Underworld Player Chapter 36 - Come at Me/Don't Come Any Closer

Bai Zhi would have been less surprised to see Temperance Gentleheart. The possibility that Late Night Kitty would dare enter the Mirror World had never even crossed his mind.

After all, all she had done so far was ride the coattails of the more competent Players. For her to enter such a terrifying place on her own initiative was impossible—she didn't have the mental fortitude.

But he had underestimated how far she was willing to go to overcome her fear, even to the point of injuring herself, though her eyes welled with tears at the stinging pain.

Such courage and keen insight! Respect, Kitty.

Bai Zhi stuck a thumb up at Late Night Kitty with a resolute expression.

"I, Black&White, hereby declare you a chad!"

Late Night Kitty did a double take. "...Could you please take this seriously? This is the most pain I've ever been in, and I don't know how long I can hold it—we have no time to waste!"

As she caught the sounds of movement coming from somewhere upstairs, Late Night Kitty glanced toward the stairwell worriedly. The excruciating agony coming from her arm had temporarily dulled her sense of terror, but inevitably also made it hard for her to focus.

"Got any weapons in your Inventory?" Supporting himself with his left hand, Bai Zhi struggled to his feet. "That zombie upstairs is a very formidable foe, but if you could keep it distracted, I just need two minutes and we can wrap up this Newbie Run."

"Weapons, weapons..." As Bai Zhi bored a hole into her with his intense gaze, Late Night Kitty thought about it, tapping the flat of the paring knife into her palm. "W-well, I have a broom, a mop, and... and a clothes rack—things I brought with me from my dorm, before the quest started."

She was greeted by silence.

Finally, Bai Zhi asked, "Can you handle a chainsaw?"

"Uh... nope." Kitty shook her head vehemently.

Bai Zhi sighed. "...Change of plan. You hold on to this bottle of gasoline. I'll get Stitch over there to focus on me, while you run as fast as you can, directly up to the rooftop level where you'll see the curse

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