At that moment, Quinn's eyes snapped open, bloodshot. The tears streaming from his eyes evaporated into nothing under the scorching heat!
Killing intent burst from his eyes as he glared viciously at Lance, enunciating every word:
"Don't fucking touch my memories! Don't! Just die!"
Lance was suddenly overwhelmed, blood pouring from every orifice. The Virtual Fire raging over him and Musashi flared even hotter, and he felt like he was about to burn to death!
Even after being hacked at for so long while lost in a daze, Quinn still hadn't been killed. He'd held on!
Instead, Soul Echo had plunged him into a full-blown frenzy!
Those were the memories he least wanted to revisit!
Lance spat out a mouthful of blood and roared, "What are you even fighting for? If not for the development of the Sacred Star, your parents wouldn't have died, and none of that would have happened!"
"They're the ones to blame! Igor only treated you like a tool to use. His kindness was all fake!"
"After all these years, you still can't understand something so simple?"
"Humanity is on the rise now. If we win this war, anything is possible! Isn't that what you want?"
Clearly, under Soul Echo, Lance had seen Quinn's memories too!
Quinn's face twisted with rage. "You weren't the one who went through all that! What would you know? I'm the protagonist of my own life!"
"So what if we win this war? Can you beat the Bose Race? The Myriad Races of the Starry Sky?"
"I saw through this fucked-up world a long time ago! It hasn't changed since the beginning! No matter how strong you get, someone stronger will always come along and take everything from you without a shred of reason!"
"I'm just protecting the people I care