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."

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

But Cynthia's concerns were never about his strength but whether he had improved as a

She had a daughter?

shocked, then he turned

seeing her as

of him.

ask,

he was happy. His joy cfrom

hear it. She'd probably describe

one with

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

their way out, Cynthia encountered an

who these assailants were, maybe other members of the organization

was severely wounded. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FɪndNovᴇl.nᴇt website on

them away and cback for you. Don't

was bleeding too

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

departure, he left the cave and found her trying

told him Cynthia wasn't coming back for him.

in her

help her;

who demanded to know if

as if they wanted to

hesitation, he betrayed

had discarded him, then she deserved

"She's over there."

while he was thrown down a hillside,

that Cynthia betrayed BK and

hunt her

wanted woman in

was

him; it was

realized that no matter how many people he killed,

"wicked streak” still

long after Cynthia disappeared, he learned of his own

are

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