Xia Lun's voice was soft, but Tina's pupils abruptly contracted. She instinctively tried to break free, yet his strength was unbelievable. She glared at him in silence.
"Since I came looking for you, I naturally made every preparation." Xia Lun's voice was cold. "If you don't talk before time runs out, Abby is dead."
Tina squeezed her eyes shut and refused to look at him. Her clenched jaw trembled faintly.
Xia Lun narrowed his eyes and told a grim joke. "Perhaps in another parallel world, Abby gives in to greed, swells into a monster, and dies with a throwing knife buried in her face. Until her final breath, she bitterly resents you for not saving her. Tina, is that the ending you want?"
Before she could answer, he murmured, "Besides, work is work and life is life. Why sacrifice the person you depend on emotionally for your job?"
Tina trembled. She opened her eyes, her lashes fluttering as she avoided his gaze. "If you're not a cultist, then who are you?" "A Time Traveler." Xia Lun released her wrist, and his voice suddenly softened. "The thermal power station in Winden City will explode in sixty-one minutes. I had to resort to unusual measures. I hope you'll forgive me."
"Huh?" Tina blinked.
If he had simply claimed to be a Time Traveler, she would never have believed him. She might even have thought something was wrong with his mind. But after their struggle, his words somehow seemed quite reasonable.
If he wasn't a Time Traveler, why go to so much trouble only to tell a lie like that?
"I'm a field agent with the Anomalous Phenomena Prevention and Control Committee. I came to assist my colleagues at the Winden Branch," Tina said. "Local agents discovered a rapidly expanding cult called the