What’s Wrong With Seeking Death?

Liu Changxiao stared at the screen in front of him for a long time.

His name contains the word "changxiao". As the name suggests, he really loves to laugh. When I was a child, I hurt my face in a car accident, which caused the left and right sides of my face to be asymmetrical when I laughed. It looked very much like the legendary crooked mouth dragon king. I was often teased by my friends because of this, and the nickname "Nike Cheng Jing" came from this.

However, he used this name as his ID, which actually has another meaning—Nike, which sounds like a tough life!

As an ability user, he is indeed a bit tough. All the way to the torch level, he stumbled, but his body and mind were still very healthy.

Of course, to be able to do this, his own talent is also indispensable—he has a tendency to be a beast, with the quality "chrysalis" and the skill "Zerg Sensation", which can predict certain upcoming attacks. When facing high-risk existence, Can also feel something is wrong.

Just like now, facing the diary on the screen, he instinctively felt uncomfortable.

The diary is red, with a simple outline, it looks like a long strip of color. Liu Changxiao really wanted to put it aside first, but there was nothing else to dig in the desk area except for this thing.

There is no "Open" option for the diary, the only interaction action that can be done is "Read". Liu Changxiao thought for a moment, took a deep breath, and pressed the interaction button.

A huge text bubble immediately appeared above the girl's head. The contents of the diary slowly emerged in it.

[...XX, X, X, X

[I was dragged to the old shopping mall to play, I felt quite boring. The shopping mall is too old, there are almost no people there, and many stores have been closed. I can't even find a decent milk tea shop.

[I should have come back earlier, but I was delayed for a long time to wait for Xiaolin. The guy said he was going to the toilet, but he didn't come back after a long time. She said that she saw a shoe store with a pair of red leather shoes in it. They were very beautiful and she really wanted them... But no matter how you want them, you should pay attention to the time, right? The boss won't send you off just because you've watched it long enough. 】

[XX, X, X, XX

【...God, she came to me again about the red leather shoes. How nice are those shoes? She has been thinking about it for days!

[Speaking of which, next week is her birthday, right? Feel free to inquire about the price. If it is expensive, find someone else to send it together. 】

[XX, X, X, XX

【…Which store is she talking about? I can't find any shoe stores at all.

[I saw something strange. But it should just be wrong.

[It must be a mistake. 】

[XX, X, X, XX

[Please don't tell me about the red leather shoes again! I'm going crazy! 】

[XX, X, X, XX

[Shoes are worn on the feet. There is a space in the middle of the shoe, and it is shaped like a boat.

[Red is a very bright color, similar to orange. It's the same color as my school uniform skirt.

[These are very important, I must remember. must be remembered.

【Hey, speaking of which, what color is my skirt? 】

[XX, X, X, XX

[School uniforms are black, black, black! Blood is red! My hairpin is red! Only this is called red!

[Shoes have no teeth! No tentacles on the outside, no guts on the inside! 】

[I can't get it wrong again! 】

[XX, X, X, XX

[Xiao Lin hasn't told me anything about the red leather shoes recently. very nice.

[I saw her yesterday when I was passing by the river. She finally put on the shoes she wanted, and she looked very happy, and she grew stronger, but for some reason, her body was dyed with a large black dye, which stained the school uniform. 】

【...Why do they say that Xiao Lin was barefoot when they found her? She obviously wears shoes. The shoes look fine, and the teeth shine. 】

[XX, X, X, XX

[The red leather shoes Xiao Lin wore that day were so beautiful. I really envy her.

[I really want it too.

[I want to want to want to.

【Want, want, want, want, want, want...】

…

Turning back, it's all about "want".

At the end, in the text bubble that took up most of the screen, there were only two words over and over again, "want".

Liu Changxiao's throat rolled involuntarily. His rationality told him to close the text bubble now, but no matter how much he clicked the mouse, the interface couldn't be closed. Instead, it was a large piece of text, which was refreshed line by line as he moved.

want want want want want...

Red shoes, beautiful red shoes! Give it to me, please give it to me!

Liu Changxiao felt his fingers start to feel cold. The voice from the headset is gradually fading away, but the text in front of me is constantly magnifying. He stared at the words that were repeated over and over again, and spoke almost subconsciously:

"I want, too…"

"Ah--I'm fucked!"

