Inside the darkened laboratory, Erika looks up from atop a red magic circle.

Choosing not to run away... I'll give you high marks for that, as a fellow researcher.

As she snaps her fingers, dark magic formulas hidden in the air reveal themselves one by one. This battle had already reached its conclusion before it even began.

Red eyes glow eerily in the darkness. As if taking Guest's silence as an affirmation, the corners of her mouth curl upward.

Are you scared? Or... do you still not understand the situation? Well, it doesn't matter either way. What's important is the fact that you walked into my lab of your own accord.

With a light gesture from Erika, a faint black energy begins to rise from the complex magic circle engraved on the floor. Like a living snake, the energy wriggles as if to coil around Guest's ankles.