"How could this be? This... can't be. This is impossible!"
"Li Ke, I killed Vander with my own hands. I pushed him down myself and made him fall into the fire."
"When I held Jinx, his body..." Silco could not continue. He sank backward in a daze, but the stool had already been knocked over when he stood up.
Li Ke reacted quickly, reaching out to grab Silco's arm so that he would not fall.
"Did you ever find Vander's body afterward?" Li Ke looked at Silco and asked seriously.
"I left him there," Silco said, looking at Li Ke.
"What exactly are you talking about?!" Vi rudely interrupted them, squeezing between the two. With her back to Silco and facing Li Ke, she demanded loudly, "Are you joking right now? I saw that happen with my own eyes too. This isn't funny, Li Ke."
"Calm down, Vi. I have no reason to lie to you. Vander is important to me too. I wouldn't joke about him," Li Ke told her.
Then he turned to Jinx. Isha was pressed close beside her, with Zeri and Ekko standing behind them.
Zeri clearly had no idea what was happening, while Ekko simply stared at Li Ke with his mouth open.
Li Ke beckoned to Jinx, signaling for her to come over.
But hesitation appeared on Jinx's small face.
Biting her lower lip, Small Nose wrinkling slightly, she looked at Li Ke.
Should she... go over?
Did she really still have the right to involve herself in matters concerning Vander?
"Come here, Jinx," Li Ke said.
Hearing Li Ke's voice, Jinx took a breath, set down the pen she had been using to tease Janna, and walked toward him.
Then she stood by Li Ke's side.
No longer brimming with energy, she looked