Way with Words

Ning looked dumbfounded. "You killed the members of Group 3?" he asked, unable to understand how that was possible.

"Yes," Nova said in between her tears.

"But why?" Ning asked, unable to find a reason why she would do that. "How were you even there in the first place?"

"I ran," Nova said. "As fast as I could."

Ning remembered watching on the screen in the last few minutes of the competition. One of the members of the Group 3 was capable of creating a barrier that blocked the attacks of the Midnight Phoenix.

Since the competition's end had been so abrupt, Ning wasn't able to understand what had happened, only that they had won.

Just not having to fight with the damn bird again had been reason enough for him to celebrate. In between, he forgot to even think about how their victory came about.

Now that he did, he noticed how truly confusing it was. One moment Group 3 was fine, and the other moment it was over.