Chapter 1999



Asher continued, "After his identity was exposed, K abandoned him, and the Overcast besieged him. Traitors ultimately had one fate-death." "So... back when you were The Matrix, did you execute him?" Bella's voice trembled lightly, chills spreading through her body.

Asher closed his eyes weakly, shaking his head in pain. "When I succeeded as the leader, I swore an oath that I would never kill anyone. That was my bottom line. But at that time, everyone pressured me to personally execute him."

Bella felt suffocated, her heart racing.

"In order not to make things difficult for me, he took the gun from my hands and shot himself."

When Asher spoke of the incident again, his tone was calm and deep. If not for his bloodshot eyes, Bella might have thought he was recounting someone else's story.

How could anyone watch a loved one commit suicide before their eyes?

place, she might have picked up that gun without hesitation

past..." Asher murmured hoarsely. He pressed his chest with his battered hands as

his death. But I

word carefully. "Did you choose to be with Arnold

the photo tightly. He lowered his head and ran his

and cared for him, not just to help me win him over, right? You wanted to see him, and you couldn't help

slowly spoke, sounding like he had aged by

heart felt like it was burning,

stable, principled, respectful of elders, and loving toward my younger siblings." Asher shook his head with a bitter smile. "But I am far from what you think. In fact, I am not even as good as

say that? How can you consider Arnold a substitute?!" Bella anxiously grasped his arm, her fingers digging in as if trying to embed themselves in

has devoted himself

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