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Chapter Forty-Nine: The Echoes Of Silence.
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2021-02-03 05:03:22My eyes widened as I watched the scene unfold before me. The man in red slid from his helper’s grip.
“NEIWEI!!” The failed helper at the top of the balcony yelled desperately and loudly enough to halt the music in the hall, startling the crowd below.
-Neiwei?-
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