Then he realized, he didn't know when it started.
He... seemed to have lost control of his body too.
Just like the brown bear suspended in mid-air ahead, his body was also frozen in place.
"Plop."
The subtle and clear sound of footsteps still rang in his ears.
His fixed gaze could only catch, with his peripheral vision, a slowly approaching figure swaying ever closer.
Zzzzz—
In the air, as if even the night breeze had vanished, a strange sound he had never heard before suddenly echoed, sending shivers down his spine.
It was the thick, resilient skin covered with dense, brown fur, and the flesh beneath it, inch by inch, being peeled away with a chilling and slow sound.
At the center of his vision, Buck, the brown bear suspended in midair, suddenly shivered.
And then, just like some kind of animal costume from a past life, a "zipper" was gently pulled open from the jaw to the chest, down to the tail.
A complete bear pelt was peeled off entirely.
