Jodie cackled as she provoked Harvey using the most venomous words.

Harvey's gaze shifted from initial despair to anger, then to a resolute determination to face their end together.

He focused on the gun in Jodie's hand, pushing away Toph's hand and lunging forward!

Jodie noticed his pounce a bit too late but swiftly sidestepped, using her elbow to block him.

"You little bastard! You're asking for death!"

Harvey chomped down on Jodie's wrist, causing her to cry out in pain, and both fought on the ground.

Suddenly, Jodie aimed the gun at Toph!

"Harvey, you bastard!" she hysterically shouted. "I'll kill him first, then kill you!"

"I'm afraid you won't accomplish that in this lifetime!" Harvey roared.

Toph rushed forward with a yell.

At that moment, several people burst in from outside, pinning him to the ground with his hands against his back!

Just as Jodie raised the gun, Harvey smiled and glanced back at Toph, who was still struggling on the ground... Then he positioned himself in front of him...

A gunshot echoed, and the world seemed to fall silent.

The air was a mix of gunpowder and the stench of blood.

Toph's eyes widened, seeing a vivid red. He heard a muffled thud and saw a pool of blood on the ground, seeing Harvey lying there, still convulsing... Toph's desperate scream filled the room as he struggled to break free from the people holding him down.

He was only a few steps away from Harvey. Yet, those few steps felt like walking through centuries. "To... Toph..." Harvey, clinging to his last breath, opened his eyes to look at him and smiled faintly.

Toph wanted to cry but couldn't shed a tear-he wanted to say something but couldn't produce a sound.

Instinctively, he put his hand on Harvey's chest, where a hole had been shot through, blood gushing out. He never knew a person could bleed so much. "Toph..." Harvey looked at him. "P-Promise me..."

"I promise, I promise everything!" Toph's voice trembled. "Harvey, don't sleep... We can get out soon, Zuko's coming!"

Harvey smiled and shook his head. "Promise me... you'll be happy forever..."

Toph looked at him, his mind in chaos, but he nodded vigorously.

"And..." Harvey gasped. "I, I like... you..."

His voice was faint, the words jumbled, yet Toph heard every word clearly.

Harvey's hand dropped, his head tilted to the side, and his breath ceased.

Behind him, Jodie raised the gun again, aiming at Toph.

However, the police burst in at that moment! Before Jodie could pull the trigger, Chris precisely shot her wrist! The bullet pierced through her wrist bone, not fatal but intensely painful! The entire room was filled with Jodie's screams of agony.

Seeing the disheveled Toph, Chris shook with rage. He wanted to fire another shot but was fiercely held back by his comrades.

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