Until Murakami was killed, the remaining leaders of The Hand showed no other emotion, including Madame Gao, the old woman who had been standing on the platform all along.
It was as though the one who had died was not an old friend they had lived alongside for centuries, but an unrelated stranger.
This abnormal situation made Tony, Mark, and Stick, who had been lurking on the sidelines, all sense that something was off. They increased the intensity of their attacks, wanting to end the battle quickly before any unforeseen complications arose.
Of the four, Stick was the only one who had directly clashed with the Five Fingers of The Hand, yet even he did not understand what was happening. He only knew that the five members of The Hand had been offering sacrifices to some bizarre entity in exchange for life spans and other things. The Black Sky had been born this way.
Stick did not know what abilities the Black Sky possessed, but he knew very well that leading The Chaste against the Five Fingers alone had already exhausted him. If they added a Black Sky that the Five Fingers had gone to such lengths to create, he truly would have no way to deal with it.
That was why Stick had painstakingly hidden in the darkness, resisting the urge to disrupt the ritual. Only at the instant the Black Sky was born did he suddenly strike, killing the newly born Black Sky while it was still confused and The Hand's five members had let down their guard.
Because of that, Stick actually knew nothing about the Black Sky's abilities or any other information about it.
At this moment, Stick naturally guessed that Murakami's death and the others' complete indifference were part of some ritual for the Black