----


    Emery remarked wryly, "Alright. There’s been a lot of


    interest this year, but who knows how many people will


    make it through?"


    Danielle kept her eyes closed and didn’t respond.


    “By the way, after Savannah got out, she resigned from St.


    Katherine Hospital and went abroad. I guess you scared


    her off," Emery reported as he drove.


    "Send someone to teach Emma Harris a lesson," Danielle


    said coolly.


    “Who’s Emma? Did she offend you?" Emery asked,


    wondering who else had the guts to provoke Danielle.


    "You’re getting awfully chatty." Danielle rolled her eyes at


    Emery.


    Emery was slightly miffed, thinking, ‘Seriously, I just asked


    a few questions...’


    ----


    “Fine, I’ll shut up. I’ll take care of it," Emery said.


    As the car pulled into the ck Web headquarters,


    Danielle opened her eyes, grabbed her bag, and stepped


    out.


    “Ms. Darling, aren’t you wearing the mask?" Emery asked.


    “They already know what I look like. What’s the point?"


    Danielle replied, raising an eyebrow as if Emery had asked


    a dumb question.


    “Doesn’t that put you in danger?"


    “Don’t worry. They won’t evene close."


    Emery parked the car and hurried after Danielle.


    At ck Web’s headquarters on the 20th floor, everyone


    had already taken their seats in the conference room.


    ----


    “Where’s Anonymous? Has she no sense of time at all?"


    grumbled a young man with colorful hair looking like a


    street thug.


    “Nox, you only act tough when Anonymous isn’t around. I


    bet you’d be all chill when she gets here," said a stylish


    man with a skull stud earring.


    Nox sneered. "Are you asking for a beating? I don’t mind


    giving you a good workout." In a sh, he flicked a ying


    card toward Xeno.


    ----


    Just as théeard was an inch away


    from Xeno’s throat, he caught it oO


    effortlessly with two fingers. With a


    flick afhis wrist, he sent the ying


    seating straight toward Nox,


    airaing for his head.


    ----


    Both of them remained seated, but this deadly exchange


    revealed the terror within the conference room.


    Everyone else in the conference room was on high alert,


    fearing that a hidden weapon would end their lives in an


    instant.


    Nox tilted his head to dodge the


    ying card eno threw at him. The


    two of thegYhurled various hidden ~


    weapongal each other across the”


    confererice room. Anyone whogiidn’t


    Know better would have thought


    these two were sworn enemies.


    ----


    “Will the two of you cut it out? Do you want to die?" Sitting


    between them was a woman dressed in ck. She had the


    vibe of a little witch with a venomous edge.


    “Anonymous isn’t here yet anyway. It’s so boring to sit still,


    Lilith. Do you want to join us?” Nox shed a dangerous


    smile.


    Without warning, Lilith scattered a fine white powder into


    the air, causing Nox and Xeno to scramble for cover,


    quickly mping their hands over their noses and mouths.


    Poison was her weapon of choice, and she could strike at


    the drop of a hat. No matter how vignt one was, they


    could still be caught off guard.


    The conference room was inplete chaos, with


    projectiles hurtling in every direction and the air thick with


    poison.


    The other ck Web members ducked for cover. They


    could only dodge the attacks as they had yet made it to the


    higher levels of the totem pole.


    ----


    Meetings at k Web always had


    them on edgé: One moment, the big


    shots were, all smiles and jokes, and


    the next, they could pull out a S


    weapon and kill someone at thé


    slightest provocation. It wasdike


    ocho surrounded by devilsS