Bing Shi shut her eyes tightly, feeling the warmth of blood trickling from her nose. Hastily using her sleeve to wipe it away, she called out to Kuro with a mix of anxiety and urgency.
["Kuro, I need your help."]
["Kuro, you hear me?"]
Receiving no response, she opened her eyes with a sense of dread, only to find her body enveloped in a peculiar bluish, crystalline layer. Her face registered shock and horror at the sight. The blue membrane flickered intermittently, appearing and vanishing in a fleeting dance, beyond her control.
'I have to get out. Nobody can see me like this!'
She pinched her nose and swung her legs over the edge of the bed, her movements unsteady, causing her to fall back on her buttocks, "...Ugh..."
'It doesn't hurt.'
'It doesn't hurt.'
Bing Shi murmured under her breath, brainwashing herself in the hope it would subdue the static noise in her head. The blue shield remained stubbornly beyond her command, and the pain persisted—the trial was still going on.
