Super Righteous Player
Chapter 144 - 142 "Don’t Look Back"_1

Chapter 144: Chapter 142 "Don’t Look Back"_1

Yes, that’s right!

The more Annan thought about it, the more possible it seemed.

Why did Amos know about the mechanism leading to the cellar?

Why didn’t Amos show the slightest sense of fear in the cellar?

There was only one answer.

That was, from the beginning, he knew... the gallery wouldn’t harm him!

Although it looked extremely dangerous, as long as Amos kept moving, didn’t stop to look back, and walked forward without hesitation.

Then Big Hammer Brother wouldn’t be able to catch up to him at all!

Annan recalled every action pattern in his mind...

After all, Annan too had his own compulsions, knowing his behavior patterns might be a bit strange...

The moment she realized her abdomen was injured, her first reaction was also to open her jacket, to make it easier to move...

And Amos’s injured abdomen, with his blood-stained coat hung up on a coat rack, already implied everything—

This meant he wasn’t trying to leave the gallery, but had just come in from outside!

"Then, what would happen if Amos kept on moving without stopping?"

The answer was clear.

It had already been hinted at in the prelude to the TE ending:

That was to complete the ritual of the Skeleton Lord— let Amos die and let Elle be reborn.

Or rather, let Amos completely transform into Big Hammer Brother’s daughter Elle, and give birth to the Skeleton Lord’s progeny.

Then, naturally, Big Hammer Brother couldn’t possibly kill the divine child’s wet nurse.

Amos managed to survive.

—This was the real NE ending (Normal End), the most normal and mundane one not recorded in history, fulfilling the last wish of the nightmare’s master before death!

Every time the gallery minigame happened, it was actually the last bits of conscience left in Amos’s heart... no, saying it was conscience isn’t quite right.

Or rather, it was his rebellion against the Skeleton Lord.

Because the true master of this nightmare was the stillborn that had not yet been born.

"Angelo" had no consciousness or self. His life hadn’t begun, so naturally, he couldn’t have had sufficient life experiences to construct a nightmare.

But his parents did.

In other words, the things "Angelo" knew must have happened after Elle became pregnant.

As was the case with Annan’s experience, Nightmare: White Tower.

People in the nightmare have their own consciousness...

During the period of being chased by Big Hammer Brother... that is, on the original day recorded in history, when the police station and special characters banded together to barge into the gallery. At that time, Amos had already refused to serve the Skeleton Lord.

So the gallery intimidated him, guided him... but also protected him.

Because the power of this gallery came from the Skeleton Lord.

And Amos, by heeding the showcase’s hint to "turn back" and entering into the illusion he had created, symbolized his regret.

As long as he entered the gallery and killed the powerful "Amos" inside, who was assisted by the Skeleton Lord, either as a victim or escaped to thwart Amos’s plans, it symbolized Amos’s regret.

He was Amos.

He should be very familiar with his own arrangements and character.

So, surely he should be able to easily defeat his former self.

Then naturally, the stillborn wouldn’t be possible.

The nightmare would thus be interrupted, ending.

And if he failed and was killed by himself... it would mean his regret was not determined. He would be stripped of his memory and start over. The rise in erosion meant his thoughts grew increasingly grim until he finally gave up hesitation and struggle, choosing to follow through with his final atrocious act at the last moment.

—Therefore, the nature of this minigame would be a "replay."

This means Amos kept reliving the last day of his life... as well as the evil acts he had once committed.

—That’s why the initial hint of the nightmare was "don’t look back."

This doesn’t refer to physically turning around.

But rather, it warns Amos not to turn back anymore.

At this point, there’s no room left for you to repent.

"... I see."

Annan’s eyes slightly lit up.

Just like in the "Betrayer" nightmare, where Annan needed to empathize with "John’s" thoughts, understanding what he was thinking; in the "White Tower" nightmare, Annan also had to empathize with Gerald to successfully clear it.

In the "Gallery" nightmare, of course, he too had to step into his role as "Amos"!

If Amos’s will was firm, never looked back, and walked straight to the end, the nightmare would be completed and cleared.

That would be the villain’s ending.

Simple and convenient.

As long as you don’t turn back, don’t hesitate... and walk steadily forward, there would be no danger.

But Annan believed that there should be another path besides this.

A "good person" path!

Otherwise, the basement ending would be superfluous!

But evidently, Yi Yi’s behavior in the basement ending was far from what one might call "good"...

"... Let’s try to get through the second layer of the nightmare first."

Annan had made up his mind.

At that moment, Delicious Wind Goose had finished reading the letter.

Indeed, the content of the letter hadn’t changed from the previous layer at all.

It was still a fragment of Elle’s diary...

But it had indeed changed!

On the back of the diary fragment, there was a new line written in dark red blood:

"Don’t look back anymore, Amos..."

The handwriting was very delicate: "They have found me..."

Annan, who had read the diary, could tell at a glance that it was indeed Elle’s handwriting!

"——Freaking awesome! There really is a change!"

"——As expected of Uncle Goose. I’m really here to learn the tricks this time!"

"——Such beautiful handwriting, I’m in love."

"——Then go marry a quill pen, since it’s the one that wrote this..."

Seeing that the diary had indeed changed, players were instantly excited.

There were quite a few smart ones among them.

They had almost figured out the method of "taking the items from the previous layer and then entering the next one."

Delicious Wind Goose, meanwhile, did not discard the letter.

He carefully put it back and kept it close to his body.

"Do you believe it will change again in the next layer, my friends?"

Delicious Wind Goose said with conviction, "If it doesn’t change, I’ll eat my computer when I get back."

"——Are you the incarnation of the Recycle Bin?"

"——Uncle Goose, you already owe us an Internet cafe."

"——Spare my computer, go eat my documents."

"——Go eat the online neighbors!"

"——Go eat the dumbass viewers!"

"——Go eat... Huh? We have a traitor among us!"

Annan, for his part, nodded thoughtfully.

He and Delicious Wind Goose were in agreement.

He too believed that the diary might change again upon entering the next layer.

Because the tone... did not seem like it was already written in the diary and was only now revealing itself.

It seemed more like it had just been written.

Elle had been found out?

When had she been discovered?

There was only one answer—

Someone had entered the basement... or the "Elle-chan" in the painting frame had been found!

And considering the news on the newspaper, this should have happened concurrently.

That is to say... the police from Frostwater Harbor might already be about to break in.

Or, they had already entered the first layer.

However, these considerations of Annan were naturally unknown to the players.

——Unless they paid.

In the interest of saving time, Delicious Wind Goose no longer hesitated and maintained a pace as fast and stable as possible without losing any health in the endlessly long corridor as he advanced slowly forward.

He truly followed the instructions in the letter, not looking back.

And behind him, the ground and walls visibly began to decay and crumble. The floor cracked open with creaking noises, and hunting hounds ablaze with flames, as well as demons that steamed with fire, emerged from below the floor and slowly approached from behind him...

Although Delicious Wind Goose did not look back, his loyal dumbass viewers were still reporting the situation behind him in real-time:

"——Run! There’s something coming out from behind you, old Goose!"

"——What the hell is this thing? A Cerberus missing two heads?"

"——Is this a nightmare?"

"——Your nightmare has dog paws?"

"——To be fair, I think this dog kinda looks like a police hound..."

"——Actually, if you look closely, it’s kind of cute, don’t you think?"

"——Damn, this creature is so disgusting! And it’s oozing pus!"

"——I think the negative influence on teenagers may be incalculable..."

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