The Iyami Aje's Trial

Chapter 99: The Iyami Aje's Trial

As Bayo ventured deeper into the mortuary, moving toward the hospital's cemetery, the very fabric of reality seemed to waver. The once clinical white walls and stainless steel surfaces, which were beginning to fade into tombstones and a more eerie atmosphere, began to blur. Colors bled away until Bayo found himself standing in a forest unlike any he'd ever seen.

The trees stood stark and lifeless, their branches reaching toward a colorless sky like gnarled fingers. It was as if he'd stepped into an old black and white photograph, all vibrancy leeched away, leaving only shades of gray. The air felt heavy, carrying the scent of damp earth and decay.

Movement caught his eye, and Bayo tensed as he saw them -- women, their forms both alluring and unsettling, clothed in a spectrum of hues that seemed to defy the monochrome world around them. Black, gray, blue, red -- each color a statement, a reflection of the wearer's essence.