After Annan held the glass bottle containing "Angelo", he really entered the CG.

But this time's cutscene is very different from when I entered the basement and saw "Angelo" before-

In the normal course of life, Amos would have gasped for breath as he stroked his grandson's jar, muttering and nervously saying, "This is it...... As long as there is this ......"

Then when he looked back and saw that Sledgehammer was about to come to his face, he yelled "Elle save me", and then began to line up with his father-in-law, and fell into an impotent rage after losing a mess of the mouth cannon. Even his grandson chose his own grandfather.

- And then Joseph suddenly became a senior sister.

For some reason, Joseph was bitten off by Angelo, who had turned into a colored ball of light. Immediately after the CG ends, the player is powerless and begins to wait for death.

This is undoubtedly the absence of some key item that led to the entry into BE.

But this is undoubtedly a pre-ending.

Because after arriving at this ending for the first time, you can learn key information about "Sledgehammer", "Amos" and "Elle", and sort out the relationship between them.

And after Annan entered CG this time...... But I saw a scene I had never seen before, and I heard a conversation I had never heard before:

“…… Are you satisfied? ”

Like a down-and-out wild dog, the one-eyed painter covered in blood growled at the stillborn in the bottle: "It's already okay, right?!"

"-Skeleton Male!"

As Amos's voice fell.

In the frozen basement, the corpses covered in a layer of hoarfrost let out a low laugh at the same time:

"Hehehehehe......"

In front of Amos's eyes, the long-dead "Angelo" suddenly opened his eyes!

The eyes, which had long lost their life, turned around strangely, and then looked at Amos for a moment.

"Nature is ......"

The skeleton man's deep voice rang out in the jar.

Immediately after, Amos's crisp voice came from behind Elle: "It's not enough. ”

Amos suddenly realized and looked back.

He covered his gouged-out left eye and let out a miserable howl—

His eyes burned with flames.

In front of him, the image of Elle was clearly projected.

It was a somewhat vague, teenage girl, with blond hair and blue eyes. Dressed in a white dress that covered only half of her thighs, she tucked her arms behind her back and looked at her adoptive father, lover, idol, and murderer Amos.

However, her left eye was a bloody hole.

The blood did not flow, but boiled uneasily in the bottom of the eyes.

It doesn't look like blood.

It's like lava...... Or a solidified flame.

…… After losing her left eye from Elle, will Amos be able to see the spirit of love?

Annan thought quickly.

He remembered......

When I first saw a portrait of Elle...... Her left eye burned with a fresh, ever-expanding scorch mark.

At this time, Joseph, who was standing in the basement, also hissed.

He apparently saw it too—Elle's spirit.

As a silver-level wizard, it was not difficult for him to see the spirits of ordinary people.

But after seeing Elle, he hesitated. Hesitating, I don't know if I should come down......

"Elle......

Amos was obsessed and muttered in a low voice, "My love ......"

He slowly reached out to Elle......

Syllable!

But his outstretched hand was casually slapped away by Elle's spirit.

"-Your love?"

The smile on the corner of her mouth became more and more harmless and cute, but a sarcastic voice came out of her mouth: "Which is more important, me or your dream, or your career?"

"I used to ask that, father...... Guys? ”

As Elle said this, Amos and Joseph seemed to shudder and hold their breath at the same time.

Annan, who was watching from the sidelines, finally realized something-

Amos & Joseph...... What do the two people who are entangled in this nightmare and fight each other endlessly have in common?

- They're all Elle's fathers.

— and they both gave up on Elle for their own careers.

Joseph allowed his ex-wife, his apprentice, to remarry with his daughter...... He knew that his wife was a cannibal Black Widow believer, but he did not ask for custody of Elle.

Because he has his job, he has his career.

And he knows it...... The reason why Elle's mother gave birth to Elle despite Joseph's prevention was that she planned to use the child to blackmail her mentor, in order to get more benefits from Joseph, in order to tie herself to him.

The "Black Widow" she believes in is a false god who specializes in this.

Joseph knew all this, but he chose to refuse.

- He naturally loves Elle, but he loves his life even more.

So he, Joseph, gave up Elle for his career and transcendent path...... And when he came to Elle's side, he was worried about his reputation and worried that Elle would speak ill of him, so he didn't dare to recognize him or even expose his existence.

Unlike his decision when he divorced, Joseph, who was hesitant in the face of his daughter, had nothing to do with the tragedy itself...... But it is an indispensable "prelude".

He had time to stop this.

Because when he came to Frozen Water, Amos didn't even have the first ceremony.

This will make him regret it for the rest of his life, but there is no room for him to repent.

Amos, Elle's second father and her beloved, made a deal with Bones Boss as a "possible victim" of Elle...... in exchange for his depleted, no longer growing talents.

On the surface, though, this ritual would only sacrifice a fraction of Elle's part.

But he's not stupid.

He will agree to the ceremony, but he will be afraid of the ceremony itself...... It's because he has subconsciously thought of the possibility of the future.

But he still decided to hold the ceremony.

Because he has his pursuits.

Of course, he loved Elle too, even more than he loved himself.

— but he loved art more and loved his talent even more.

"So...... The peculiar nature of this nightmare is the 'repetition'. ”

Annan suddenly realized.

It is precisely because of this that this vice-nightmare will attract the skeleton for decades, and keep him in the frozen water harbor, reluctant to leave.

…… Because in the final analysis, this is a "repeated betrayal".

This nightmare itself is a ritual!

Every time you beat a nightmare, it represents a repeat betrayal.

Everyone has no memory, but they walk on the same path and repeat the same tragedy...... Because after they entered the nightmare, they subconsciously brought themselves into Amos.

So, every time this nightmare was repeated, the skeleton would be strengthened by one point.

And if all this is to be achieved......

I don't know when, the CG has ended.

Annan felt his body be controlled again.

He looked at Elle's spirit with a complicated expression and whispered, "If I'm not mistaken......

"Miss Elle," Annan deliberately did not call her by any of her last names, "you should keep it...... All the memories of these 500 nightmares, right? ”

"It's 1,834."

Elle said softly, "Whether you win or lose, I'm watching...... I've been watching. ”

And behind Annan, "Angelo", who had the voice of the skeleton male, also smiled.

"Yes, she's been watching. Through the left eye, look at all this in its own right. ”

The "Angelo" in the bottle, in an extremely mature and deep voice, whispered: "And I have been listening." Through this umbilical cord...... Listen to her crying, her heartbeat, her breakdown, her whispering, her hatred, her pain, her love, her song.

"—yes, I'm listening.

"Of course, I've been listening."