At that moment, Sparkle understood everything.
Chen Li and Vita had set her up!
Sparkle put down her pen, slowly raised her middle finger at Chen Li, then spun around with the fastest reflexes of her life and bolted.
But the moment she took her first step, a hand firmly grabbed the back of her collar.
Sparkle's two little legs scrambled desperately against the platform floor, but with Chen Li holding her by the collar, she could only run futilely in place.
"Let me go! I don't want this Artifact anymore!" Sparkle struggled desperately.
This was a disaster. Chen Li had set her up!
He had specially forged a Two-star Artifact just to ensure that she, a Masked Fool, would never again be able to touch even a trace of joy for the rest of her life.
Too cruel. This man was absolutely too cruel!
"That won't do. You already started writing—you even wrote the grass radical." Chen Li said with a smile, holding Sparkle by the back of her collar.
"Then... then give me the trophy, and I'll trick Spark into signing her own name on it." Sparkle stopped her futile running in place, her eyes darting as inspiration struck.
"Wouldn't that hurt Spark a little too much?" Chen Li said hesitantly.
"Hurt you—cough, cough. When you gave me this Artifact, didn't you consider how much it would hurt me? Spark's life is a life, but Sparkle's life isn't?" Sparkle was so angry that she nearly shouted out what she truly thought.
What did he mean, "Wouldn't that hurt Spark too much?"
Watching Sparkle flail about wildly, Chen Li found it rather amusing and let go.
Sparkle instantly shot away, darting into the distance and once again precisely hiding behind her dear best friend Vita. She only peeked half