Chu Bamboo slowly opened his eyes, a dazed look on his face. "This time was really…"
Chu Bamboo's heart pounded in genuine fear; he had nearly been softlocked. If the Big Orange Cat hadn't killed him or assimilated his Destiny in the end, but had instead chosen to imprison and torture him, preventing any possibility of suicide… then that would have truly been…
"Fortunately," Chu Bamboo realized with a long sigh of relief, "even if that happened… as long as I can sleep, I can wake up in the Real World."
'That cat wouldn't go so far as to not even let him sleep, right?'
The only problem was… Chu Bamboo sank into thought. If a day passed, the destruction of the Third District, and indeed all of Jinghai City, along with the nuclear contamination leak, would become a fixed, irreversible outcome.
"Alright, what's next!" Chu Bamboo slapped his cheeks. He had just gotten to his feet when his expression froze.
He saw the void twist, and the Big Orange Cat slowly emerged.
