In Bai Zhi's impression, Rain had always been someone quite dependable.
Although he had not had much contact with her, just from the Golden Flies' praise of their own Big Sister, he could already imagine her lofty ambitions.
Leaving aside her earlier claim that she would capture an Evil God and the Apocalypse as gifts for his return, Bai Zhi greatly admired her for holding back so many Myths all by herself.
After all, despite the vast disparity in strength between the two sides, she had still fought to the death without retreating, stubbornly tying down those Myths. There had to be some earth-shattering plan behind it all.
...But he had never expected the truth to be this.
He had thought there was some deeper meaning behind what she was doing. Instead, she had simply been tangled up and unable to escape. It was like the difference between repeatedly fighting and losing, versus repeatedly losing and fighting—their momentum was completely different.
—Looking at Rain, who stood before him with her head lowered and shame written all over her face, Bai Zhi fell silent for quite a while.
"...Fine. Next question."
Rubbing his forehead with a slight headache, Bai Zhi spoke up.
"If that's the case, why didn't you have that fly go over and help?"
"...I was afraid of losing face."
Rain immediately looked even more ashamed.
"Because I bragged before... if she went over, it would be easy for her to tell that I was only putting on a brave front..."
Bai Zhi: "..."
...He had to admit that he really could not hold it together anymore.
"Do you need me to work with you and figure out a way to escape?"
Looking at Rain, who had her head lowered in shame as if she wanted to bury her