Chapter 154 - 48: The story I made up was taken seriously, what should I do? Waiting online! Urgent!!!_2
Her palm was cold, but her skin felt exquisite, like wiping the finest moon-white silk.
"Here’s the deal, I prefer actions over sweet talk. Give me a list of everyone involved in this affair, anyone you can remember. I will investigate this to the end and cleanse their sins with their blood..."
Anyway, he was bound to confront Huang Ban someday.
Lucy watched Lin Miao carefully wipe her hands. She wanted to express that she didn’t want to pursue these matters. Let these painful memories stay buried in her heart forever and not resurface. She also didn’t want Lin Miao to throw himself against Huang Ban over this.
That’s an indescribable monster; its claws and eyes are everywhere across the globe. Your moves will never escape its watchful eyes. Huang Ban eliminates countless up-and-coming minor forces like Lin Miao year after year, even forcing the high and mighty Military Science of the United States out of Night City with the Kujira six years ago.
Such actions would be tantamount to Lin Miao courting death.
But Lucy’s smile curved her lips nonetheless, shaking her head lightly as she looked up at the moon. She wanted to tell Lin Miao that none of it mattered—Huang Ban, Night City. She didn’t care...
She knew today that Lin Miao would never agree to these terms. This man was born with the mission to burn the world to ashes; only one of them could survive.
"Lin... I’m not telling you this because I want you to pity me... I just want to say we can rely on each other as kindred spirits... I no longer care about those things now."
Lucy didn’t reveal that she knew Lin Miao was an artificial human, although Lin Miao had probably guessed the implication. This made meeting his gaze difficult, even leading him to regret concocting this fake background story.
"I..."
His complex expression of wanting to speak but stopping himself was just the reaction Lucy expected...