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Chapter 123; Ticking Bomb
Author: Unaware Ovie Emmanuel
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In the common room of Levi’s dorm, Alana fixes her attention on B who rubs her head before speaking up. “I’m sure you recall the short battle my master had with Zero almost two weeks ago.”

Alana shivers as she recalls the dangerous aura Levi gave off. “How can I forget it?” She grumbled, hugging herself and B nodded sadly.

“From the memories I have of him, Levi has been a person who would never act to kill another human no matter who they are. It was a vow he made to himself a long time ago.”

“Vow?” Alana asked but B pays no mind to her as she goes on.

“Even when he found out that Zero’s only part human, he still had some restraints on killing her. And as irritating as that trait can be sometimes, I’ve grown to love it as one of the things that made him……unique. But in that particular moment, that restraint vanished.” B trailed off.

Alana creases her brows because it comes as a shock to her since he tried to stop her from killing her own teammate during the tournament despite no
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