They watched V leave until he disappeared beyond the door.
The heaviness on Ai Li's face faded, and he picked up another sweet from the bowl and put it into his mouth.
His expression gradually returned to calm, as if V's string of taunts had not bothered him in the slightest.
Baron saw through V's little scheme and said with a smile, "V has always been dissatisfied with you, [A]. Aren't you going to use [All Chess Edict] to punish him?"
[C] remained focused on the mole. "Or should we talk about how to deal with the mole?"
The other chess players were all at different coordinates, receiving orders and taking action through Ai Li's "Authority."
Trying to investigate them one by one would be extremely difficult...
"I'm not even worried. Why are you?"
With Kong Yi having locked onto his coordinates, a traitor within the group, and V even openly mocking him to his face, Ai Li showed no signs of being depressed despite all these unfavorable developments.
Instead, he ate sweets with complete ease.
[C] looked at him. "What, you're actually happy?"
Ai Li chewed on a sweet. "Mr. V brought such a surprise to the team. Why shouldn't I be happy?"
[C] folded his hands. "V merely helped you confirm that there's a mole. Now..."
Before he could finish, Ai Li shook his head. "That's not the surprise I meant."
"Then what is it?"
Ai Li raised a hand, and as if performing a magic trick, another Tarot Card appeared in it—the Devil card. "I mean the Devil he brought back."
"I understand the [Nightmare] of District 13, and I understand V's abilities. Such important information, and he claimed he pried it out of K's mouth? That was so straightforward I nearly laughed."
"If he had made