Chapter 26
This episode was so trivial for Briar that it barely registered, yet it still put her in a great mood all day.
After the boot camp had concluded by the afternoon, Briar first obtained Drug 31, changed her clothes, and then headed to the south gate.
In September, the sky was still bright even at seven in the evening.
A familiar silver–gray Bentley was parked by the school gate.
Without hesitation, Briar opened the car door and got in.
The familiar scent of painkillers filled the air, and the quiet man was sitting in the back as usual,
He tilted his head, his gaze fixed out the window, his face as cold as ice
Briar couldn’t help but recall a scene from one of her missions, where she saw a branch of Magnolia growing over a wall
The flowers were dense and pure white, with a very faint fragrance that broke through the smelly blood behind her.
She smirked and said deliberately. “Tough guy, huh just a cash–for–goods deal. Worth coming in person?”
Seems like Lamb’s medical skills have improved a lot. Cyrus was so seriously injured and just had surgery a few days ago, and now he’s already up and about
Well, that might not be the right phrase since he’s still in a wheelchair.
‘But considering the severity of his injury, to recover so quickly, this guy must just have been born with great resilience!
Enzo was in the driver’s seat
He glanced back at Briar, asking “Someone’s tailing you hub?
Briar looked back at the suspicious figure and chuckled. Is that even considered tailing?”
She thought the guy was just a random stalker.
Enzo’s mouth twitched slightly as he asked, “Aren’t you going to deal with it?”
“Deal with what?” Briar sakd nonchalantly. “This road doesn’t have my name on it. Anyone can walk it How can I deal with that?”
Besides, she needed to figure out what the guy was up to
As Enzo started the car, Binar leaned a litle closer to Cyrus. “What? You’re treating ine to dinner? The food there is pretty good, wonder if they do delivery-
They don’t” Cyrus cut her out.
“Don’t be such a drag, Briar squinted and smiled, teigning ignorance. “Actually, I’m wondering how exactly you end to too many shady dealings only to be struck down by the iron fist of someone fierce?”
up
disabled? Have you been up
Cyrus’s expression remained unchanged, his voice as cold as ever, “I did too shady dealings and got bitten by a dog”
Gritting her teeth for a while, Briar huffed and shifted her butt away from Cyrus
She fished out her phone, logged into the Strucze region intranet, and sent a message to the group chat.
Black Mamba: (How to assassinate a high–ranking official from the Okwell Supervision Department in Cordanland?)
With that, the lively group chat instantly fell silent.
After a full two minutes, Black Wolf finally “resurrected.”
Hack Wolf: Finally seeing the light? Wanna report to the teacher and go together?
Fox: [Who dares to piss off our Snake? Is he good–looking! If they are, count the in! I wanna him before killing]
Fox: [WTF is this keyword censorship? This is the intranet INTRANET Are we not allowed to anymore!! WTF!
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Chapter 26
Fuming. Fox then sent a string of voice messages.
Curious, Briar put on her headphones and listened, immediately getting goosebumps from the sharp static noise.
Black Mamba [Are you a telegraph machine?]
Fox: [My happiness is dead and gone.]
Hummingbird: [As per higher–ups‘ request, increased monitoring on both online and offline bases. The internet is not a lawless place. Please mind your language. Fox Warning issued once.]
Fox was left speechless, cursing: [Hummingbird. You enjoy wielding authority, huh? Don’t let me catch you! You *!]
Hummingbird mentioned Fox in the group chat, adding: (Warning issued twice.)
Although Cyrus remained silent, being in the same car, he quietly kept an eye on Briar.
He saw her biting her lip and trying hard not to laugh while staring at her phone screen, almost bursting out laughing several times.
Those eyes were crystal clear and strikingly distinct
She was just like any ordinary girl her age, full of vitality and the radiance unique to young people.
In fact, she didn’t seem like someone from the underground world at all, but more like a young cub that had accidentally wandered into the edge of darkness
A newborn cub was always filled with unparalleled ambition, ignorant, thus fearless.
“Maybe I was overthinking it, Cyrus murmured inwardly.
At this moment, the “Tearless cub” who was already well–known in the underground world was blissfully unaware of Cyrus’s mental shifts, happily chatting away in the group chat.
Similarly, Cyrus had no clue that this chat group called “Animal World” was home to a majority of the top 50 underground fighters…
This time, however, Cyrus didn’t take Briar out to eat but brought her to his estate in the countryside
It was a massive manor of primitive simplicity, located in a pretty remote spot and surrounded by a nature reserve. The car journey took nearly an hour, and they finally arrived.
“What shithole is this??” Through the car window, Briar gazed in the wilderness outside.
Though calling it wilderness might be a stretch, since the surroundings were actually quite nice.
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