"Hah—?"
The drawn-out tone carried disbelief and suspicion.
"So you're saying that a group just stormed the base, and not only did you fail to stop them, you didn't even keep a single one of them there?"
Looking at the beautiful woman's profile in the communication projection as she sat with her legs crossed at a table, listening to the cool question laced with reproach in her naturally seductive voice—
In the villa hall of the Coastal Manor base, everyone fell into a pressured, wordless silence.
The reason these powerful official members were all silent was simple: the beautiful woman in the projection was their superior on the Coast.
And a Participant's superior was naturally an even stronger Participant.
Faced with her question, even the brash and flamboyant Riozak said nothing. In the end, Silvan forced himself through the humiliation and answered:
"We're deeply sorry."
"Forget it. There's no point saying anything now. How is the base?"
Her flawless profile visible in the projection, the beautiful woman did not pursue the matter further and instead asked about the aftermath.
"Regarding that, we just inspected the entire base and found that only one device on the fifth underground level was destroyed. Other than that, there was almost no damage."
"They must have been after that from the start."
Remembering the Ability user on the other team who had passed through walls, Silvan answered with some helplessness. If not for that Ability, how could they possibly have let the other side succeed tonight?
A base with all those internal security measures should never have been forcefully breached all the way to the fifth underground level.
"That's all?"
She turned her face in the projection, feminine charm flowing from her features, and there was slight surprise in her seductive voice.
For a chaotic