Their first encounter began with a fatal coincidence hidden in a rainy night.
The hunt begins when a wanderer from Lower Town accidentally stumbles upon the dark secret of Uptown's defender, Theodore.
From then on, whenever the setting sun blurred the boundaries between the upper and lower city areas, they transformed into "imperial judges" who wandered outside the law.
Theodore relied on his status and charm to give this vigilante justice a reasonable cloak; Kay used his talent to become the judge's sharpest blade.
As one after another gratifying "rulings" hit the news, a dangerous and twisted symbiotic relationship is quietly growing.
While Theodore was mocking Kay for being "selfish and cowardly", he used wealth, lies and the suffocating desire to control to carefully weave a gorgeous cage in an attempt to completely tame the bird that yearned for freedom into his palm.
However, even the perfect lie has cracks.
A sudden change, like cold water on the head, allowed Kai to see clearly the sophistry and paranoia behind Theodore's "justice".
The long-extinguished fire of escape rekindled in his heart, eventually turning into a raging fire of determination.
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Years later, Theodore reappears like a ghost. The ferocious fire kiss mark on the left side of his face was the judgment book he deliberately kept, silently accusing him of his past betrayal.
When Kai saw every detail of the brand, he suddenly understood that what Theodore wanted had nothing to do with justice, but a final judgment about possession and freedom.
"The galaxy is huge." Theodore's voice was so steady that it made your heart tremble, "but as long as you are still breathing, I will definitely be able to find it."
For Kay, freedom was every breath taken away from Theodore.
Now, the hunter's breath was blowing on the back of his neck.
This time, he had nowhere to escape but to turn around and face the normally belated judgment.
Intention: None