A Thousand Accusations in an Instant, Glory Bestowed in an Instant

Tick-tock...

Tick-tock...

Tick-tock...

At S.T.A.R. Labs in Central City, Ice Girl Kuya-Tas, who was watching the hearing, heard the sound of water dripping.

She turned her head in confusion, wanting to see where the leak was. This was S.T.A.R. Labs, after all—under normal circumstances, a problem like this should never have happened.

But the moment she turned, she saw that Cecilia and Kitty beside her both had red-rimmed eyes. Large tears were falling from the eyes of the two girls, neither of whom was yet eighteen.

Kuya found it amusing and could not help saying, "What's there to cry abou—"

Before she could finish, she froze. Only then did she realize that her voice had become unusually hoarse, and her face felt cold and damp. She reflexively touched it and discovered...

She was crying too.

"How could this happen? Why can't I stop?"

Kuya gritted her teeth fiercely, desperately trying to suppress her emotions. But what left her feeling powerless was that the harder she tried to hold them back, the more tears filled her eyes. In the end, she could not help sobbing.

"Damn it! Stop already!"

She roared inwardly as a sour, aching emotion welled up from her heart.

She truly did not understand. She had managed not to cry even when she had been captured for human experimentation, so why was she crying now?

She had clearly sworn never to shed tears again.

"Kuya."

Cecilia, who was crying as well, pulled her into an embrace with one hand while wrapping her other arm around Kitty, who was silently weeping too.

...Sob, sob, sob...

It was as though that action had flipped a switch. The girls could no longer suppress their feelings, and they finally burst into tears, bawling like children.

It was not just the