Cynthia stared at him for a few minutes before her lips slightly pursed.

"Do you hone yours skills and strength just to bully others?"

"Cynthia, I..."

He simply couldn't accept it. Why should she care about the weak? If they were gone, they were gone.

"Kneel."

That was all Cynthia said, but her face was heavy with gravity.

"Do you know why I've always refused to teach you medicine? It's because you lack any compassion for the vulnerable. You even

find joy in instilling fear in others. Kid, you've got a wicked streak."

The words "wicked streak" seemed to etch themselves deep within him.

In the dead of night, he would wake up to hear Cynthia repeating those words.

Wicked streak, wicked streak.

How dared Cynthia speak of him that way? He was determined to learn medicine and to excel at it.

The thought was rooted in his mind, along with a crazier idea: he would make Cynthia regret her words.

Afterward, Cynthia becbusier, until one day, she returned, battered and bruised, still intent on taking him away.

"Phelps, BK isn't the place for you. It's too dark here, and it twists you more every day. Cwith me."

At that moment, looking into her eyes, he saw her unwavering resolve. She genuinely seemed to want a normal life and had

worked hard for it.

He couldn't understand why anyone would strive for the ordinary when everyone wanted to be extraordinary.

"My daughter is adorable, you'd like her too."

encounters with Cynthia were few, and each tthey met, his only

proud. But Cynthia's concerns were never about his strength

She had a daughter?

felt shocked, then he turned

always craved Cynthia's attention, subconsciously seeing her as a guardian, and always hoping

of him.

always ask, "Phelps,

course, he was happy. His joy cfrom trampling

hear it.

with the wicked streak, be

brought him into the organization, yet refused to mentor him or see

their way out,

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bleeding too

an excuse. She detested him so much that she wouldn't return

her departure, he left the cave and found her trying to make her way back, collapsing not far from

a voice inside told him Cynthia wasn't coming back for him. She never cared for

in her

help her; instead, he

of men with guns, who demanded

him as if

he

him, then she deserved

"She's over there."

rushed towards Cynthia's location, while he was thrown down a hillside, and broke

organization, he told the Elders that Cynthia betrayed

hunt her

beca wanted woman

was

had abandoned him; it was what she

he grew older, he realized that no matter how many people he killed, it

streak” still

after Cynthia disappeared, he learned of his own origins and

are

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