Chapitre 222: Capture The Flag (4)

[Pinnacle Academy, Dystopic Simulation - The Central Apartment Field: Sixth Floor]

Jan and Camila stood poised in the centre of the sixth-floor lobby anxiously.

The once grand space now bore the scars of neglect: peeling paint, flickering fluorescent lights, and a layer of dust that clung to every surface.

A tattered oriental rug lay askew in the centre of the room with its vibrant colours muted by years of neglect.

With each step they had taken broken shards of glass crunched underfoot as the remnants of a shattered window offered a glimpse of the realism that the simulation displayed...

Tap...tap...tap...

The rhythmic thud of footsteps echoed from the opposite side of the lobby, drawing their attention towards the stairwell opposite to the one they had entered through.

Two figures emerged from the shadows.