THE LINEUSS ATTACK (SYSTEM)
Chapter 23: The Secret Path

“Did you see something, Kuro?“

The voice of a magnetic-sounding young man was asking someone.

'Miaw.'

No, not someone, rather ask a kitten.

“You don't see anyone who looks like me?“ Rai turned his head and said to Kuro the black kitten.

A pair of round eyes that shone with different colors stared at Rai.

'Miaw.'

Kuro shook his head and meowed again to affirm.

Kuro's two eyes that shone in the darkness did not see a creature that resembled him, that is, a human.

They both have walked so deep and a playground that contains digital games that are quite sophisticated. Examples of games with advanced technology are various arcade games, shooting using sensors in the form of pistols, doll claws, racing vehicles with controls in the form of cars or motorcycles, photobox, and many more.

However, all of the games have been damaged and unkempt, many of the toys have been shattered and can no longer be used, also there are still those who have a look that stands firmly with the contents of the machine in it is no longer working.

This toy has been abandoned so that it has been smeared with wet soil stains as well as moss attached to it.

As long as Rai and Kuro walked inside this room, they found no more clues related to the trail of chicken shoes and bones that were outside this place.

Here it is very quiet and dark, there is only the sound of pounding Rai's legs when walking and stepping.

“We should have been in the middle of this room. But ... I haven't found anything here.“

Rai stood firmly rotating his body to highlight the flashlight beam in all directions.

There is nothing here other than a game tool that has been damaged and worn out.

“You saw something, Kuro?“ Rai lowered his head, asking Kuro who was taking care of the area around.

'Miaw'

Kuro replied and shook his head.

“Where is that person?“

Rai was deep in thought with eyes that remained attentive to the condition of this room.

The person who left the trail was here, because the shoe trail led Rai to come here.

Can't be wrong.

But ... The person is not here, is he hiding? But where is it?.

“Let's search every corner of this room, Kuro.“ Rai looked at Kuro and invited him to search.

'Miaw!'

Kuro nodded, looking at Rai who was beside him.

“Come!“

Rai looked in all directions first, and he set foot towards the north of this room.

Seeing that Rai was already moving, Kuro stepped with his four little legs following Rai from behind while occasionally looking around.

This room is very large, Rai needs dozens of steps straight forward to the north to get to the end of the room.

The end of this room there are several children's games that the way it is used is ridden like a horse, but in the form of various types of animals. This game tool will move if you insert coins or swipe a game-specific card in the place that has been provided.

A game that is really meant for kids.

The condition of this toy is not intact, many are rolled and fell with a sloping condition on the floor, also many small plants that grow in cloth on the body of the animal, and many animals, also soil stains that perch on the fabric.

Since there was nothing here, Rai continued the exploration again heading in the other direction.

Rai walked again to the east of the room, hoping to get a clue that could lead him to find a human who left this trail.

The sound of footsteps echoed in this room, Rai was walking towards the eastern area of the room, at each foot Rai stepped there would be another game and varied from one to another, with each other, even Rai had never seen such a game.

Of the many games here no one can light up, even though Rai hopes there is a game that is still on for him to play.

It's been a long time since Rai has played a game in a place like this.

This room is strange, because a place this big, Rai has not found any monsters that perch and live here.

Think again, this room is even bigger than the store room that became the nest of Reek Huuzer Crawler.

Too awkward, isn't it?.

“Hold, Kuro.“ Rai suddenly stopped in front of one of the games. “Did you see something awkward with the game ahead?“

A game that is famous around the world, namely the claw of dolls. This doll claw in front of him was too strange.

The condition of this claw doll machine is too clean, even minimal damage to the body of the claw machine in front of it.

The strange thing is not only that, the location of the game is quite awkward, because the location of this game is in the middle of a photo box game, or not in the same type.

Normally the placement of the game will be likened and lined up in line according to the type of game, but this large enough doll claw is not like that.

What else is it leaning against the wall behind it.

'Miaw?'

Kuro looked up to Rai, asking what was strange about this thing in front of him.

“The condition of this machine is too good, Kuro.“ Rai started explaining to Kuro “Then the location was also too deliberate, as if someone had put it here for a purpose ..“

While listening to Rai speak, Kuro noticed the doll claw machine in front of him. He took the initiative to walk to see from all directions this claw machine.

Kuro walked to the right and left of the doll claws, sniffing to try to smell something.

Just as he tried to sniff the back of the claw machine attached to the wall of the room, Kuro reacted strangely.

Soon he ran towards Rai, 'Miaw!'

“Did you find anything from this claw machine, Kuro?“ Rai crouched down facing Kuro, he asked with a curious face.

