"What do we do now?" Igula asked. "In a sense, Yinzhi deliberately made us leave this war."
"What about Philly?" Ash looked around. "Didn't Philly stay behind?"
Igula and Vishy exchanged a glance, then Igula said, "She probably went after them as soon as she realized we were fine."
"Why would she go after them? Even we..."
Ash realized the answer halfway through—precisely because they were useless now, Philly had to go after them. Though the odds were so slim they could be ignored, at this moment, the only person left who could still turn the situation around, save the stars, save Rose, save everyone, was her.
Meeting Igula's and Vishy's gazes, Ash felt a little lost for a moment.
What could they do now?
Their Void Wings were broken, they were badly injured, their fighting power was practically negligible before the Demon, and now they had even been left behind here while the train was speeding farther and farther away from them.
Perhaps this was what Philly had wanted, too. She had long hoped they would leave this war that did not belong to them. They had already done all they could. Now it was her turn to give everything she had.
Vishy saw that Ash's trench coat was in tatters, some parts already stuck to his rolled-up flesh, so he went over to help him take it off. Just then, Ash heard a clatter from the coat pocket. He took out what was inside and saw two car keys with a star emblem.
Only then did he remember that after Rose had given him the car keys so he could chase Niya, she had never asked for them back.
"We'll chase them."
Ash clenched the car keys and said firmly, "Rose's two Sports Cars are still at the