...back to reality
Annan was slightly taken aback when he saw the last side mission.
What does this refer to
Is it me in the nightmare... or is it Evelyn Miller
"But speaking of the name..."
Evelyn Miller Annan is not the first to hear the name.
It's in the code Benjamin uses to tell if he's in a nightmare... and it's in the first stanza.
Temporarily excluding the possibility of the same name, Benjamin is very likely to know this Evelyn. Even at a younger age, I was impressed by the name...
"... In other words, is it possible that this place is in the past decades ago?"
Annan was lost in thought.
So, in the original history... how and what did Evelyn Miller do
He touched his left wrist, and groped his left hand under the extremely dim light, testing the shape and depth of the wound.
After being weakened by Annan's curse, he could no longer feel such a slight pain. But Annan could distinguish the distribution of his wounds through the difference in touch... After all, the blood had already flowed down his left arm, and Annan could not determine the exact location of his wounds just by sight.
Soon, Annan noticed something.
"This wound..."
Annan's eyes lit up slightly.
First of all, he can be sure that this is definitely not the abrasion caused by rubbing against the rough handcuffs when struggling hard.
It was apparently a cut from some sort of sharp object cutting the back of the hand.
Judging by the depth of the wound...
Annan reached out and fumbled for the handcuffs.
Sure enough, on the side of the handcuffs close to the wall, there was a thin blade clinging to it. It feels a bit like a shaving blade... thin and soft.
… no wonder.
Annan felt at the very beginning that the size of the handcuffs was obviously not right. It was obviously too big, and it was completely impossible to cuff Evelyn, who had a relatively slender wrist, here. If you struggle hard, you should be able to pull your hand out of it.
And the discovery now tells Annan why he half-kneeled on the ground when he entered the instance. Because only in this way can the side with the blade be far enough away from your skin... If you stand up at this time, your wrist will be cut.
Annan fumbled calmly.
He moved the blade against his clothes, only to find that it retracted at the touch of a button.
So Annan immediately realized that the blade should be part of a certain organization.
"...where is the other end of it?"
Annan pondered for a while, held the handcuffs with his right hand, kept the blade away from the back of his hand, and slowly stood up from the ground.
Feeling some numbness in his legs and feet, Annan ignored it.
He just followed the chain and groped towards the wall.
When he touched the fixed point of the link on the wall, Annan twisted it, and found that it was actually movable!
Annan's eyes suddenly lit up.
This is it!
He reached out to hold on to the fixed point, and turned around a few times. Annan immediately discovered that if you turn it counterclockwise, the blade will protrude more; if you turn it clockwise, the blade will retract more.
It doesn't look like a device for confinement... it's more like some kind of torture device.
Annan kept the palm of his left hand up, using gravity to place the blade below. Then turn the fixed point to the left round by round.
When Annan turned it to the head, the blade was fully retracted.
Annan dislocated his left thumb without hesitation, and then pulled his left hand out of it.
Then he didn't leave, but turned the fixed point in the opposite direction because Annan realized that the first requirement in the side mission "keep the body intact" might refer to this.
as expected.
After Annan turned it to the right for a while, the blade came out again... and after a while, the fixed point began to feel a little unstable. Like a screw about to be unscrewed.
Annan continued to rotate it and found that when the blade was halfway through, the fixed point fell off with a clang, and fell to the ground with a chain with a sharp blade at the end.
The handcuffs were still fixed on Annan's hands.
It seems like it needs a key to open it... but that doesn't matter anymore.
The chains have all fallen off, it's just some heavy bracelets.
"... In other words, if I can't pull it out violently, do I need to cut it into the skin of the wrist for nearly a centimeter before I can remove it?"
Annan frowned slightly.
It doesn't feel like a prison...
Just in case, Annan copied the heavy iron chains on the ground.
Annan used Evelyn's intact right hand to hold the original fixed point, and the other end of the iron chain was a sharp and slender blade.
It might serve as some sort of weapon...
After all, Annan has checked her body... Evelyn has no silverware on her body, and she is not a swordsman or a wizard. Annan couldn't use his own skills.
However, if the enemy is just ordinary people... It is still no problem to kill one or two people with this heavy chain.
After getting the weapon, Annan first reset his left thumb. The contusion caused by the somewhat rough technique prevented him from clenching his fists temporarily. But it doesn't matter, after all, there is still an injury on the left wrist, so I couldn't use my strength at first.
"... Is Evelyn left-handed?"
Such an idea came to Annan's mind, but it was quickly dispelled.
He dragged the chain and looked around the room, but found nothing.
So he could only drag the iron chain close to the door.
That is not the kind of strong metal prison door in the prison, but an ordinary wooden door.
Of course, the door was locked.
But this does not bother Annan.
He lifted the chain and slammed it hard on the lock!
once, twice...
When Annan hit the sixth hit, he finally smashed the door lock directly!
Annan kicked open the wooden door unceremoniously and walked out.
What appeared in front of him was a corridor leading to the left and right sides.
It was still very dark outside, and there were no lights in the corridors.
Not to mention the green light, Annan couldn't even find a candle.
"Huh?"
A strange exclamation came.
... a girl
Annan suddenly turned his head to the direction of the sound, his eyes sharp.
It was a dark place behind a corner not far to the left of him.
As if it stopped abruptly because of the sound of the chain being dragged, the girl who made the sound suddenly fled in a direction away from Annan without saying a word.
Annan just narrowed his eyes slightly, looking in that direction silently.
According to Annan's way of action, he should have caught up immediately at this time, and then knocked her unconscious with a chain, and then dragged her back for interrogation.
But at this time, Annan remembered his second side mission: don't talk to anyone.
So he didn't catch up, but let the footsteps gradually move away from him.
"It's pretty fast..."
Annan murmured.
... Now, can't talk to anyone.
Then his safest course of action is to move in the direction of no one.
So Annan turned to the right without thinking.
He didn't drag the chain this time, but held it from the middle with his left hand that had regained some strength. Looks like a cowboy ready to hitch a horse...
But just after Annan picked up the chain, he touched the chain and suddenly realized something.
He paused and squatted down.
Carefully groping the ground with his right hand.
There are water spots.
There were also water spots behind Annan because Evelyn's trousers and shoes were soaked. But the strange thing is that there is no water source in the dungeon that can wet her to the knees...
But this water stain came from Annan's front.
Annan narrowed his eyes slightly and looked back.
This should be left by the person who just made the sound.
That is to say... she came from the same place as her before
And she should be walking from right to left
As long as you follow the direction of the water stains, you can find the next clue!