A loud roar suddenly came from the headset, Liu Chang laughed aloud, and suddenly came back to his senses, a burst of cold sweat broke out on his back.

He quickly compared his eyes and said to the headset: "Auntie? What's wrong?"

"...It's not a big deal. It's just that I'm a little stuck." Zhang Baixue's voice was a little depressed, "There's something shining on the upper shelf of the bookshelf. I pushed a box over to step on it, but now I can't jump on the box. .”

"Ah...then what." Liu Changxiao tried to maintain a calm tone, "Auntie, when you pressed the space, did you press the forward button?"

"Press it, it's useless."

Liu Changxiao: "...How about trying again? This game is a bit buggy, and the buttons are prone to problems... You have to press them together, and you can't let them go... Hey, auntie, you need to find a better feel."

Zhang Baixue's response of "Then I'll try again" came from the headset. Liu Changxiao heaved a sigh of relief, calmed down, and slowly opened his eyes.

I have to say that Aunt Zhang's voice just now was really timely. The whole person was pulled out in an instant, and he felt a lot more clear-headed.

Thank you, thank you auntie.

However, the moment his eyes fell on the computer screen, Liu Changxiao froze again.

I saw that in the live broadcast room that should have been empty, before I knew it, there were more than a dozen more viewers.

Just now Liu Changxiao's attention was locked on the game screen, so that he didn't even realize when these audiences appeared. Another glance at the comments below sent a chill down his back.

【Ah, envy, I seem to want a pair of red leather shoes too. 】

【want want want】

[The anchor don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. This game is very good, I played for a long time, there is no bug at all. 】

[Does the host also wear red leather shoes, hehe? 】

... Hee you big head ghost.

Liu Changxiao swallowed his saliva, looked at his feet reflexively, and found that he was still wearing his favorite pair of Xiaoxiaosha slippers on his feet, Fang was really relieved.

Being able to directly enter the password-protected live broadcast room, and making such speeches, I want to know the origin of these so-called "audiences"... Liu Changxiao closed his eyes, tried to suppress the panic and fear in his heart, and focused on The power is put on the game again.

On the screen, the seemingly endless "want" speech finally came to an end. Instead, an option pops up:

[You found half a photo on the last page of the diary. Would you like to take it away? 】

Liu Changxiao plucked up the courage to choose "Yes", and the content of the half of the photo immediately appeared on the screen—only the half body of a girl, with a red leather shoe on her feet, was particularly conspicuous.

Liu Changxiao didn't dare to look at it, so he immediately put away the half of the photo, and continued to search for the key to leave the room, while reporting his progress to the other two through the headset.

[Also, I saw that there are live viewers here. Now there are... 25 people. ] Liu Changxiao glanced to the side, and was surprised to find that the number of viewers had increased again in just a short while.

【Oh. ] Zhang Baixue's steady voice came from the headset, 【Then have you greeted them yet? 】

[I didn't... eh? 】Liu Chang laughed for a moment, 【What? 】

[Doesn't the anchor often greet the audience? 】Aunt Zhang looked very reasonable, 【And you also said that coming at this time is probably not a good thing. Mostly they came for a joke. At this time, if you really admit cowardice, you will lose. Appropriate harsh words are necessary. 】

Liu Changxiao: ...

I can't tell, Auntie, you are quite strong.

But this aunt is probably just talking. People sometimes stand and talk without back pain. Liu Changxiao just responded perfunctorily and didn't take it seriously.

Then I heard Aunt Zhang talk about her situation - she had successfully climbed into the box and found the fragments of the photo and the key to open the door.

【Um. I remember that there were written information in the study. It should be on another bookshelf, Auntie, look for it again. 】Liu Changxiao instructed, the character controlling him picked up the key and prepared to leave the room.

Following him, Aunt Zhang answered and said a few more words.

One sentence is, "Why do I hear your voices getting softer and softer".

The second sentence is, "Flying over Arkham, can you speak up? I can't hear you."

Liu Changxiao: ...

Flying over Arkham is their third partner in this team game. And it wasn't until Aunt Zhang spoke that he realized a very important question—

Aunt Zhang just couldn't hear the other party's voice clearly. However, he hadn't heard the sound of flying over Arkham for a long time.

At the same time, on the other side.

Feiyue Arkham stared at the screen in front of him with wide eyes, his whole body seemed to be frozen, and it was difficult for him to even tremble his eyelids.

