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'Kumi' - Chapter 6
All The Nightmares
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In the room had paintings of the Ladies In Various Colors and Headless Statues. But there seem to be more Ladies in Various Colors beside Lady Roxxi & Lady Phoebe.
There were new paintings like Lady Leora in Orange and Lady Dana in White. Like Lady Roxxi & Phoebe, They sat on the walls smiling until they see a victim and went crazy.
Since there were two ways to go, a left and right, Vaultor and Kumi walked down the right path and turned left. When they noticed the headless statues all aligned on the wall and between them were more hallways.
They decided to run past them to the next area. Thankfully they past all the headless statues and came upon a gray door and a window. Kumi somehow caught a glimpse of something flying in the window.
"Did you see that?" Kumi said, pointing at the window.
"See what?" Vaultor looked up at the window and saw nothing.
"....Never mind" Kumi denied while looking at the window, only to see nothing
Vaultor walked up to the door and turned the knob while Kumi stood back and tried to duck to see if anything flew out.
"Ah, it's locked." Vaultor said.
"Whew" Kumi sighed.
"Hmm. Let's head up this hallway on the left side." They went up the left side and found two more doors. When they approached them, One door needed a password to get through, and the other one needed an answer to the question.
The question said, "How Many Paintings Of Women Are There In This Room?"
"Oh nice." Vaultor said in frustration.
"Well, there seems to be four on the left side where we first entered." Kumi said and went to go look ahead of where they were. When she counted four, she came back.
"There's four there, How about over here?" Kumi was about to go look until Vaultor held her back.
"Hold on, there seems to be more over on the right side of the room. We better be careful in case one of them jumps out." Vaultor said while he held Kumi close to him.
When he let her go, they set off to count how many paintings of women were there on the right side of the room. They started at the bottom, Which only had three paintings.
"4+3=7, So there's seven pictures counted." Vaultor said.
The next one only had 3 paintings and one different painting with a nameplate.
"That's 10," Kumi counted
Next one and the top one had 2 each.
"That's 14 paintings in total" Vaultor counted
"Yup, Oh a door!" They tried to open the door but it was locked.
"Sheesh! How many locked doors are there in this world?" Kumi said in unison
Vaultor continued down the path and a found the different painting with a nameplate. Kumi followed behind
The Hanged Man (Holt) was what the plate said
"Ah this was one of the paintings from the gallery." Vaultor looked at the painting
"Look, there's a code on the shirt." Kumi pointed out.
The looked closely and the code said, "5629"
"5629? That must be the password of one of the doors!" Kumi said before running off to the door, but Vaultor pulled her back.
"Hold on Kumi, What you think could be the answer, but the shirt seems to be upside down thus giving us the code, 6295" Vaultor explained
"Really?" Kumi questioned and tried to tilt her head upside-down which result in Vaultor to quietly laugh
They arrived back to the doors and picked the door that needed a password to open. They punched in the password: 6295. And it opened. They decided to open the other one with the question and plugged in the answer: 14. And it also opened.
They decided to enter the one with the question & answer. But inside was just a table & vase, a bookshelf, and a note on the wall. With just a single step, there was a crash sound outside the room.
"Damn!" Vaultor cursed
"Does that mean...." Kumi said with fear
"Yup. But let's find somethings in here first." Vaultor reassured.
They went to the note and read it.
"Please do not touch the display, If by any chance you damage any exhibits, you will b__comp__sat_n.
"Hmm, Some of the words are missing...." Vaultor said while squinting at the words.
"There isn't anything here." Kumi said while looking around
"Let's head over to the other room." Vaultor said while waiting for Kumi to grab his hand.
"Why??? I don't want to go and see those scary women out there." Kumi cried in fear. Vaultor placed a hand on her head.
"It'll be fine, I'm here with you, we'll run out together, alright?" Vaultor smiled softly to her
"....Okay.." Kumi said while standing. They reached the door and ran out together
Once they were out, Lady Roxxi in Red was chasing after them, but they safely made it to the other room with the password, Inside was a stool and easel with a note attached to it and a table with a vase sitting on top.
The painting depicted a vase sitting on top. Vaultor stood next the table and noticed that it can be pushed around easily. he pushed it three times and outside was a sound of a door being unlocked. Which meant that they can enter it. They exited the room and tried to find where it was.
