My ability hadn't affected the security guard. It had only erased the chain I could see.
The security guard must have sensed something, because he suddenly looked terrified.
He stumbled backward, his cry turning into a gasp, as if he had suddenly been deprived of oxygen and couldn't breathe. A moment later, he raised his eyes and glared at me with bloodshot eyes.
I saw the chain reappear on him.
I could almost hear the chain scraping through the air.
"Monster... You monster!" the security guard shouted at me, his eyes filled with hatred and fear. He didn't dare approach. Instead, he turned and ran for the exit as fast as he could.
I heard Mu Ai's voice behind me.
"Aren't you going after him? He, he might bring people back... There'll be more of them... This whole building is full of them," Mu Ai said worriedly.
I turned to look at Mu Ai. "It won't do any good. They're just..." I had wanted to say "ordinary people," but people like them probably couldn't be considered ordinary.
"How did you end up here? How did you become like this?" I crouched in front of Mu Ai, tilting my head up slightly to look into her eyes.
Mu Ai lowered her gaze. The rims of her eyes and the tip of her nose began to redden. "I came to find Dad. They took him here. I came to find him."
Mu Ge?
My heart sank.
"How did you become like this?" I took Mu Ai's hand.
Mu Ai tried to pull her hand away, but after struggling twice, she gave up. Her whole body was trembling.
"My body... They locked it away..." Mu Ai whispered, trembling even harder.
I was surprised by her answer.
Wasn't she dead? There was yin energy