As they landed on the ground, a foul stench involuntarily spread from all around. Mono turned his eyes to look at the surroundings.
He realized the stench was coming from a huge cabinet he had just seen.
This looks like a... morgue cabinet?
Mono immediately turned his head and walked toward the other side.
He didn't hate dead people, but he really hated rotting corpses.
The thought of those disgusting smells drilling into his nose like maggots in bone
made it hard to bear. It was truly disgusting.
Mono walked to the door, jumped up, and tried to turn the doorknob. But the door didn't budge.
Is the door locked?
Mono silently let go and landed back on the ground.
They needed a key.
Mono looked back and saw that Six still had a calm expression.
She didn't seem to be affected by the strange smell permeating the surroundings.
Mono highly suspected whether Six's dainty-looking nose was broken.
A normal person smelling such a disgusting stench would at least give some reaction, like feeling nauseous or frowning.
"Hey, don't just stand there, hurry up and help me find the key," Mono ordered directly.
He couldn't compare to Six's level of endurance; he didn't want to stay in this damned room for even a quarter of an hour.
Six expressed confusion at Mono's sour face and gave him a silent look. Afterward, she still listened and began rummaging through the room with him.
It wasn't on the shelves in the corner, nor was it in the pile of dolls. Mono led Six through the entire room, but they didn't find the key they were looking for.
Could it be that the key to open this door isn't in the room?
If there was no key, they would have to go back the way they came and find another path to the incinerator.
And that would undoubtedly be a very troublesome matter.
Mono was hesitating when his eyes suddenly fell upon the huge morgue cabinet in front of him.
Wait!! It seems they haven't searched the morgue cabinet yet?
Thinking of this, Mono's eyes first lit up, but then his face suddenly turned a bit pale.
Search the morgue cabinet?
How is that possible?
How did he even come up with such a disgusting idea?
Mono instinctively didn't want to get near these stench-emitting morgue cabinets.
And opening them one by one to search was an even more "difficult" task for him.
But what if the key really is inside?
As long as he endured the disgust for a bit, he could save a lot of trouble.
Mono's expression flickered indecisively.
Just as he was thinking,
"Mono... what's wrong?"
A soft inquiry suddenly came from the side.
Mono instinctively shook his head: "Nothing..."
Halfway through shaking his head, Mono's movement stopped. He raised his head and looked silently at Six.
How could he forget? He had a capable helper by his side.
"Little Six, the key might be inside these cabinets. Hurry up and search them..." Mono said silently, pointing at the cabinets.
Hearing this, Little Six looked at Mono in confusion.
"Mono... why are you specifically having me search..." she also asked silently.
"Why? What do you mean why? Why are there so many whys?" Mono's face turned slightly red.
Shame? No, he was just a bit stifled.
"Mono looks very strange..." Six said plainly again. Mono's face was red again, why?
Hearing this, Mono's eyes widened, and he shouted:
"Less talk, hurry up and search!
Do you want to stay in this damned room forever?
"
He would never admit that he was being disgusted by a few small corpses.
Seeing this, Little Six turned her head to look at the morgue cabinet in front of her, then silently turned her eyes back to look at the seemingly "annoyed" Mono.
She observed for a while, connecting it to Mono's reaction after seeing the cabinet earlier, and her confused gaze suddenly froze.
She seemed to have thought of something, understood something...
Mono felt a bit uncomfortable under her gaze.
Just as he was about to say something to cover up his embarrassment, Six withdrew her gaze without a word. Then, she stepped forward and walked toward the large iron cabinet.
Seeing this, Mono felt a sigh of relief in his heart.
However, this definitely couldn't be blamed on him.
This stench, which seemed to be a mix of the entrails of fish that had been rotting for months and tons of excrement,
was a hundred times more terrifying than so-called canned surströmming.
This had already exceeded the limits of what a human could bear.
He felt that the fact he hadn't fainted or gone mad yet was already quite good.
Besides, Six had been "lazy" all this way; doing a bit of "light work" like looking for a key wasn't anything excessive.
It was completely reasonable; he didn't need to feel ashamed at all.
Little Six walked up to the cabinet and looked back once more, only to find that at some point, the boy who had just seemed to be shining in her eyes was now standing far away on the other side.
"Little Six, keep it up! You must search carefully~"
Mono's voice came from afar, and his small figure even waved a hand.
Little Six: "..."
Friendship... is it really reliable...
At this moment, Six felt a hint of... doubt and helplessness...
Of course, she still turned back with an expressionless face.
Then she silently reached out and placed her hand on the first cabinet.
Then she silently applied force.
"Creak~" The cabinet was slowly pulled open.
Mono watched silently.
Just hearing the sound was enough to make him feel nauseous. As expected, letting Six handle it was the right choice.
And so, Mono let Six busy herself alone in the distance.
After a while, Six's yellow figure finally jumped out of the cabinet once again.
Huh?
She landed on the ground and then raised her hand.
Mono saw what she was holding—a glittering golden key. "Good job, Little Six, come over here quickly."
Seeing this, Mono said in pleasant surprise.
The key really was inside the morgue cabinet. Fortunately, they found it; this would save them a lot of trouble.
Hearing him, Six walked over silently.
However, as Six got closer, the look of surprise on Mono's face vanished.
As Six reached out to hand him the key, he covered his nose, pointed toward the door, and waved her away:
"Open the door."
"It's still so stinky."
Seeing this, Six didn't move.
Watching Mono cover his nose and retreat two steps to distance himself from her, her hand froze in mid-air.
She had gone to fetch the key by herself just now.
Because she knew Mono had a thing for cleanliness.
That was why she had gone...
But now...
Little Six reached out her hand again and said expressionlessly:
"Mono open it... I don't know how..."
"Just stick it in. Do I really need to teach you that?" Mono continued, covering his nose,
as he spoke.
You don't know how to open a door? Who are you trying to fool, a twelve-year-old?
"If Mono won't open it, then we'll just stay here forever..." Little Six said once more,
with an expressionless face.
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" Mono realized something was wrong. Could this girl...
"Fine, fine, fine, I'll do it. Give me the key. Be careful, don't touch me." Mono slowly shuffled closer.
He then cautiously reached out his hand.
However, just as he was about to take the key from Little Six's hand...
A blur flashed, and he was suddenly embraced. A small head leaned against him.
Mono was stunned, his mind going completely blank.
The smell... the smell...
"Ah!"
"Let go of me!!"
The next moment, a shrill howl echoed through the room...
Yet, the pair of small hands only hugged him tighter...
For some reason, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly...
The scene was unexpectedly harmonious?
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