But outside was a mannequin head that wasn't sitting there before.
"Was that there before?" Vaultor looked at it weird.
"I don't think so." Both shrugged and headed downward towards the door that they thought was open, but it wasn't opened at all, so they continued on to the far right side of the wall where they found a door but was locked. This time, it was opened and both entered to find a barren room, but with a mirror on the wall.
When they entered, another crash echoed outside.
"Another one?" Kumi said with worry
"It will be fine, I'm here to protect you, okay." Vaultor comfort. "Let's see what that mirror has to do with this."
They walked up to the mirror and examined it They saw their reflection, that was it. When they turned around, a mannequin head was blocking the doorway.
"What the- When did that get in here?" Vaultor said.
"Let's see if we can actually see it in the mirror." Kumi said while tugging on Vaultor's butler coat. They walked back to the mirror and examined it again.
Again they saw their reflection but the mannequin's head was now right behind Vaultor's shoulders.
"Hm?" Vaultor jumped back, surprised! "WAH!"
"WHY YOU SON OF A-" Vaultor cursed while almost about to kick the head. Kumi stopped him just in time before he could actually kick it
".....Right, Sorry about that. Well, let's go" Vaultor said while smoothing down his coat. They both exited the room and continued heading south. When they turned the corner at the bottom right, they found a key but then saw Lady Leora In Orange crawling towards them, in high speed.
They ran backwards and went around in a circle to confuse Lady Leora. When she was out of sight, they spot a key and grabbed it, But Lady Phoebe In Purple smashed to the ground and starting crawling to where they were standing.
Kumi almost let out a scream before Vaultor covered her mouth with his hand and both made a mad dash to the bottom door that was the only one locked.
Using the key, they safely made it in. Inside was a big room with a sofa in the middle and around it were bookshelves, a window and stools.
"Crap, A window." Vaultor cursed but found a bookcase beside it. He pushed the case over the window, covering it.
"There we go, that way, those crazy paintings can't break in." Vaultor smiled satisfied
Kumi nodded and then walked over to a portrait and went to see it.
"What is it?"
Kumi pointed to the portrait in front of them. The nameplate of it said Couple In the portrait was a painting of Deuce & Draculaura, Kumi's parents
"It's my parents" Kumi tried to speak .
"What?, They are your parents?" Vaultor asked
"Yes" Kumi said while looking at it
"Hmm. Why would such a painting be down here?" Vaultor said before feeling a tug on his coat
"Where are they, Vaultor?" Kumi asked.
"Uh, where are they? Well I can't say that I know either. Don't worry, They must be somewhere." Vaultor smiled which Kumi smiled sadly and looked at it again.
"(...I thought she was a tough kid, but this is even getting to her...) Vaultor thought.
"Well, Since we can't survive in this room all day, why don't we move on." Vaultor asked
"Okay." Kumi said and walked with Vaultor to the door. When they turned the knob, The door wouldn't open, it was locked.
"Are you kidding me, the door was open before." Vaultor said annoyingly.
But then, there was a loud knock. They stepped back.
"That sound.....They're coming from outside." Another loud knock. "Something's at the door, Be careful Kumi." Vaultor said while holding onto Kumi tightly close to him.
Soon, there was a loud bam, not from the door, but from the wall. It was getting louder and louder until the wall crumbled to the ground and in came Lady Dana In White crawling towards them around, then Lady Leora, and then Lady Phoebe.
"AH, VAULTOR!!" Kumi screamed
"HOLD ON!" Vaultor shouted. Kumi grabbed onto Vaultor while he held her tightly and ran into the tunnel into the room outside.
Outside were filled with Ladies In Various Colors portrait & Headless statues, looking for one thing - Vaultor & Kumi
As the two ran for their lives, more portraits and statues came to life. Crawling and walking faster than ever. They ran down the hall, and up another hall and found a door unlocked across from them.
"HANG ON & DON'T LET GO, KUMI!" Vaultor shouted. Kumi held tightly and closed her eyes as Vaultor ran at full speed to the door, dropping Kumi to her feet, closing it with both hands as they got in, and both ran up the stairs and turned right and continued running.
