The opponent was a remarkably tough one.
The "Holy Serpent Society" had suffered at their hands more than once.
One ti, they even wiped out a city’s branch of the society completely.
He certainly did not want to beco the second.
"Understood."
Scott nodded his head and was about to issue commands.
But at that mont, his communicator rang.
"Shaun has been slain by ’Claw 13’!"
The words from the communicator were brief.
Yet, the office fell into a short silence.
Haro, leaning on his cane, looked utterly incredulous.
Scott, turning to leave, froze in his tracks.
Kuya, who had been looking down, slowly raised her head; the defeat on her face completely vanished, leaving only... exultation.
It was true!
’Claw 13’ was real!
Excitent sparkled in Kuya’s eyes.
"What? Repeat that!"
Scott said.
"Just now, imdiately after getting off the plane, Shaun was killed by ’Claw 13’!"
The voice from the communicator repeated.
"Did you see it with your own eyes?"
Scott asked for confirmation again.
"Confird!"
"And at least a hundred people saw it!"
The voice in the communicator responded.
"Fine, continue to lay low."
Scott ended the call, then turned his head to look at his supervisor.
"The ’Night Owl Court’ has reacted more strongly than we thought!"
The old man exclaid, then couldn’t help but voice his doubt, "If the ’Night Owl Court’ is that capable, why would they tolerate other powers entering Ang City?"
"Because we haven’t threatened them!"
"Because they have their own traditions!"
Kuya stood up, walked past the supervisor Haro, and stated bluntly.
"Perhaps they just haven’t noticed us?"
"Kuya, you shouldn’t overestimate the ’Night Owl Court’."
"You should rember we are the Holy..."
Scott was about to continue saying sothing, but before he could finish, he saw Rexus walk in with a grim expression on his face.
"Take a look at what I just received."
Rexus spoke, handing over an opened envelope to Haro.
As Haro pulled out the letter inside and saw the densely packed nas, his color drained from his face.
And Scott, having taken just one glance, stood there, completely stunned.
Because...
The paper listed the nas of all mbers of the "Holy Serpent Society" in Ang City.
At the bottom, a black ’Night Owl’ was drawn.
"How is this possible?"
"How could the ’Night Owl Court’ possibly know where our people are?"
"How could they do this?"
Scott, the elderly man, couldn’t help but exclaim in shock, as if so convictions in his heart were being shaken at that mont.
"They’ve already done it."
"They found effortlessly."
"They wrote this list effortlessly."
"There’s only one possibility: our every move is under their watch!"
Rexus said coldly.
The mood of this C-level personnel was very bad, not only because he was killed over a hundred tis by the Boss during a ga session with the ’wolves,’ but also because even though he had learned the ’nail clipping’ trick, he still died.
Of course, more importantly, the implications behind this list.
He had been under surveillance all along.
And yet, he hadn’t noticed them.
Even though his senses had declined after pulling an all-nighter, it was still enough to demonstrate the other party’s strength.
It was just unknown if they had seen him playing the risque visual novel XX.
They must have, right?
After all, he did it frequently.
Thinking of this, Rexus’s expression grew even colder.
No one wanted to be watched.
Rexus certainly didn’t, and neither did anyone present.
The expressions on both Scott and Haro darkened in succession.
Kuya was sowhat of an exception.
Who is watching ?
Considering that the first ti I t him, it was ’Claw 13,’ the odds are that he is the one who’s been watching , observing in the night as I sleep in my room...
Strangely enough, a weird feeling began to stir at the bottom of Kuya’s heart, and her face turned red.
However, sothing occurred to her, and the strong-willed woman spoke directly.
"Manager Haro, do we still need to investigate the ’Night Owl Court’?"
She asked, looking directly at her superior.
Seeing Kuya’s deanor, Haro could not help but let out a wry smile; she had the sa character as her mother.
He wanted to advise her.
