I stood near the store, keeping my eyes fixed on it.
"I don't know," I said.
She blinked. "What?"
"The winner… just disappears. Like I said, these things aren't real aliens. They can't take people anywhere. No one knows where the winner goes."
"So they just vanish?"
"Yes."
Carlotta exhaled sharply.
"Holy damn. That's messed up."
I shrugged. "That's not even the worst part."
The Victory Platform was so well hidden that no one had found it until now.
People would find it in the future, but that wouldn't happen until much later.
Carlotta frowned. "Then what's the real danger of this Cursed Spirit?"
"This," I said, tilting my head slightly.
A dagger whistled past where my head had been a moment ago.
I moved my elbow backward, slamming into Carlotta's abdomen.
She gasped and dropped the dagger she used to attack me.
She fell to her knees and clutching her stomach. She looked terrified.
