"Sorry, Li Weidun."
"I... I can't help thinking about all this."
"Do you know? Among those 'Clowns' just now, there were even upperclassmen from Hunter Academy whom I used to admire."
Amanluo confessed in a trembling voice, lowering her head and covering her face.
"I've actually remembered every detail of that mission."
"I almost became one of them too, didn't I?"
"If you and Ye Chen hadn't risked your lives to save us back then, Xiya and I would have become pitiful beings like them today."
"I know that, compared to them, I'm very fortunate."
"But after being lucky enough to survive, I still had to kill those miserable people with my own hands. I couldn't even bring their bodies back, because they had all been corrupted by the abyss."
"Ah... I really don't know how to describe how I feel right now."
"Even though I comforted and encouraged myself hundreds, thousands of times before the battle, this feeling still makes me feel terrible, as if I've gone through a nightmare."
After hearing this, Li Weidun stepped forward and patted Amanluo on the shoulder, comforting her in a calm tone.
"Mm, I know. It's hard—especially for you. It's really hard."
"But since the tragedy has already happened, none of us has any way to undo it."
"At this point, for those victims who have completely lost themselves, killing them is instead granting them release."
"Neither you nor I did anything wrong. We were absolutely in the right."
"Besides, reality has no 'ifs,' Amanluo."
"You and Xiya were nearly taken away by the Clowns, but before that happened, Ye Chen and I successfully rescued you."
"That is the only fact that ever happened."
"So you don't need to dwell on it so much. Just hold your head high and live on