"That went pretty smoothly."
Su Xiao remained expressionless, utterly unfazed. "Save the celebration until we're out. Popping champagne at halftime is asking for trouble."
As though to prove his point.
The next moment, T-BUG's panicked voice rang out.
"Bad news. Raijin Arasaka shook off Hideki Kojima, and he and Smasher are heading toward the elevator you're in."
V and Jack both jolted.
Azure Tower had more than one elevator. Why, of all the elevators they could have picked, were they heading straight for theirs?
If they did nothing and rode straight down to the first floor, they would run right into Raijin Arasaka and Smasher waiting for the elevator.
Smasher might not be a problem, but Yorinobu would recognize the case in Jack's hand at a glance. It was the very case he had used to store the relic.
Wouldn't they be screwed then?
No. They couldn't just go down to the first floor.
Su Xiao's mind raced, and he quickly came up with an idea.
His eyes stayed on the floor display. When the elevator reached the forty-second floor, where the Lapis Suite T-BUG had picked for them earlier was located...
Su Xiao quickly pressed 42, followed by the door-open button.
The elevator promptly stopped, and its doors opened.
"Su, what are you doing? Are we going back to the room carrying this huge case?"
"Isn't Raijin Arasaka waiting for the elevator? Then let's let him have it. Once he's gone up, we'll go down."
Su Xiao stepped out of the elevator, and V followed without hesitation.
Without waiting for Su Xiao to say anything, she disabled the nearby cameras.
Jack thought for a moment, then came out with the case as well.
Just as Su Xiao had expected.
After they vacated the elevator, it descended to the first