A loud bang was heard as the door to the basement slammed open.

Concurrently, the person who slammed into the door fell to the ground.

Winnie and Yulissa turned in the direction of the door in unison and saw that the person was Christopher.

Due to insufficient stamina, he wasn’t able to stand back up even after lying on the ground for a while.

His entire body was covered in blood, and his face had turned terribly pale. Despite that, he still tried so hard to stand up. It made Winnie’s heart ache when she saw that.

Staring at him, she spoke in a deep voice. “Stop moving. You can’t afford to bleed anymore. Stop it!”

As both of them gazed at each other, Christopher pursed his lips silently.

He simply stared straight at Winnie, who was dangling in front of him.

He then gritted his teeth and stood back up.

The instant he started moving again, his wound bled once more.

Unable to watch him suffer any longer, Winnie exclaimed, “Stop moving! Didn’t you hear me the first time?”

He was still staring at her wordlessly.

With great difficulty, he moved his feet. Even though it was only a few short steps, it still took him a few seconds to complete them.

Instead of walking to Winnie, he arrived in front of Yulissa.

Christopher had a wolfishness quality to him. While years of institutional training had polished him, turning him into a masculine and just person, deep down inside, a part of him was still feral.

It was his training and sense of justice that helped suppress the wildness inside him. However, at that moment, he didn’t want to restrain that part of him anymore.

Christopher’s eyes were fixed on Yulissa. It was as though he could swallow her whole with his look alone.

Yulissa had always been somewhat fearful of him. At that moment, she was shocked by his intimidating look, so much so that she subconsciously took half a step backward.

“Let her go!” No longer was he concealing his utter ruthlessness as he stared at her with his sharpest look.

Reflexively, Yulissa wanted to back away further, but he grabbed her neck in a single motion.

Christopher glared at Yulissa with gritted teeth. Because he was exerting his strength, the veins on his arm and forehead were protruding. “Where’s the key? Give it to me!”

Yulissa’s face was turning red due to suffocation. “W-What are you saying? What key?”

“Stop playing dumb!” His grip tightened. “The key to open the shackles. I’m telling you to let Winnie go!”

“Let me go first!” She felt her neck was on the verge of being crushed by him. “How can I give you the key if you don’t let me go?”

“Give me the key!” Christopher growled. He wasn’t going to fall for Yulissa’s trick and let go because that was the last bit of strength he could conjure.

Should he let her go right away, he would promptly fall to the ground and become completely immobilized, like a puddle of mud stuck to the floor.

If he couldn’t stand up anymore, his and Winnie’s story would end right there and then.

Yulissa was almost out of breath.

She was close to pulling out the key because she was afraid Christopher really would suffocate her, killing her in a painful manner. Of course, she didn’t want to die. She still wanted to live and find her grandfather, after all.

A plan was even formulated in her mind, which involved her ambushing him from behind when he grabbed the key to rescue Winnie.

However, she quickly realized that was a stupid plan. Why should I wait until he grabbed the key before I retaliate? He’s injured! He’s about to die from massive blood loss! There’s no reason for me to be afraid of him. Do I have a loose screw in my head? Based on how much effort it took him to stand up earlier, I bet the strength he’s using to grab my neck is probably all the energy he has left.

thought ended there,

longer any fear in her

raising her knee and ramming it right into

he would go down soon if she continued to attack

her strategy

more than an empty shell by that point. He had expended all the strength left in his body when he grabbed

being kicked by her twice, his body couldn’t hold up any longer, and he

collapse in front of

and sneered, “Come on!

wound and curling up on the ground, he muttered intermittently, “Let her go… You can do whatever you want with me, either beating me up or suffocating me… Just

her neck

two sure have a telepathic connection! She asked me to let you go, and you’re asking me to let her go!

as you do? I hate her! I wish she would die! Do you know you two are making things very difficult for me? Earlier, she was crying

more she thought about it, the more furious she became. Why is there always someone trying to save Winnie whenever she’s in danger? Why is Christopher trying to kill me in the end, even though I risked my life to provide so many leads to

about this?” Yulissa let out a huge sigh. “I’ll give you a choice. You can beg me to send you to the hospital. I’ll find you the best doctor and the best place to recuperate. As for this woman, I’ll stop torturing her, but I will keep her

up. “If you kneel in front of me and beg me now, I’ll

helped him up and put him in a kneeling

woman. Do you want someone to kneel before you that badly? I’m afraid I’ll disappoint you because I’m not going to do

grabbed his short hair, forcefully lifting his head. “Don’t you want

twisted expression on your face and your crazy obsession have told me everything I need to know. No matter what I do, you’re going to make sure I suffer. In that case, there’s no need for me to sell out my dignity in

ugly and twisted, is it?” His words maddened

struck his head against the

on it hard!” As Yulissa spoke, she stood and grabbed a

by Yulissa, but her right

delay, Yulissa swung the stick in the direction of Winnie’s

was already too late for him to stop

evident that,

was no way for Winnie to dodge the attack. All she could

No matter how painful it

want to see her begging me for mercy as I beat her up! Why is she enduring this silently?

you taunting me, Winnie? Aren’t you in pain? If you are, shout then! Cry! Let me witness your

cry in front of Yulissa because she held back the tears generated in

sneered, “You’re not getting anything you

see you’re unwilling to give in to me. In that case, allow me to give you

I beg you!” Right as she was about to strike Winnie again, Christopher suddenly struggled to sit straight up. He pleaded, “I’ll kneel and beg you for mercy. Please don’t hurt her. I beg you,

eyes as she stared agitatedly at Winnie. “See that? Someone’s yielding to me! He’s begging me to stop! Did you see it? He

in her crazed look. “Kneel then! Kneel in

Christopher and yelled, “Don’t kneel

Winnie, “If I had listened

right now, Christopher! You’re a cop! Why are you kneeling in front of a criminal? You didn’t do anything bad to me! The person who hurt me was her, not you!

gazed at her. Yet, he didn’t know what to say to

leg. “Please, let her go. You can trample on my dignity however you want as long as you let

what you look like when you’re kneeling. You look quite well-behaved like this. I still remember how high and mighty you appeared when you captured me. Oh,

roared when she saw Christopher was about to get down on all fours in front of Yulissa. “If you do this, I’m breaking off

he didn’t even bat an eye at

real dog, he crawled around Yulissa and barked like one

unsatisfied. Patting his head, she ordered,

feel even more humiliated than

her head away, unable to watch him act like

she promptly raised

Our only audience member isn’t watching the performance. Quickly, go and tell her to open her eyes and

crawled very slowly

Winnie peered at him

happened instead. I don’t think I’m going to make it, so you must. I’ve come this far, anyway, so I may as well listen to her command. Look at me. Just look at me for one more second. That way, someone will remember me for one second

pool of blood formed below his body when he

was choking

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