Nightless Sky Fire Apricot took advantage of the lack of people outside and left the room first.
After all, she had slipped away from a party under the pretext of going to the restroom. Although such social occasions were meaningless, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot did not want the Nightless Sky Family Head to discover that she had snuck out.
"After I deal with those idiots, I'll come find you in secret— you already have a communicator, right? Let's exchange communicator addresses."
After recording the method of contacting Lin Yu, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot jumped straight out of the window and slid down the glass curtain wall along the exterior of Truth Tower all the way to the ground, then disappeared into the nearest sewer entrance.
After seeing her figure disappear, Lin Yu naturally put his mind at ease.
Once Nightless Sky Fire Apricot entered the pipes, she was like a fish returning to the sea, so nimble that it was impossible to catch her.
The time that followed was surprisingly free for Lin Yu.
In the office of Truth Company, he took out the Ancient Notebook and organized his thoughts. Pretending to write something like "research and development notes," he passed the idle time.
About an hour later...
The night was at its darkest, yet the neon lights were at their brightest. At the most dazzling moment of the city, someone knocked on the door of Lin Yu's office.
"Knock, knock!"
Then, the voice of Leader Rent, whom he had parted from not long ago, came from outside the door.
"Supervisor Arthur, please make preparations immediately. President Paris requests your presence—the matter is rather urgent."
Hearing that the person who had come to summon him was Rent, Lin Yu could guess what was happening even though he had not said