Chapter 25: If you have questions, you need to ask in advance_2

Lorde's brows furrowed, and his palm, which had been resting on his metal chest, dropped.

"You've already won, why continue the pretense?"

Wittes retorted.

"A month ago, someone contacted me, offering me an opportunity to gain greater recognition and support from the family, to change the course of my fate... The voice was mechanically synthesized."

Lorde said gravely.

"You received that call too?"

Wittes was taken aback.

The agent from the 'Amiel Family' began to frantically put the pieces together in his mind.

Almost the next moment, his gaze shifted to Donna.

Without her head, Donna's body lay there.

Lorde looked at Donna as well.

The next moment, their eyes met.

"Donna must have received a similar call, which explains why our cooperation was so seamless as soon as Send 9 met with trouble!"

"So someone was pulling the strings... Damn it! Curses! Bastard!"

Lorde first expressed dismay, then swore profusely.

A stream of unceasing curses.

Wittes said nothing.