Chapter 1973


    The living room was deserted, and she headed straight for the bedroom.


    As she entered, there was a sudden "bang" as the door behind her closed, and she looked startled.


    Before she could turn around, a sharp pain struck her neck, and she cked out.


    Estelle eyed the woman on the floor, dragging her to the bed. She pulled out a small bottle of liquid,


    pouring it over the woman''s face.


    The liquid melted and flowed over the woman''s face, and within moments, Estelle peeled off atex


    mask from Myra''s visage.


    Fitting the mask onto her own face, Estelle''s features transformed seamlessly, without the slightest


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    After rummaging through Myra''s belongings, she found a keycard for the twelfth sublevel, gagged


    Myra, and tied her to the bed before turning to leave.


    Estelle made her way directly to the twelfth sublevel.


    Myra''s keycard worked on one elevator in particr. Once it opened, Estelle faced the quarters where


    Bernard and hisdy lived.


    Theb was off-limits to her.


    Bernard was out, and hisdy was lounging on the sofa, applying a facial mask. She saw "Myra"e


    in and said, "You''re up early today!"


    Estelle nodded and began tidying up the room.


    The woman peeled off her mask and changed into a swimsuit, heading out to the sun-baked desert.


    She was off to swim.


    Estelle''s eyes, equipped with contact lenses, emitted a soft blue glow as she searched the room; no


    surveince equipment was in sight.


    She quickly connected with Amiee.


    "The data''s not on theputer – Bernard must''ve stashed it somewhere. Check his study," Amiee


    instructed.


    Estelle obeyed, heading towards the study.


    The study was vast, filled with books on weaponry and more. Estelle scoured the bookshelves for


    secretpartments but found nothing.


    No clues surfaced on the desk either.


    Amiee was puzzled, "Where could he keep the data? He can''t leave the twelfth sublevel; it should be


    somewhere he can easily ess."


    Estelle checked every nook of the desk, and as her finger neared the mouse, Amiee warned, "Don''t


    touch the mouse. It''s rmed."


    Estelle nced at the ck mouse, which if rmed, suggested Bernard feared anyone using his


    In that brief pause, Amiee seemed to grasp her thoughts, quickly saying, "I''ve hacked into theputer


    twice already, to no avail."


    With no useful leads and the woman returning from her swim, Estelle had to retreat to the living room


    for now.


    The woman went to change, and once she was done, Estelle seized the chance to collect the dirty


    Estelle knew she had to leave for the time being.


    "Don''t worry; we''ll find it!" Amiee said.


    "Sure," Estelle nodded slightly, ending the call.


    Back on the first sublevel, she had morphed back into Ivy.


    But today, they all sat silent, anxiety written across their faces.


    Upon Estelle''s arrival, someone shouted, "Ivy''s here!"


    "It''s Ivy!"


    The crowd swarmed around her, "Ivy, something terrible''s happened!" Co?tent belo?gs to


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    "Please, you have to save Lillian!"


    "Lillian might not make it!"


    "Somebody just found her in the woods out back, but she looks she might not survive!"