Hearing these words, Alice clenched her fists tightly, her eyes turning red.
Though her relationship with Canonina wasn't particularly deep, she hadn't expected her to die here because of her.
In a foreign land...
Despite this, Alice tried her best to hide her anger, lowering her head to look at the ground.
Hanado chuckled softly, turning to glance at the villa she was staying in, then shifting his gaze back to Alice.
"You've been doing quite well since coming out. You traitor, it seems you found a new patron before leaving."
At his words, Alice suddenly looked up at him.
For a moment, their eyes met, but soon Alice lowered her head again.
To Alice, Hanado was more like a nightmare.
After a long pause, Alice finally spoke, her voice measured.
"I don't believe Canonina is dead."
Faced with Alice's current state, Hanado sneered. Without offering any explanation, he took a ring from his person and tossed it to Alice.
Alice caught the ring. As she opened her hand and saw its appearance, her pupils contracted slightly. She stood frozen, as if struck by lightning.
This ring was the one Canonina had been wearing!
And there was blood on it.
But the blood had already dried, forming a crust...
Dead?
Canonina, is she truly dead?
Alice felt a buzzing in her head, as if something had exploded, leaving her mind blank.
Once she regained her senses, Alice clutched the ring tightly and, with her eyes red and chest heaving, roared at Hanado.
"Hanado!"
She could no longer maintain her composure. The appearance of this ring had shattered it.
"Canonina and I were just ordinary friends. Our relationship wasn't as deep as you think. Why! Why did you kill her!"
Towards the end, Alice's voice became exceptionally sharp, causing Hanado to narrow his eyes. He watched her with a peculiar interest.
The deranged Alice gave him a twisted kind of pleasure.
Tears slowly streamed down Alice's cheeks.
"Why did you kill her? She didn't even know I was part of the Xue Rong Camp!"
Listening to Alice's murmured words, Hanado's eyes showed a hint of madness and ferocity. He licked his lips with his scarlet tongue and said coldly.
"Why?"
Grinning sinisterly, Hanado's voice grew menacing.
"Why else? Of course, it's because you, this woman, defected!"
"If you hadn't run away, no one would have gotten hurt! Canonina would have lived peacefully in China!"
At this moment, Alice felt her heart constrict, an intense pain seizing her.
She couldn't help but cover her chest, her pupils trembling.
Because of her?
Was it because of her?
At this point, her tears completely broke free.
Hearing Hanado's words, Alice closed her eyes in agony.
"Alice, can't you ever consider others? Because of your foolish actions, do you have any idea how many people will lose their lives?"
Shaking his head, Hanado looked at Alice with cold indifference.
"Did you think you could escape the Xue Rong Camp? Is that possible? Who do you think you are?"
"Let me tell you, it's not just Canonina. Because of your escape this time, everyone connected to you will die!"
"And they will all be killed by you!"
Alice covered her ears with her hands, shaking her head repeatedly.
"Stop talking, stop talking!"
Screaming, Alice broke down and cried.
How could this happen!
Narrowing his eyes, Hanado lowered his head slightly, looking at the sobbing Alice, and chuckled softly.
"There's no need for pain. Actually, when you die, it might not be too bad to reunite below."
"When you reach the underworld, apologize to her properly."
Though his voice was gentle, his words sent a chill through Alice's heart.
The death of her friend had dealt her a significant blow.
Taking a deep breath, Alice wiped the tears from her face and looked up at Hanado, meeting his gaze.
But in Alice's eyes, there was only despair.
Her heart ached fiercely, and facing the death-dealing Hanado, she felt a strange sense of calm.
With a bitter smile, Alice slowly closed her eyes.
"Come on. My life has always been a tragedy. Just do it."
After a brief pause, Alice clenched her fists. Suddenly recalling something, she opened her eyes again, her gaze filled with hatred as she looked at Hanado, speaking coldly.
"But once you kill me, whether you can leave here alive remains to be seen!"
Hanado was taken aback. Then, as if hearing a great joke, he threw his head back and laughed, his laughter growing increasingly wild.
He then looked at Alice coldly, unceremoniously reaching out and grabbing her by the neck. As the pressure in his hand gradually increased, Alice's face turned a purplish-blue.
Hanado grunted.
"You think anyone in China dares to touch me? You think I haven't made arrangements here? Too naive!"
As he uttered his last word, Hanado's grip tightened abruptly.
Alice struggled, her movements growing weaker. Her vision blurred, and she could no longer see clearly.
Her consciousness felt like it was about to leave her body.
She realized she was dying.
Thinking of the deceased Canonina, Alice slowly closed her eyes.
She accepted her fate.
But at this very moment, Alice faintly heard a voice.
"How interesting. Just taking a walk and I see a man bullying a weak woman?"
As this voice fell, the hand that had been pinning her neck suddenly disappeared.
She gasped for air, her hands clutching her throat, breathing heavily with residual fear.
If there had been even a little more time, she would have been dead.
Amidst her lingering fear, a flicker of joy ignited within her.
"Song... is it Song who's saving me?"
She murmured to herself and quickly turned her head in the direction of the voice.
However, at this moment, the voice spoke again.
"Hey, what kind of skill is it to bully a weak woman?"
This voice... it was a woman?
Now fully conscious, Alice pursed her lips in astonishment.
Then she saw who had arrived.
It was indeed a woman, spirited and heroic, looking their way.
Hanado, upon seeing this woman, also felt a jolt of shock. He took a few steps back, becoming wary.
He considered himself not weak, but even so, as this woman approached, he hadn't detected her presence at all!
Clearly, in comparison, her strength was far greater.
This made Hanado temper his aggression and ask coldly.
"Who are you?"
"Tsk, since I'm already here, who else could I be but a resident of this neighborhood?"
"A grown man, bullying a girl like this, you deserve to be beaten!"
With that, the woman stopped wasting words and immediately attacked, her moves sharp and fierce.
Soon, Hanado found himself at a disadvantage.
As the fight continued, Hanado stumbled back a few steps, his body resonating with the impact of her strength, a look of shock on his face.