Before Kiana and the others arrived, Fu Hua had already reached out and grabbed that Annihilation Spirit.
However, when she grabbed Ling by the wrist, Fu Hua frowned.
Ling was completely limp, as if she had collapsed.
"Y-you, I-I-I was wrong! Don't call that person out!"
After being caught, Ling was practically on the verge of tears as she stammered this to Fu Hua.
"Hm? That person?"
Fu Hua noticed what Ling had said and became even more certain that this Deadwalker knew her.
But why was this Deadwalker so timid?
Even if a Deadwalker had gained consciousness, she should not have become this cowardly, right?
She had actually been frightened into stammering...
"You know me?"
Fu Hua glanced back at the others, who had yet to catch up, and spoke to Ling first. "Don't mention anything about my past in front of the others. As for the rest... I'll ask you privately later."
"What..."
"Do you understand?" Fu Hua slammed a palm against the wall beside Ling's head with a bang, and the wall shattered at once.
"I understand..."
Ling shrank her neck back even further.
It was at this moment that Kiana and the others finally caught up to Fu Hua.
"Why did you run off so fast? Master always said it was dangerous to leave the group alone."
Yae Sakura questioned Fu Hua.
Fu Hua pulled Ling's arm behind her back and locked it in place, then shook her head. "It's fine. We're inside Chi You now. Catching a Deadwalker capable of communication will be very helpful for what comes next."
"So this is the Deadwalker that can talk? She doesn't look like much."
Kiana looked curiously at Ling, who was restrained by Fu Hua and appeared completely incapable of resisting. "Can she really talk?"
As she