Billy's parting shot made Kimiko want to stab him to death.
But the moment Kimiko moved, Ryan grabbed her.
She wanted to avenge her brother. Ryan held her back, and though she knew she couldn't beat him, she kept struggling with all her strength.
The desperate look on her face made Billy frown. "Why's she glaring at me like that? You'd think I'd killed someone in her family."
"You did kill someone in her family," Ryan said flatly.
He hadn't expected a happy reunion between siblings to turn into their final goodbye.
Something touching had become something tragic. Ryan didn't know what to say.
After thinking it over, he supposed the two did have one thing in common: both could bring people to tears.
While Ryan was lost in thought, Kimiko remained trapped in his grip, her anger with nowhere to go. Billy felt a little awkward once Ryan explained what had happened.
Embarrassed, Billy quickly waved to Hughie in the driver's seat and told him to drive away.
Meanwhile, Kimiko's brother fell from the wall. He coughed up a few mouthfuls of red liquid, raised a trembling hand, then let his head loll to one side. He was gone.
Not every Supe was built tough. Some could be hurt by cars or bullets, and Kimiko's brother was clearly one of them.
Once the others left, Kimiko stopped struggling, as if all her strength had drained away. She looked at her familiar little brother, tears falling one after another.
Ryan could only try to comfort her. "Don't dwell on it. Life has plenty more sad things worth crying over."
"Waaah... T_T."
His comforting words must have worked wonders, because Kimiko cried even louder.
A few days later,
they held a funeral for Kimiko's brother. In attendance were Ryan, who had