"They're bad people!"
Flames burned in the fireplace, bathing the room in warmth and driving away the chill of the mist.
Wei Yunmo sat up from the corner of the sofa. His hands trembled slightly around his teacup, but there was an obsessive intensity in his eyes as he looked at Xie De.
"The Eden Faction grew out of the Reactionaries and the Peace Faction. Sir, you know how chaotic the world is now. The Eden Faction wants to find a true Eden and escape the world they came from."
"009 is the leader behind this theory, and quite a few people support him. They've all been hurt by the old world in one way or another, so they want to leave Earth and live in Outer Space. More than that, they want to escape the world's conflicts."
"That wouldn't have hurt anyone in itself, but any theory taken to extremes becomes dangerous! They've been hurt by their old world, so now it's their turn to hurt it. Before they leave, they want to stir up the world's muddy waters even more."
"..."
Xie De took a sip of tea and set his cup down, tapping his fingers against the table as though deep in thought.
Wei Yanchi asked, "So why did you end up here?"
Why had he ended up here?
Wei Yunmo's eyes flickered.
Thick fog filled the air outside, just as it had when they first set foot on this land.
The human troops outside the hospital couldn't stop his teacher from leaving. The battered old car from the Instance ignored every attack and headed east without obstruction.
It was as though it could cross space and time. Wei Yunmo remembered sitting in the back seat. He hadn't seen the sea. The car had driven normally, and