"I must become stronger! Give me, give me more, greater power! Only with greater power can I better... protect..."
A card fell from his pocket, clattering as it hit the ground.
"I refuse to accept this! I pursued power to protect everyone, so why did I fall to them?"
"I clearly could have led everyone to defeat the robots and return to that free and happy campus."
"Why? Why did I fall here?"
"Yong Lim, Zhi Rong, Wei Kang, Kar Hee... Was I wrong? I wanted to protect, I only wanted to protect you all... Even if it meant falling into hell for it!"
"Stop joking around!" A male NPC with his right arm in a sling suddenly burst in, shouting angrily, startling me instantly.
"Do we have to keep fighting?" I thought involuntarily.
Zi Qian and Xin Hui walked over to me, standing side-by-side together.
Zi Qian said coldly, "Did you know? Human nature is the most elusive thing."
"Team leader Ong Kar Hee, I truly wanted to protect..."
"You speak so righteously! Have you forgotten that we were all seriously injured by you while trying to persuade you to stop being so stubborn? Boon Fong!" The NPC Kar Hee's words interrupted my thoughts about Zi Qian's statement. "It was your heart, forever unsatisfied with power, that harmed them! In truth, you only wanted everyone to fear and submit to your power. How dare you still grandly speak the word 'protect'!"
Hearing this, I think I somewhat understand what Zi Qian meant.
"Team Leader Kar Hee... I just wanted to protect, but only with great power could I protect everyone..."
"I must... I must become stronger!" Boon Fong looked at Kar Hee with a complex expression.
"These are just your excuses for covering up! When all your comrades are gone, what can the greatest power possibly protect?" Kar Hee's emotions gradually stabilized, no longer filled with the previous agitation and anger.
"You understand nothing! Without power, I can do nothing!" After screaming this, Boon Fong collapsed to the ground, motionless.
"Protect...? I'm afraid you long ago forgot your original intention!" Kar Hee murmured.
His gaze towards Boon Fong held a trace of complexity, then he turned and left unburdened.