Chapter 28: Arthur Chase, The Benevolent Fathers Birthday Party (1/2)

”H-Hey... If we are going to the Flooded Basement, then doesn't that mean that we are going to use the stairs beside the main elevator at the main hall?” Rose softly whispered.

Calvin didn't even glance at her as he said, ”That's right, there is no way around it than to go to the main hall.”

”But... what if that monster is still there?” Rose asked in genuine concern.

Calvin could feel her worries.

He stopped whatever he was doing and stared at the others. He could see that even though they were acting courageously at this moment. They were still quite afraid. None of them wanted to die after all.

Calvin sighed, ”How about I go there first and check? I have a hunch that he's already gone, but if he's still there then I will deal with him by myself. You don't have to risk yourself.”

”What did you say?”

Scarlette absentmindedly whispered, ”Are you going to sacrifice yourself for our sake again? Just who the hell are you thinking that you can do such a thing? What if that monster demands for your left eye, won't you be blind? When that happens, how can you continue to lead us when you've lost your sight?”

”We can't let you go there alone and sacrifice yourself again. When worse comes to worst, I'll go and sacrifice myself...”

”He wants an eye, right? An eye? Then, I'll give it to him!” Scarlette fiercely declared.

Calvin glanced at her knees and found that they were furiously shaking.

”Scarlette, you...”

”Th-that's right! I won't let you sacrifice yourself anymore, Calvin! If you are going to go there, then I am going with you!”

”C-Count me in!”

”I'll do it too...”

'I'll follow you to the end of the world!”

After Ray's declaration, the others followed suit. Nicholas even declared that he'd follow Calvin to the end of the world which made the latter laugh, ”I don't need a man to follow me to the end of the world. Maybe I'll consider it if it's Scarlette or Jane...” He teasingly glanced at Scarlette and Jane.

Scarlette let out a muffled yelp of surprise, while Jane abruptly blushed and hurriedly hid her expression from the others.

”Hahaha...”

The newbies collectively laughed.

For a moment, the atmosphere changed for the first time.

It wasn't suffocating anymore.

But as the team approached the main hall of the Administration Block, the thick and suffocating atmosphere returned.

Everyone held their breaths and when they took that turn for the main hall.

There, they found...

Standing in front of the mountain of corpses.

The Benevolent Father!

Whenever one stared at the abyss, the abyss stares back.

It was the same for the newbies.

When their eyes landed on the Benevolent Father.

The latter's eyes also landed on them.

”Oh... You're finally back?”

The Benevolent Father's gaze only grazed past the newbies as he locked onto Calvin's figure.

”Yes...” Calvin respectfully replied.

”Have you found what you are trying to find?”

”What...?”

”Oh? Am I mistaken? Aren't you looking for the access keycard for the Security Room?”

”You don't have to hide it. I've seen how Andre chased you and those scums standing beside you earlier. How uncouth, he invited you all to participate in my lovely daughter's birthday party, yet he has such a killing intent against my guests...” The Benevolent Father shook his head in disappointment.

”If you are looking for the keycard, then Arthur Chase possibly took it. He's been drunk with filth and has been playing with those dangerous intangible toys of his. He took that card, possibly because he wants to access everything in this madhouse for his experiments...”

”Personally, I don't care about him...”

”Unless he intrudes on my happy time with my daughter, I won't bother about such a guy with an abysmally absent sense of taste.”

”But how about you? Are you going to find him and snatch that card away from him?” He raised his head and stared right at Calvin, ”You want these scums to escape from this madhouse, right? There's no way around it— You have to take that card to escape from this madness!”

The Benevolent Father spread his arms wide and exclaimed, ”Ahh... I really can't understand... Why do you want to escape this madhouse? Why do you want to escape this paradise and enter the world of those scums! I don't understand, I don't understand, I don't understand! My darling, do you understand? Can you understand them?”

”Can you tell me what's going on?!”