"Ah!"
"Watch out!"
The person striding down from the stage still looked angry. Realizing she had bumped into someone, she immediately reached out to steady them.
But...
Once she saw the face of the person she was holding, she let go in irritation.
"Catherine, don't you watch where you're going?"
"Elizabeth, you're the one who wasn't looking! No, wait. You spend every day with your nose in the air and your eyes fixed on the ceiling. You never look where you're going!"
The moment Catherine saw who she had bumped into, she went on the attack.
One look at them made it clear that Catherine and Elizabeth had known each other for ages, and they had never gotten along.
"How can you speak to Miss Elizabeth like that? How rude! Miss Elizabeth is from the Supervision Bureau. You—"
"Cole, stay out of it. This is between us women!"
Elizabeth shoved aside the man who had tried to defend her and fixed Catherine with a fierce stare.
"Catherine, you're as sharp-tongued as ever."
"And you're as arrogant and rude as ever, Elizabeth!"
The two glared at each other like fighting cocks, with the quarrel threatening to flare up.
"Catherine, mind your manners!"
Serena and Xu Zining came down from the stage together. Neither looked pleased.
Serena stared at the man beside Elizabeth.
"James, my friend booked this venue ages ago. Now you say we can't use it, just like that. Who's going to cover the losses?!"
James had brown hair, a stern expression, and brown eyes that glanced at Serena with indifference.
"The Secret Realm near Gotham City has seen frequent Beast Tides lately. It's highly unstable. Not long ago, rampaging monsters in the Mountain Forest outside Gotham City caused numerous deaths and injuries. The Warlord has ordered that no crowded