"Uuu… why did this elevator suddenly stop? Is it out of power?", Mary Miss squatted in the corner of the elevator, almost about to cry.

Taking out her supernatural phone, Mary Miss was thinking about whether to call the police for help, but as an urban legend, she couldn't and wouldn't do it.

"I can only talk to that damned human called Hikari right now. You want me to ask him for help to find someone to fix the elevator? Impossible!"

"Uuuu, it's really so dark in here!"

Inside the pitch-black elevator.

Beneath Mary Miss's delicate lo--lita long dress, her petite body was trembling nonstop.

This enclosed and dark environment very easily triggered her past traumas.

However, although fear was inevitable, she was still able to realize that she was no longer that powerless doll. She had even surpassed ordinary humans. She was now an urban legend with power.

'Although I don't know if this busted elevator just happened to lose power, or if it's some trick of that strange human, I can't just stay here waiting to die. I have to think of a way out. Worst case, I'll consume some of my origin power to phase through,' Mary Miss's slender little legs trembled as she thought.

Actually, it wasn't like she couldn't just phase out of the elevator through the wall.

As an urban legend, she could normally phase through walls just fine.

However, also due to the nature of being an urban legend, once she set her target on the human Hikari, she could only approach the target through specific means. Breaking those rules might cause her to lose some of her origin wraith power.

Once origin power is used, it lessens. And it's very, very slow to recover.

Originally Mary Miss didn't want to use it, but trapped now in this pitch-black elevator, she really couldn't hold on anymore.

However, just as Mary Miss was preparing to take action, suddenly, another unexpected event occurred.

Zzz! Zzz! Zzz!

The elevator lights suddenly turned back on, the digital screen in the elevator also resumed, just like the power had been restored.

The elevator returned to its former brightly lit state, and even the air conditioning resumed.

"Eh? Power's back?"

Mary Miss, who had just been about to expend origin power, stopped her actions and looked in surprise at the elevator that now appeared completely back to normal.

"Hmph hmph! As long as the elevator is working again, I can head right back up to the ninety-ninth floor and look for that guy for reve—eh? Why is the elevator going down?"

Mary Miss was originally quite happy upon seeing the elevator restored, but very quickly, she noticed the elevator was rapidly descending.

Ninety-fifth floor… ninety-fourth floor… ninety-third floor…

Ninetieth floor… eightieth floor… seventieth floor…

"D-da-damn it… why is it still going down? What the hell is going on?"

Mary Miss anxiously pressed the elevator buttons, furiously pressing the ninety-ninth floor nonstop, but the elevator continued descending. The buttons inside seemed like mere decorations now, totally useless.

Feeling the elevator endlessly descending, Mary Miss was dumbfounded.

She wasn't afraid of the elevator crashing and killing her. As an urban legend, she wasn't that easy to kill. Also, even though the elevator felt fast, it was still fairly stable.

What Mary Miss couldn't accept was, she had finally managed to climb to such a high floor.

She was already so close to the top floor, close to that target she had locked onto.

And now suddenly she had to go all the way down again.

She didn't want to climb it all over again.

"There must be something wrong with this elevator!", Anxious, Mary Miss began pressing every floor button frantically like grasping at straws.

———

"There's definitely something wrong with the elevator. Look, a bunch of floor buttons on this elevator lit up by themselves," In the elevator monitoring room, a maintenance worker said to a colleague beside him.

"Yes, bring it down immediately so we can inspect it properly!"

———

Standing inside the elevator, wrapped in wraith energy that made her invisible to normal people, Mary Miss was looking pained.

Because despite all her efforts, she could only watch the elevator continuously descend.

Sixtieth floor… fiftieth floor… fortieth floor…

Mary Miss, in despair, saw that the hotel elevator she had almost taken to the top had now gone all the way back down to the floor where she first entered it. And even worse, it continued descending.

She was exhausted. Just let the world burn.

Mary Miss, filled with the deepest despair, simply stared blankly as the elevator descended, until after a while, it finally stopped.

The elevator doors slowly opened, and Mary Miss opened her eyes.

The elevator screen clearly displayed, "B2 Floor."

Like a broken doll being toyed with, Mary Miss moved stiffly and expressionlessly as she slowly walked out of the elevator.

She ignored the maintenance workers who rushed in to inspect the elevator.

Only when she heard one of the maintenance workers say, "Looks like this elevator really has a problem, it's moving on its own. Let's temporarily shut all of these elevators down,"

Only then did Mary Miss's body suddenly tremble.

With a deathly pale face, she wandered around the underground parking lot for quite a while before finally taking out her supernatural phone and dialing a number.

"Hel… Hello, I'm Mary Miss, I'm now… uuuu… I've arrived at the negative second floor, uuuuuu…"

A sudden surge of grievance rose in her chest, and Mary Miss couldn't stop a few sobs from escaping.

["Pfft!"]

A mocking laugh filled with ridicule came from the other end of the phone.

Mary Miss was first stunned, then furious, "Damn human, what are you laughing at?"

["Sorry, I just thought of something funny. By the way, why haven't you gotten here yet? Are you that slow?"], The youth's voice came calmly from the other end.

"I… I… You bastard, just you wait!", Hearing that calm tone, Mary Miss's mental defense completely broke down, and she became furious.

"Uuuu…", Hanging up the phone, another wave of grievance surged up.