And on the screen in front of him was a frozen picture.

The picture is a forty-five-degree overlooking perspective—his start is a closed bathroom. In order to find clues, he controls the character to move the stool and climb up the locked compartment door, wanting to see what's going on inside.

Then he saw such a scene. The scene is as detailed as an illustration.

In the dim light, a girl wearing a school uniform skirt was sitting on the toilet seat with her head down, her long black hair slid down, covering her facial features.

Her two feet stepped on the ground, but what she stepped on were not shoes, but a pair of black things that looked like sea anemones—

There are thin tentacles waving and wriggling around that thing, as if trying to swallow the girl completely.

— very strange. This game obviously has no sound effects. But at this moment, he clearly heard a burst of thin sounds from the headset...

It sounded like gnawing.

An inexplicable chill spread along his limbs, and he knew that he had better look away and divert his attention at this moment, but he couldn't even close his eyes.

He could only watch helplessly as the girl's hair swayed slightly suddenly, and her drooping head lifted up little by little at a very slow speed.

…run.

He desperately told himself.

Can't see can't see, just now, run quickly.

However, the consciousness was clamoring, but the limbs could not move at all. Until the girl raised her face completely—

The more Xu Turan thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

She yelled into the headset a few more times, but got less and less responses. At the same time, the voice that he could hear became lighter and more obvious.

...This effect is obviously not something that can be explained by a problem with the voice changer software.

This matter is a bit big - Xu Tuoran frowned slightly, and unconsciously pressed the space bar several times with his fingers.

According to the information I have exchanged with the two guys before, most of the accidents in the game are due to stepping on some traps and encountering assassinations during the process; if everything is safe, there are generally only two situations: one is the Someone has already "walked" first, and the others will automatically end the game without having to continue playing, or they can pass the mini-game smoothly.

"Nike Cheng Jing" once said that they have experienced both at present-in the first game, a companion named "Lao Wang" disappeared directly, and the other two ended the game. In the second game, they entered another map, and the key word was "bugs and monsters". It happened that one of them had a high resistance to bugs, and the two barely passed the level. Fortunately, nothing happened, but they fell into a trance and nightmare for several days afterwards.

The third time, that is, the time when Xu Turan was invited to join, according to their opinion, it should be the map used in the first game again.

Xu Tuoran knew in her heart that her purpose was fundamentally different from that of the two boys. They hope to collect information and protect themselves as much as possible without being pulled into the domain; and she has always believed that the challenge of not entering the domain is empty.

This time I came here to find out, if I can't get in, I will try my best next time, if I can get in, she has nothing to resist - but it doesn't mean that she can sit back and watch other people being pulled into the domain.

What's more, the two guys came to her to save their lives... Xu Tuoran's eyes turned lightly, and he knocked on the table as if making up his mind.

Immediately afterwards, she was seen sitting up straight, and said in a deep voice:

"I declare - in my land, my voice cannot be blocked by anything, and it will reach where it will go."

Because she was not sure whether this rule was effective, she thought for a while, and added desperately: "And the volume is automatically increased by five percent... No, one hundred percent!"

After finishing speaking, he coughed and raised the volume to the headset:

"Eh-eh! Can you hear it now? Ah? Ah-"

—! !

"Flying over Arkham" was jolted back to his senses by a loud noise from the headset.

He couldn't describe exactly how he felt at that time—he only roughly remembered that his attention had been focused on the screen just now, and he felt as if he was actually there, as if he was really lying on the top of the cubicle, watching the girl face towards her. He looked up at himself.

Following her movements, countless tentacles rolled towards her. He froze on the spot, unable to avoid it.

... Then I heard a loud voice coming from the headset.

Then, it was as if someone had ripped off his hind legs, and his body fell backwards from the compartment door. When he came back to his senses, he had already fallen back onto the gaming chair.

On the screen, the girl was still sitting quietly on the toilet seat, with her head bowed, and a pair of bright red leather shoes on her feet.

Flying over Arkham:…

He blinked slowly, lowered his shoulders with lingering fear, and the aunt's call was still deafening in the headset:

"Aren't you there? If you're here, let me know—"

He tried his best to adjust his breathing, and just about to speak, he suddenly heard another young voice not weaker than his aunt's from the headset:

"Auntie—I'm here—flying over Arkham—"

…

No, why did you yell too!

