The Gradual Parting

A scream rang out.

A broken blade was still capable of hurting someone, let alone one enhanced by Mo Xiaofei's "Gravity." Nagato Saburo simply did not know that, at the instant he drove the blade into Nagato Munetsugu's back, it was not his own strength he had relied on.

Hot blood splashed out, staining Nagato Saburo's face. He stopped just like that, maintaining this single posture without moving.

Nagato Saburo had served in the military for several years and learned many techniques for killing. The blade pierced straight through Nagato Munetsugu's back and heart. Not only that, Nagato Saburo had forcefully twisted it, wrenching Nagato Munetsugu's heart apart.

"You useless man... You couldn't possibly kill... Kill..."

Nagato Munetsugu's hand rose, only to be pressed back down moments later. In the end, he fell silent. His eyes remained wide open, as though he could not accept this.

Nagato Saburo knew what Nagato Munetsugu had wanted to say at the end without even hearing him finish. He suddenly raised a hand and wiped the blood from his face, dazed. "I killed him... I really killed him, my elder brother?"

"Yes, you successfully killed him." Mo Xiaofei said calmly, "The man who controlled the Nagato Family and made you live in pain. Nagato Saburo, you personally freed the Nagato Family from Nagato Munetsugu's grasp."

Nagato Saburo remained silent for a long while before shaking his head. "Regardless, I'm already a sinner who killed his own brother. The sin I bear can never be absolved."

Mo Xiaofei suddenly walked over to Nagato Munetsugu and lifted his corpse. Nagato Saburo frowned. "What are you trying to do?"

"We can't expose the fact that Nagato Munetsugu is dead yet." Mo Xiaofei's expression turned solemn. "Or did you think that Nagato Munetsugu's death alone would completely resolve