Kuro responded with a nod of his head, then he moved strangely in front of Rai.

The kitten walks to the right of the box-shaped claw of a doll that extends upward, then he stands with his front legs touching the body of the claw machine.

“You asked me to push it?“ Rai is aware of Kuro's movements, seeing Kuro's body gestures similar to people pushing something big.

'Miaw!'

“Okay, Kuro.“

The claw machine shifted slowly and displayed a secret hole.

A hole one meter in diameter hid behind this claw machine.

Rai bowed wanting to see the contents of the small hole.

Directing a flashlight into the hole, Rai can only see an empty room located below this floor, which means the room is on the ground floor of this building.

Squatting noticed the small hole attached to the wall.

Rai pondered to decide whether he should go inside or not.

Looking next to him looking at Kuro, he said, “Do we have to go inside, Kuro?“

Kuro turned his gaze from this hole to Rai, then he nodded gesturing to enter it.

“You are sure of this, Kuro?“ ask Rai seriously.

'Miaw!'

Kuro replied in a cat-typical voice, but had a firm tone.

“Good. I'm first to enter, then you're next, Kuro.“

Rai crouched down, and did the cue first before he finally got into the hole smoothly.

Then Kuro followed Rai and jumped straight into the hole.

Bruk!

The sound of falling objects was heard in an empty room.

Two figures, big and small were standing in the middle of the room.

It could be said this was not a room, but a room that was smashed into a corridor or passageway.

Rai and Kuro stood facing forward.

In front of him was a very large hollow wall as if it was deliberately made by people. The hole went through the next room.

They could both clearly see what was in front of him.

“What is this?“ Rai stared at the scene in front of him with a astonished face not understanding.

Why is there something like this here? Previously he had already checked the east and west of the ground floor of this building, but did not find anything like this.

“It looks like I didn't check the section here.“

Recalling the path that Rai followed from the shoe trail earlier, it seemed like this was in the north part of the Mall building.

He had not seen this room before.

Rai turned to his right side where Kuro was looking ahead.

Sensing Rai's gaze, Kuro's gaze turned to Rai, and they looked at each other.

“Let's go ahead and see where this room takes us,” take Rai to Kuro.

'Miaw!' Kuro replies to Rai's invitation and she agrees.

As usual Rai first stepped, and they both walked following the shop room which was separated but had been broken into into a hallway.

Throughout Rai walking, his eyes were always moving in all directions, trying to find something that was here.

“A lot of chicken bones here? Are they celebrating a party here?“

Rai's feet stepped on several pieces of chicken bones creating a crisp sound like the crisp sound of chips being bitten.

Rai's eyes narrowed when he saw the many chicken bones he had passed along the passageway.

In this kind of ruined world, does it still have a lot of food? Where did they get it?.

Thinking of this made Rai even more dizzy and confused.

Rai continued to be lost in his thoughts regarding the food supplies of the living in this world, so he was impatient that he had reached the end of the passageway.

Rai's feet continued to step, because he did not pay attention to what was in front of him and the road so that made his head accidentally hit the closet at the end of this hallway.

“Sial! I don't see the road,” muttered Rai while rubbing his head with his hands.

Actually Rai did not feel pain due to the impact earlier, because the stimulation Rai unconsciously made the movement.

Rai's body moved backwards, he wanted to clearly see the cupboard that hit him earlier.

“Why is it in the middle like this?“

The tall large closet almost reached the roof of the room was standing firmly in the middle of the end of the hallway and leaning against the wall.

“Using methods like this again?“

Rai suspects that there is a hole or secret path again behind this closet. Many suspicious factors from this closet, you can be sure there is something secret behind a large closet in front of him.

“Come, Kuro. We push this cupboard again.“

Rai said to Kuro, then walked to the left side of the closet and was ready to push him towards the right.

Hearing Rai's words, Kuro walked along and put on an attitude like a person who wants to push.

They both pushed the closet until they shifted it to the right side.

True Rai's guess, it turns out that here there is another hole that juts down.

“Is there a lower floor after the ground floor?“

Rai was confused by this hole, as he remembered it should be the ground floor is the lowest floor of the building.

“Is that an underground parking lot?“

Given the shape of the Mall on Earth, there are several mall buildings whose design makes a vehicle parking lot that is underground.

Maybe the mall is like that too.

“We continue our journey, Kuro. We've been far enough to explore this secret place, there's no way we stop and go back to the top.“ Rai said while looking at Kuro who was behind him.

“Come we're in!“

'Miaw!'

Rai enters a hole large enough for him to enter, then Kuro enters after Rai enters the hole.

They do not know what hole they enter, in order to get a clue they must be determined to find out what happened and what is in front of his eyes.