"Walter, did you know? Kilika likes you."
Zin suddenly said something that caught Walter completely off guard!
"What did you say?"
"I said, Kilika likes you."
As Zin said this, his face was filled with a sense of tragic resolve. Perhaps he knew that once he spoke those words, some things could never be taken back.
"Mm. Actually, I knew that long ago, and I also..." Walter said coldly, "But from the moment I killed Master Dragon Fang, from the moment I left the dojo and embraced darkness, I already cast aside things like love and affection. Don't tell me you didn't know that?"
People said that love was the deadliest poison. That was true for Walter, true for Kilika, and how could it not be true for Zin as well?
The moment Zin spoke those words, he had effectively admitted that in the battle for Kilika's heart, he had lost completely—to the opponent before him, the opponent named Walter.
Even though Walter had already fallen into darkness, and Kilika could never stand alongside darkness—indeed... she could never forgive a man like Walter, who had killed her father...
She still loved him in the end. Zin had always known that. Always.
"No matter what, I can no longer compete with you for Kilika. I only hope you can cast off the darkness, turn back from your wayward path, and give her a peaceful life." Zin's words made Walter's heart stir for just an instant!
However...
That instant made Walter truly want to kill him!
"Zin, I never expected you to make me want to kill you so badly!" Walter laughed—no, he burst into wild laughter! A tremendous aura flared from his body for some unknown reason. It was different from Uchiha Madara's aura, but it came from the same source