s fear, but now I had developed a new fear, which was my carelessness. I didn’t know whether it was safe or not. Thinking of it as a natural wonder, after experiencing life and death, I still naively thought it was safe.

I hid under the inverted triangle edge of the wall, as the coconut in my hand trembled on my right hand. I was too nervous, and the injury on my left shoulder was also aching because of my tension.

Just when I was very nervous, a blue figure stood next to me, and he leaned on the wall to look at the night sky without any hesitation.

“He can’t see me?” I plucked up the courage to walk to the blue face and waved to him, but he didn’t respond to my actions.

In response, I took a deep breath, and I reached out my hand to touch the face of the blue figure, and my arm passed through his head.

“Go away, you demons, don’t come near me!” Rui’s familiar voice came from below. Even if it was small, I was 100% sure that this was Rui’s voice. He seemed to have encountered some danger.

I took the coconut and ran down the spiral staircase. Along the way, I passed many blue figures, but they all ignored me. They just used their unbelievable blue light and shadow to speak finely. Their language was unheard of, obscure, ancient, low and unfamiliar, but they seemed to be talking about something.

I barely pushed open the decayed door, panting because I ran too fast.

Puff puff~

My lips were shaking constantly, and saliva flowed from the corners of my mouth like silk threads. I supported my knees with my hands and waited for my heart to stop beating so fast.

“Rui! Rui!” I took a deep breath and shouted loudly, but Rui did not respond to me.

The wind turned into a breeze, like a wall blocking the wind outside. I kept looking around and looking at the beach, but apart from the blue silhouettes and buildings, I couldn’t see Rui.

“Rui, answer me!!!

“Please!

“Answer me, okay Rui?

“Let’s stop hiding, it’s not fun at all!” The loneliness rushed to my heart. I suppressed the maddening loneliness. My calmed brain told me that Rui must have encountered something, and I was definitely going to find Rui, so I couldn’t wait here alone and cowering.

I noticed the footprints on the white sand. The footprints were walking towards the blue gate about fifty meters next to the watchtower.

“Rui, my dear friend, you gave your life to save me, and I will not be a shameless person to throw you away.” I followed Rui’s footprints left on the beach to the gate. Only then did I notice that the walls were engraved with bearded mice. These bearded mice had a blue water drop at the corner of their mouth. This depiction of the mice widened their eyes, which exuded greed and hatred.

Take a deep breath, take another deep breath.

I stood up and walked through the door. When I walked through the blue door however, the door closed with a deep “creak” sound. How could the blue light and shadow make a sound?

I turned around and looked at the closed door and stretched out to touch it. The door actually blocked my way.

“It’s impossible! How can light be the same as a real wall? Geometry can’t explain this kind of thing.” I was so shocked that I took the coconut and slammed it on the blue door. Yet it felt like a real iron door, even making the “dongdong” sound of being hit.

“Tell me it’s not true.” The coconut in my hand fell on the beach. I held my hair in my hands and looked back at the door.

Inside this magnificent building, it was originally empty. Now when I turned around however, there were many blue figures emerging from the ground. They were polite and chatting and laughing. The men wore elegant dresses and the women wore big puffing skirts and supporting skirts, like the elegant nobles of old.

The emptiness and ethereal sight made me feel incompatible with this place.

Since I couldn’t find a way to get out, I decided to walk inside, as I carefully avoided the blue figures. I didn’t think these figures were kind, and now I was sure that they were even less likely to be an illusion.

There was only one road, wide and narrow. Because this road was very wide, and the crowded blue figure left me with only a small gap, I could only walk around like a rat through the gaps.

I was observing the inner wall of the wall, which portrayed mice wearing crowns on their heads. Under the mice’s feet were humans who had been put on the grill. This human being had a miserable look. Behind the pattern, a large group of people were facing the mouse, kneeling down.

“It’s so ridiculous, how can people worship animals that harm humans, and even offer their own kind to the grill table.” I felt deeply uncomfortable with this pattern.

As this road went down, the silhouette of the roadside began to change. A thin, ragged crowd was walking aimlessly. They did not have any conversation, and did not have any elegance and tolerance.

A blue male figure snatched a blue apple from the hands of a female figure, and the apple was held in the arms of the female figure’s protector. The snatched figure kicked the female figure away, snatched the apple and ran away.

The other figures did not respond to this, as if they were used to it.

The skinny old man squatted in the corner, the other side of his head was as big as a bucket, and the figure was like a shadow of a thin child with a deformity. He moved his head against the ground little by little toward the blue pit that was gnawed on the beach.

The sound of the flag flapping sounded.

I looked at the top of the inner wall. An oval-shaped flag seemed to be really swaying in the wind. The flag was engraved with blood dripping eyeballs, and next to the eyeballs, the front teeth and beard of a mouse were depicted.

Rats, there were rat patterns everywhere, and these people seemed to live in a rat city.

When I recovered from the banner, a blue old man in a red robe who I couldn’t see the face of stood in front of me. I was pretty sure that he was looking at me.

The old man had two horns on his head. He was bent over like an old man, but his figure was at least three meters tall and he was thin. His beard fell on his chest as he hanged his head, but I still couldn’t see his face, even if his face was facing me.

The reason why I didn’t run away was because my legs were trembling. Even if I run, could I run past a giant that was three meters tall? More importantly, he didn’t seem to mean to hurt me.

Om~

The old man tremblingly took out a blue oil lamp, the blue light made the blue beggars on the road scatter around. The old man nodded to me and then slowly turned and walked towards the depths.

I hesitated, whether I wanted to follow him, whether there was a trap inside. I immediately rejected my initial thoughts however, as I had nowhere else to go, and Rui was still in danger somewhere.