Ye Hua sat in the room Jonas had personally arranged for her. It was elegant and quiet, with an ink-black night beyond the window. Only distant lights flickered, reflecting her brooding thoughts.
Her figure looked especially lonely in the dim room, everything around her steeped in an oppressive silence.
"Yue Chen escaped. That organization must have done it. I thought they'd only infiltrated Dragon City, but I never imagined they could reach into District 25 too."
To Ye Hua, Yue Chen's escape was more than a failed mission. It had shaken her to her core.
She had thought she understood the mysterious organization within Dragon City, but now she realized its power and influence extended far beyond anything she had imagined.
"Yue Chen probably isn't in District 25 anymore. She's gone back to Dragon City. If that's the case, there's no point staying here."
"Yue Chen..."
Ye Hua clenched her hands, her knuckles turning white from the force. Her eyes were filled with conflicting emotions: anger, confusion, and profound unease.
What was going on?
Where had things started to go wrong?
She had always believed she controlled the situation and could see every detail clearly. Now, however, she felt caught in an intricate web, every movement manipulated by someone else.
Each time she moved, the web's sticky threads left her unable to struggle free.
The feeling was unbearable...
Everything in the room was unnaturally quiet. Only a ticking sound echoed through the air, as though reminding Ye Hua that time was slipping away. Urgency weighed on her heart. She took a deep breath, trying to compose herself, but the turmoil inside refused to subside.
The organization hidden within Dragon City possessed not only enormous power, but unfathomable influence.
They could manipulate events with ease, even changing all of Dragon City