"Did she awaken a new ability because she was so terrified of being discovered?"
"A troublesome ability, but if used properly, it would definitely be a weapon for assassination."
Gray Serpent immediately finalized his strategy.
He would secretly assist Schicksal, then collect the corpses for research once everything was over.
However...
They had to speed things up, lest delays create more variables.
Gray Serpent's mechanized assassination force immediately activated. Drones stationed around the various offshoots slowly descended, radiating silent killing intent—cold and ruthless.
Many of them were still fighting the darkness in their hearts, their gazes wavering between confusion and clarity.
Very few had fallen as completely as Gong Shan.
But at this moment, their struggles and resistance no longer held any meaning.
Only death awaited them.
Silent lasers swept across the area, and ninety-three struggling lives perished at once.
Gray Serpent felt no ripples in his heart. He merely stared at the screen, carefully ensuring that every offshoot had died completely, lest dying embers flare up again and become a raging blaze.
The search proceeded in an orderly fashion. Zhao Bai and Bronya split up and searched many places.
They found nothing.
That day, they finally ran into each other.
Zhao Bai called out to Bronya. Detective Girl turned around, and he scratched his head in confusion. "Bronya, why are your arms exposed? And why do you have so many scars?"
"Mm..."
Bronya studied Zhao Bai. "I don't understand. You have scars on your hand too."
Zhao Bai hurriedly lowered his head and discovered that a tally mark with three strokes had been carved into his hand. On Bronya's fair forearm were three closely spaced scars, as if she had cut them herself with a knife.
Something was wrong.
Tally marks were generally used to record the number