Soon, they slowed down from exhaustion and were catching their breaths
"*pant", That...was..close!" Vaultor panted
"You think they will catch us now?" Kumi asked while her legs were shaking.
"Nah, I think this....should be far enough...I think. Heh, We sure showed them" Vaultor smirked in victory
Kumi somehow felt dizzy, she slowly slumped to the ground.
"Well then, Let's keep go-...Kumi?" Vaultor ran up to Kumi and crouched down.
"What is it? Are you okay." He asked but no reply from Kumi. Her brown eyes turned dull as they closed and she collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
"K-Kumi?! Hey, Stay with me." Vaultor shouted while shaking her shoulders.
"Kumi! KUMI!!" Vaultor shouted again. Kumi couldn't hear as she was slowly drifting into blackness.
----Kumi's Nightmare----
It was black, but there was a sound of a clock ticking and footsteps running. Then a door opening and closing, and more footsteps.
Kumi was running.
"VAULTOR?! WHERE ARE YOU!" Kumi shouted in worry.
There were echoes everywhere, loud banging here and there. And she was trying to get away from it.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" Kumi shouted
She ran into a room, more banging coming and she backed away from the door where she entered. She ran into the next door that lead to another room.
The loud banging was coming closer.
"STOP!!!!" Kumi shouted and tried to open the next door. It didn't open.
"PLEASE! PLEASE!!" Kumi begged
She opened it a few times as the banging was coming closer and closer. Finally the door opened by itself and she ran inside.
More running footsteps.
"VAULTOR! HELP! SOMEBODY!!!" Kumi was now crying madly. When she finally opened the last door, inside were mannequin heads, headless statues, and Ladies In Various Colors portrait, all moving towards Kumi.
Kumi watched in fear as they came closer. She tried to open the door where she came in, but it wouldn't budged.
They were coming closer and closer and soon were attacking her.
The clock was ticking until it stopped, blackness came. There was a horrifying scream echoing every inch of the blackness, after that, total silence......
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Kumi then shot up from her slumber. She looked around, She was in a gray room, lying on the floor, with a coat draped over her.
"Ah" Vaultor noticed her awake. He walked up to her and kneeled down to her
"Morning Kumi, How are you feeling?" He asked
"I..I had a nightmare..." Kumi said looking down.
"I see...You poor thing...I can't say that I'm surprised..Being expose to such frightful sights, I mean." Vaultor sighed
"I'm guess it's good you woke up, I'm sorry I didn't noticed earlier." Vaultor apologized
"Mmm" Kumi replied back while still looking down.
A silence fell between them
"Hey Kumi, would you take a look in the pocket of that coat?" Vaultor asked while pointing at the pocket
Kumi found a piece of lemon candy in the pocket and looked at it, and then looked at Vaultor.
"You can have that. Feel free to eat it." Vaultor smiled while ruffling Kumi's curls.
"Let's rest here a while longer before we set out again, okay" He reassured and went to go see one of the books on the bookshelf.
Kumi stood up and picked up Vaultor's butler coat and walked around to Vaultor.
"Oh my coat, thanks Kumi." He smiled before he wore the coat again. Kumi smiled softly and blushed a bit til she saw a vase.
It was filled with water and since her rose only have one petal left, after losing so much from that crazy room, she placed it in the vase and watched it become a full rose again.
Vaultor glanced over at Kumi and then glanced his flower, Before he had ten petals , now he had six petals. But sighed in satisfaction. The kid needed it more than he did.
"Aish. I got up early today, so I'm feeling a bit sleepy today." Vaultor yawned. "I was looking to seeing gallery, and then this happened. Well I had enough of galleries at this point."
"I see....Thank you Vaultor, for watching over me." Kumi said
"It's no problem." Vaultor blushed lightly. Kumi giggled.
"Anyways, are you ready to set out again, Kumi?" He asked
"Yes, I'm ready."
"Okay, Let's get going." Vaultor and Kumi opened the door and set off to whatever they were heading for.
TO BE CONTINUED
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Whew! Done with this chapter! Can't wait to start on the next chapter!
