He Stole My Sixty Years Of Hard Won Lifespan Chapter 10

He Stole My Sixty Years Of Hard Won Lifespan Chapter 10

Evan broke down completely.

He sobbed until he was shaking, looking utterly shattered.

Mira watched him quietly.

There was no hatred in her eyes.

No love, either.

Only peace.

She looked at him the way someone might look at a speck of dust.

Just then, Liam stepped up behind her.

He slipped off his jacket and draped it over her shoulders before naturally pulling her into his arms.

“It’s cold out here.”

“Let’s go home.”

His voice was gentle.

Every movement was instinctively protective.

Mira nodded.

She gave Evan one last look as he knelt on the ground.

Then, one finger at a time, she gently pried his hand from the hem of her coat.

The gesture was soft.

—

But it carried a finality that couldn’t be challenged.

With that, the last thread connecting them was gone.

Evan stared at his empty hand.

Then he watched her walk away without looking back, leaving with another man at her side.

His entire world collapsed.

No.

He couldn’t lose her.

He could still be useful.

He could still earn more lifespan for her.

A desperate idea took root.

He lurched to his feet and stumbled toward the nearby mission gateway.

He had to prove he was more useful than Liam.

He could earn her more lifespan.

He’d make her turn back.

Ignoring every warning and every person trying to stop him, Evan charged straight into the blood-red portal.

Death Mission: Inferno.

Its historical survival rate…

—

Was only two percent.

Evan had never completed a High-Risk Task.

His strength and experience weren’t even close to enough.

On top of that, he’d just suffered severe system backlash after Lena’s Forced Life Extraction.

Less than ten minutes into the mission…

His mind wandered for a split second.

He missed a critical dodge.

A giant mechanical spider crushed both of his legs beneath its steel claws.

The pain exploded through him.

The system immediately declared the mission a failure and forcibly ejected him.

He was dumped outside the portal like a broken corpse.

Blood covered his body.

The flesh below his knees had been mangled beyond recognition, exposing white bone.

He was crippled.

Almost at the same time…

The Time Tribunal announced its verdict on Lena.

—

She was found guilty of large-scale lifespan fraud and illegal trafficking of lifespan assets.

She was sentenced to life imprisonment in High-Risk Prison No. 7, the harshest prison in the entire system.

As additional punishment…

The system would forcibly extract one hour of her lifespan every single day until nothing remained.

Mrs. Pierce came looking for Mira.

She knelt outside the door in tears, begging Mira to visit Evan and plead with the judge for mercy.

Mira never saw her.

Her assistant simply replied that Miss Shaw was preparing for an important Honors Ceremony and had no time for visitors.

Evan lay alone in an exclusive private hospital suite.

His empty eyes stared out the window.

On the city’s largest digital billboard, a grand ceremony was being broadcast live.

Mira stood atop the highest podium, dressed in a spotless white uniform.

After triggering the legendary hidden mechanism known as Advanced Nirvana—

her lifespan had reached zero, her body had been reborn, granting her

—

true immortality.

The system had awarded her its Highest Honor.

She stood beneath countless lights.

Her eyes were bright.

Her smile was alive.

When the ceremony ended, Liam walked onto the stage carrying a bouquet of white roses.

He handed them to her.

Their eyes met.

They smiled at each other with effortless understanding.

The two exchanged a smile, perfectly in sync with each other.

Evan stared at the screen.

The sight pierced his heart like poison.

Suddenly, he began coughing violently.

He couldn’t stop.

Mouthful after mouthful of dark, clotted blood spilled onto the pristine white sheets.

The life monitor erupted into a shrill alarm.

Three seconds later…

The alarm flattened into one endless tone.

—

Evan Pierce’s lifespan…

Reached zero.