His choked cry made Lynn stop.
He turned to look at Bai Yi, who was clutching his tentacle, refusing to let him drag the Yin Spirit down into the Rifts. Bai Yi looked at him with trembling, pleading eyes, but Lynn showed no sign of being moved.
"So now you know she's your comrade?"
Lynn asked in a faintly teasing voice.
Bai Yi opened his mouth, his gaze frozen. For a moment, he couldn't say a word.
Lynn smiled, propping up his chin. "I thought you were like me and saw her as something you could use up whenever you pleased. After all, when I made that deal with her, I explicitly said that once she came down with me, I would treat her like a slave. But you didn't say anything then. Now that the deal is done and I'm about to take her down, you've changed your mind?"
Those calmly spoken words struck like swords, leaving him crushed beneath their weight and struggling to breathe.
He lowered his head, trembling, not daring to meet Lynn's eyes. His gaze was filled with pain and conflict.
Of course he understood.
What he was doing now amounted to trying to break the deal unilaterally. Not only might it change nothing, it could even turn Big Brother against him.
But...
But...
"She's a good person... I... I really don't want to see her suffer in Hell. She saved me, and she saved her sister. She... she deserves a better ending... not..."
He kept his head bowed, his eyes vacant as he struggled, his entire body trembling uncontrollably.
Lynn tilted his head and said:
"Then did you tell me that?"
Bai Yi opened his mouth, his face pale, but couldn't utter a word.
Lynn closed his eyes and rolled his neck with a