"Bartha!" Elinor's scream tore through the air as one of her many eyes caught a familiar face among the gruesome pile of bodies—Senior Special Agent Big B.
Big B was a logistical personnel, not a field agent. But because of Elinor's mistake, she had been punished—demoted to being the C.I.B. local headquarters' doorwoman alongside Elinor. And now, she was dead while she was alive.
Before Apex Ace could react, Elinor bolted past him, straight into the pile of corpses. Her hands stretched toward her senior's cold, lifeless body, but just before she could reach her—
A figure lunged out from the blood-soaked ground. Fast. Ruthless. Aimed directly at her chin. But to his shock, Elinor dodged with effortless precision—without even slowing down. She barely seemed to register the attack, her focus locked solely on her fallen senior. Ignoring her attacker, she continued.