An Unusual Life Beginning with Evil Spirits-Chapter 119 : What Sound?

Volume 3: High School Arc - Mirror Game
After confirming that the thing clutched tightly in my hand was undoubtedly the substitute doll, there was no time left to feel relieved at this moment!!
‘Pa-da’
In the silent darkness, aside from the gaping mouth behind me chewing on my flesh, constantly moving, there was almost no other sound in this strange place.
It was precisely because of this silence that the sound of the small doll hitting the ground could be heard so clearly.
Suddenly, the left shoulder that was still being gripped felt a moment of relief, and pain nearly simultaneously surged into my mind, but at this moment, I had no time to care about the intense pain.
As soon as that hand loosened, I started an internal countdown, and without hesitation, dropped flat onto the ground.
The moment my right hand hit the ground, the torn area on my right shoulder burst with immense pain again.
I could even see the pale bone of my right shoulder grinding against the jagged, torn flesh.
Holding my breath, gritting my teeth, I twisted my waist while lying on the ground.
Ignoring the nearly maddening pain in my right shoulder, I forcefully pressed my entire body onto my right arm.
My whole body turned into a right-side lying position, and then... following the prone direction, I fiercely slammed my dislocated left shoulder against the ground!
‘Ka!!’
The dislocated joint of my left shoulder instantly snapped back.
At the same time, I couldn't bother with the pain anymore.
I forcibly flipped over into a supine position.
My left hand quickly reached into my pocket and pulled out an item I had exchanged for the Factory No. 7 game.
A whole 100 points’ worth of... Body Recovery Scroll!
Originally, it was reserved for use during the Factory No. 7 mission.
I didn’t expect it wouldn’t be used there, only to have the chance to use it now!
Damn it!
I’d rather not have this opportunity than come to this damn place!
What the hell are all these things!!
I bit down on one side of the recovery scroll, then yanked it open with my left hand.
In that moment, I felt almost nothing, and there were no special effects.
But... my right hand instantly returned to normal.
Without saying a word, I immediately rolled on the ground and sprang up, rushing straight into the distance!
Door, where's the door?
Why are these things everywhere?
There are too many monsters in open spaces.
Where’s a safe spot?
Damn it, this isn’t a battle royale, what kind of safe zone— I just want a place to hide myself!!
Door!
Door!
Chanting in my mind, dozens of black shadows had already flown past me!!
How many of them are there, damn it!!
Gritting my teeth, I suddenly turned my head and instantly saw something I wanted!
A door!
At this moment, I didn’t care what might be behind that door.
It had to be better than this wide, open street!!
Only by reaching a safe place could I have time to think!!
I dashed forward.
There was less than a second left on the substitute doll’s time limit, and that door just happened to be directly in front of me, across the street!!
No, there’s no time to think!!
The visibility in this world was simply too low.
It felt like everything lacked color.
The entire world was pitch black— the buildings were pitch black, the walls were pitch black, even the door handle was pitch black, making my vision feel incredibly strange.
Except for the faint trace of light in the sky, the whole world was shrouded in darkness.
Without hesitation, I rushed toward the opposite side of the street.
At the same time, the countdown in my heart reached ten seconds as I took this third step.
In the next second, a gust of wind suddenly swept up behind me, and without hesitation, I pressed the first pause button on the World Watch!
‘Five seconds left!!’
Seven or eight steps, I dashed across the street!
‘Three seconds left!’
With one hand on the ground, I vaulted directly over the railing blocking my path.
‘Two seconds left!’
Two steps crossed a distance of more than three meters, and my right hand shot straight out!
‘One second left!!’
I grabbed the doorknob with one hand, twisted it open, yanked the door wide, then slipped inside and pulled the door shut behind me!
Zero!!!
‘Bang!!!’
The door was less than ten centimeters from closing when, at that moment, a black shadow slammed into it, instantly shutting it tight.
I was also immediately flung back by the impact.
The moment both my feet left the ground, I was already prepared to press the World Watch again.
But...
As soon as the door closed, the outside suddenly fell completely silent.
They... couldn’t penetrate the door?
Right... that’s it!
This was their world, so to them, this was reality.
That meant they couldn’t pass through matter in their own world?
And maybe because I was now out of their sight, they didn’t continue to crash into the door or make any other moves.
Holding my breath, I stood there staring blankly at the door for over twenty seconds, until I started to feel a bit dizzy.
Only then did I finally let out a long breath!
Whew...
Looks like they really didn’t plan on chasing me.
The door... did it have some special meaning to these creatures?
Or... were these things simply mindless, and once I was out of their line of sight, they thought I had vanished?
Taking a deep breath, I turned around and looked at my surroundings.
When I rushed in just now, I didn’t have time to notice what the room was like.
But now... what I saw surprised me.
The environment in front of me had become rather strange.
Logically, the door I had just dashed through should’ve led into some kind of street-side shop no matter how I looked at it.
But... why did the scene before me show... what looked like a very ordinary... home?
Wait a minute... could it be that every time you open a door in the Mirror World, it randomly leads to a different location?
Then... where was this place?
I blinked and looked around at the unfamiliar environment.
The whole room was clearly the home of an ordinary person.
There was a shoe rack by the door, but not a single shoe on it.
Everything in the room appeared plain and normal.
Yet... why did it feel completely devoid of life?
Not a single shoe on the rack, not a single item of clothing on the hanger, not a speck of dust on the floor— and yet, there was no sign of any living presence.
On the contrary, it looked like a house that had just been renovated!?
‘Ka! Ka! Ka!’
There was... sound coming from the room?
I froze for a moment, then immediately tensed up.
If there was sound, that meant something was here!!!
What was it... what was in the room!?
‘Gulp～’
A mouthful of saliva slipped down my throat unconsciously.
Listening to the ‘ka ka’ sounds inside the house, my brain spun rapidly.
This sound was familiar...
What kind of sound was that?