"Kevin, where is she?"
"Sakura... what are you planning to do?"
A sense of foreboding rose in Kevin's heart.
"I'm going to find her."
Sakura's answer was brief and resolute, without the slightest hesitation.
Hearing Sakura's answer, Kevin's pupils suddenly contracted as he stared at the girl before him in disbelief.
"Have you lost your mind? She's not Ling anymore!"
"Ling must be terribly lonely right now. She's always been afraid of being alone... She needs me."
The piercing alarm echoed through the thirty-third underground level of Moth to Fire headquarters, but neither of them had any mind to pay it heed.
Kevin knew that if Sakura left this place, it would be a journey from which she would never return.
So he angrily rebuked Sakura, trying to stop her insane idea.
"Don't be ridiculous! Ling is already dead!"
Without any unnecessary movement, Sakura merely reached calmly for her waist.
Realizing what she intended to do, Kevin hurried to stop her.
"Sakura, stop!"
But it was already too late. The blade had left its sheath.
Sakura's strike completely "froze" space.
Time slowed, consciousness scattered, and everything drifted toward stillness.
For those few short seconds, she alone could move within that lightless domain.
Then Sakura passed Kevin and embarked on a one-way journey to find her younger sister.
A clash on the level of consciousness was undoubtedly extremely dangerous.
Although in the vast majority of situations, such invisible confrontations did not directly shake the material world, the dangers lurking within them far exceeded anything a physical battle could compare to.
The slightest lapse could result in severe damage to one's consciousness, even touch the soul itself, and bring irreversible consequences.
However, this time, the goddess of fortune stood on Hua's side.
Seizing the opening in Ling's consciousness, she successfully imprisoned the