(pov Ki-Moon)
I remain standing, above the body.
Oh Lee isn't moving anymore.
His blood mingled with mine.
Indistinct.
I look at her face and stare at her dilated pupils.
My gaze slowly falls on my hands and the red.
A drop falls.
Then another one.
Regular.
Calm.
As if all of this had a rhythm.
I breathe.
– …you find that funny.
I will murmur to myself
Carina said nothing.
She just stepped forward and rested her head against my back.
It's as if she was waiting to relieve me.
I open my fingers.
Then I close them.
The feeling is different for me, like… This isn't the first time I've killed.
– …I should have ripped your tongue out.
I'm letting him go.
I straighten up.
My eyes are drawn upwards towards the drones.
They returned in even greater numbers.
I have only one desire: to pick up stones and destroy them all, to shout
– Why did I come back?
Their buzzing pierces my ears and prevents me from thinking.
I pressed my hands against my ears, almost shyly.
Now I'm lost, completely lost. Do I have to find her? Do I have to destroy everything?
It is at this moment that Ki-moon remembers his father, a useless and incompetent man who couldn't even keep his wife, he couldn't even remember a single good moment, why did he leave me with him.
Carina walked towards me, her gaze sliding over my shoulder.
Then it comes back to my eyes.
- How's it going ? .
I nod slightly.
- Yes.
She stares at me without blinking.
Then he slightly glanced at his watch.
– Now we can go back to the game.
She murmured, a smile on her lips.
The drones form a large square in front of us, opening a large screen.
[IS THE MISSION ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED?]
"Whispered the doll"
[I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED, BUT FORTUNATELY YOU'LL BE A VERY HELPFUL HELP, YOU'LL BE IN THE NEXT GAME]
she said with a wide and terrifying smile
A drone broke away from the formation and moved towards me; my fingers brushed against it.
One compartment gives way.
And-
A watch.
Black.
New.
Perfectly intact.
I look at her and at the screen.
Carina looks much happier than I do.
I take the watch and fasten it without hesitation.
One click.
Sec.
Bip ! .
The screen lights up.
Blanc.
Vide
Then the Zeros, everywhere, I had nothing left, not even a coin.
– …this mission doesn't bring in any money?
She moved closer to the screen and put on an innocent expression.
[NOOOOOOO~, SHE'S ONLY GOOD FOR BRINGING YOU BACK INTO THE GAME, YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL, NO ONE EVER COMES BACK, HAHAHA JAJAJAJAJAJA]
And she disappeared again, leaving me with her endless innuendo.
A shiver runs down my arm.
The watch vibrates.
And a first notification appears.
A simple, short message.
The revolutionary
*R: Glad to see you again.
Silence.
My gaze freezes.
I don't move and let it pass as if it doesn't exist.
Did she think she could just come back like that?
Carina tilts her head slightly.
– a problem?
I gently shake my head.
– We should move from here.
She seems perplexed but doesn't ask any questions.
My watch is still vibrating, louder this time.
I frown slightly.
A second message.
There she is again
A revolutionary
R: Become my heir.
My fingers sweep across the screen and turn it off.
Carina is looking at me.
- Again ?
My watch vibrated again, I didn't even bother to look.