Someone who had been so vividly alive moments ago vanished before their eyes, staining the uniform left behind red. Blood spread beneath Sheng An's feet, then disappeared.
Under the Fragments' influence, all that blood vanished.
At that moment, Qiu Yu was truly gone.
Jiang Yu looked at the uniform, then at her own hands. She opened her mouth, but no sound came out. She could not utter a single word.
Assistant Hao-Hao Jingye, whom she had always trusted-was M.
He had wanted to kill her. Group Leader Qiu had traded her own life for Jiang Yu's, allowing her to survive.
It all felt like a dream.
Jiang Yu felt a desperate sense of unreality.
At that moment, she even hated that the storage space belonged to her. She looked down at her wrist, stroking it unconsciously, as though she wanted to take the space off.
If the space had been independent.
If it had not been bound to her, no one would have died to protect her...
Jiang Yu hated it.
Li Xin looked blankly at his uncle.
Song Linwei patted his hand soothingly, his gaze on Sheng An, and sighed without a sound.
Xiang Hanshuang stood frozen in place and shook her head, trying to shake herself awake.
Qiu Yu was the captain she had chosen for herself. Between Sheng An and Qiu Yu, she had chosen Qiu Yu because of her strength.
She had considered the risks of choosing Qiu Yu. If things spiraled out of control, Qiu Yu might control them, turning them into puppets.
But she had never imagined-
Before Qiu Yu ever turned them into puppets, she had died. Despite her cold appearance, she had been caring and loyal.
How could she have died?
Lou Mingwei instinctively turned around, as though he could still see