Sakurai Rina walked gracefully up to the three of them.
All three stared in shock.
"Azure Maiden, you're still alive?" Moriarty's brow furrowed, his finger poised to pull the trigger of his pistol.
"What's wrong, Angel? Are you afraid I can change faces just like you?" Sakurai Rina's lips curled slightly as she tugged at her face.
Tailor said nothing, still tense. A strand of thread gleamed faintly in the corner.
"Tailor, I was the one who taught you how to make Platinum Thread. What, are you going to kill me with it?" Sakurai Rina narrowed her eyes, her tone turning stern.
At those words, Tailor finally let down his guard. Apart from him, only the supposedly dead Azure Maiden knew that the fine wire he used to kill people was made of platinum.
"Moli!" Zoe lunged forward and hugged Sakurai Rina tightly.
"Zoe, it's been a long time." Sakurai Rina stroked Zoe's back, her eyes full of apology.
"I really thought you were dead..." Tears glistened at the corners of Zoe's eyes.
Sakurai Rina held Zoe by the shoulders and reached up to wipe away her tears. "I'm still here, aren't I?" she said gently. "Don't dwell on the past. Let's look ahead. Oh, and I've changed my name. Call me Rina from now on."
"Rina?"
"Yes!"
"All right." Zoe firmly committed Azure Maiden's new name to memory.
"By the way, were you just discussing Dusk?" Azure Maiden asked.
"That's right. He's betrayed Marley, and we have to eliminate him once and for all. He's a veteran of the Special Operations Department, one of our teacher's students, and the strongest codename agent among us. If we don't kill him, he'll cause us unimaginable trouble," Tailor said.
"Dusk betrayed us?" Azure Maiden was somewhat surprised. She had observed Gal's brutal