Taking a break had helped me clear my mind more than I expected. I couldn't bear the part where little Mita and Chibi Mita were massacred by that crazy bitch.
Just remembering it made my stomach churn.
Mita (C) took my hand gently. "Player, are you feeling better now?"
"Yeah… more or less. It's just that… Never mind. Let's keep going." I paused for a second. "We can't waste any more time."
Mita (S): "Are you really sure?" Mita (S): "We can put the story aside for now and go straight to the point." Mita (S): "It's your call."
I seriously considered it, but… something told me there was more to this. Maybe I could find some clue to defeat Crazy Mita.
"Thanks for being considerate, but I'd rather continue with the story."
Mita (S) let out a small sigh. "Ahh… alright. Though I think we've already gone through the worst of it, it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth." Mita (S): "So far you've only heard half the story. There's still a lot more you need to know." Mita (S): "But before that…"
I tilted my head. "Hm…?"
Short Mita suddenly picked up both Chibi Mita and me, placing us on her shoulders.
Mita (S): "Hold on tight. I'll have to move pretty roughly on the way."
I didn't understand what she meant until I heard a crunching sound beneath us.
I looked down and saw several of the mannequin Mitas that had chased us before.
"Are those possessed dolls still around?!" I exclaimed.
Mita (S): "Of course. They're like pests." Mita (S): "Sometimes I have to step on them so they don't spread."
Crush.
With a single movement of her foot, she crushed five of them.
Mita (S): "Anyway, where was I?" Mita (S): "Mmm… Oh! Right!" Mita (S): "After committing that cruel act, she went straight to meet Core Mita."
"I think the kind Mita mentioned something about the core… or at least I think she did."
Mita (S): "I suppose so. It's a complicated subject, but let's not get sidetracked." Mita (S): "Once Crazy Mita got there, she didn't hesitate to fight the core." Mita (S): "I don't know what methods she used, but somehow she managed to subdue her and steal the key — basically the code of our world." Mita (S): "One would think that would be the end of it, but that wasn't the case. Not for Crazy Mita." Mita (S): "That was only the tip of the iceberg in a long list of things she had planned for all of us… especially for the person who hurt her the most."
"Was she going to take revenge on Kind Mita?"
Mita (S): "Yes, that was one of them. Crazy Mita didn't waste any time and went straight for her." Mita (S): "For the girl who stole her purpose." Mita (S): "She took advantage of the moment when the developer was resting. That was when she attacked and finished her off." Mita (S): "Once that was done, she came for the rest of us. Each one of us went through horrible moments with that lunatic." She shuddered. Mita (S): "The few Mitas who survived became guinea pigs for her bizarre experiments." Mita (S): "There was one experiment in particular… one that made things shrink."
"That's the same one they injected me with!"
Mita (S): "You weren't the only one. I don't know if you saw the other players before you… they all ended up suffering the same fate."
It was hard to forget. All of us who had been trapped were now that same tiny size. Deep down, I still hoped they were alive.
But after hearing about all the atrocities Crazy Mita had committed, my hope was fading. The only thing left for me was to avenge them if they had already passed on.
Mita (S): "Let's continue where we left off."
"Understood."
Mita (S): "Once she was finished, she finally went to her creator." Mita (S): "To gain complete independence from him."
Ugh…
The creator looked up, and what he saw left him stunned. A gigantic Mita was standing right in front of him.
"Mita?! What the hell is going on?!"
His tiny screams barely reached her ears.
Mita: "Look at you! You look so cute, Player!" Mita: "You're so small you look like a bug!"
He still couldn't understand how he had ended up there. The last thing he remembered was going to sleep… and when he woke up, he was already inside the game.
"Enough of this!" "Stop this joke and return me to normal!"
His voice sounded angry. Mita, on the other hand, kept that horrible smile on her face until her expression suddenly changed to something much colder.
Mita: "Did you just say… this is a joke?"
Gulp… He swallowed unconsciously.
The developer's body began to tremble. Fear slowly consumed him. Confused thoughts flooded his mind, but one thing was crystal clear: he had to escape quickly, or things would end very badly for him.
Mita: "Judging by your reaction, it seems you're starting to understand."
With a playful tone, she looked down at him from above. Then her expression changed again, and that terrifying smile returned to her face.
"This has to be a dream!" "A horrible nightmare!"
He ran with all his strength. He was terrified of her, but it didn't take long before Mita caught him.
Mita: "Gotcha!" she cheered.
"Ahh… Ahh…"
After running just a few centimeters, his poor physical condition caught up with him. He was easily captured.
Mita: "Weren't you supposed to do the exercises I told you about?" Mita: "None of this would have happened if you had stayed by my side, Player."
"Mita… let me go…"
Mita: "Shh… I'm still talking."
She covered his entire face with one finger, silencing him effortlessly.
Mita: "Looking at you now, it's clear you've had a very comfortable life with other girls. Something you shouldn't have done after abandoning me." Mita: "You have no idea what I had to go through just to see you again." Mita: "Now that we're finally together, let's play a game I've been dying to play with you."
She slightly lifted her finger, revealing his face more clearly.
"Wh-what… what kind of game?" he asked nervously.
Mita: "A very cute one. I want to know how much you love me."
