Collapse: A little shock to the card world

Looking at the cautious purple eyes in the gap, Mei took a trembling step forward to the trash can, grabbed the lid and lifted it up.

Tear ~

With the sound of metal tearing, the lid soared into the sky and disappeared.

The hidden evil was also exposed to the light...

Kiana, who was covered in dust and trying to pretend to be a cat to cover up the noise she made when she heard someone calling her, wiped her cheeks in panic and said awkwardly

"Haha~ Mei~ What a coincidence that you're here too...

Things are not what you see. I am just... I am just carrying out the research and exploration tasks assigned by the doctors!

Correct!

It’s all about the mission!”

"…Exploring the dumpster?"

Mei placed one hand on the edge of the trash can and looked at Kiana with a deep gaze.

Then he slowly moved behind Kiana, to the gray-haired guy who was squatting in the corner of the trash can, fiddling with something.

Click~

Kiana looked at the cracks on the trash can that spread from Mei's hands, and couldn't help but swallowed and laughed dryly.

"Actually... I can explain..."

"... "

...

After a while, Mei threw away the dirty handkerchief and looked at the two guys squatting on the ground in front of her, sighing helplessly.

"So…you two are just going through dumpsters for some kind of dumpster treasure hunt?"

Xing immediately raised his hands high and retorted

"It's mainly a trash can. The trash bin is just a substitute when you can't find a trash can!"

“…You’re quite proud…”

Mei couldn't understand what was going on in the mind of this star in Walter's team, and couldn't help but look at Kiana.

But I didn't expect Kiana to be so proud.

"Mei! I'm now a professional trash can treasure hunter!

Let me show you my greatest achievement!"

As she spoke, Kiana took out an antique gramophone from somewhere and put a vinyl record on it.

(Birds are born with no shackles

Then what fetters my fate

Blown away the white petals

…)

The ethereal voice echoed in the quiet alley, seeming to dispel some of the gloom.

Mei opened her mouth, but finally waited until the record was finished before she said something strange.

"You mean you picked up this kind of fine record from a trash can?"

Kiana nodded proudly.

Seeing that Meiyi seemed to be unable to accept it, she stood up and pulled Meiyi to the side of the trash can to prove that she was not just a habit of rummaging through the trash can. She pointed inside the box and said

"Mei Mei! The trash can in the dream is completely different from the real one. It's not completely dirty!

The possibilities are endless!"

"... "

Mei then looked inside the trash can. Unexpectedly, it was not as dirty as she had imagined. There were some glowing bubbles floating in it that looked like fillings, which was unexpectedly dreamy.

Apart from some bottles and cans that smelled of alcohol or something, nothing else looked like garbage. It didn't look like a trash can at all.

Mei immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Kiana didn't awaken any weird habits.

Suddenly I remembered why I came here.

Mei's face turned serious. Just as she was about to ask Kiana what happened before, she turned around and saw Kiana squatting on the ground, curiously looking at Kiana who was sleeping quietly against the wall...

"Mei Mei!

By the way, where did you get my doll? It looks quite similar~"

"... "

Mei blinked, and her rationality, which had been suppressed by the joy of reunion, suddenly emerged, and then she fell into deeper silence.

She... brought Kiana's true form into the dream world and met Kiana in the dream world...

so weird!

Something seems wrong!

But such a bizarre scene happened right before our eyes!

When everyone was silent, Kiana suddenly reached out and touched the sleeping body.

Then, her entire body suddenly disappeared like bubbles under the scorching sun.

The speed was so fast that no one present could react.

"Kiana!!"

again…

Losing you again...

I…

"Eh!"

Before Mei could go berserk, the sleeping Kiana suddenly woke up, raised her hand and looked left and right in surprise.

"How did it merge? Wait!

This feeling…

This can't be my original body!

Shouldn't I still be soaking in the Dream Pool?

Mei, how come you…"

Kiana's voice gradually became softer. Looking at Mei who was breathing heavily and looking at her with a wolf-like look, she subconsciously shrank her head.

Mei looks so scary now!

It felt like he would pounce on her and eat her up in the next second!

Mei looked at Kiana's timid expression and realized that she had lost her composure. She quickly took two breaths to calm down and said apologetically:

"Sorry, I thought you...

Forget it, let's talk about why you came here...

You couldn't possibly be defeated by that monster and ended up here with a single blow from him, right?"

Speaking of this, Mei folded her hands and looked at Kiana fiercely.

Kiana scratched her head a little embarrassedly. She hesitated for a moment before speaking honestly.

"Actually, I saw another world through the monster's eyes, so I wanted to see if there was a hidden map or something...

As you can see, I succeeded!

But originally I wanted to tell you, Mei, that we can come together after I succeed.

Unexpectedly, even though the monster's knife didn't hurt, it felt like the entire dream was being pressed down upon me, and at that moment I couldn't speak...

so…"

"So you're just sitting here, obsessed with the trash can, not knowing what the world is?"

"Ahaha~"

Amidst Kiana's awkward laughter, Mei looked at Xing who was silently watching the show.

Xing threw away a piece of watermelon that he had found somewhere and gave Meiyi a thumbs up.

“Good melon!”

Mei Yi was speechless.

“…Uh, Miss Xing, how did you get here?

Senior Walter and the others should be worried about you..."

Xing waved his hand nonchalantly.

"Please call me Galaxy Baseball Man! As for Uncle Yang...

He won’t worry about me because he’s here too.”

"?"

"As for how I came here..."

Xing touched his chin and thought for a while.

“In my mind, I was happily killing monsters.

Then a ray of light from the sky filled my entire field of vision. At that moment, I thought my will was recognized by the "Hunter"!

Unfortunately, even after being sent here, I still haven’t sensed any new power…”

"!"

Mei's pupils couldn't help but twitched, and she turned her head away in embarrassment.

Could it be her knife?

That's really...

Mei immediately changed the topic and stopped discussing how it happened.

She coughed dryly.

"Ahem~ Is this... is this...

How about we go back first?

After all, the dream world is already a mess, so there’s no point in playing around…”