Teli could not say he was terribly saddened by this discovery. His heart had already died.
So throughout the journey, he said nothing and did not know how to go on.
If his partner left him like this, he would not even need to choose between following her or making a clean break.
He was a soldier. He would always remember the oath he had sworn during his service. He would not betray the Alliance.
Yet because of his partner, he had been forced to become a criminal of the Alliance.
At that moment, only Degu could understand the bitterness in Teli's heart.
He could feel that bond between partners fading away.
Julie now turned a blind eye to everything about him, her indifference unlike that of a partner who had shared his bed for decades.
When he left home, he turned back and saw the relieved smile on Julie's face. It was painfully glaring.
After being used, he had been discarded again. How could he not be heartbroken?
Even though he had once been a soldier, he could not withstand such a blow.
The two stopped talking.
Because deep down, they realized that within this sealed space, another unfamiliar consciousness inside their bodies was stirring restlessly.
Teli and Degu looked at each other, the faint glow from their terminals reflected on their faces.
Their expressions were no longer familiar—ferocious one moment, adorable the next, then oddly neurotic. In short, abnormal.
They knew the other consciousness wanted to break free from its cage, and both of them tried their best to suppress it.
They used all their strength.
But they still failed to overcome the consciousness of the Parasites. Their own consciousnesses were forced into a narrow place, while their bodies were completely controlled by something else.
Before falling asleep,