"...So that was how it was."
Annan opened his eyes, his expression somewhat complicated.
Even though he had not entered the third game, Annan had already roughly figured out the situation with Bella.
Bella was indeed not a traitor... in fact, one could even say that she had never truly betrayed anyone.
She did not want to betray Dmitry from the depths of her heart, nor had she approached him in the beginning with the intention of using him. She truly had a passionate love for Dmitry.
—Yet, despite not wanting to betray, and perhaps even without her full awareness of what was happening, she hurt Dmitry and inflicted a heavy blow on Winter.
Annan finally understood why he had suddenly dispatched Vladimir.
It was also thanks to Bella being a fool.