Starting from Night City
Chapter 212

When did you get the impression you weren't under Kyoka Suigetsu? (3K) (continued)

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He signaled for the others to stop.

The stairwell was still pitch-black.

They couldn't see their hands in front of their faces.

But the built-in tactical display clearly showed more than a dozen Laser Tripwires planted at the far end of the stairs.

Four Sentry Turrets were also concealed in the walls on either side.

Su Xiao took the view from his built-in tactical display.

And shared it with the others.

"Lucy, hack all of them."

Lucy nodded.

She came up beside Su Xiao and remotely disabled the Laser Tripwires and Sentry Turrets one by one.

They advanced again, but after only a few meters, an automatic door blocked their path.

This time, Lucy opened it with a flash of red in her eyes before Su Xiao could give the order.

Beyond the door lay an enormous underground chamber.

But Lilith's Cabin had converted it into an altar for cult rituals.

They had drawn a huge inverted pentagram on the floor in blood.

Skulls, candles, and flowers adorned each point of the inverted pentagram.

Quite a few people knelt within the enormous ritual circle.

Their upper bodies were bare.

Patterns of varying designs had been carved into their flesh with knives, each seemingly laden with some deeper meaning.

Outside the inverted pentagram stood cult members in white robes and pointed hoods.

At the very center of the ritual circle sat a freezer shaped like a coffin.

The freezer was pure white, with a large bloodstain on its surface.

This was the sight that greeted Su Xiao and the others as they entered.

Their footsteps drew the attention of the white-robed figures.

"Defilers! More defilers have broken in!"

"They've disturbed the ritual of Lilith's descent! They must atone with their blood!"

"Kill them! Offer up their blood and brains to welcome

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