As they raced forward, Chu Mi said wistfully, "I still have so many wishes I haven't fulfilled. What a shame I'll never get the chance."
"I have plenty of things I want to accomplish too," Jiang Wang said. "But one of them is already underway."
"What?" Chu Mi asked.
Jiang Wang severed the connection of the Borrowing the Slope to Get Off the Donkey secret art, charged ahead, and swiftly cut down several Sea Race warriors coming straight at them.
Then he said, "Forty-one left."
"The targets for Sin Washing?" Chu Mi asked, rejoining his shoulder.
"Yes."
"Commander Rank Sea Beasts?" The muscles in Chu Mi's face twitched. That seemed like an extraordinarily harsh punishment. "How many do you have to kill?"
"One hundred."
Why did I get the feeling that someone punished like this had powerful backing?
Chu Mi asked himself silently. Aloud, he said, "What kind of mistake would your friend have to make to need this much sin washing?"
"Sometimes, people aren't punished because they've done something wrong."
After Jiang Wang spoke, he looked back. He could feel the Sea Race's net tightening, leaving them almost no room to maneuver.
Chu Mi was silent for a moment, then said, "You're right."
He paused, then asked, "So you believe I was framed too, right?"
"Do you want the truth or a lie?"
"Of course I want the tru—dammit!" Chu Mi caught on. "I don't want to hear either! Talking to you is such a pain!"
"Then save your strength. You can die with a little dignity later."
Chu Mi ground his teeth. "Thanks a lot!"
But after a while, he said, "Still, now that I think about it, I do believe you were framed."
Jiang Wang replied without much sincerity, "Then thanks to you too."
"Sometimes, I really