Chapter 399: False Sense of Security

The knife didn't hit any major arteries and organs.

"Cleo was lucky this time." There were no emotions on Lyca's face. She stared at the woman silently lying in bed as she thought of all the organs in the abdomen. Liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, stomach, small and large intestine, kidneys, bladder, even sexual organs, and abdominal aorta. The blade could easily pierce one of them.

But it didn't.

And that was mainly because Cleo was lucky, and Chu Nan knew how to administer first aid. He was able to prevent Cleo from losing too much blood.

"If I lost my secretary, I would have cut your arm." Lyca turned towards Chu Nan. "And penis."

Despite Lyca's words, Chu Nan kept staring at Cleo's pale face. Seeing this, Lyca continued. "So, your enemies were already on the ground. Why did you stand up and leave them? Why'd you turn your back on them?" Isn't that basic? When you have enemies, you make that they can't stand up before you walk away from them.

Lyca's rule is to make sure that they are dead first.

"I— I don't know." Chu Nan gnashed his teeth.

"You take care of her," Lyca said. "Two days from now, she will be transferred to Kong City's top hospital. I expect you to take care of her until she recovers." That wasn't a request but an order.

Chu Nan nodded without saying anything. Lyca stared at Cleo for a few more minutes before she nodded and left with Shen Qui without saying anything else.

"Hey, listen…" Chu Munan said as he caught up to them. "I think what happened was an accident. You shouldn't blame my brother for that."

Lyca lifted an eyebrow. He stared at Chu Munan.

"He didn't know that the man had a knife on him. He was worried about me, that's why he turned towards us. It was really an accident."

"Mr. Chu… shall I asked you why you didn't help your brother fight off three people? Why was he fighting them alone?" Lyca gave him a meaningful smile. "There you go." Chu Nan and Chu Munan were two very different people. One is a coward, and the other has a false sense of righteousness preventing him from breaking the law. When Chu Nan realized that the man couldn't fight anymore, he stood and examined his companions.

His first instinct was to make sure that everyone is safe and not to make sure that his enemies were dead. Chu Nan wouldn't kill anyone. He was probably thinking of arresting those people who assaulted them. That's why he introduced himself as a cop.

Chu Nan wanted to protect his brother.

That was the only reason why he decided to take on three opponents and didn't even let his brother fight.

"Do you have anything?" Lyca asked. While she saw Cleo, Shen Qui was taking care of the legal matters.

"They posted bail."

"How?" Lyca asked.

"The people from Dal Valley got involved. Turns out they have connections in the police department."

"Then let them be." Her statement made Shen Qui paused for a bit, but he nodded in the end. Lyca continued, "Revenge is a dish best serve cold and poisoned."

When Lyca and Shen Qui arrived in the mansion, the atmosphere was obviously affected by accident. Everyone knew Cleo and had gotten close to her during training. They cared for the woman who always followed Lyca around and is obviously upset because of what happened.

"That Dal Valley was too much! Miss Xi, just give us an order! We will finish them off!"

"The reason why they dared do that is that they thought we aren't capable of defending ourselves! They are looking down on us because we didn't show off our skills during the competition."

"We should ambush some of their people! Beat them until they are dying!"

Lyca nodded. She was sitting in the living room with the other members of her team. "I like your suggestion. But we're not doing anything like that."

"But why?"

"We should avenge Miss Cleo!"

"Miss Cleo was really nice!"

Lyca shook her head. "No. We will not attack them. We are going to leave this city. We will let everyone think that we are cowards and that we are running away. Outside of the competition, we will maintain our weak image." Feign retreat and use ambushes to destroy large forces with small ones. Openly act as if you are intending one thing, then do something else. She wanted to lull them into a false sense of security.

Right now, Shen Security is not that big. Shen Security's total number is not even half of Dal Valley. While Lyca is still confident that her people would defend themselves using her poisons, she doesn't want to see her people injured.

That's right, Lyca didn't want to see any one of these faces in a hospital bed. Worse… dead.

So, she wanted to approach this with strategy and calmness. But first, she needed to manage these people's emotions. "Calm down. I won't let them get away with it. I'm not a very forgiving person."

"So? What are we going to do?"

"Everyone is going to leave tomorrow. Absolute safety is the priority. Everyone will be wearing their armor. Everyone will be armed with their guns and special bullets. I am not taking any chances here."

Everyone nodded their heads. Lyca added, "Prepare for a battle."

"Miss Xi, you mean to say that we will get into a fight tomorrow?" Hogan asked. "Didn't you say that— "

"I said… I want to let them think that we are weak. The news of our departure will reach their ears soon. They would think that we are running away and might set up an ambush. By then… we will kill them. I don't want anyone to show any mercy."

Lyca's words made most of the people inside stiffened. "Remember… this is not yet the revenge part. This is merely us… protecting ourselves."

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