164 – Her Identity

“Greetings, candidate. I am the fifth commander. My official name is project number 74. My job is to be your last tester. You may know me as Gwen Bellucci, the singer.” A woman’s voice echoed from inside the box building. Although it sounded robotic and flat, Cody recognized it as Gwen’s voice. “Come in to proceed to the last test. Prepare yourself as best you can, because you have to go in alone with no help from anyone else. And once you’re in, you can’t get out until the test is over. You also won’t be able to get help from outside.”

Cody looked at Helena, who had just come out of the tent. “Leave it to me, Helena. You just wait here.”

Helena wiped away her tears. “Please, bring my little sister back.”

“I’ll try.” Cody sighed, then walked through the gate of the box building. At first he saw pitch darkness, but brighter bluish lines of light appeared on the walls.

Thanks to the lights, Cody could see boxes of various sizes and heights in that place, and among them was Gwen, who was