Leon had always believed that everyone had to die eventually, and some people just needed a little help getting there.
Madame Gao was exactly the kind of person who needed that help the most.
She'd been clinging to life for over five hundred years. If he wasn't going to help her, then who would he help?
Leon shifted a step toward the girl on the stone platform. Madame Gao immediately followed, facing him across the platform.
Huh? Interesting!
Leon tapped the stone platform with his knuckles, feeling rather mischievous. This should be the vessel for that Black Sky, right?
"Hey, granny, you seem really nervous about this girl. Let me guess..."
Leon clapped his hands. Smack!
"She's your mom?!"
Madame Gao was the best at hiding herself among The Hand's Five Fingers.
Back when they were still in K'un-Lun, she had been the oldest of the five. Before the fear of death had descended upon the other four, Madame Gao had already been forced to exhaust every possible means for the sake of her pitifully short lifespan.
At an opportune moment, Madame Gao pretended to discover that Dragon Bone could extend one's life. The other four who had been present at the time had not been guarding the Dragon Bone together by coincidence; it had all been Madame Gao's plan.
There were many elders in K'un-Lun. Most of them were upright people who took life and death lightly. Yet in the end, some still feared death, and some still did not wish to leave behind the mortal world's bustle and smoke.
Alexandra, Sowande, Murakami, and Bakuto. Those four were the people Madame Gao had carefully selected, people with slight flaws in their hearts.
She succeeded.
She dragged those four elders into the mud with her. Together, they betrayed K'un-Lun,