I made it three steps toward the mansion before stopping again.
Right. The house was still burning behind me, and so were Wang Lei and Liu Fang.
There was contaminated soil beneath the road, an exposed path through my defenses, and the possibility that microscopic assholes were crawling toward my water supply, but none of that changed the fact that Yuche and Zhenlan were already occupied. Yuche had sealed an entire house behind thick metal panels while keeping the smaller barrier around the cart closed, and Zhenlan was holding the air around both fires in place so smoke, ash, parasites, or whatever else tried to escape had nowhere to go.
Asking either of them to start another job now would divide their attention and possibly weaken their control while dealing with these stupid parasites.
I was done, not stupid, so I folded my arms and waited.
