"We are a team made up of people who have had contact with the Nightmare Cycle, whether directly or indirectly. Our main task is to gather information about the Nightmare. But to the public's eyes, we are in charge of unusual deaths or accidents, for 85% of them were players who perished in the Nightmare Cycle."
Saying this, Ying leaned back to her seat and raked her fingers through her short hair, her look pensive.
"But something strange has been going on lately. In just the past three months, the number of people dragged into the Nightmare Cycle has increased by 297% compared to the previous year. The total is nearly two thousand."
"Two thousand lives," she repeated, her voice quiet yet heavy. "And they're not just statistics. Each of them was a living, breathing person— someone's child, sibling, parent, friend, or lover. It's terrifying just to think about it."
