{Oh, hello! I have an offer for you. Would you like to hear it?}
It was a talking silhouette. Aside from a mouth opening, the figure in front of Leo was just a solidified dark shadow.
In illustrated novels and comic books, it was a cool way to hide a future character or test the reader's ability to differentiate the special features of popular characters, but…
'Even for me, it feels way off.'
Despite being someone who handled actual shadows as well as Shadow Nightmares, a sense of creepiness enveloped Leo as he looked at the real-life version of a silhouette.
He had seen way too many fantastical beings up to this point, but none of them were as incongruous to Leo as this one.
"What offer?"
Nonetheless, that didn't stop Leo from interacting with it.
Whatever this thing was, it was clearly the one behind his delayed advancement into the next ordeal.
Only by dealing with it could he move forward. Besides…
'It can only be one of two things.'
