Chapter 48
Chapter 48 At Least a Dog Would Be Loyal
He heard Joanna’s voice ring out.
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“You were afraid of the Machine Faction. You couldn’t overcome your fear. But you needed to fight. So I blindfolded you and trained with you on advanced combat techniques. Blind Strike. You finally found the courage to swing your blade at machines. But then your hearing became too sensitive. You said you couldn’t stand the sound of machinery. So I got rid of the household robots. I handled all the cleaning in the entire villa myself. Of course, you helped out too, so I thought you were a really good guy. And now? You don’t remember a single thing I did for you. You betrayed me. You sold me out. You really are blind in more ways than one. A heartless, ungrateful snake p>
Joanna had invested the most in Bruce and cared about him the most.
Sure enough, caring too much about a man brings a lifetime of bad luck.
Did they think Blind Strike was easy to learn?
Blindfolded, using only hearing to distinguish sounds, using perception to sense everything around you.
To teach Bruce, Joanna had to master it herself first and spar with him. She didn’t just learn Blind Strike. She even mastered Heart Strike.
What was Heart Strike?
It meant being blindfolded and having your ears blocked, yet still being able to sense incoming attacks and strike back.
All those days and nights spent training with Bruce, she had poured out her own sweat and effort too.
“A single Silver-tier weapon, and you sold me out for it? How could you be so short-sighted? Or did you even agree with Lucas and the others? Did you think that without a summoned beast, I was dead weight dragging the team down? Did you really believe that without me, your team could
go further? What a joke p>
“No, that’s not it!” Bruce tried to explain. At this moment, he was truly afraid and terrified.
He wanted to win Joanna back.
The only thing he could do was blurt out their original plan.
“I just liked you too much. But you didn’t like me back. Why couldn’t you give me just a little bit of your affection? I didn’t want to be just your teammate. I wanted you to only look at me. If
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you passed the SAT, you’d leave. Once you got into college, you’d meet stronger teammates. People with SS-rank talents. SSS-rank talents. You wouldn’t stay. You’d fly away. I just … I just didn’t want you to fly away p>
Joanna felt sick.
“So your version of love is destroying me? Stop making excuses for yourself. You disgust me. Get lost! Don’t ever show your face in front of me again. Because every time I see you, I’m reminded that three years of kindness was wasted on a dog p>
No. If she had actually fed a dog, at least the dog would treat her as its owner. It would be loyal. It would protect her-not bite her.
Joanna returned to the villa.
Bruce took two steps forward.
At that moment, a figure flashed in the doorway.
It was Nighthowl.
“My contracted companion doesn’t like you p>
Bruce’s pupils dilated in shock.
“You … you p>
He saw the fluffy ears and suddenly realized something.
It was Joanna’s giant wolf.
He never imagined that in just one day, Joanna had raised that wolf into human form.
In that moment, something dawned on him.
Back then, they were the ones who stopped Joanna from contracting a summoned beast.
If they hadn’t stopped her, would Joanna have already soared?
Maybe she would have been recruited elsewhere. Taken to Redlight City. At the very least, she would have transferred to Genesis High.
The guilt and regret made him unsteady on his feet again.
“Still not leaving?” Nighthowl’s beast-like eyes flashed with danger.
“I want you to tell her for me that I’m so p>
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Before he could finish, everything blurred. Silver light surrounded him, and he vanished from the spot.
“Not telling her anything p>
With a wave of his hand, Nighthowl had tossed Bruce all the way to the Spider Lady dungeon entrance. Stay the hell away.
Bruce, now dumped outside, looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings. Suddenly he couldn’t breathe. His head spun. His eyes rolled back, and he collapsed on the spot.
“Someone fainted! Get a pastor over here p>
“He’s not injured. He passed out from hunger. Just take him to the hospital for some nutrient injections. Kids these days push themselves too hard. He probably ran dungeons nonstop until he starved p>
“Did you hear? Yesterday, some high schooler came here and ran 16 dungeons in a row. Stole all the other carriers’ business p>
“Every year before the SAT, we get these top-tier prodigies. But clearing a dungeon every hour and a half, farming all day? That’s insane. Someone like that could succeed at anything p>
“I wonder if she’s coming back tomorrow. If she is, I’ll have to switch to a different dungeon p>
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of people chattered away with great interest.
Inside the villa, Joanna felt like her good mood had been completely ruined by Bruce.
A prison built in the name of love?
In the end, it was nothing but selfishness.
She never imagined Bruce had joined this betrayal for such a reason.
Absolutely ridiculous.
Joanna felt like she hadn’t yelled at him nearly enough.
But her time was precious.
It was already 1 a.m. She still needed to sleep. Tomorrow she’d wake up at 6 a.m. and farm dungeons for another 30 hours straight.
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