"Hi! We meet again." The instant he sprang out from the ambush site, Jordan swung his enormous spiked hammer in a dance and burst into laughter. At once, everyone's attention turned toward him. Thorn Rose shouted, "Watch out!" But before her words had faded, a scream came from the right. Everyone turned toward the sound and saw a black shadow flash past. Only Fire Fox and Thorn Rose knew that it had been Wallace or Barbara. They did not know that Barbara was already dead.
Almost instantly, two arrows shot out from the darkness like bolts of lightning.
The key to an ambush was catching the enemy off guard and striking where they were unprepared. And to create the ideal conditions for "off guard" and "unprepared," there was no better way than using someone else to draw everyone's attention. Jordan let out a rough roar to pull all eyes toward himself, then Wallace and the sisters Mary and Maya launched their lightning-fast sneak attack.
Ada Wong's guards were anxious about her safety, and Jordan had suddenly diverted their attention. Meanwhile, Jordan's side coordinated flawlessly. Wallace and the others also understood that this first instant of combat would have an enormous impact on the battle, so they went all out! With one side rising while the other fell, in just one exchange, one of Ada Wong's eight S-rank biohuman guards had his throat slit by Wallace. Though he was not dead yet, death could not have been far away.
Perhaps the other two S-rank biohumans had received a warning, or perhaps their qualities were simply exceptional. Mary and Maya's arrows did not strike their vital points: one was hit in the shoulder, the other in the thigh.
"Don't worry about them!" an S-rank guard roared. "The Chairman's safety comes first!" He