[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-three-towers-game":3,"chapter-three-towers-game-three-towers-game-chapter-1096":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Three Towers Game",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1098362,1431,"Chapter 1096 338: Stars Gather Around the Moon","three-towers-game-chapter-1096",1096,"\u003Cp>When the apology letter was tucked into the diary, the dust on the diary began to fade away under the glow of the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beam of light kept spreading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could not dispel the dust on the piano or the other books, but it opened a way back for Wen Xishu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu picked up the diary with the apology letter inside, followed the light upward, and quickly left the world inside the mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was back in the gymnasium again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the gym, the setup that had looked like a mourning hall was already gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mourning Shadow, Anya, had vanished as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All Wen Xishu saw was a single doll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the doll that stood for Anya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, what's your name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doll looked at Wen Xishu with a trace of fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Huohua—whose mouth had been covered all along by Wen Xishu's rejecting arm—finally managed to speak:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holy shit, there's another living thing like me, how come it's a doll?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A toy teddy bear, a toy doll. These were things that were supposed to symbolize innocence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was the savior of Charlie's childhood; the other was what Charlie felt the deepest guilt toward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh! What a pretty doll. Never thought Charlie would play with girls' toys! Does she take batteries? Does she speak by command?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huohua's mouth kept running; Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is Anya. Anya, hello, I'm Wen Xishu. I've come to the Land of Dust to save Charlie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You… aren't a bad person?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've already passed through your other form and gone to that attic full of dust. This is your diary, and inside is Charlie's apology letter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doll's hair was very short; at first glance, it even looked a bit like a boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could move, but only very slowly, very stiffly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Huohua heard that this was Anya, the mockery stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it instantly understood why Anya had become like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it wasn't only itself that, even as death descended, still cared about its little master, still clung to a fierce obsession, longing to stay by the child's side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had bound itself to its little master's teddy bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Anya, though she died by suicide, though she lost the courage to stand up to her father's domestic violence because Charlie failed to hold her in his arms…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, right up to her death, she still hoped Charlie could live better, still hoped he would no longer be so fragile and alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That obsession became the doll that now stood here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, however, Charlie's self-loathing filled the clock tower with Hanged Men, and the Hanged Men destroyed the teddy bear that supported Charlie's faith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Likewise, his self-loathing and immense guilt toward Anya twisted Anya from a doll into the mourning Shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as long as you overcame that loathing, entered the clock tower with courage, and mended everything—as long as you combined the apology letter with Anya's diary…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teddy bear could be repaired, and the mourning Shadow could be dispelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, everything had returned to the way it should be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Wen Xishu still let out a quiet sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were dead—all of them—there was no doubt, or else their obsessions would not have clung to objects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not a bad person. Anya, thank you for once appearing in Charlie's life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a pity he didn't hold you when you were at your most fragile.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But he has been blaming himself for it ever since, and he's full of hatred toward himself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, this Land of Dust is filled with the monsters his warped mind has turned into. I have to leave here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think we need to go to the next place and save him together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doll's eyes blinked; clearly it was just plastic, yet there was a glimmer of tears in them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll go with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spoke far less than Huohua did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu picked Anya up, then handed her to the other hand of the rejecting arm on his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Anya saw Huohua, she slowly lifted a hand and gave Huohua a little wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew about Huohua; it was just that at the time, Huohua didn't know about Anya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huohua thought for a moment… It didn't wave back, but instead wagged its tail—so short it was almost just a ball of yarn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the mistress, after all,\" Huohua thought to itself, and then immediately said the next line out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anya froze; that remark left her unsure how to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu actually smiled for once:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do we get out of here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The gym has a door,\" Anya said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu looked around, and sure enough, spotted a door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door was seeping a faint greasy sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu immediately guessed where it led.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, he brought Huohua and Anya to the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he pushed it open, what met Wen Xishu's eyes was no longer the campus…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But an alley leading home, and that enormous \"home\" appeared before him once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Victorian-style house big enough to hold the Glutton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wen Xishu stepped into this place, the Scorpion Knife promptly popped up a chapter prompt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu had already died once at the Glutton's hands; his belly had been torn open, and his entire body had become more monster-like, granting him tremendous strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that still wasn't enough for Wen Xishu to take on the Glutton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the embodiment of Charlie's unrequited love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its power far outstripped the mourning Shadow and the Hanged Man Legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this time, Wen Xishu did not hesitate at all; he was no longer afraid of the Glutton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He approached the massive building and, at great speed, shoved open the greasy, heavy main door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After passing through the long, dark corridor reeking of rotting food…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door at the end of the corridor suddenly slammed shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the place Wen Xishu had cut into before… he had come to the Ever-Hungry Kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>",1002,"2026-06-03T11:13:02.243Z","2026-06-03T11:13:09.488Z",1,"novelbin.me","5db8e493f4647737c83a1caec85400a53034a85c2694e13d4cd6fbc374af7aa1","three-towers-game-chapter-1097","three-towers-game-chapter-1095",1179,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthree-towers-game-cover.jpg"]