Flying over Arkham was stunned for a moment, and murmured: "I... I'm fine. I just encountered something..."

Aunt Zhang: "What—you speak louder—"

Liu Changxiao: "Don't be cowardly - shout - I found this method super effective - very courageous -"

Flying over Arkham:…

No, don't you two think it's silly to shout at the top of a horror game?

After two seconds of silence, he closed his eyes, and shouted loudly: "I'm—well—just now, something happened—"

"I just - met an old girl - who looked like a flower -"

Liu Chang laughed: "It doesn't sound scary—"

Flying over Arkham: "The problem is—she looks like an anemone—"

Liu Chang laughed: "Oh—that's really scary—"

The anemone-faced girl who was still sitting on the screen: "..."

Are you polite?

…

the other end.

Xu Tuoran sat in front of the computer expressionlessly.

In the headset were the voices of two young men shouting back and forth.

...what is this for?

Xu was silent in vain.

I'm raising the volume to bring you both back. Why are you two shouting so loudly now?

Well, on the bright side, at least there are no barriers to communication between them now...

perhaps.

Xu Tuoran tried his best to comfort himself, his face was wrinkled because of the folk song-like shout in the headset, and after thinking about it, he added another sentence:

"Then what, since there is no danger, please keep your voice down. It's a little scary..."

She said this in a normal voice.

Then it was doubled and conveyed to other people's ears.

So in the next second, I heard "Nike Cheng Jing" roaring back with a volume not weaker than hers:

"Okay—Auntie—"

Xu Turan: ...

Forget it, as long as you can save your life. who cares.

While Xu Tuoran was modifying the rules silently, reducing his own volume bonus to 50%, the other two were still carrying out their roaring battle, talking super loudly while continuing the game.

As Nike Chengjing said, this method is really super bold.

And I don't know if it was disturbed by the sound, the number of viewers in the live broadcast room began to gradually decrease again—whether the viewers were human or not, for them, this was something to be thankful for.

…As for whether the sound will be heard by the neighbors, and whether the neighbors will rush to the door and beat them violently, this is beyond their control.

From the perspective of self-preservation, this method is really useful-in the next game process, no matter who is attracted by the game and temporarily lost, the voices of other people can quickly wake them up and draw their attention. back.

Of course, Xu Tuoran himself was not within the scope of being attracted. In fact, even though her process has advanced to the point where she has collected the clues and left the secret room, she herself is still very uncomfortable with the game.

It's not that I can't play. She's doing pretty well now. I just feel hot eyes.

...Is this what they call "popular elements"?

Then she really didn't understand.

In a sense, this also proves that the idea of ​​"Nike Becomes Elite" is correct-Xu Tuoran is indeed very effective as an anti-addiction system.

No matter how much they raised the volume, they still couldn't completely avoid the terrible situation of hallucinating at the same time. As for Xu Tuoran's last trump card, as long as he howls and drags any one of them back, the other will be considered saved.

...I have to say that this aunt's spirit is really good. Lung capacity is also good.

Thus, amid the yelling and yelling of the three of them, the next game process suddenly became full of vitality.

Nike Chengjing: "I left the room! I have half a photo in my hand! My names here are Xiaolin and Xiaoli!"

Flying over Arkham: "I have collected two names here, a fragment! The names I collected are, Fenfen, Xiaoyu—you should pay attention and see if you see them!"

Xu Tuoran: "Yes. I'm already in the corridor. I also found two photo fragments."

Nike Chengjing: "??? I remember there is only one piece in the study? Auntie, where did you find the second piece?"

Xu Tuoran: "I saw a monster in the corridor when I went out, I tried it casually, and jumped and trampled to death the one that burst out."

Xu Tuoran: "Oh yes, that monster has a name on it, it's called Fenfen."

Nike Chengjing: "..."

"Auntie—that's not a monster! It's a ghost! NPC!" He shouted, "You want to exchange information from them—" The one jumping and stepping on the monster is Mario!

Xu Tuoran: "? But I stepped on it? It shouldn't matter, right? How can this game be considered clear?"

Nike Chengjing: "..."

To be honest, he wasn't sure either. But he remembered that the last time they played, the deduced process was to exchange the names they saw with each other, and then look for NPCs with corresponding names, trying to exchange photo fragments from each other.

