```"Tick... Tock... Tick... Tock..."
Drops of fresh blood were falling from Mr. Su Bai's fingertips, before him a pool of dark red had already gathered. This was Mr. Su Bai fulfilling the promise he made to Hils before, to return the blood he drank from him right before his eyes.
But Hils, standing by, was far from moved, because there were mere minutes left before the two would enter the next story world. That is to say, even if Mr. Su Bai were to slice himself into several large pieces now, as long as he wasn't dead yet, he would fully recover once they entered the story world after a few minutes.
What Mr. Su Bai was doing, rather than fulfilling his previous promise, seemed more like a formality.
Much later, Mr. Su Bai, pale in the face, was nearly lying on the stairs, while Hils slowly closed his eyes, because the time to enter the story world was down to the final countdown.