SPOILER FOR NEXT CHAPTER - Vaultor & Kumi continue to find more clues around the new area. But what happens when they run into a new stranger, a gray-scaled stranger ;)
'Kumi' - Chapter 6
All The Nightmares
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In the room had paintings of the Ladies In Various Colors and Headless Statues. But there seem to be more Ladies in Various Colors beside Lady Roxxi & Lady Phoebe.
There were new paintings like Lady Leora in Orange and Lady Dana in White. Like Lady Roxxi & Phoebe, They sat on the walls smiling until they see a victim and went crazy.
Since there were two ways to go, a left and right, Vaultor and Kumi walked down the right path and turned left. When they noticed the headless statues all aligned on the wall and between them were more hallways.
They decided to run past them to the next area. Thankfully they past all the headless statues and came upon a gray door and a window. Kumi somehow caught a glimpse of something flying in the window.
"Did you see that?" Kumi said, pointing at the window.
"See what?" Vaultor looked up at the window and saw nothing.
"....Never mind" Kumi denied while looking at the window, only to see nothing
Vaultor walked up to the door and turned the knob while Kumi stood back and tried to duck to see if anything flew out.
"Ah, it's locked." Vaultor said.
"Whew" Kumi sighed.
"Hmm. Let's head up this hallway on the left side." They went up the left side and found two more doors. When they approached them, One door needed a password to get through, and the other one needed an answer to the question.
The question said, "How Many Paintings Of Women Are There In This Room?"
"Oh nice." Vaultor said in frustration.
"Well, there seems to be four on the left side where we first entered." Kumi said and went to go look ahead of where they were. When she counted four, she came back.
"There's four there, How about over here?" Kumi was about to go look until Vaultor held her back.
"Hold on, there seems to be more over on the right side of the room. We better be careful in case one of them jumps out." Vaultor said while he held Kumi close to him.
When he let her go, they set off to count how many paintings of women were there on the right side of the room. They started at the bottom, Which only had three paintings.
"4+3=7, So there's seven pictures counted." Vaultor said.
The next one only had 3 paintings and one different painting with a nameplate.
"That's 10," Kumi counted
Next one and the top one had 2 each.
"That's 14 paintings in total" Vaultor counted
"Yup, Oh a door!" They tried to open the door but it was locked.
"Sheesh! How many locked doors are there in this world?" Kumi said in unison
Vaultor continued down the path and a found the different painting with a nameplate. Kumi followed behind
The Hanged Man (Holt) was what the plate said
"Ah this was one of the paintings from the gallery." Vaultor looked at the painting
"Look, there's a code on the shirt." Kumi pointed out.
The looked closely and the code said, "5629"
"5629? That must be the password of one of the doors!" Kumi said before running off to the door, but Vaultor pulled her back.
"Hold on Kumi, What you think could be the answer, but the shirt seems to be upside down thus giving us the code, 6295" Vaultor explained
"Really?" Kumi questioned and tried to tilt her head upside-down which result in Vaultor to quietly laugh
They arrived back to the doors and picked the door that needed a password to open. They punched in the password: 6295. And it opened. They decided to open the other one with the question and plugged in the answer: 14. And it also opened.
They decided to enter the one with the question & answer. But inside was just a table & vase, a bookshelf, and a note on the wall. With just a single step, there was a crash sound outside the room.
"Damn!" Vaultor cursed
"Does that mean...." Kumi said with fear
"Yup. But let's find somethings in here first." Vaultor reassured.
They went to the note and read it.
"Please do not touch the display, If by any chance you damage any exhibits, you will b__comp__sat_n.
"Hmm, Some of the words are missing...." Vaultor said while squinting at the words.
"There isn't anything here." Kumi said while looking around
"Let's head over to the other room." Vaultor said while waiting for Kumi to grab his hand.
"Why??? I don't want to go and see those scary women out there." Kumi cried in fear. Vaultor placed a hand on her head.
"It'll be fine, I'm here with you, we'll run out together, alright?" Vaultor smiled softly to her
"....Okay.." Kumi said while standing. They reached the door and ran out together
Once they were out, Lady Roxxi in Red was chasing after them, but they safely made it to the other room with the password, Inside was a stool and easel with a note attached to it and a table with a vase sitting on top.
The painting depicted a vase sitting on top. Vaultor stood next the table and noticed that it can be pushed around easily. he pushed it three times and outside was a sound of a door being unlocked. Which meant that they can enter it. They exited the room and tried to find where it was.
