Death Planet.
The ground.
Yujing City District, Cross-River Bridge.
A man with no face stood on the bridge, holding an umbrella, gazing at the glittering river below.
Momentarily.
A woman in a bright red robe appeared, standing beside him.
"The sky is full of stars, the moonlight is beautiful, yet you still hold an umbrella," the woman said.
"What if it rains?" the man replied.
Before his words had fallen, dark clouds covered the sky, and thunder rumbled.
A torrential downpour began.
The woman in the bright red robe stood in the rain, letting it soak her body, and said calmly,
"Since when did you start to fear such normal rain? Perhaps you are not one of the Nine Aspects, but merely that personality known as the 'Demon of Fear'."
"It's not fear, but we should be prepared," the faceless man said.
He insisted on holding the umbrella, asking in a steady tone,
"Have you passed on our profession to someone else?"
"Yes," Charlotte said.
"That young man called Shen Ye?"