Chapter 1316: Chapter 1316: The Last Step
Although she knew her master was very capable, Golden Lotus was still very worried about her safety.
Hannah tried to move her stiff fingers, her wrists bound tightly with silk that was soft yet left almost no room to move.
Moreover, given her current physical condition, escaping seemed virtually impossible.
This was not her original body, nor did it possess such good physical qualities.
However, after a moment, Hannah made up her mind.
She didn’t plan to escape or to call for help; this, for her, might actually be a good opportunity.
The collapse of the storyline was related to the flow of events and also to the fates of the main characters.
Now, she was just one step away from the end.
But there was one more thing.
"Not only can you not ask Arnold for help, but you must also hold him back," Hannah said.
Golden Lotus was dumbfounded, forgetting even to retract the claws that were hooked onto the curtain, "Why... Why is that?"
Its little head really couldn’t understand such a complex issue.
Hannah remained silent for a while before she answered, "Because every story needs an ending."
In the original storyline, there were five characters in total who decided the degree of its collapse.
The female lead Tiffany Lynch, the male lead George River, Jackie Qualls, Jimmy Snyder, and Louis Snyder.
Now, Tiffany had been confined and diagnosed with a mental disorder, eliminating any chance of her turning the tables, so her storyline could be deemed as completely collapsed.
One of the male leads, Jackie, due to the rebirth bug, was pretty much confirmed to be out of the original storyline, and now, far away from home, he had avoided his predestined death, which also meant a total collapse.
That left only three people.
George River, Jimmy Snyder, and Louis Snyder.
With 98% already collapsed, the remaining 2% rested on their shoulders.
The River Clan’s crisis had put George in a situation that was more or less the same as the ending of the original storyline.
Then there were Jimmy and Louis.
Although their current situations had significantly diverged from the original plot, it could not be completely assured that they had no chance of reversing their fates.
In summary... The scumbags had yet to face their deserved punishment.
Mental torment was too light a sentence for a human life.
The human heart is unpredictable; one might cherish a moment and regret it the next. As time passes, how many relationships can remain wholly intact?
Outside the window, the storm had taken a breather, but the weather was still gloomy.
The room was almost completely engulfed in darkness.
The dullness in her body made Hannah’s complexion even paler.
Before being bound, Jimmy had injected Hannah with some sort of drug.
He was a madman with no limits to his actions.
"Golden Lotus, go find the person who sent me a message earlier; there will be someone to take care of things for you," Hannah said.
Without Golden Lotus by her side, she couldn’t contact that person and had to let Golden Lotus handle it alone.
Golden Lotus stood there dumbly, listening to the weak voice. Tears suddenly spilled out, "Master, I don’t want anyone else; I just want you. Please come back soon; I don’t want to go home anymore, I don’t want anything to happen to you!"
"I won’t be in trouble," Hannah said with rare patience, comforting her own artificial intelligence, "As someone on the Empire’s most-wanted list, it’s not that easy for me to run into trouble."
Golden Lotus sniffled. Just then, Big Circle, who had heard the commotion, entered the room.
Big Circle, following the scent, found Golden Lotus behind the curtains and sat beside it without making a sound, gently nudging it with its nose.
Golden Lotus continued to cry.
