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A big, white, large hungry ghost like a rice cake.

It seemed smaller than the hungry ghost I saw in my dreams, but its expression was infinitely more impressive, exuding confidence.

Goooh!

After scattering countless ‘Nameless’ that had split off, the White Hungry Ghost in this other world howled in a heavy voice.

It showed no trace of grievance and let out an adorably unappealing cry.

And on top of that, it had a body as hard as stone!

Indeed, my cute hungry ghost, who pouted with a grieved face, was cuter.

The Blue Girl approached that ugly hungry ghost with great joy and began to pet it vigorously.

“Awesome! You made it here safely.”

Though it seemed very solid and coarse, the Blue Girl didn’t care about that and smiled brightly while petting it.

She then gave the White Hungry Ghost a good pat and shouted.

“Now, go and blow all the enemies away!”

Hearing the Blue Girl’s command, the White Hungry Ghost started its charge with a confident expression.

It probably thought that the ‘Nameless’ it had tossed aside were not a considerable threat at all.

Hmm, but the ‘Nameless’ would adapt to attacks using mass in no time, wouldn’t they?

As if to create an atmosphere of fear, the ‘Nameless’ moved slowly and disappeared right when you took your eyes off them, clearly an object that could manipulate space.

Attacking an object that can manipulate space using physical force was not an effective strategy.

As expected, the arrogant charge of the White Hungry Ghost ended the moment it plowed into the first ‘Nameless.’

Despite the enormous difference in size, the hungry ghost could not push the ‘Nameless’ away and got caught instead.

Fixing its body to the space, the ‘Nameless’ began to dig its sharp claws into the hungry ghost.

And the White Hungry Ghost was gruesomely torn apart, becoming a squashed rice cake.

“Ah!”

The Blue Girl looked worriedly at the heavily wounded, slowly regenerating hungry ghost.

I approached the girl and reached out my hand.

“Let me borrow the hungry ghost!”

The Blue Girl turned her gaze to my face and nodded while firmly grasping my hand.

“Alright. I’ll lend it to you.”

The Blue Girl and I began to control the White Hungry Ghost with our clasped hands.

We held onto the halo and the core of the White Hungry Ghost with our other hands.

The endless firewood from Yerin, whose end we couldn’t see, began to seep into the core of the hungry ghost, and the halo was placed atop the White Hungry Ghost’s head.

The body of the hungry ghost, turning black and endlessly collapsing.

That ugly hungry ghost was clearly of lower rank compared to my cute hungry ghost, as its entire body quickly caught fire and turned to dust.

However, the endless flames of firewood pouring through the core started to revive the ghost’s dusted body.

An endless cycle of constant disintegration and regeneration.

This painful repetition was gradually rebirthing the White Hungry Ghost into a higher existence.

With each shatter, it took a step up, really painfully and very slowly.

It was slowly but surely making progress, probably needing to shatter a thousand times to reach the Marshmallow Hungry Ghost level.

As the elevated White Hungry Ghost let out pained groans,

Kyu-hing-hing.

At that moment, the halo settled onto the ghost’s head, beginning to radiate white flames all around.

As the flames of ability nullification touched the ‘Nameless’ clones, those once real entities started to disappear like a mirage.

‘Got it!’

Just as I thought it would easily hold for an hour, everything began to collapse.

‘!’

The sky fell, and the ground fractured, revealing an endless void beneath it.

It felt as if a reset was occurring due to a failure in the episode, but it was a bit different.

‘The dream is collapsing.’

The white flames were crumbling the dream itself, created by the object’s powers.

I hadn’t seen the conclusion yet!

What should I do?

*

Sehee Research Institute Sleeping Room.

Perhaps because it was said that even an hour of sleep here felt like eight hours, there were always many people fast asleep.

In a corner of that sleeping room, a Sprout Reaper was sleeping, its leaves shaking gently, kissed by the moonlight.

At that moment, a transparent Sprout Reaper began to gather around the flowerpot where the Sprout Reaper, shimmering like the night sky, was planted.

They were special Sprout Reapers that only appeared to the Attached Humans who had eaten the fruit.

The gathered Sprout Reapers were slightly smaller than the one planted in the pot.

Aside from their size, they looked completely identical, almost like the little siblings coming to find their older sister.

‘Mom is calling us!’

‘Mom’s request.’

‘Sister, wake up!’

The little Sprout Reapers poked the plump cheeks of the pot Sprout Reaper with their fingers as if trying to wake it up.

Finding it a bit annoying, the pot Sprout Reaper wrinkled its brow and began to burrow deeper into the pot.

‘!’

Startled, the little Sprout Reapers grabbed the pot Sprout Reaper’s sprout and held it down so it couldn’t breathe.

And thus began the little Sprout Reapers’ lynching.

They completely pulled it out of the pot, slapped its cheeks, and lifted its eyelids.

However, the older sister Sprout Reaper merely frowned and rolled over, showing no sign of waking up.

Should I call the Red Reaper to set the Sprout on fire?

As that thought began to spread, one of the younger Sprout Reapers, full of anger, approached the older Sprout Reaper.

“Aang!”

Then it opened its mouth wide and bit down hard on the older Sprout Reaper’s chubby cheek.

‘!!!!’