But outside was a mannequin head that wasn't sitting there before.
"Was that there before?" Vaultor looked at it weird.
"I don't think so." Both shrugged and headed downward towards the door that they thought was open, but it wasn't opened at all, so they continued on to the far right side of the wall where they found a door but was locked. This time, it was opened and both entered to find a barren room, but with a mirror on the wall.
When they entered, another crash echoed outside.
"Another one?" Kumi said with worry
"It will be fine, I'm here to protect you, okay." Vaultor comfort. "Let's see what that mirror has to do with this."
They walked up to the mirror and examined it They saw their reflection, that was it. When they turned around, a mannequin head was blocking the doorway.
"What the- When did that get in here?" Vaultor said.
"Let's see if we can actually see it in the mirror." Kumi said while tugging on Vaultor's butler coat. They walked back to the mirror and examined it again.
Again they saw their reflection but the mannequin's head was now right behind Vaultor's shoulders.
"Hm?" Vaultor jumped back, surprised! "WAH!"
"WHY YOU SON OF A-" Vaultor cursed while almost about to kick the head. Kumi stopped him just in time before he could actually kick it
".....Right, Sorry about that. Well, let's go" Vaultor said while smoothing down his coat. They both exited the room and continued heading south. When they turned the corner at the bottom right, they found a key but then saw Lady Leora In Orange crawling towards them, in high speed.
They ran backwards and went around in a circle to confuse Lady Leora. When she was out of sight, they spot a key and grabbed it, But Lady Phoebe In Purple smashed to the ground and starting crawling to where they were standing.
Kumi almost let out a scream before Vaultor covered her mouth with his hand and both made a mad dash to the bottom door that was the only one locked.
Using the key, they safely made it in. Inside was a big room with a sofa in the middle and around it were bookshelves, a window and stools.
"Crap, A window." Vaultor cursed but found a bookcase beside it. He pushed the case over the window, covering it.
"There we go, that way, those crazy paintings can't break in." Vaultor smiled satisfied
Kumi nodded and then walked over to a portrait and went to see it.
"What is it?"
Kumi pointed to the portrait in front of them. The nameplate of it said Couple In the portrait was a painting of Deuce & Draculaura, Kumi's parents
"It's my parents" Kumi tried to speak .
"What?, They are your parents?" Vaultor asked
"Yes" Kumi said while looking at it
"Hmm. Why would such a painting be down here?" Vaultor said before feeling a tug on his coat
"Where are they, Vaultor?" Kumi asked.
"Uh, where are they? Well I can't say that I know either. Don't worry, They must be somewhere." Vaultor smiled which Kumi smiled sadly and looked at it again.
"(...I thought she was a tough kid, but this is even getting to her...) Vaultor thought.
"Well, Since we can't survive in this room all day, why don't we move on." Vaultor asked
"Okay." Kumi said and walked with Vaultor to the door. When they turned the knob, The door wouldn't open, it was locked.
"Are you kidding me, the door was open before." Vaultor said annoyingly.
But then, there was a loud knock. They stepped back.
"That sound.....They're coming from outside." Another loud knock. "Something's at the door, Be careful Kumi." Vaultor said while holding onto Kumi tightly close to him.
Soon, there was a loud bam, not from the door, but from the wall. It was getting louder and louder until the wall crumbled to the ground and in came Lady Dana In White crawling towards them around, then Lady Leora, and then Lady Phoebe.
"AH, VAULTOR!!" Kumi screamed
"HOLD ON!" Vaultor shouted. Kumi grabbed onto Vaultor while he held her tightly and ran into the tunnel into the room outside.
Outside were filled with Ladies In Various Colors portrait & Headless statues, looking for one thing - Vaultor & Kumi
As the two ran for their lives, more portraits and statues came to life. Crawling and walking faster than ever. They ran down the hall, and up another hall and found a door unlocked across from them.
"HANG ON & DON'T LET GO, KUMI!" Vaultor shouted. Kumi held tightly and closed her eyes as Vaultor ran at full speed to the door, dropping Kumi to her feet, closing it with both hands as they got in, and both ran up the stairs and turned right and continued running.
