It was nighttime.
Silence had spread everywhere.
On the rooftop of the hospital, small blue-colored glowing particles floated gently through the air.
A moment later, those particles slowly gathered together and formed Ajina's figure.
An unnatural calmness rested on Ajina's face.
There were no emotions visible within his expression.
Suddenly, Ajina fell backward onto the rooftop.
Then he began laughing quietly.
"The Mophugo Organization has ordered Namiya to be erased…" he said while laughing.
After a few moments, his laughter stopped.
"It seems I drank too much today…" he muttered.
"Looks like there's no other choice except killing that Namiya…"
At that moment, tears slowly began flowing from Ajina's eyes.
Ajina slowly stood up.
Tears continued flowing quietly from his eyes, and he made no attempt to stop them.
He simply allowed them to fall.
Then, he began walking forward.
Every step he took seemed to scream that he was drunk… and deeply troubled inside.
His head remained lowered, as if he were carrying a burden too heavy to bear.
A few moments later, Ajina stopped near the edge of the rooftop and looked down at the city below.
"Who told Mophugo that Namiya is connected to our enemies…?" he muttered quietly.
"I wanted Namiya to spread Mophugo's influence…"
"But the orders of my god… the rank known as Rook… can never be ignored."
"Because every member of Rook is like a god to me."
Suddenly, Ajina saw something he never wished to witness even in his worst nightmare.
A nurse was walking below the hospital building.
She slowly moved forward while holding a flashlight in her hand.
At that moment, a tear fell from Ajina's eye.
The tear was about to land on the nurse's head—
—but before it could touch her, she stepped forward.
The tear fell onto the ground instead and disappeared into the dirt.
Ajina quietly wiped his tears and took another step forward.
But suddenly, he lost his balance and fell from the rooftop.
He crashed directly onto the ground below.
The impact caused dust and soil to rise violently into the air.
Hearing the sound, the nurse quickly turned around in fear.
She was the same nurse whom Torisa, Alpha, and Ajina had met earlier that morning.
The flying dust slowly cleared away.
And the nurse could see everything clearly now.
Ajina was standing right before her.
His head was lowered in silence.
Ajina quietly said to the nurse, "I love you, Namiya…"
His head remained lowered as he spoke.
Namiya immediately replied in anger, "Who are you… and how do you know my name?"
Slowly, Ajina lifted his head.
In the faint darkness, Namiya finally saw his face clearly.
The moment she recognized him, a small smile appeared on her lips.
"I already knew that you wanted to tell me your feelings someday," she said softly.
"To be honest… I also wished to meet you one more time."
Ajina looked at her silently before speaking again.
"When I was injured while fighting Aloka…"
"You were the one who supported me…"
"And the one who took care of me in the hospital."
Namiya slowly walked closer to Ajina while keeping one of her hands behind her back.
Then she quietly asked, "How did one of your hands become so pale?"
Ajina looked directly into her eyes for a moment.
Suddenly, he lifted his head sharply toward the sky and closed his eyes, as if recalling an old memory.
Inside his mind, he whispered to himself,
"This hand… the one I always keep hidden inside my pocket…"
"Because it makes me look different."
"Atura cut this hand while I was falling from the mountain…"
"But I possess the power of Diamond Sources…"
"That's why I was able to grow it back again."
Namiya looked at him curiously and asked, "What are you thinking about while staring upward like that?"
Ajina hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"D-Do you… know about Mophugo?"
The moment those words left his mouth, Namiya's expression suddenly changed.
Her atmosphere felt completely different now.
With surprised eyes, she quietly asked, "Mophugo…?"
Ajina slowly lowered his head and looked directly into her eyes.
"You should join Mophugo," he said calmly.
"You will receive respect, fame, and money."
"And the Mophugo Organization will protect you."
Hearing this, Namiya suddenly laughed softly.
"Can't you protect me yourself?" she asked teasingly.
"Besides… you already seem very powerful."
Ajina angrily said, "You have to join… otherwise, forget about me."
Namiya immediately replied in anger, "What did you just say? Are you threatening me?"
"And you've been drinking today."
A moment later, Namiya slapped Ajina.
After receiving that slap, Ajina completely lost control of himself.
He pulled his diamond-colored hand out from his pocket.
That hand suddenly transformed into a sword.
Then, in a burst of rage, he moved the cut across Namiya's forehead, leaving a long injury that extended toward her shoulder.
Namiya could not even understand what had happened.
She suddenly lost consciousness and collapsed onto the ground.
Marks could be seen across her face, neck, and shoulder.
Ajina walked past Namiya without showing any concern.
There were no emotions visible on his face.
Only his hands were trembling slightly.
A few moments later, Ajina disappeared into the darkness.
Namiya's body twitched faintly as she lay on the ground.
At that moment, a young boy walked out of the hospital and noticed her lying there.
Shocked, he quickly picked Namiya up in his arms.
He immediately turned around, rushed toward the entrance, opened the door, and ran back inside the hospital.
No one had the slightest idea that Ajina was secretly watching everything from the rooftop of the hospital.
Suddenly, Ajina laughed softly and whispered,
"Now no one will be able to harm you anymore…"
"I'll tell Mophugo that I erased Namiya…"
"But Namiya will still remain alive."
Tears slowly flowed from Ajina's eyes once again.
Standing alone on the rooftop, he quietly said,
"I joined Mophugo so I could protect my family…"
"But in the end… this same Mophugo forced me to attack the person I loved."