"Retreat, retreat!"
Xiao Yuan held down the wildly struggling Little White Tiger with one hand and directed her men with the other.
Hu Du and the others sprinted away in tears, their heads hung low.
They dared not look back.
That man was fighting for them.
They feared that if they looked back, they would no longer be able to suppress the urge to return and help.
"Stop them!"
Mitsui drew his long blade and ordered the Samurai and Ninjas toward the gaping hole Overlord had smashed open.
Xiao Mai dragged Hi Dog out while directing his own brothers.
When he saw the Samurai and Ninjas closing in,
he suddenly let go of Hi Dog.
Hi Dog, who had been struggling desperately a moment before, froze.
He looked at Xiao Mai in confusion.
Conflict crossed Xiao Mai's face, followed by acceptance, and finally a calm smile.
"Dog, you go first."
"What are you doing?" Realizing his intention, Hi Dog grabbed his collar, eyes wide. "We're leaving together!"
Xiao Mai had been the last to join the Eight-Nine Group.
But he and False Eye had been brothers for years.
"We haven't avenged Brother Yan'er yet." Xiao Mai pushed Hi Dog away, straightened his clothes, and smiled. "It's been great running with you guys. Look at me, I even got to wear a suit."
"We're Lei Zis. If we hadn't met the boss, who knows which frozen lump outside the city we'd have died on? As Lei Zis, we should have killed ourselves back then for failing to protect the boss and our own leader. We only kept these worthless lives to make up for our failure."
Watching Mitsui draw closer and closer, Xiao Mai took a deep breath.
"Tiezi, go back and tell Brother Yan'er that his brother didn't chicken out