"Just a little lamb."
The policemen's eyeballs bulged out of their sockets like grotesque party favors. Emerald green fur covered their skin as they pounced on her
Future Ethan's screams choked in his throat.
Present - 10:32 a.m
Ethan pressed his trembling palms against his eyelids. Two deaths. Zero solutions.
The eyes of the damned had given it away:
Strangled for missing the fish deadline
Torn to pieces after trusting the police
Now he had to fight his way through the monster-infested streets before 11:30 a.m.
His stomach growled. On the table: steaming milk, buttered toast. Just like at home.
Poison? Or part of the charade?
He nudged the bread. He sniffed the milk. Perfect replicas.
If they imitated humans… would breakfast be a trap?
But if you don't obey "mom", you might as well die.
Damned if I eat, damned if I don't eat.
He swallowed the food like broken glass.
The secret of the visions
The first vision of death:
2 minutes
Consequence shown (no fish = death)
Second vision:
10 minutes
Revealed cause (the call to the police exposed him)
Why the additional footage?
His mind zeroed in on one detail:
The female officer — Xiao Chen — had sounded genuinely confused when he described the monsters.
Then Chief Zhang had taken over… ... and sent killers.
Was Xiao Chen a human being?
Maybe another player? Was he trapped in the police station pretending to be one of them?
Eyes of the Doomed not only showed him death, but also gave him breadcrumbs.
The choice
Option 1: Buy the fish
30-minute sprint through the monster territory
Then: lunch with a creature that watches his every move
Option 2: Contact Xiao Chen
Find a human ally
But risk her being another predator
His fingers dug into the table. All my life I've been walking on fragile ice.
10:45 AM
The keys jingled as he opened the door. Outside, the sunlight painted a lie over the suburbs.
Every shadow hid teeth.
He entered the lion's den.