At that, the older Sprout Reaper jumped in surprise and woke up.

Bite marks were distinctly left on the older Sprout Reaper’s cheek.

‘?’

The younger Sprout Reapers began to radiate their will toward the dazed older Sprout Reaper.

‘Mom is calling us!’

‘Mom needs us!’

Hearing that will, the older Sprout Reaper nodded slightly and walked out into the moonlight with a serious expression.

Stomp stomp.

Then, the slightly smaller younger Sprout Reapers followed closely behind.

‘Tree!’

As the older Sprout Reaper raised its arms, it declared its will.

‘Tree!!!’

The younger Sprout Reapers lifted their arms, mimicking the shape of a tree.

Then the sprouts of the Sprout Reapers began to flicker with indigo light and shot rays into the sky.

That direction was Russia.

The direction where the Gray Reaper was.

And a Golden Reaper passing by the sleeping room witnessed that scene.

‘Mom?’

It was one of the Golden Reapers who had been earnestly searching for their mom, who had played with candy.

*

The White Hungry Ghost, burning black, let out a cute scream.

Kyu-hing-hing.

The White Hungry Ghost had become even cuter!

The Blue Girl smiled at the White Hungry Ghost, which cried out with a voice so adorable it couldn’t even be compared to before.

However, just as she was about to share that joy with the girl holding her hand, the Girl in Black and White suddenly slumped as if she had lost consciousness.

“Huh?”

Judging by the way she still firmly held my hand, she didn’t seem completely unconscious, but something felt off.

The Girl in Black and White certainly existed well, but for some reason, she was gradually feeling blurrier.

It felt like a broken TV screen, all distorted with static noise.

The Blue Girl, still holding hands, gently laid the limp girl down on the ground.

“Are you okay?”

The Blue Girl asked, her expression filled with worry, but there was no answer.

And soon, that strange phenomenon began to spread to the White Hungry Ghost.

The halo above its head shook like it was unstable, and the flames that were regenerating the White Hungry Ghost began to dwindle.

‘What should I do? Should I let go and break the connection?’

As the golden flames dwindled, the cracks on the White Hungry Ghost were deepening.

Moreover, the girl holding my hand looked as if she could disappear at any moment.

Bang!

At that moment, enormous trees rose from around the city, beginning to make a tremendous noise.

Huge trees, wrapping around as if they were protecting the city like castle walls.

Those trees were mystical, mingled with golden and indigo hues.

The trees, hazy like a mirage, were undeniably present.

As they appeared around the Girl in Black and White, Sprout Magical Books that looked identical to the Blue Girl started to spring up.

The fact they were all indigo.

The fact that they were only as big as a palm.

That they had sprouts growing from their heads.

And that they seemed younger with adorably chubby cheeks, aside from those points, they looked just like the Blue Girl.

Those Sprout Magical Books surrounded the Girl in Black and White with worried expressions, and the chief among them had a clear bite mark on its cheek, which made me chuckle a little.

The most confident-looking one had a bite mark—how amusing.

“Ha ha.”

Could the Blue Girl have heard that small giggle?

The Sprout Magical Books turned their heads toward the sound of laughter, becoming incredibly confused.

They alternately gazed at the Blue Girl and the Girl in Black and White, tilting and cocking their heads.

‘Two moms?’

*

As my vision grew increasingly blurry, and the reality of Siberia began to overlay the fantasy world beyond the city.

The enormous trees rose, solidly supporting the world of dreams.

Thanks to the influence of the halo, the connection, which seemed as if it could snap at any moment, was reconnected by the strength of the Sprout Reapers.

As the blurred vision returned to normal, I regained consciousness.

‘Mom!’

As soon as I opened my eyes, the Sprout Reapers rushed toward me.

They had multiplied!

There had definitely been just one!

How could such a joyless responsibility multiply like this?

The Sprout Reapers looked confident, their expressions saying, ‘We came to save mom!’

As I got up, holding the Blue Girl’s hand, the White Hungry Ghost, which had been crumbling, became whole again.

Kyu!

And the White Hungry Ghost let out a victorious roar.

Then a massive amount of white flames spread in all directions, beginning to fall over the entire city like snow.

Those flames were the snowflakes of ability nullification, eliminating the ‘Nameless’ clones.

“I won!”

I smiled confidently while chuckling towards the Blue Girl.

However, the ‘Nameless’ didn’t seem inclined to end things here.

Suddenly, a gigantic gust of wind burst forth from deep, dark clouds.

Amidst the thunderous roar, the clouds tore apart, revealing grotesque arms reaching out.

Those arms gripped the vast crack that split the sky and began to slowly rip it apart.

What emerged gradually from amidst the cracks was a presence far larger and more terrifying than I had anticipated.

It truly seemed as if all the evil of humanity had gathered together.

Twisted in an ugly form, it began to scrape through the city as if crawling with one of its arms.

With each scar carved into the city, the horrific true form of the ‘Nameless’ began to surface little by little outside the crack.

The presence exuded by the true form of the ‘Nameless’ was so powerful that even those unrelated to objects could feel it.

A small tremor could be felt from the hands of the Blue Girl I was holding.

“Killed God Magical Book.”

The Blue Girl murmured softly, looking up at the sky.