Yes.
Elysée Palace.
Here was something amusing. After Baron Strucker of Hydra had declared his allegiance to Lake and, overnight, handed over all of Hydra under his command to the Immortal Consortium without reservation,
Suddenly.
Emilia called Lake. Her meaning was simple: they seemed to be able to represent Elysée Palace now.
Of course.
Just as Wall Street represented the White House behind the scenes, the Immortal Consortium, which was still being integrated, now represented Elysée Palace in the same way.
Naturally, as the owner of the Immortal Consortium and the Queen of the Immortal Royal Family, Emilia was fully qualified to say that she could represent Elysée Palace.
That evening.
Karen summoned Lake to her private office. After rubbing her brow, she shook her head with an inexplicable smile at the corner of her mouth and looked at Lake, who was sitting on the sofa and drinking bourbon. "Of the five Overlord-level powers, two connected to you have already arrived. Tell me, when will the other two get here?"
Lake took a sip from his glass. "As for Hermione and Emilia's actions, I'd like to state that they acted on their own. They had neither my authorization nor my instructions. I'm innocent."
"Heh."
"Seriously."
Karen looked at Lake, whose raised face was filled with earnestness, and pursed her lips. "So this is the last one?"
Lake was just about to nod.
The next second.
Lake's phone rang.
It was an unfamiliar number.
Lake raised an eyebrow and answered. Then Jiaying, the leader of the Inhumans' Afterlife in the Eastern Country, spoke from the other end.
A while later.
Lake put down the phone and looked up at Karen with an odd expression.
Karen laughed outright.
Well, damn.
Karen knew Lake was capable, but she had never imagined he was