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Night had fallen deep, and this stretch of the New World was quiet. A large white sightseeing ship sailed westward all alone. No one knew where it was headed.
At that moment, several important members of CP0—the agency directly serving the World Nobles, the Sky Dragons, and hailed as both "the Sky Dragons' strongest shield" and "the world's strongest intelligence agency"—sat silently in a VIP room aboard the ship.
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Not one of them spoke. They sat quietly in their seats, no one knowing what they were thinking.
And unlike before, when they liked to make a grand entrance wherever they went, they were now keeping an unusually low profile aboard this sightseeing ship. For some reason, they had even changed out of their distinctive masks and white suits, which symbolized their identity, status, and power. Instead, they wore ordinary clothes and hooded cloaks, hiding their faces in the darkness.
Likewise, two burly, hooded guards stood outside the cabin, one on each side of the door. They dutifully guarded the entrance, warily watching every passenger who passed through the corridor.
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"How are things now?"
"Have we received any news?"
No one knew how much time had passed before one of the CP0 agents finally spoke, breaking the silence in the cabin and the suffocating stillness.
"Yes."
"We got word an hour ago!"
"Everyone..."
"Rob Lucci is there right now. He personally confirmed it earlier: that brat has already arrived. She's in the Golden City, aboard the Gran Tesoro."
As soon as the first CP0 agent spoke, another man in a hood, seated by himself on a sofa with his arms crossed, chimed in.
From that brief exchange, it wasn't hard to figure out that these CP0 agents were plotting against some troublesome, terrifying brat.
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