So, in the story Lin Chichi had experienced, there was no him?
He Ao watched the short-haired girl before him, vaguely feeling that something was both familiar and unfamiliar.
The same events had happened in the same way, except He Ao had not been involved.
The plan that had originally failed had become a successful one.
So when had he failed to become involved?
Where exactly was the point at which this world had changed?
Could there be another him in this world?
Watching He Ao's expression, Lin Chichi seemed to think for a moment before asking softly, "Should I know Hao Yi?"
After a pause, she asked further, "I haven't even asked your name yet."
"He Ao." He Ao smiled.
Lin Chichi froze slightly, then smiled. "I thought you were Hao Yi."
She looked at He Ao. "Who is this Hao Yi? Is he very powerful? How would knowing him help me?"
"Perhaps if you knew him," He Ao said softly after thinking for a moment, "you would walk toward a fate completely different from your current one."
"Is that so?" Lin Chichi paused, leaning against the courtyard wall as though lost in thought.
"After the Velora incident, have you been working for your boss, Ruona Ti? Did you join the Dawn Organization?" He Ao looked at her and continued asking.
"Strictly speaking, I followed Jin Ya and did odd jobs," Lin Chichi said with a smile. "Jin Ya is Ruona Ti's capable assistant. She thought I had potential, so she deliberately trained me to become an assassin. She was even planning to get me some Transcendent Items."
She raised a hand and touched her short hair, then glanced at the empty bed of the pickup truck and smiled. "Would you believe it? My hair used to be much