Cloud was not surprised when Sienna discovered who he was. He curved the corners of his mouth and replied with a faint smile, “I never expected that the King of Mercenaries, the Lone Shadow who never fails in her mission, would turn out to be a girl.”‘Is this the kind of flattery that people always shower each other with when they first meet?’Sienna shifted her gaze. She avoided answering that question. The key was that the gang had successfully kidnapped them. When they reached the gang’s hideout and found all the missing people, Sienna planned to work with Orpheus from the inside to ensure the safety of those missing people to the greatest extent. Their chances of winning became much higher with Cloud joining the team, but they had to come to an agreement before the vehicle halted. Sienna looked at Cloud, who had put on a disguise. She said softly, “Since we share the same goal, I don’t think it’s possible for us to work alone. Let’s talk this out first: Are we going to fol
But this time, it was a different driver.Sienna frowned. She had no idea that these crooks would run such a well-organized operation. They would pass the ‘goods’ from one group to another. When transporting their victims, they would disguise the vehicles and replace the drivers.Following this pattern, the lower pyramid level’s minions would receive payment after successfully performing their tasks. The minions were unable to reach the company’s key operations because they lacked access to the mastermind's stronghold. Arresting and questioning someone like Scarface would be pointless for them.The truck kept driving farther away. In another hour or two, the vehicle would leave Starksholm.The micro communicator in Sienna’s ear had a tracking function. No matter how the truck disguised itself or where it was going to take Sienna, Orpheus could track the truck’s whereabouts and find her. Sienna was not worried about this.Finally, the truck stopped about an hour later.A clangin
She opened her eyes, only to see an old woman in her fifties or sixties. She looked like she was smiling, but she had a wretched appearance and her skin was wrinkled, making her look even meaner.This was presumably the Madam Berta that the two people were talking about.Sienna pretended to be trembling as she pleaded, “Old lady, please let us go, okay? Tell me how much money you want, and I’ll give it all to you!”Madam Berta smiled and grabbed Sienna, and as she searched her body, she said gloomily, “You won’t be able to escape. I’ll teach you a lesson if you don’t behave yourself!”Sienna held back her tears, as if she was so frightened that she did not even dare to cry.Madam Berta was a little satisfied when she saw that Sienna was being obedient.Nothing was found after the body search.Of course, it could not be found.Sienna had long guessed that there would be such a step. So, before the mission, she had built a micro communicator that could be hidden in the ear, and i
Sienna looked at the girl nearest to her hand and poked the other girl’s arm gently. The girl sensed the movement and looked toward Sienna. She then saw Sienna slowly writing a word on the back of her hand. ‘Stark.’The girl’s eyes suddenly widened. This was because it was her last name!“How did you know…?”“Shh.”Sienna made a gesture for Roseanne to be quiet.The girl named Roseanne Stark closed her mouth immediately. However, there was a bright glimmer of hope shining in her originally dull and lifeless eyes. She was a little anxious to ask Sienna where she had come from and whether Sienna was here to save her. But Roseanne then saw that Sienna was also a delicate young girl herself. So, even if Sienna had an unusual identity, could she be that capable?Roseanne was a little disappointed as she thought of this. Sienna looked at the other girls in the utility room. Before coming to Starksholm, Sienna already memorized the information and photos of all the missing per
After Roseanne was done speaking, the woman in the corner fixed her gaze on Sienna, as if she wanted to see through her.Sienna pretended to look surprised. She was about to muddle through when she saw something at a glance. So, she pointed at the badge on Roseanne’s body and said, “Isn’t it written here?”When Roseanne heard this, she smiled wryly and lowered her head.The last hope of survival in her eyes was also annihilated at this moment.Sure enough, she was thinking too much.Everyone in this utility room had a badge with a number printed on it. This was the kidnappers’ handiwork. They treated all their victims as goods, marking them with a number for people to pick.Only Roseanne was different. Aside from the number nine on her body, she was also wearing a school badge, which read, ‘Class 1, Third Grade, Roseanne Stark.’The longer one was locked up, the more one would not want to give up on these things.Only this badge could motivate Roseanne to get out alive. Ros
Roseanne wiped the tears on her face, but when she remembered what Sienna had said about how something was not right with the woman, she thought carefully about it, and the more she thought about it, the more frightened she got. The middle-aged woman sitting in the corner was named Hazel Zahra. Everyone called her Hazel.Hazel had always been like an elderly sister in this utility room. She would comfort and enlighten everyone from time to time. If something was not right with her…Roseanne felt a tingling feeling on her scalp, and a burst of fear rushed to her heart. She could not help but shudder.The expression in her eyes was so obvious that she might as well have shouted it!Hazel noticed that she was being watched. So, she turned her head and asked, “What’s wrong?”“Nothing…”Roseanne shook her head stiffly, then looked at Sienna without a trace.The girl who was sitting on the narrow bed just a few meters away had a calm look in her eyes. The corners of her mouth curled
The expression of the other girls in the utility room who had obviously been abused by Madam Berta before turned pale when they saw her approaching step by step.Roseanne hurriedly stepped forward to grab Sienna. She lowered her voice and said, “You’d better be quiet. Madam Berta can be very ruthless. Look at my body. I got all these bruises from getting beaten during this period of time!”Saying that, Roseanne rolled up her sleeves.There were countless bruises on her arms!Sienna only said, “You haven’t answered my question just now.”Roseanne was stunned for a moment. She then realized that earlier, Sienna had used Morse Code to ask her if there were any other victims who had been kidnapped in the basement. Roseanne shook her head and said guiltily, “I’m sorry. I don’t know…”Her freedom had been restricted from the day she was taken.Roseanne had failed to step out of the utility room for more than ten days, no matter what method she had used to resist. Sienna understood
Sienna raised the corners of her lips and made a shape with her mouth to answer, “Sensor.”Speaking of which, she was the one who built this sensor herself. It used body temperature and respiration to find people, even if it was separated by a wall. However, the accuracy could reach a hundred percent as long as the distance was within three to five meters!More importantly, the sensor was made into the shape of a button. As such, she openly attached it to her clothes. Madam Berta had actually touched it during the body search, but who would scrutinize a button?Just wait. If the rest of the victims were in this basement, the mission this time would be completed soon enough. She would not need to pretend to be weak with Cloud anymore. Sienna folded her arms in front of her chest and waited patiently.Very soon, Madam Berta came with a big bag in her hand which was full of lunch boxes. “It’s time to eat. It’s time to eat. Finish everything that you’re given; no leftovers are al