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"Drip!" When Raiden Ei lowered the hand shielding her eyes and instinctively looked once more at her reflection in the river, she saw a drop of bright red blood fall into her own reflection.
That was...
Raiden Ei looked up and saw only a bleeding palm. Yet the hand was somewhat pale, somewhat black, like... a shadow?
Noticing Raiden Ei staring upward in confusion, the hand extending from the little bridge made a gesture telling her to look down.
Raiden Ei lowered her head and saw her reflection in the river undergoing a strange transformation. The reflection that had originally been identical to her was now changing from head to toe.
A mysterious power was reshaping Raiden Ei's shadow. The once somewhat illusory shadow seemed to gain substance after being reassembled.
Raiden Ei's eyes widened slightly, for the reflection before her had changed not only in clothing but even in appearance. And this figure was extremely familiar to her.
"Makoto..." Looking at the figure smiling at her from the river, Raiden Ei's voice choked up instantly.
"What are you standing there for? Pull your sister out," Chen Luo's voice called out.
Raiden Ei bent down, tentatively extending her fingers through the river's surface. The reflection in the water made the same movement.
When Raiden Ei clasped hands with her reflection in the river, the tangible sensation instantly brought tears to her eyes. Then she eagerly tried to pull her out.
However, the immense force coming from the other hand caught Raiden Ei off guard, because in her mind, Raiden Makoto did not seem to possess such strength.
Bent over as she was, Raiden Ei lost her balance and fell toward the water.
Splash!
Raiden Ei, having fallen into the river, seemed to pass through some