As he turned from the door, Chaisi, for some reason, felt an urge to laugh.
Yes, the situation was beyond terrible.
He was weak, powerless. Every step sent a tremor through his muscles.
The "rumor" about him had surely been exposed, and Brianna was likely not the only one who knew.
He still hadn't had a proper conversation with Uncle Kai since the attack that injured him, and the person responsible had also recently sent a Kai Family Hunter to their grave.
He was running for his life, yet the Illusion that could grant him a Path had fallen into unknown hands.
The girl he'd met by chance, who had helped him several times, was likely now dismantled into countless, unrecognizable pieces.
His once-cheerful, reliable subordinate, Han Liuyue, was one of the reasons he was now caught between a trap and an ambush with nowhere to go—and on the phone just now, she had calmly told that assassin, "...If you have someone block him from behind now, you'll make it in time."
