The Detectives of Ywair: Shadows Rising

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osion. The load-bearing walls gave way. A cascade of collapse rolled in, and amidst the inferno, ruin

ter screamin

hell is Cap

s gone in! Move

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s fingertips, only to be devoured by the flames. But pain was absent, and the world was silent. No matter how many times this scene replayed in his dreams

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re loome

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ang, ba

phantom, swallowed sile

is pistol clattered inconse

ghter accompanying it as it whispered in his ear. A chilli

in his dream. But no matter how hard he str

gure taunted with a sinister smile,

rens in the distance. But then, the flames roared, consuming all. The earth c

later, in

eyes flic

warm glow. A bouquet of dew-kissed white roses exuded a haunting frag

today. Inform the head nurse

years, and now he's wak

Get back

ed, but Way rem

indow. His eyes, cold and indifferent, refle

igure tiptoed in. Way didn't turn. The fig

clutching a large envelope. Seeing Way's gaze, she smiled warmly, "I di

ilent, then ga

n centers. Even the basic life support here was exorbitantly e

ee years in a coma, Way's

ir into the elevator. As the doors

ace was framed. Nah, standing behind him, seemed somewhat uneasy and coughed, "When they tra

it wasn't for you bac

, I don't know where I'd be, probably still in j

off again, "I'm still in danger, and so are you

Way's reflection in the elevator door;

xury car pulled up at the back entrance. Nah got out and hurried to open the back

ce, and let out a barely audible grun

ached out to help, but Nah was quicker. She firmly supp

ady on his feet. Nah, wearing high heels, wobbled alongside

resolved the contract dispute back then. Keeping this place open he

ear the KTV's desolate back door, seemingly waiting for someone. As t

ay withdrew his g

d living quarters. I usually stay here. It's modest, but it'll do for now.

but Way stopped him, "C

om the KTV below. Nah had prepared the room in advance. The window faced the back all

t. Bekin's gang won't find me here; they must think you're dead by now. If nothing happens in a couple more years, I'll clos

his face, accentuating his eyes and nose, while the cold hollows of

e remote corner in Guangxi or Yunnan, where no one cou

the lamp. The light outlined his upright postu

have completely altered his appearance. But in that moment, Nah felt that Way hadn't changed much. There was somethin

ity, Way spoke in a deep voice, "Once I'm able to move around more freely,

If they find out you're alive, they'll come after you. And it's

oice ch

n't even need to be mentioned, struck s

stic factory, my team was inside. More than ten lives we

y waved her off, signaling that ther

ents, a cell phone, and a computer. B

oment, then sighed de