After Dexter and his henchman left.
Only the three of them remained in the private room, with no outsiders present.
"What do you think?"
Su Xiao did not offer his own thoughts first. He wanted to hear what Jack and V thought.
"You guessed right. Dexter really does want us to go after Arasaka. Good thing Lucy didn't come down."
V looked grave.
From start to finish, Su Xiao and the others had never mentioned Lucy to Dexter.
That included Jack, who had first contacted Dexter through T-BUG.
He had also been careful about confidentiality and never mentioned exactly how many people were on his team.
As a result, neither Dexter nor T-BUG knew Lucy existed.
Dexter might not know anything about Lucy's past, but if he was going after Arasaka, keeping the two of them from meeting was the best option.
Su Xiao looked at V. "So you think..."
V shook her head. "Hard to say. We could take this job or leave it. It mostly depends on you. Whatever you decide, I'm with you."
"Then let's..."
Su Xiao was about to give his opinion.
Just then, Jack interrupted from beside him. "Wait!"
He looked at Su Xiao first, then turned to V.
"Listen... Su, V, you're not thinking of passing up this golden opportunity, are you?"
"Jack, if we lose the money, we can earn more. But if we lose our lives, we've got nothing left."
Su Xiao knew how much this big job mattered to Jack.
So he tried to reassure him gently. "Think about Mrs. Wells and Misty. How heartbroken would they be if something happened to you?"
"You're right, Su, but it's not that simple."
V asked in confusion, "Why isn't it? When Dexter gets back, we'll tell him the job's too risky for