"Huh, Nova?"
Everyone's eyes turned to Papayanova.
They were all bosses.
But Papayanova was the big boss, while they were small-time bosses.
"There's an elevator at the end of the hallway outside. It can take us straight up."
Papayanova said slowly, "But someone needs to go out first and check things out."
Everyone instantly went silent.
Go out?
Who the fuck would dare go out with things the way they were?
Wouldn't that just make them cannon fodder marching to their deaths?
"You go."
"Fuck that. Why don't you go?"
"I have a wife and kids. You're single. Nobody would cry if you died."
"Oh, fuck you. You're still rubbing your love life in my face at a time like this? I'll shove my gun up your ass."
While they were still arguing.
A sudden knock came at the door.
The voices that had been arguing a moment ago quickly fell silent.
Papayanova reacted fastest.
She raised her Kinetic Assault Rifle.
And fired a burst straight at the door.
Bang, bang, bang-
Dozens of bullet holes appeared in the door in an instant.
Papayanova slapped in a fresh magazine and charged out first.
"Anyone who doesn't want to die, follow me!"
She fearlessly kicked the door open, braced herself against the frame, and raised her gun to spray the hallway outside again.
Once she emptied her magazine, she turned toward Sukhanov.
He gritted his teeth.
With both pistols raised, he rolled out through the doorway.
But there wasn't a soul in the hallway outside.
Papayanova's barrage had hit nothing.
"What's going on?"
The other bosses hurried over with their guns drawn.
All they saw in the hallway beyond the door were walls and flooring riddled with bullet holes.
There was no blood, and there were no bodies.
Then what had