According to experience, the other party will ask or ask questions before giving the photo. Both of these will be related to their respective past experiences. Therefore, the intelligence obtained in the secret room is the top priority.

Ninth photo. "Nine" and "photo" are each a keyword. Each of the three of them can find a fragment at the beginning, and then each find two NPCs to exchange for two fragments. In theory, the number should be just enough for nine fragments.

But this part is not safe. When they played for the first time, that companion was in the link of communicating with NPC.

So, this link has to be smaller... oh no, wait.

Nike was stunned for a moment.

It is known that Aunt Zhang has met NPC Fenfen.

It is also known that Aunt Zhang played the puzzle game as Mario, and directly killed Fenfen with a jump kill.

It is also known that after Aunt Zhang killed Fenfen, she picked up the fragments of the photo that exploded from Fenfen's body.

Thinking about it this way... It seems that there is no need to communicate?

Liu Changxiao, who was controlling the character's progress, paused.

It just so happens that his character goes through another door and into a new corridor.

In the corridor, countless girls wearing similar costumes are standing among them. Long hair, red leather shoes, expressionless face. Different names floated above their heads.

Liu Chang smiled: "..."

He controlled his character to jump up, and then he was taken aback again.

"Auntie—how did you step on it?" He asked sincerely into the headset, "The height is not enough, you can't step on top of people's heads!"

"Just jumping is not enough." Xu Tuoran was puzzled, "I need to find something to step on. I used a box. Push the box to the corridor, step on it and jump, the height is enough."

Nike Chengjing: "..."

"Auntie—" He was dumbfounded, "Didn't you say you just tried it?"

"That's right." Xu Tuoran was confident, "I wanted to see if I could step on it to death, so I just found a tool and tried it."

"Oh, by the way, just a reminder. Before you step on it, you should lure the monsters to the box. Otherwise, you won't be able to step on it if the distance is too far. If they want to attack you, hide behind the box. They won't jump. If the box is broken Now, go back to the room and push another one out, the boxes inside will be replenished automatically... Oh yes, this should be called 'refresh', right?"

Nike Chengjing: "..."

So you have learned how to card bugs, right?

Great aunt. Learn from your aunt.

It's a pity that he couldn't learn this trick - there happened to be a box at the aunt's side, which can be used as a foothold, but in his current scene, there is nothing that can be used as a foothold.

Nike Chengjing had no choice but to communicate with the corresponding NPC honestly. On the other side, Xu Tuoran jumped to death another mob with a blank face, and snorted disdainfully in his heart.

Two-point kill value—

It's too stupid. This game is really crappy.

There is no death value for entering the game, and only a little bit is given for stepping on monsters until now. And it's one for two. This is too perfunctory.

Xu Turan has successfully exploded all the photo fragments on his side, and is pushing the box to find wild monsters to step on, bored. At the same time, they yelled a few words from time to time to help the others to refresh themselves—I don’t know if they were tired, but the voices of the other two gradually became quieter, until they heard her voice, and then they raised their voices again.

Stepping on and stepping on, I suddenly heard a clicking sound from the side.

Then there was the sound of the cabinet being pushed open automatically.

A vague shadow rolled out of the cabinet, accompanied by the cold light of metal.

Xu Tuoran: "..."

She couldn't move her eyes at will for the time being, so she couldn't turn her head even when she heard the sound of a solid body falling to the ground behind her. Because he couldn't take off the headset, he couldn't speak, so he could only sit where he was, and closed his eyes forbearance.

Fortunately, soon, the thing approached actively—in the shining light of the computer, the pen of the pen fairy floated in front of Xu Tuoran, floating vertically in front of the computer.

… Xu Tuoran was busy fighting monsters. He hurriedly lowered his head, looked around, stepped on a monster almost to death, and immediately controlled the character to hide in the study, then looked angrily at the pen in the air.

As for the pen of the pen fairy—it was obviously not in a good mood, so it just stood there quietly.

Xu Tuoran: "..."

She quickly recalled Bixianzhibi's convulsion daily life in her mind, and quickly screened out some possibilities that could match the current situation. Then I saw her take a deep breath:

"Yang Buqi again?" She mouthed and asked about the pen of the pen fairy.

Bixianzhipen wrote "yes" indifferently in front of the computer.

