The air hung heavy with silence as the group pressed forward, focusing on getting away from the core of the labyrinth. The further they went, the cacophony of rumbles and eruptions receded into a distant echo until all they could hear were their hastened footsteps and labored breaths.
It was then that Noir decided to break the silence,
"What is he?" His intense gaze bore down on Shen Nianzu. "He… can even summon the Nightmare here. What exactly is he?"
Ordinary people couldn't have guessed that the twins were Jin Jiuchi all along. After all, what were the odds that a player could split himself into two? But Noir did. His steely gaze showed that he was not just testing Shen Nianzu to trick an answer out of him, but he was truly certain in his discovery.
