"Moratoriums...?" Huang looked at the three people Hei had brought back. After Mao explained the situation, his expression turned a little strange. "I thought you'd received the Organization's orders ahead of time."
His words took Mao slightly by surprise. "What's going on, Huang? Did the Organization issue some new orders?"
"Yeah. The Organization wants us to seize a Contractor who's also lost her abilities." Huang nodded and pulled out a photograph. It showed a red-haired woman, and Mao's expression remained perfectly normal when he saw her.
"Havoc—one of the most notorious and feared Contractors in history. The Organization's orders are to abduct her." Huang waved a hand and turned to head back. "Get ready. I'll be joining the operation this time. As for these people, I'll take them back first and hand them over to the Organization when the time comes."
"Cam—"
"Hei? Hei!" Seeing Hei spacing out, Mao called him twice. When he still got no response, his voice rose sharply.
"I'm fine!"
Before Mao could say anything else, Hei waved him off, turned, and left. Mao watched his back for a long while. After spending some time together, he had learned that Hei was utterly unlike an ordinary Contractor. The strangest thing about him was the way his emotions changed.
He definitely had something on his mind now... and it had come after seeing the photograph Huang left behind.
Did it have something to do with the target in the photo?
"Hmm..." Jiu Ming flipped through the black book in his hands. Mai Kashiwagi glanced at it, then lost interest. The book did look rather odd—some pages were pure black, while others bore all sorts of colorful illustrations.
Icebergs, flames, weapons, even people.
But it didn't seem useful at all. It was probably just an ordinary picture book,