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58 . DILEMMAS

“What?”

Adnan was increasingly made unreasonable when he heard a direct speech from Oscar. The man, without guilt, told straightforwardly all the things he had in mind. Meanwhile, Adnan had no other choice to leave this second.

“You killed him just for fear of all your crimes being exposed, ‘kan?” reply Adnan shortsighted. “You're really worse than a fly that lays eggs in a rat carcass.”

Oscar sighed, then put both of his hands in his pants pocket. “He is evil,” he said. “Everything is proven. If he wasn't evil, why would he torture you on base, huh?”

Adnan looked quickly. “She has a reason—”

“What kind of reason?” cut off the blue-eyed man. He nodded while grinning. “Choches like you are just pieces that can be manipulated at any time, Adnan.”

Saliva Adnan gulped. After all, he remembered all Hubert's words before the man in front of him shot him dead. Highlight those eyes, Adnan never even got it from a Frederick Hubert. And even though the man was notoriously mean to her all this time, her words yesterday did not look like a lie.

Adnan looked at the man leaning in front of him. Oscar must have known it from the beginning before he finally killed Hubert to hide his crimes all along.

Long thinking, Oscar looked at the young man beside him, saw his appearance from top to bottom, then back to

upon. He sighed.

“I'm sorry.”

Adnan raised his gaze. “For what?” his reply.

“Parmu.”

Back, Adnan was overcome with emotion. Both of his hands clenched tightly even though he tried to resist from throwing them towards the man.

“You did that to him?” ask Adnan later.

“Not me,” replied Oscar. “I asked Morgan to bring him here safely. The girl rebelled and attacked Morgan brutally. Morgan himself was also surprised that Adara could use EWF perfectly, whereas according to the information we got, your boyfriend never even entered the military.”

Adnan heard Oscar's explanation carefully. His fist stretched out, followed by his declining emotions.

“Excessive use of EWF system will curb the arm of its user and difficult to remove,” further

Oscars. “I don't know how he could give up his hand to break away from that Clibanarii.”

inundated around that came from Adara's severed right arm, whether since when. He recalled the girl's words when they had chatted earlier. Adara's right, maybe he can't control the Clibanarii anymore.

However, is it true that Adara attacked Morgan? What if it's just a counterattack to what Morgan did to her?

“But ...” Oscar looked at Adnan with a serious look. “On my request earlier, I want you to convince

a young man who joined Adara.”

Adnan's forehead is back. “Who?”

Oscar shrugged his shoulders for a moment. “You obviously know him,” he replied, then walked out of his private room

those.

Adnan looked at the man's back. In his mind there were many names about the young man

meant just now. And of course Adnan can guess which young man is being talked about by Oscar.

“What is he Erick?” lay the young man.

Oscar's move stopped. He did not answer at all and instead passed outside the room. Meanwhile, Adnan

back to his own mind. He wondered about the man's plan. It could be that Oscar is trying to do something he never even thought of before. And it could be very dangerous.

The two blue-eyed young man's hands clenched. Although the former was reddened because the bond was still there, but it was not as painful as his heart now felt. It was as if the peaceful life he had dreamed of since childhood had now become a mere wishful thinking.

Just thinking about how Adara was doing made her almost cry. But who wants to? If only he was not caught up in this manipulative game, of course he would be free to wade through the world out there.

And now what?

They're all stuck in Cosmo. The Torus really cannot be considered a symbol of world peace now.

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