But at this mont, he just couldn’t find the words to say.
The man who had made continuous misjudgnts now felt a searing pain of embarrassnt on his face.
Most importantly, a sense of defeat rose from the bottom of his heart.
As the manager of the Holy Serpent Society’s Ang City branch, he had failed to notice such a colossal entity hiding within Ang City.
Duty neglected!
Useless!
Such thoughts unconsciously surfaced in his mind.
By now, Haro had thoroughly co to believe in the existence of the ’Night Owl Court’.
It wasn’t just because ’Talon 13’ dared to openly kill ’Sanctuary’s’ Class B mber Shaun, but also because of the list in his hands.
The forr might be achievable with a certain level of strength, but the latter?
It was impossible without a force that had complete control over Ang City!
"No need."
Haro shook his head and then issued new orders.
"Kuya, make contact with ’Talon 13’ again and send out the two previous ’anomalies,’ showing that the Holy Serpent Society has no ill intentions toward the ’Night Owl Court’."
"Yes."
Kuya nodded, her pride like that of a banty hen, and then turned to leave, slamming the door heavily behind her.
Bang!
The sound of the door closing made the three n in the room all reveal helpless smiles.
Still too naive.
She couldn’t even conceal her emotions.
The three n assessed.
Then, Scott cleared his throat.
"Ahem, is it possible that soone has leaked the list?" Scott said.
"No, the few nas on this list are known only to ."
"Unless I’ve betrayed the Holy Serpent Society and joined the ’Night Owl Court,’ it’s impossible for anyone to know these nas." Haro naturally understood what his old subordinate ant and denied it imdiately.
He didn’t want Kuya to be hard, and that naturally included any unfair suspicions.
"Hey, have you gotten silly with all the clubbing?"
"Are you suspecting Kuya, you fool?"
"If she were that smart, she would have had you for breakfast a long ti ago." Rexus said, dissatisfied.
He couldn’t tolerate companions suspecting one another.
Regretting his words as soon as they had left his mouth, Scott knew he shouldn’t suspect Kuya because he was very clear about what kind of person she was. If Kuya really could fool him?
Then, as Rexus said, he would have been long dead by her hand.
"Sorry, I will apologize to Kuya personally."
"It’s just..."
"Today’s shocks were a bit too much, and they nearly shattered my worldview." The old man apologized imdiately and then, frowning, let out another wry smile.
" too," sighed Rexus.
Once again, he thought of the embarrassing mont he had been seen during his XX, and a wave of discomfort washed over him—he wasn’t actually fast; he was just chasing pleasure!
" as well," Haro said, walking back behind his desk.
He needed to report everything that had happened to the headquarters of the Holy Serpent Society.
Then, before waiting for the orders to co down, he had to maintain the operations of the Ang City branch.
This seed extrely simple to the usual Haro, but now that the ’Night Owl Court’ had entered the picture, everything had beco arduous.
Because he was unsure of what the ’Night Owl Court’ truly wanted to do.
As Haro was drafting the report, and while Rexus and Scott maintained their silence, Scott’s communicator beeped again.
Beep, beep beep.
’An individual suspected of being from the ’Sanctuary’ has been spotted in Ang City.’
The voice of the report rang out in the quiet office.
Instantly, the attention of the three n was captured.
Their gazes intersected.
A clear thought appeared at the forefront of their minds.
Everything had started because of the ’Masked Man.’
And it was the ’Sanctuary’ who had attempted to assassinate the ’Masked Man.’ What relation did they have with their Holy Serpent Society?
On the contrary, they had a good relationship with the ’Masked Man.’
So!
They were not in the wrong; it was all the ’Sanctuary’s’ fault!
With a look that communicated their years of cooperation, Scott imdiately picked up the communicator and handed it to Haro.
Haro took the communicator from Scott’s hand and said—
"Search for the whereabouts of ’Talon 13’ as much as possible and relay this ssage to him!"
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