Chapter 28: Backlash Part 2
"What are you doing?" one of the puzzle solvers behind Pink-hair asked.
"Can’t you see it? He’s the one responsible for all of this!" Pink-hair yelled, making sure everyone heard what he had said.
Unable to sit and watch any longer, the surviving Z-Streamers got onto their feet. Murmurs grew as they contemplated what Pink-hair was on about.
Even Min-ho’s teammates weren’t sure how to feel about this.
"What do you mean?" a Z-Streamer asked.
"Do you all see what happened to the original Event Icon? It glitched and transformed into something else."
The murmurs grew in volume and the number of views above each Z-Streamer’s Z-Eye increased. Suddenly, Min-ho’s heart began to pound as fear settled in.
"You need to calm down," he said, the feeling of being naked creeping up on him as everyone stared at him with dangerous curiosity in their eyes.
"Calm down? How the hell am I supposed to calm down when you are the one responsible for all of this?"
"Back off, bastard," Sae-wee said, grabbing the blade of Pink-hair’s sword. "He saved your life—he saved all of our lives!"
"Fuck you, bitch!" Pink-hair pulled his sword, cutting Sae-wee’s hand and drawing a line of crimson across the sky. "You’d defend him, I’m sure—she’s probably his Nightshade partner."