After using the restroom and changing his pants, Ben got back into the CosmosVR game pod.
If this had happened at the beginning, he would have definitely quit.
But now that he had played for so long, it would be too much of a waste to give up.
However, he was mentally prepared, and while he thought darker content might be coming, he was surprised that it wasn't.
As soon as he came up from the basement, he encountered four or five dolls with hands that turned into blades, attacking him. The sudden assault, combined with the dark lighting and atmosphere, truly startled him.
But compared to the previous scene of near total darkness with a creepy infant, this was just a simple scare, not a great fear.
Upon arriving here, the rag doll from before wanted to play hide-and-seek with Ethan.
But after the treatment he received in the basement, and with his daughter on his mind, Ethan was clearly enraged.
After finding the rag doll, he directly took out scissors and thrust them into its head.
This made Ben feel good.
Because before, he was being chased, and now, even though it was a game of hide-and-seek, he was the attacker!
Every time Ethan found a doll and stabbed it with scissors, he received curses filled with hatred from the other side.
'I wish Rose had never been born!'
'Would you do that to Rose too?'
Each time the scissors pierced a doll, Ben noticed that the room became brighter. He could even see sunlight shining through the curtains.
Finally, in the hallway, Ethan found the doll again for the third time.
'You'll never get out!'
*Thwack!*
The doll, which was still spewing threats, was stabbed again. Thread-like things poured out of the wound, and the doll suddenly became extremely fearful.
'You idiot! What are you doing to my cute doll?'
'What am I doing? I'm stabbing you to death!' Ben, controlling Ethan, plunged the scissors fiercely into the doll's head.
Then, the scene before him became psychedelic, and bright light gradually replaced his vision.
After a burst of white light, everything returned to normal.
A woman with half her face rotten, wearing a black robe, lay there. In the illusion, killing Angie, the wedding dress doll, meant Ethan also killed her in reality.
The next moment, the woman began to calcify, turning into fragments, leaving only the wedding dress doll beside her.
Clearly, everything just now had been Ethan's illusion.
The doll maker Donna, due to severe mental illness, was infected by Miranda and possessed strong hallucinatory abilities. She herself had no strong physical power and only acted by controlling dolls. The previous Mia and the strange infant were all hallucinations caused by her.
And Ethan had actually killed Donna in reality just now.
The crazy doll maker was dead.
Unlike the previous battle with the vampire noblewoman, the doll maker before him didn't require any fighting, but she was definitely the boss that left the deepest impression on Ben.
From Donna's shattered body, Ethan took a key and obtained the second fragment of his daughter.
At first, Ben was a little worried that future experiences would be as dark as the doll level.
But to his relief, after following the clues outside, the familiar rhythm returned.
He could shoot again.
At this moment, the infected mutated creatures that were like werewolf monsters even gave Ben a sense of familiarity.
Following the clues, Ben soon arrived at an underground mine and found the third of the Four Heavenly Kings, that hunched-over dwarf monster.
Speaking of which, this guy even made Ben feel a little sorry for him.
The last of the Four Heavenly Kings, Heisenberg, was still unknown.
But honestly, each of the Four Heavenly Kings had a more miserable fate than the last.
The noblewoman aside, living in such a large castle, she was practically a nouveau riche.
And the crazy doll maker Donna lived by a waterfall, but she also had a luxurious villa.
But the family's treatment of the third boss, Moreau, had deteriorated further.
When Ben found him, the guy was living in a dark and cramped mine, in a messy and dirty state.
The house he lived in was more like a slum shack, with holes everywhere.
However, what Ben found interesting was that this guy seemed to have not noticed Ethan's arrival, and was excitedly watching a television show. It was unclear what kind of trashy drama he was watching, because as he watched, the guy actually threw up.
As for the third bottle containing Rose's body, it was placed next to the window.
Unlike the doll maker Donna, who felt full of traps, Ben simply felt that Moreau had nowhere else to put it, so he just placed it there.
Ethan stole the bottle effortlessly.
Of course, Lucas made some changes here. In the original game, Ethan was a bit too bold. He stole things, but insisted on announcing it. This was your daughter, after all.
So here, Lucas made some changes. Ethan was about to steal the bottle when Moreau, who was periodically checking if it was still there, discovered him.
Seeing Moreau stand up, Ben in the game immediately tensed up, preparing to pull out his shotgun for a thrilling battle.
But what happened next greatly surprised him.
Because this guy showed no sign of being one of the Four Heavenly Kings?
Facing Ethan, who was taking the bottle, his behavior was utterly humble, like a sycophant. Of course, Moreau's sycophancy was directed towards Miranda. Strictly speaking, Moreau was more like a mama's boy.
'Please give me back the bottle... otherwise they'll look down on me.'
'Please... if you take it, Mother won't be happy. She won't love me anymore.'
At first, Ethan prepared to run away, but from Moreau's words, Ethan paused temporarily because he heard some significant news.
That was, what was Rose's use to Miranda?
Miranda seemed to be preparing some resurrection ritual, intending to use Rose's peculiar power to resurrect her child.
It sounded very far-fetched, once again making Ben exclaim, this is not at all biohazard, nor scientific!
'Please... please... give me back the bottle.' Moreau was still pleading.
However, Ethan, who had already obtained his daughter's bottle and acquired important information, had no intention of wasting any more words with Moreau.
He prepared to turn and flee directly.
But at this moment, something that confused Ethan happened.
Countless disgusting, viscous, dark green gel sealed off Ethan's escape route. Moreau, who had a humble and pleading expression just moments ago, let out an unpleasant laugh.
"Hehehehe... you can't leave... this is my territory, I won't let you go!"
(End of chapter)