There was no such thing as a free lunch. Any mature person should have understood that, yet Gene had regretted it countless times. Why had he assumed that once Xu Huo abducted the Zhu Nuo Family members, it would no longer be his problem? Why had he secretly rejoiced, thinking the whole affair could no longer be traced back to the Anderson Family?
Confined inside his family's venue item, Gene had lost count of how many times he had glanced up at the small building beside him. After finding his home, Xu Huo had demanded to bring out the Zhu Nuo Family members for interrogation without further ado, frightening Gene's elders into hastily providing a suitable place to extract confessions.
This was no joke. Members of player families generally carried tracking chips. Keeping them inside an item was fine, but the moment they appeared in the district, their location would be exposed. If anyone else discovered they had been brought to the Anderson Family, the family would probably never know peace again.
Driving him away was out of the question. They already had an understanding, after all. They could only see this through to the bitter end and hope Xu Huo would not expose them.
Unfortunately, their hopes were far too optimistic. The Zhu Nuo Family had clever people too. As soon as they were released into the sealed room, one of them identified their location from the surroundings.
"The Anderson Family," the middle-aged woman sneered, exposing them outright. "You usually keep such a low profile. Who would have thought you were scheming so cleverly in secret? Do you think killing us will gain you anything? No outsider could have pulled this off without a traitor on the inside. The District Government and the other player families will investigate this