Despair.

Rage.

Shock.

Guilt.

And even grief.

A maelstrom of emotions swirled within Rui. Emotions he did not understand. He had only known her for a meagre twenty-four hours. They were just barely friends as they had grown a little closer over the duration of their mission. There was a good chance Rui would never even see her again even if the mission succeeded.

So why?

Why did he feel like his soul was being torn apart was he gazed at her corpse?

Because she was his responsibility? Because he had ended up becoming emotionally invested in her well-being and success?

Probably both.

An eternity passed before Rui broke out of his reverie. He pulled out the communication device handed to him by the Martial Union, hitting one of the numerous buttons, the one he was supposed to hit when the mission ended. He hit in a few additional details, indicating the presence of a corpse. The device would convey his location to the Martial Union, and they would send post-mission personnel to take over.

law-enforcement and begin the judicial process

Wern. Rui was not going to conceal any of the information

had the strong desire to serve it himself. At this very moment he could easily sprint back and kill Wern

exhaled,

STEP

arrival of a group of people in uniforms with

the team inquired, noting Rui's Apprentice uniform. "I'm inspector Gale." He said, showing Rui a badge. "I'm here to take proceed with the post-mission protocols. I encourage you to

Bella's corpse even as the sight of it scorched his lifeless

before turning his back on

in its totality. Giving Rui enough time to introspect, and sort out his thoughts

How much responsibility did he bear? And most

he had an answer, or if he would

two were much more objective,

because they had fallen into their enemy's trap. They were

manpower at hand

meant to drag Rui away from Bella and keep him there while the gangs mobilized

struggled in despair as the men held her

his head, until he

Apprentice, they would have survived. Rui would have easily disemboweled

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