I'm No MOTH Hero

Black clouds rained black rain.

He stood motionless, battered by muddy water as though buried deep in the earth, while the sunlight vanished bit by bit.

The Crystal Flower was stained by mud. He rose without a word, placed it against his chest, then turned and walked toward the Stargate.

A misshapen stone slab stood atop that small mound of earth, bearing a single line.

"Here lies a hero."

"Of course I'm Zero."

Zero neither turned around nor removed his mask, and that only made Yan Luo more suspicious.

"Zero wouldn't reveal information to me for no reason. I know perfectly well how he usually jokes around, but the information you gave me was far too clear and specific."

"So you suspect that I'm Lin right now?"

"Of course. I also don't believe that there would actually be Lin's face beneath your mask. With your abilities, disguising yourselves as each other would be far too easy."

Zero chuckled softly. "You can rest assured about that. If I were Lin, I wouldn't deny it once you discovered me, even while disguised."

"...So you aren't?"

Zero removed his mask, revealing that same horrifying face beneath it, then casually put the mask back on. "I'm not. Regrettably."

But that only made Yan Luo furrow her brow more deeply.

Something felt terribly wrong to her.

If he was Zero, why would he reveal so much information? And Yan Luo felt that he was somewhat different today from before.

Yet Yan Luo still did not know where that sense of dissonance came from. She could only watch helplessly as Zero walked away, until his back vanished completely from sight.

"My, I'll be meeting Grandmaster tomorrow. I wonder whether she'll be frightened by my appearance."

Li Sushang had grown used to drinking with Lin