Chapter 657: Useless

Chapter 657: Useless

There was no one in the elevator.

The group of five entered the elevator seemingly without thought. Then the door closed, and the elevator started descending.

About ten seconds later, a figure emerged outside, Can.

She pressed a hand to her chest and let out a long breath with a nervous expression, muttering to herself. “Whew, I almost knocked into them. Thankfully I react quickly enough...”

She looked around to make sure there was no one around before moving to Gregor’s door.

She was here to talk to Gregor on behalf of the Nine Scions discreetly, informing the man of another organization so that he would consider them too.

When she reached out to press the doorbell, though, she suddenly lowered her hand.

What was she going to do? Oh, she was going to press the doorbell.

She lifted her hand again but failed once more.

What was she pressing the doorbell for? Oh, she was visiting Gregor.

There was a slight gap in her memory, resulting in her thoughts stuttering.

A shudder ran down her spine, and she realized that her thought process was disturbed by some sort of psychic Talent. It was Correcting Sickle’s Memory Tailor!

With Gale, her mental strength had seen a great improvement. She quickly focused and composed herself, turning around quickly. Discover new chapters at novelhall.com

Indeed, a group of five were right behind her: Goldthread, Zhong He, Lying Wood, Correcting Sickle, and Succubus.

“You’re too reckless, Can.” Correcting Sickle spoke coolly as her former colleague. “The fact that the elevator had gone down didn’t mean that we had left.”

Can paled, having put together what happened.

The moment the elevator opened to no one, the five of them had guessed that something was amiss, but they maintained their poker face and didn’t let it show.

They entered the elevator as if they had rehearsed it to make it seem like they had left, but with Goldthread’s ability to manipulate gravity, he could bring the elevator back up quickly halfway down, allowing them to catch Can off guard.

In that moment of distraction, a shadow dove toward Can near the floor. It was Zhong He’s Phantom!

Can had to run.

Heavenly Dog had a fierce-looking mask of a tengu on, his hair tied into a small ponytail. With his hands in his pockets, he hovered before Can, stopping her with the threat of Spatial Dissection.

Zhong He scoffed.

He knew the Twelve Zodiac Signs must have eyes on Gregor too. The three organizations all wanted to recruit the powerful new guy. After all, one more ally was one less enemy.

Can froze, looking at a loss.

While she had joined many fights, she was always with her teammates. She had almost never been on a mission on her own.

Now, there were enemies before and behind her. There was no way for her to run.

She couldn’t defeat Heavenly Dog and Zhong He.

Whoosh.

Zhong He activated Phantom.

The shadow under his feet snaked up to her and formed a black circle around her in case she went invisible again.

“Don’t kill me!”

“I...surrender!”

Can raised her hands decisively, dropping to one knee.

“Don’t kill me. I surrender. I’ll submit...”

Heavenly Dog stayed silent, hiding his relief. Thank God he didn’t have to make a move.

Zhong He controlled his shadow to climb up Can’s body, restraining her without strangling her.

Can hid a sigh of relief.

Good, it was all going according to plan. She just had to...

Her eyes widened, and a cold pain stabbed her.

She slowly looked down to find a Black Gold triangular blade protruding from her chest through her back, hitting her heart.