"Whoosh." After a sound, the entire room was filled with white light.
Various machines, which had rarely been used since their development, started running.
The faint sound of ticking spread out. Although none of the sounds were loud, the operation of so many machines together inevitably created some noise.
In addition to the machines, there were also various overlapping wires and tubes, giving the whole room an unspeakable eerie feeling.
It seemed that everything was under the white light, with no escape.
In the center of the room was an iron bed frame that was a bit too big to be a hospital bed.
Restraints were scattered and hung on both sides, and even chains could be seen half-hidden under the sheets.
This room was originally a storage place for various medical devices that had not been officially put into use, and many things were piled up here.
Although Hozuki Mangetsu and Sasori had been here many times before, to be honest, they didn't know that this place would feel so weird after it was officially put into use.
Hozuki Mangetsu held a box of alcohol cotton swabs and looked around hesitantly, looking up. He walked over pipes and wires as he looked, heading towards the bed in the middle.
Sasori debugged some of the machines that hadn't fully started up. The two figures moved back and forth in the room.
"I always feel... this place looks more like a place to hold people than a sickroom..."
Moreover, there was an unspeakable sense of horror. There was no human presence; everything was machines.
If you stayed in this place for a long time, even a normal person would become not normal.
And compared to the lights outside, which sometimes became softer, the light in this place was very bright.
As Hozuki Mangetsu spoke, he put down the box in his hand, preparing to put some under the bed.
Then his foot kicked something quite heavy. After a dull "whoosh" sound, a series of clear sounds were made.
This place was already quiet and a bit scary, and when Hozuki Mangetsu suddenly kicked something, all kinds of scary urban legends flooded into his mind in an instant.
So scary!?
Hozuki Mangetsu quickly took two steps back, his face turning pale instantly. He bit his lip desperately so that he wouldn't scream out loud.
The chains under the bed were still shaking, making a rustling sound.
It felt like there was a ghost living under the hospital, and maybe if he lifted the sheets, there would be a yellow charm stuck on it.
That would send him away for good.
Sasori heard the sound of Hozuki Mangetsu falling to the ground with a thud, and peered over curiously.
But this place was just wires and machines, and pipes connecting various things. Sasori looked for a while but couldn't figure out what was going on.
He didn't even know where Hozuki Mangetsu was because he had fallen.
"Hey... Hozuki Mangetsu, can you stand up? I can't see you."
After debugging the last machine, Sasori stood up and looked around thoughtfully.
The box that Hozuki Mangetsu had just brought over was still there, and the alcohol and other things inside were still in their original state.
Sasori called out a couple of times while looking for Hozuki Mangetsu.
That guy wouldn't have fainted from fright, would he? Sasori took a deep breath, feeling a bit of a headache.
However, just as he was about to leave this spot to see if Hozuki Mangetsu was somewhere else,
his foot was suddenly grabbed by something.
He was just about to move his leg, and it yanked him, making him stumble.
Although there was a moment of accelerated heartbeat, under the current circumstances, Sasori should have this feeling.
Things like fear, this thrill-seeking stuff is just like this.
Although some of his senses, including the sense of touch, were gone because Sasori wanted to make himself a complete puppet, his heartbeat and so on still existed.
This kind of reaction is necessary in a way, because sometimes it is also a kind of fighting instinct.
Sasori was so nervous that he almost chopped off the hand that grabbed his ankle.
However, fearing that Hozuki Mangetsu might be playing a prank, he barely suppressed his desire to kill the guy.
Hozuki Mangetsu's hand was still trembling as he grabbed Sasori's ankle and got up from the ground.
Although he was also a little scared, he wasn't so scared that he couldn't stand up. He had just tripped over a chain on the ground.
After that, he put the chain back in place below.
"There seem to be lots of chains and stuff down here. It looks kind of scary..."
"And this place doesn't look like a hospital sickroom at all. It's more like a place to torture people."
Hozuki Mangetsu stood up holding Sasori's shoulder, his eyebrows drooping, and his whole style was about to turn into a cartoonish version because he was so scared.
Black lines appeared in the middle of his face, and his hands rested on Sasori's shoulders.
"Looking at this place, you can imagine that the person lying on it definitely wouldn't feel good..."
Sasori, rarely not disgusted, brushed away Hozuki Mangetsu's hand. His expression was dark, similar to Hozuki Mangetsu's, with black lines on his face.
Hatake Satoru's taste was sometimes really strange, but Sasori had a feeling that that guy might have deliberately designed this place to be like this.
After all, Hidan was a threat to Konoha. Although he dug Hidan out of the ground, not letting him die directly,
judging from the current development, he seemed to want to torment Hidan even more.
Although they weren't on the same team, they had at least been in the same organization. Sasori looked at the iron bed next to him with a hint of pity.
That guy Hidan still regarded Hatake Satoru as a evil god, sincerely trusting him.
With Hidan's brain, it would be better to just let him think that this was a test from the evil god than to have him figure out what was going on.
A kind of explanation can't explain everything, and just the feeling of watching him suffer arose in Sasori's heart.
There was no way. Even so, none of them could replace Hidan's ability.
"Forget it, there's no point in standing here. Let's get out of here first."
Standing in this place felt strange, and the two of them were right next to this thing. Hozuki Mangetsu felt uneasy for a moment and put his hand on Sasori's shoulder, urging him to leave this place quickly.
Just as they were about to leave, the chains next to them suddenly shook, and then the sound of two machines suddenly rang out quickly.
"Beep beep beep beep..."
"Ah—?!!!"
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