Moon Shadow glanced at the others. They stood there at a complete loss.
Without Matsuda, slaughtering these ordinary members was all too easy for Moon Shadow. Shadows howled all around them, and in the blink of an eye, corpses littered the floor. They did not even have time to fire a shot.
Moon Shadow had no time to pay attention to the carnage around her. She hurried to Zhang Qiren's side and tried to treat his wound.
Her mind was reeling. Like Matsuda, she had no idea what Zhang Qiren was doing-Zhang Qiren did not even know Matsuda had intended to kill him earlier. She had stopped Matsuda just as he formed the blade, and she was still the one with the upper hand. Why had Zhang Qiren suddenly spilled his blood like this?
She did not know what was going through her own mind as she tried to treat him, either. She had wanted nothing more than for this man to die as soon as possible, yet her mission was to protect him...
Moon Shadow's mind was completely blank. She carried out the required procedures like a robot.
She took out the Military Blood-Stanching Wound Medicine and applied it to Zhang Qiren, but it did not seem to do much. The wound was so deep that it went right into his chest cavity. What good would a medicated patch do...? She watched helplessly as blood continued to seep out from beneath it. It looked as though it would barely stay on.
In her desperation, she snapped, "Are you insane? Why would you do this?"
Zhang Qiren looked barely alive, but his eyes shone. "You just said, 'Don't.'"
Moon Shadow snapped, "So what? I came to protect you. Was I supposed to watch you get killed?"
Zhang Qiren said, "You're