Her big emerald eyes, like green jade, filled with glistening tears. Mary Miss stared furiously at her phone screen.

She really hated why she was Mary Miss and not Sadako. If only she had Sadako's powers, how great that would be.

That way she could crawl straight through the phone screen, right to that human's side, and charge in to viciously torment and beat up that stinky man who mocked her.

"Damn bastard, AHHH!"

After so many setbacks, coupled with Hikari's mocking, Mary Miss was enraged. She summoned all her powerful wraith power and dashed furiously toward the staircase.

———

[On the Other Side]

Hikari was calmly leaning in a soft and comfortable lounge chair inside the hotel room, peeling a lychee and enjoying it leisurely.

Listening to Mary Miss's crisp, cutesy voice over the phone, with a faint whimpering tone, he couldn't help but let out a laugh after tasting the sweet lychee.

"As expected, just like Hanako, the urban legends of this world, while having all sorts of strange powers, don't seem to have very strong or mature minds."

"Just like little kids, they cry so easily."

Just as Hikari was about to peel another lychee, suddenly, his phone rang again.

Hikari casually answered.

["Hello, huff… I'm Mary Miss. I… I've reached the tenth floor!"]

After the call ended, several more calls came in quick succession.

["Hello, huff… I'm Mary Miss. I've reached the twentieth floor!"]

Hikari listened calmly as Mary Miss reported again.

It turned out they were all from Mary Miss, thirtieth floor, fortieth floor, she seemed to be climbing the stairs at an incredible speed.

But listening to her constant updates as she drew closer, Hikari furrowed his brow slightly, though he didn't panic.

These urban legends really did have considerable strength.

It was just the nature of this world that made their minds immature.

Hikari had known from the start, these little tricks and plans wouldn't stop Mary Miss, an urban legend like her.

No matter what method he used, it was very hard to block an urban legend from reaching him.

After all, as an urban legend, their vitality was incredibly tenacious. They wouldn't die from ordinary circumstances. Like Hanako at that time, even though Hikari had dispersed her several times, she still came back.

So Hikari knew he would eventually have to face Mary Miss directly. Everything before was just testing and taking advantage of her arrogance and carelessness, nothing more than a few schemes.

"But judging from her voice, Mary Miss sounds a bit worn out. Climbing dozens of floors at full power and already panting like that, guess the plan still worked a little."

"Judging by how often she's calling, she must be at the fifth or sixth floor by now. Time to make some preparations…"

Just as Hikari was carefully considering things, the phone rang again.

He casually answered it.

That familiar crisp, cutesy voice came through:

["Hello, I'm Mary Miss. I'm now… behind you!"]

As her voice came from the phone, the half-reclining Hikari suddenly heard a sharp whistling sound from behind, as if something was stabbing toward him.

The sudden thrust came extremely fast and was aimed viciously, toward his spine. A normal person would likely have been paralyzed if stabbed there.

But Hikari's physical ability was far beyond an ordinary person, and his reaction speed was very quick.

Plus, with the phone warning, the moment he heard the whoosh behind him, he suddenly kicked off with his toes and pushed off the chair armrests, launching his whole body into the air in a backward somersault.

"Hmph! Pretty quick reflexes, to actually dodge my sneak attack!"

That familiar Lo*li voice rang in Hikari's ears, but this time, it wasn't through the phone. It was said right in front of him.

After executing a clean backward somersault to avoid the sneak attack from the doll Mary's umbrella, Hikari sized up the figure that had suddenly appeared behind him.

It was a small-framed, extremely beautiful girl.

The girl had long snow-white hair down to her hips, eyes that gleamed like precious emerald gemstones, a delicate nose, pale cheeks, and soft pink lips. Her features and entire face were so exquisite that she looked like a living doll.

Her small frame was wrapped in a white Lo*lita long dress, a large bow tied at the waist, looking incredibly cute.

Although her dress covered her up tightly, her exposed wrists and neck skin looked pale and smooth.

In her hand, she held a red-and-white long-handled umbrella, making her even more adorable.

Coupled with her height of under one meter fifty, she looked like an extremely refined and beautiful little Lo*li girl.

But while she looked like a delicate doll, the atmosphere around her carried a chilling aura. Wisps of white mist seemed to drift around her petite body, and there was a trace of restrained anger on her pretty face.

"Mary Miss?", Staring at the Lo*lita girl who suddenly appeared, Hikari raised an eyebrow slightly.

"It's me!", With a swirl of her Lo*lita skirt, the Lo*li girl turned and stared at Hikari with a cold smile.

"Kukuku! The way you dodged just now looked so pathetic, how laughable, human."

"Doesn't seem as strong as Hanako said."

With hands on her hips, Mary Miss's emerald eyes locked on Hikari as she sneered.

Seeing Hikari remain silent while staring at her, Mary Miss's rosy cherry lips moved again, speaking fiercely, "You damned human! You dared to bully my friend, and dared to scheme against me again and again. I'll show you something truly terrifying!"

Hearing Mary Miss's mocking tone, Hikari's expression didn't change much.

Just now, the reason his dodge had been a bit slow, and he nearly got stabbed in the back by the doll Mary's umbrella, was because he had relaxed a little too much.

After all, with just a few tricks, Mary Miss had been played in the palm of his hand earlier.

And by pattern, Hikari thought she would take more time to reach him.

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