I retracted my gaze and let go of his arm. Meeting his eyes, I said, “I need to go now because there is a real Ghost Eclipser troop coming this way. I am going to stop them. If everything goes smoothly, I will follow them back to the Ghost Eclipsers.”

He Lei didn’t say anything as he stood there, deep in thought. His eyebrows were tightly knitted, as though something was bothering him and making him hesitate.

Raffles and I exchanged a tacit look of understanding and a nod.

I went forward and hugged He Lei. His body stiffened as I patted his back. “You are still a good brother of mine. We will meet again one day. At that time, we will fight for the world together.” With a sigh, I turned to leave with Raffles.

Four years ago, I met...