A-City.
Hero Association Headquarters.
The once-peaceful atmosphere suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse because of a piece of news.
"Report! Something happened to Shibabawa!"
"What?"
Sekingar, the current director of the First Operations Room and commander-in-chief, was greatly startled.
The other staff members present, including Sitch, were the same.
"Speak! What happened?"
"Yes!"
"Last night, while Shibabawa was divining the world's fortunes for the second half of this year..."
"She was so shocked that her breathing became irregular, and she began coughing repeatedly."
"To steady her breathing, she ate a throat lozenge she carried with her, but it got lodged in her throat and blocked her windpipe."
"Don't tell me she choked to death?!" Sitch shouted in shock.
"Uh, she nearly choked to death."
The male employee who had come to report said awkwardly, "According to Shibabawa herself, when she saw the River of Three Crossings, a Black-Clad Man suddenly appeared in the room and saved her. But the person vanished again without saying a word."
"Whew—"
Sitch immediately let out a breath of relief. "It's good that she didn't die. Otherwise, it would have been an enormous loss. Reward that security officer at once!"
"But according to our investigation, that person wasn't one of ours."
The suited employee cautiously delivered words that left everyone present stunned.
Shibabawa's exact residence was classified.
Moreover, professional bodyguards protected it around the clock.
Yet when she had nearly choked to death, the first person to appear had been an outsider!
"What were our security personnel doing?" Sekingar asked with an angry expression.
The male employee shook his head with a bitter smile. "From beginning to end, they never noticed anything had happened."
The moment those words were spoken, everyone's hair stood on end.
That meant the person could just as silently