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The 7 confused people asked each other questions and explained in turn, until they heard someone laughing behind them in mockery. They turned behind them and they realized that they weren’t in the mall they thought they were in. They were in front of a vast sakura tree, with a beauty so mesmerizing that it left them speechless for a few minutes. On that vast sakura tree, there lay a seal, and once again, the laughing was heard. They looked above the tree, and saw a huge centipede, slithering upon it. “Ah, what a lovely sight to feast upon!” exclaimed the centipede as it slithered towards her prey. The 7 figures stood wordlessly at this sight, they were about to be devoured when the centipede asked for a deal. “Devour a spirit and sacrifice one of your friends here, and I shall let the remaining live.”
The centipede said. They looked at each other in disbelief and anxiety. Who was to be sacrificed? “Well?” The centipede asked at last. “We will sacrifice him.” Lina said while pointing towards Henry. Henry, who was pointed at, just stared at the centipede who slithered at him in pure amazement. “Now, devour a spirit.” The centipede said as she stared at Ruby. “Wait- Who? Me? I-” Ruby asked in confusion. “Yes, you and you shall.” answered the centipede, cutting her off. Pog sighed in frustration, “How did we get ourselves in this mess!?” she questioned herself. “Do it, and the remaining 6 of you will survive. If you refuse to do so, all 7 of you will die.” The centipede said, leaving a spirit right next to Ruby. Ruby trembled as she held it. Lina pulled out her gun as that's the only thing that could save all of us. The centipede only took the gun and threw it at the forlorn sea around it. “Devour it.” the centipede said at last. The black creature slithered once again upon her tree. “I KNEW IT GOING FOR THIS MALL TRIP WILL BE RUINED!” Lina exclaimed in frustration. The centipede just laughed and replied in a booming voice “Oh well, it is your fate, is it not?”. Silence filled the void. No one dared to speak. “I will not devour this spirit.” Everyone turned towards Ruby in amazement. “I will not devour this spirit” she repeated. The large centipede stared in surprise at the speaker. Lina asked the centipede “Can we do it next month?” “You will be dead by next month then” the centipede replied in malice. “Well, since you all aren’t accepting my deal, all 7 of you shall die” the centipede laughed maniacally and began slithering closer and closer. “From dusk till dawn all 7 of you will remain as my little pawns. For what use are puppets when you cannot control them?” The centipede said before devouring the 7 to-be-prey. “Oh, but devouring you all would be too easy, complete my quest and I shall give you all another chance to survive.” The centipede said, once again slithering across her tree. Being at their lives, all 7 of them agreed to the deal. “Complete this quest and you all shall survive,” the pitch black creature said as the 7 people were teleported to the witch’s twisted realm. They woke up on a plot of land, with nothing but one lantern to provide light to those who enter, and a watery path that lay in front of them. They were soon brought into a minka, with endless pathways which led to different rooms until they found a passageway, blocked by wooden planks. They saw a locked door, with a code to open it which was written in Japanese. Whit saw the code and wrote it in his phone to remember it, and once the code was inserted, the door opened. TO BE CONTINUED