"Phil? How could that be?"
Kerdales cried out in astonishment. At that moment, her voice held emotions far too complicated to unravel.
Surprise? Sighing? Joy? Unease? Hesitation? Too many emotions were tangled together, and in the end, she could not say a word.
"Big Sister?! How is that possible!"
The woman above was equally shocked beyond belief, yet her delight was completely undisguised.
She immediately kept jumping and waving, seemingly trying to catch her sister's attention.
Phil gave a silent laugh.
She had been wary of Eve before, wondering if she was Mother's "assassin." Looking back now, how ridiculous. If that girl had possessed that kind of brain back then, she would not have openly shouted about rebellion.
And whenever she thought of "that person," she became even more conflicted.
By now, she had gathered the latest intelligence. Yet she still did not believe it—or rather, could not believe it.
"Is that person... Kerdales really dead?"
The woman floated in midair, yet slowly half-sat as though something in the void were supporting her.
Unlike her impetuous twin sister, her eyes remained calm as still water even when facing Lu PingAn.
Those unfocused eyes seemed to hold nothing in them, as if she were merely asking casually.
Yet the pressure she gave Lu PingAn surpassed that of every Rule-level being he had faced before.
"Dead."
Lu PingAn answered as well.
There was no misdirection, no unnecessary wording—only a simple declaration of the state of "death," confirming Kerdales's fall.
At that moment, even the Ink Daisy Princess, whose emotions never showed in her voice, began to tremble slightly.
"How did she die?"
"Heh. I killed her."
Some Karma could not be avoided, and some fates could only be faced. Lu PingAn knew that this might be his trial.
Avoidance was useless. Delaying