After a few more days, Ada came back with a piece of news: the newbie in the People's Combat Team had died.
This wasn't really a rare occurrence, since the death rate for newcomers was always high, especially after Nick's team broke the record and then immediately began tackling new instances without rest. Newcomers couldn't adapt to the high-intensity team operations, so naturally, it was easy for accidents to happen in the instance.
Of course, one cannot rule out the possibility that... they deemed the newcomer no longer of any use, so they conveniently, appropriately, abandoned them.
...
After lunch, when the sunlight was just right, the clear blue sky was dotted with clusters of white clouds, fluffy and soft, like cotton candy.
Thinking of candy, Bai Youwei wanted some.
With no cotton candy available, she fumbled in her bag for a piece of mint candy, unwrapped it, and put it in her mouth—
A cool and refreshing breath traveled straight from her mouth to her lungs.