Soon, they slowed down from exhaustion and were catching their breaths
"*pant", That...was..close!" Vaultor panted
"You think they will catch us now?" Kumi asked while her legs were shaking.
"Nah, I think this....should be far enough...I think. Heh, We sure showed them" Vaultor smirked in victory
Kumi somehow felt dizzy, she slowly slumped to the ground.
"Well then, Let's keep go-...Kumi?" Vaultor ran up to Kumi and crouched down.
"What is it? Are you okay." He asked but no reply from Kumi. Her brown eyes turned dull as they closed and she collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
"K-Kumi?! Hey, Stay with me." Vaultor shouted while shaking her shoulders.
"Kumi! KUMI!!" Vaultor shouted again. Kumi couldn't hear as she was slowly drifting into blackness.
----Kumi's Nightmare----
It was black, but there was a sound of a clock ticking and footsteps running. Then a door opening and closing, and more footsteps.
Kumi was running.
"VAULTOR?! WHERE ARE YOU!" Kumi shouted in worry.
There were echoes everywhere, loud banging here and there. And she was trying to get away from it.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" Kumi shouted
She ran into a room, more banging coming and she backed away from the door where she entered. She ran into the next door that lead to another room.
The loud banging was coming closer.
"STOP!!!!" Kumi shouted and tried to open the next door. It didn't open.
"PLEASE! PLEASE!!" Kumi begged
She opened it a few times as the banging was coming closer and closer. Finally the door opened by itself and she ran inside.
More running footsteps.
"VAULTOR! HELP! SOMEBODY!!!" Kumi was now crying madly. When she finally opened the last door, inside were mannequin heads, headless statues, and Ladies In Various Colors portrait, all moving towards Kumi.
Kumi watched in fear as they came closer. She tried to open the door where she came in, but it wouldn't budged.
They were coming closer and closer and soon were attacking her.
The clock was ticking until it stopped, blackness came. There was a horrifying scream echoing every inch of the blackness, after that, total silence......
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Kumi then shot up from her slumber. She looked around, She was in a gray room, lying on the floor, with a coat draped over her.
"Ah" Vaultor noticed her awake. He walked up to her and kneeled down to her
"Morning Kumi, How are you feeling?" He asked
"I..I had a nightmare..." Kumi said looking down.
"I see...You poor thing...I can't say that I'm surprised..Being expose to such frightful sights, I mean." Vaultor sighed
"I'm guess it's good you woke up, I'm sorry I didn't noticed earlier." Vaultor apologized
"Mmm" Kumi replied back while still looking down.
A silence fell between them
"Hey Kumi, would you take a look in the pocket of that coat?" Vaultor asked while pointing at the pocket
Kumi found a piece of lemon candy in the pocket and looked at it, and then looked at Vaultor.
"You can have that. Feel free to eat it." Vaultor smiled while ruffling Kumi's curls.
"Let's rest here a while longer before we set out again, okay" He reassured and went to go see one of the books on the bookshelf.
Kumi stood up and picked up Vaultor's butler coat and walked around to Vaultor.
"Oh my coat, thanks Kumi." He smiled before he wore the coat again. Kumi smiled softly and blushed a bit til she saw a vase.
It was filled with water and since her rose only have one petal left, after losing so much from that crazy room, she placed it in the vase and watched it become a full rose again.
Vaultor glanced over at Kumi and then glanced his flower, Before he had ten petals , now he had six petals. But sighed in satisfaction. The kid needed it more than he did.
"Aish. I got up early today, so I'm feeling a bit sleepy today." Vaultor yawned. "I was looking to seeing gallery, and then this happened. Well I had enough of galleries at this point."
"I see....Thank you Vaultor, for watching over me." Kumi said
"It's no problem." Vaultor blushed lightly. Kumi giggled.
"Anyways, are you ready to set out again, Kumi?" He asked
"Yes, I'm ready."
"Okay, Let's get going." Vaultor and Kumi opened the door and set off to whatever they were heading for.
TO BE CONTINUED
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Whew! Done with this chapter! Can't wait to start on the next chapter!
SPOILER FOR NEXT CHAPTER - Vaultor & Kumi continue to find more clues around the new area. But what happens when they run into a new stranger, a gray-scaled stranger ;)