Chapter 78. Chain of revenge
"You know..." Shin said, standing on top of a half-crushed car, its hood creaking under his weight. "I’m not going to lose a fight to someone who hops from one body to another like she’s changing outfits."
Gegee smirked, arms folded, a lazy sway in her hips. "I’m not running away, darling. I’m just... dramatically repositioning to a better version of myself."
Shin scoffed, pacing atop the car, the blade of his dagger tapping rhythmically against his palm. "And you want me dead because I killed... your brother?"
At the mention of her brother, he noticed it again—that twitch in her eye. Like his words were digging knives into her soul.
"That’s stupid, if you ask me," Shin boomed, theatrically throwing his arms up. "I get why you’re pissed. But chasing revenge in the middle of the goddamn apocalypse? That’s just sad. Trust me, it ain’t worth it."
Around him, all the Gegee clones clenched their jaws. The one under Slave Leash was still locked in that weird fist exchange with another clone, neither gaining ground. It was more like a mirrored dance than a fight.
"I’ll kill you!!" snarled one clone.
"And only then will I feel peace," added another, low and bitter.
Shin chuckled, stepping toward the edge of the car roof. "You know... I lost my grandmother too. Tragic, really. I tracked down the girl I thought killed her. Took her head clean off until I learned she wasn’t the one who did it. After that? Guilt. Emptiness. I told myself I’d find the real killer, get real closure. But you know what I realized?"
He paused, letting silence creep in. The clones stared.
"In this world? Revenge is just a chain. One corpse leads to another. The one who killed my grandmother might’ve already been killed by someone else, and they’re dead too. So what am I really doing? Huh? Running in circles while the world burns. And you? All the people you’ve killed. What if their loved ones came for you, one by one?"