The Reborn Girl Is Dauntless but Overly Cautious

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"You won't open the door? I'll open it myself then, these apartment doors are just flimsy pieces of wood anyway."

He stepped back and launched a powerful kick at my door.

The kick was forceful, resonating through the floors, causing dust to fall from the ceiling in the hallway. But my door?

Ah, the enemy couldn't breach our defenses.

The murderer paused, seemingly taken aback by the door's resilience, and delivered several more kicks, none of which left as much as a scratch on my door.

See, under absolute defense, all attacks are futile.

The murderer stood there, looking somewhat defeated.

"My 'friend' isn't here. If you're looking for her, try the vacant rooms, or maybe she's in one of the other residents' apartments."

He tilted his head in confusion.

"You're not friends?"

"Nope, we just had a falling out. Better hurry and find her before she gets away."

The murderer fell silent for a moment, then agreed.

"Alright, thank you for being so understanding."

The sound of fading footsteps suggested he was leaving, but through the surveillance, I could see he was merely pacing on the spot.

I anticipated his next move and remained silent.

He stopped pacing and crept closer to the peephole, holding his breath. The peephole remained dark, revealing nothing.

Yet, he suddenly laughed. The lights were on inside, but the peephole was dark – what did that imply?

Someone was watching him from the other side.

He could almost picture the person inside, stumbling in fright upon realizing he hadn't left.

He stepped back, allowing a clear view of his face through the door.

Come on, scream!

But the expected reaction didn't come. Instead, a beam of light shot out from the peephole.

Puzzled, the murderer peered in again.

The face of a beautiful woman appeared in the peephole, and he smirked lewdly, but his smile froze.

The woman in the peephole was expressionless, then she began to slowly tear off the skin from her face, revealing the pulsating flesh and veins underneath.