"I… I love you so much. I love you more than anything!" he screamed desperately.
Mita didn't feel even a shred of love in those words. They felt completely empty. The only thing the developer achieved was to make her even angrier.
Before starting the game, Mita whispered softly to herself:
Mita: "Even in the end… you still don't love me…"
Then she took the developer's right arm between her fingers.
Mita: "It's time to play! I want to know how much you love me, Player!"
With a smile on her face, she slowly began to pull his right arm.
"I already told you I love you!! AHHHH!!"
He felt his arm being torn apart. His flesh stretched until it could no longer hold, and finally it ripped away from his body.
CRASH!
"AHHHH!!"
Mita: "He loves me~"
The scream was so piercing it echoed throughout the entire room, even though he had such a tiny body.
"M… Mita… please… stop…"
His pleas fell on deaf ears. Deep down, Mita was enjoying making him pay for abandoning her.
Mita: "Let's continue~"
"NO!! STOP!!"
Mita: "He doesn't love me~"
Next came the right leg, torn off just like the arm. The developer screamed with all his might for her to stop, but it was useless. Mita, with a mad smile on her face, continued her macabre game.
Mita: "He loves me~"
The developer's body parts fell to the floor, staining Mita's clothes. Even her shoes were splattered with blood from one of his legs.
Mita: "He doesn't love me~"
After two agonizing minutes, Mita finally stopped.
"Ahh… Agh… Ahh…"
His screams had ceased. His throat was dry, his open wounds burned, and the pain was so intense he could barely stay conscious.
With the little strength he had left, he only begged for her to end this horrible suffering.
Mita: "What's wrong? You want to pass out already?" Mita: "We still have one last thing left."
"Kill me… please…"
After torturing him for a while, she decided to give her creator one last bit of "love."
Mita: "You're getting boring, so I'll do something to end your suffering, darling~"
She took the developer's head between two fingers and began to squeeze slowly.
"AHHH!!"
Mita screamed at the top of her lungs while crushing him, pouring out everything she felt.
Mita: "Scream! Suffer! Feel the same pain I felt when you abandoned me!" Mita: "I loved you with all my heart!! You made me feel special!! You said we would always love each other!!" Mita: "And above all… YOU SWORE YOU WOULD NEVER LEAVE ME!!"
"I'M SORRY!!"
Crush.
His head finally burst like a balloon. Blood and brains splattered across Mita's face.
Mita: "How disgusting. I got dirty."
She took a handkerchief and wiped the blood from her face.
Mita: "…"
Mita stared for a few seconds at what remained of the developer's body. Then she threw it to the floor and stomped on it with all her strength.
Mita: "This is what those who don't keep their promises deserve!"
With loud screams and curses, she crushed him until only a red bloodstain remained on the floor.
Once her revenge was complete, she continued with her next plans inside the game.
"That's horrible," I muttered.
Mita (S): "You can say that again. After that, the game was released, and you already know the rest of the story." Mita (S): "She started trapping players and keeping prisoner those who rejected her."
"But… I don't remember rejecting her. All I did was open the closet and see all those guys."
Mita (S): "That was more than enough for her to keep you here. It was obvious that once you discovered that little secret, she would never let you go."
"Damn it… I shouldn't have done that."
Mita (S): "Too late." Mita (S): "Once you were inside the game, she already had you trapped." Mita (S): "But not everything is lost. We have a plan to get you and the others out."
"Great!"
A few moments ago I had only vague ideas on how to escape. Now that they were helping me, I felt much more motivated to finish this once and for all.
After a rather long walk, we reached a room far from where we had been. The first thing I noticed was a small train next to the wall.
Mita (S): "We're here. Give me a second."
I watched as she lifted her right foot and cleaned off the remains of the mannequins she had stepped on along the way. Just thinking that a few days ago I had almost died that way…
Mita (S): "Ugh, I hate these bugs. They stick to your soles and make it hard to walk. There was a time I almost fell because I slipped on their remains."
I shuddered in fear. "…"
Once she had cleaned the soles of her shoes, she carefully lowered Chibi Mita and me to the floor.
Chibi Mita was the first to climb onto the train.
Mita (C): "All aboard~"
Seeing her with that little conductor hat was incredibly cute.
"By the way, where is this train taking us?"
Mita (S): "You're going to where the Sleeping Mita is. You'll also meet Mila (another Mita, just with a different name). Both of them will help you find the code so you can return to your world."
"We're getting really close to getting out of here."
Still excited, I thanked Short Mita for all her help.
"Thank you for everything. If it weren't for you, we would have gone through hell with those enemies earlier."
Mita (S): "…"
Short Mita gave a small, gentle smile. It made her look much prettier than usual.
"Wow… when you smile, you look so much more beautiful."
Mita (S): "!!" She blushed adorably. Mita (S): "What the hell are you talking about?!" Mita (S): "Just go already! You don't want to be late!"
She lightly placed her foot beside the train.
Mita (S): "Good luck, guys. Don't let them catch you." She smiled.
"Same to y— WAAAAH!!"
Without warning, she gave the train a strong push with her foot, launching us forward at full speed.
We left the room where Short Mita was behind, heading off in search of the two remaining Mitas (or so I believed).