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"Here you go, little one, a delicious fruit. When we get back to the sect, I'll buy you some tasty magical ones!"
But then I notice it, the burnt stinger. Except this invisible killer of mine only fought once recently. It must have happened when the little guy administered the deadly poison in the Sun's sect young master. Oh god!
He's still alive?! But how?! No, I need to go! This realization is enough to send my entire body on alert. It starts quivering as my brain automatically makes it ready to run. But right now, I need not run. I should instead walk. I need to aim for the long term. I still have a fair distance to cover, after all.
"Hurry up! We're leaving!"
This small Gu of mine gives me a puzzled expression and is even acting cute, pitifully trying to finish its fruit before we go. I simply grab it.
"You can eat on the road. Our enemy is coming for us!... Probably."
