Zhao Bai felt that it was enough for him alone to know about this. Those three little girls were still too young; there was no need to expose them to such cruel things.
P.S.: Did this count as killing off an original character? I didn't know either.
Chapter 220: Don't Come Any Closer!
"Hah--"
Gray Serpent suddenly sucked in a breath. The heart made of muscle pounded violently—where was her composure now? Seven whole minutes of death had nearly broken her.
"Cough, cough, cough~"
She coughed as she rose, nearly screaming in despair, "Jackal! Raven! Where are you people?!"
There was no reply. Raven was serving a prison sentence as a financial fraudster and had no way of knowing what was happening outside. Jackal had already fled when she saw things going south. The only things that could help Gray Serpent now were machines—the Titans waiting to strike.
Three consecutive reincarnations into organic bodies were too difficult.
A blade came from behind. There was no pain, only an icy chill that pierced her heart. Gray Serpent's thoughts slowed to a crawl. Zhao Bai gently sheathed his blade and left without looking back.
He headed for the next location, waiting for Gray Serpent to reincarnate.
She'd been found out.
Within her sluggish thoughts, slowed by the ice sealing her away, Gray Serpent noticed something. The awakening of each body was not random, but part of a preset program operating through complex formulas—and someone seemed to have cracked that program.
Bronya!
That was the only name Gray Serpent could think of, but it was useless. Seventeen minutes later, Gray Serpent was reborn in mechanical form, every component beginning to tremble.
She was clearly a machine, yet she still felt fear.
Another slash.
A machine's death could not be slowed like a