After opening the doors and windows wide, the smoke in the room gradually dissipated.
Three people stood or sat in the room—two men and one woman. One of the men was thin and wiry, around fifty years old. He was Old Cowboy. The other was younger, around eighteen or nineteen. Although young, his eyes were deeply weathered, as if he had experienced many things.
As for the only woman in the room, "sexy" was no longer enough to describe her. She wore a thin bustier on her upper body and ultra-short denim shorts below, barely more than ten centimeters long. Two short curved blades hung at either side of her waist.
These three were the other members of the Ant King subjugation team. Since they had earned Netero's approval, there was no need to worry about their strength. At the very least, they were all experts among the Tier Three ranks.
"This is... not good."
The woman in the room met Su Xiao's gaze. She seemed to recognize who he was, but with Netero present, she found it inconvenient to say anything.
"Three of you, this is the new member of the Ant King subjugation team. I still have something to attend to and will be gone for about an hour. If everything goes smoothly, we'll head to the Royal Capital of East Gortha in an hour. Get acquainted with one another first."
Netero turned and walked out of the room. He seemed to have left deliberately. Having lived for 110 years, Netero had already vaguely sensed that something was going on. He simply had not exposed it.
The moment Netero left, the female Contractor gradually bent her body, both hands pressing down on the hilts of the two curved blades at her waist.
"Old Cowboy, Chen, let me introduce