Lucy froze in her tracks, her bare feet halting instantly on the blood-stained concrete. Her sharp eyes locked onto the black barrels of Elda's weapons. "If you do anything stupid right now, I will not hesitate to end your life," Lucy stated, her tone cold and unyielding. Yet, despite her harsh words, her voice carried a strange, empty flatness, almost as if she were simply reciting a mandatory line without any real heat behind it, like she was being forced to say it just to buy time. Elda’s finger twitched on the trigger, a wild, desperate grin taking over her bloody face as she pushed the metal barrel deeper against my temple. "Move back!" she shrieked, her voice cracking under the pure panic of the situation. "Both of you, get away from me!" Lucy hesitated for a long, tense moment, her muscles twitching beneath her dark outfit as she calculated her chances. Elda noticed the slight hesitation and bared her teeth, screaming even louder into the dark basement, "I said move back righ
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