Ryan stared ahead, his expression grim.

He had already checked the car—its brakes were completely non-functional, and it was a sports car, which was speeding up rapidly and impossible to stop now.

There was no saving it...

Even with the situation analyzed, Ryan maintained his composure as he turned to Ellie. "What did you have for breakfast this morning?"

With tears streaming down her face and panic etched on her features, Ellie blinked at him, clearly confused. "What did you say, Ryan?"

"I asked if you had breakfast."

"It's the middle of a crisis! Why are you asking about food?" She gasped, "We're going too fast to make that turn…!"

"So, you did eat?" Ryan pressed, his tone steady.

"Yeah, I did."

"Good. At least you won't be starving when you die."

"..."

Hearing this, Ellie's tears flowed even more freely. "But I don't want to die! I don't want to die!" she sobbed.

eyes fixed on the road. "Ahead, there's a river. You can swim. When we get close, you need to jump out! There's

the river's current is too strong! I might not make it! You're a better swimmer than

steering wheel at that speed. If they both jumped

her the hope

replied to her insistence, "I'm your

is my life; I can't let

"Alright, if you jump, it's likely a death sentence, too.

"...Ryan, is dying painful?"

the body experiences severe trauma, it releases dopamine, which helps dull the pain during emergencies. If the car crashes, we'll probably die very quickly, so we won't even feel it.

silence, her eyes

Ryan," she said, tears cascading down her cheeks. "But I

continued in the car, while outside, a group at the Cobb family estate stood frozen

in a blur, almost a flash,

be able

the car fishtail around a

hadn't switched places with Ellie to take the wheel, if he hadn't had any experience with racing, they wouldn't have made

Selena gasped in disbelief.

furrowed her brow and rushed to the

it; if you rescue

her hand away,

the door. "The South family's prophecies are never wrong! If it says there'll be an accident at ten o'clock, then there will

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