Chapter 1251: Worst-Case Scenario
The air thickened with tension. Many of them shared the sentiment, but they never addressed it. Now, Adept Horse put it into words.
“Adept Horse, listen to yourself...” Liao Liao smiled habitually to cover the uncertainty in her voice. “Of course Captain Dragon is human.”
“What about him is human?” Adept Horse pressed.
“He...he...” Liao Liao didn’t have an answer.
“If he’s not human, is he...monster?” Sun Hu said timidly.
“No.” Vermilion Bird shook her head.
“What? If he’s not a human nor a monster, is he God?” Old Seven said flippantly.
“A goddamn psycho is more like it,” Zhang Wei grumbled.
Adept Horse scanned the room. “I mean that we don’t know what Dragon is thinking or planning at all. We don’t know if he truly stands with humanity.”
“Dragon should be on our side,” Chen Ying said, but her tone lacked conviction. “Or he could’ve just killed all of us that night rather than waiting until now.”
“Not necessarily.” Gregor smiled bitterly. “I share Adept Horse's feeling. There has always been a distinctly inhuman side to Dragon, and he thinks differently than we do. The fact that he didn’t kill us that night doesn’t mean anything.”