"Rustle... rustle..."

But immediately after, one by one, more and more televisions flickered on across the TV Mountain.

And as more televisions lit up, both Clumsy Sakuragi and Petite Sakuragi noticed that all those screens were displaying footage of them from various damp and shady angles.

This startled Petite Sakuragi, who quickly looked around from one of the filming angles, trying to spot any possible cameras.

However, in the darkness, she couldn't see anything.

It felt as if countless hidden eyes were watching them, making her skin crawl...

"Rustle..."

Next, words began to appear on every television screen.

Reading from left to right, they formed a complete sentence:

"What are you doing here? You're not welcome. Leave immediately!"

Upon seeing this, Petite Sakuragi pursed her lips and quickly began to explain,

"Hello, Unknown Sakuragi, I'm Petite Sakuragi, and this is Clumsy Sakuragi. So, here's what's happening..."

Petite Sakuragi recounted the situation, and the words on the screens disappeared one by one.

After a long silence, new words eventually appeared,

"I see... Now, please leave."

"Wait! If possible, could you join us and help find the President?"

"No. Leave."

"Wait a minute! Then... could you at least show yourself and tell us more information? For example, where is this barrier in reality? If it's not at Linmen, could you show us an exit so we can move on to the next barrier..."

However, even such ordinary words seemed to trigger the hidden Sakuragi.

"Leave!"

The two words on the screens turned a deep scarlet, and quickly, all the televisions lit up.

On the screens, surveillance footage of various doorways from different locations appeared.

From her homeland Ying Country, foreign lands far away, Linmen, and even some rooms within the Sakuragi barrier...

"Boom!!"

Soon after, those televisions seemed to come alive, roaring as they toppled down, colliding and forming a wave rolling toward them, aiming to drive them out.

"Eek!!"

Seeing this, Clumsy Sakuragi was so scared that her helmet tilted askew.

She instinctively turned to run but saw Petite Sakuragi still dumbfounded, floating in the air, so she grabbed her and started rushing back.

This is just great, back to square one!

"There's no other way, we have to return to my barrier first! Run!"

"Ah, ah?!"

Clumsy Sakuragi dragged Petite Sakuragi along in a mad dash, arriving at the door and grabbing the doorknob.

"Rumble!"

Televisions were rolling after them in a torrent, and Petite Sakuragi, watching them come closer, was already calculating what to do after wasting so much time.

But after waiting a few seconds, she still hadn't heard the sound of Clumsy Sakuragi opening the door, so she turned her head in confusion to look at her,

"Why... why haven't you opened the door yet?"

"..."

Hearing this, Clumsy Sakuragi's smile stiffened.

Then she awkwardly turned her head, scratched the back of her head, and said,

"Um... I think I forgot where my barrier is, I can't seem to find it..."

"Ah?!" 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Petite Sakuragi was dumbfounded.

"Boom!"

But by this time, the televisions had already rolled into the corridor, and if they didn't open the door soon, they would be buried alive.

Finished...

Finished!!

The two were doomed before they started, watching helplessly as the televisions closed in, instinctively shrinking back against the wall and closing their eyes.

"Ugh!!"

However, in the next second, they only felt a gentle bump on their bodies...

As if they'd just been brushed by a breeze.

So why was the thunder so loud when the rain was so small?

"Eh?"

It was only when Petite Sakuragi touched the televisions that she realized they only looked intimidating but were actually weightless.

Just like air...

Even she, who was so petite, could push a television away?

"??"

Clumsy Sakuragi blinked, and with a light kick, all the televisions rolled back immediately.

"Was it just... bluffing?"

She stared blankly at the televisions surrounding her, then raised her eyes to see a small figure peeking at them from atop the stopped TV Mountain.

Seeing that they weren't scared away but had instead discovered the bluff, the small figure trembled, then turned and ran deep into the room,

"Ugh!"

"Don't run!!"

Seeing this, Clumsy Sakuragi adjusted her helmet and stormed up the TV Mountain, brandishing her sword.

"Wait... wait for me!"

Petite Sakuragi was left behind, unable to keep up. When she rushed into the room, she found that Clumsy Sakuragi had already pinned another Sakuragi down on a pile of televisions...

"Running! You dare to scare me?"

"Ugh... let go... supplemental medicine... let me go..."

Petite Sakuragi swallowed a gulp and flew closer, discovering that the Sakuragi pinned below Clumsy Sakuragi had a very unique appearance.

She was wearing a thick black cloak with a hood, the kind that could cover her entire body.

But now, with Clumsy Sakuragi pinning her to the ground, her hood had fallen, revealing a pair of round black ears like Mickey Mouse...

Other than that, except for a bit of dark circles under her eyes, she looked no different from other Sakuragis.

At the moment, she was huddled up, clutching her head in fear, seemingly very scared of them...