Zuo Zuo slowly raised a hand, looking into Lynn's wildly flickering eyes, and opened their mouth.
"Head... are you okay...?"
Lynn said nothing. Sitting ramrod straight, he lowered his head and slowly closed the diary in his hands, setting it on the table.
He took the Revolver out of his coat.
He rose in silence like a machine, turned, and strode outside.
He shoved the door open.
On the street shrouded in black mist, beyond the gate, rows of Flesh Humanoids bound in chains squatted on the ground under the watch of Night Doctors. They were still roaring furiously and maniacally at their captors, constantly trying to break their chains and revolt.
"You stupid Night Doctors!! Our god will punish you! Just you wait! Sooner or later, we'll storm your Dark Night City and kill every last one of you!"
"You think we'll submit to your tyranny?!! Dream on! A calamity of blood will fall upon every one of you!"
"I curse you! The moment our god becomes one of the Old Days will be the moment of your annihilation!"
The Flesh Humanoids roared.
But in the very next instant-
Bang-
A gunshot rang out.
A bullet pierced a Flesh Humanoid between the eyebrows. Blood and brain matter gushed from the bullet hole, his eyes slowly glazed over, and his body fell backward with a thud.
In that instant, every Flesh Humanoid fell silent, staring in terror at Lynn as he approached them step by step.
Black smoke streamed from the Revolver in Lynn's hand.
The surrounding Night Doctors had been about to greet him, but the gunshot left them all staring in shock. None of them had expected Lynn to suddenly shoot the Flesh Humanoids.
"Mr. Lynn, you..."
But before they could finish-
Lynn had already reached them, wasting