The wanted notice she had seen just last night flashed through Angel's mind. She had never imagined she would encounter here the traitor from Machinery Hivemind, the Beyonder who had killed two teammates—Tomaz.
Hadn't this fugitive narrowly escaped Machinery Hivemind's divination and pursuit before hurriedly leaving Enmat Harbor?
The unexpected visitor had disrupted Tomaz's plans as well. A hint of hesitation appeared on his face, as though he were considering the intruder's identity and whether to silence her permanently.
Angel reacted fastest. Though startled to encounter the fugitive here, the muscle memory of drawing her gun was far quicker than her thoughts. Before Tomaz had fully turned toward the door, she had drawn Bloodthirst from the holster at her waist. Without time to raise the gun and aim properly, she pulled the trigger at him.
"Bang—"
Spirituality flowed into the Mystical Item. The enhanced Demon Hunter Bullet shot out trailing a dark shadow, and the stronger-than-expected recoil nearly knocked the weapon from Angel's grip. The bullet also strayed from where she had aimed, striking the wall panel behind Tomaz. Blackish-purple flames flashed past, but failed to ignite the wallpaper.
But even if she had aimed before firing, that shot had been destined to miss.
Tomaz had reacted the instant Angel drew her gun. He kicked away the kneeling Kavi and used the recoil to topple backward behind the counter, narrowly evading the attack.
"Crash—"
Apparently knocking into something fragile, Tomaz swiftly vanished entirely behind the counter and out of Angel's sight.
Rather than press the attack, Angel kept her gun trained on Tomaz's hiding place as she quietly backed away.
She had not forgotten that he was a Beyonder with Anti-Divination abilities, a traitor who had killed two Beyonder teammates!
He was not an enemy a Sequence 9 Assassin like