Xu Tuoran: "..."

She was silent for a moment, and continued to make mouth movements: "What did he ask you to say?"

"..." As soon as this question came out, it seemed to have hit the weakest part of the inner dam of Bixianzhibi. In the next moment, the red letters poured out like a surging river:

[He asked me to tell you that Fifito Puhan told him that you stayed up late at night and were doing a live broadcast of supernatural games. He called you a few times and you didn't answer the message or return it. He wanted to ask how you are doing now. If something happened, he would drive over immediately. 】

…A large piece of densely packed red characters made Xu Turan's eyes hurt.

She was silent for a while, and mouth-shaped to Bixianzhibi again: "Is he watching the live broadcast now?"

Bixianzhipen answered "yes" angrily.

…Fine.

Xu Tueran pursed his lips, cleared his throat, and spoke into the headset: "Student Nike, how many viewers are there in the live broadcast room?"

The angry voice of Nike's classmate came over immediately: "Report to Auntie—there are still nineteen!"

As soon as the words fell, I saw that the number of online viewers was one less.

He couldn't help but suspect that the other party was scared away by his own volume.

...But to be honest, among the remaining viewers, it is obvious that most of them are not normal. There are all kinds of monsters and ghosts in the speeches, some praise the red shoes in public, some try their best to bad-mouth the anchor, and some pretend to be kind, and actually lead the anchor into a trap...

There are also some speeches that look crazy... strings of unknown meaning, and it will give you a headache to read. For the sake of caution, the Nike students did not mention these things specifically with others, only that the audience was very wrong.

Now that his aunt asked this, his first reaction was that she wanted to find out the details of the speeches of these demons and ghosts. Just as I was about to persuade her to give up, my aunt said:

"You help me speak to the audience in the live broadcast room."

Classmate Nike: "...?"

"Just say that Zhang Baixue is fine, thank you for your concern. It's late, I suggest they go to bed first. Don't worry about me, I'm very stable."

"Remember, be firm in your attitude. Full of affirmation. Aura is very important."

Nike classmate: "..."

Xu Tuoran felt that he was not lying.

She is really stable now.

The photo fragments on her side have been collected. As long as the other two people are guaranteed not to have any accidents, it should not be a problem to spend the night safely.

The bottom is almost touched today. After that, try to communicate with the other two, and find a way to enter the domain alone.

Xu Tuoran's little calculations in his heart crackled, and then he heard Nike's classmate take a deep breath, and a voice like a bell sounded in the headset:

"Those who are watching the live broadcast! My Aunt Zhang asked me to tell you! She is not afraid of you—if you don't want to die, get out!"

The sound is still loud. The momentum is still full.

Xu Tuoran: "..."

Wait, this doesn't seem to be the same as what I said? ?

On the other side, after classmate Nike finished conveying the ruthless words, he felt that his aura had become much stronger. In the next moment, the number of viewers was reduced by a few people.

Nike classmate: "..."

Sure enough, Auntie is awesome!

at the same time.

In a huge dark space.

Old electronic products are piled up in mountains. The fluorescence of the computer illuminates countless gray and white faces. At first glance, this place seems to be a huge office space, with rows of people typing on the computers, but if you look down, you will find that the "people" here are not people, and the computers are not computers.

"Human" only has a human face, and below the neck, there are twisted arms, which looks like a tree full of human hands; while a computer has only one computer screen, below the screen, there are piles of flesh and blood, and there are blood vessels on the surface in agitation.

The "vessels" of all computers are spread in one place. At the confluence of blood vessels, there is a huge figure.

The shadow looked like a giant flesh worm. However, when it moves, there will be a rattling sound of mechanical collision—it twists its body and turns its head with difficulty. On the left half of its head, wires are entwined, and a laser light bulb is shining in the left eye. It is an LCD screen.

It leaned closer to the computer, and saw three human faces playing on the three computers closest to it—two men and one woman. The only girl is Xu Tuoran.

It stared at Xu Tuoran for a while, the screen on its mouth lit up, and two lines popped out:

"Operation in the dark."

"Don't let her in."

"...Huh?" The companion creature who was watching the live broadcast was stunned, "But she is very fragrant?" Although it looked a little awkward.

"I know." It firmly conveyed its will, "but she is not allowed to come in."

"Anyway, don't let her in."