Piyu shook her phone.
"You're too late. The contract is already in effect."
"You'll have to pay compensation for breaking it."
Milluki stayed silent for a long while.
"How much?"
"Three times the current market price of the figures."
"Why don't you just rob me?"
"You confirmed the contract yourself."
Milluki lowered his head and opened the contract, preparing to study the breach clauses. Just then, Piyu's phone rang.
She glanced at the caller ID and walked outside the inspection area.
The call lasted several minutes.
When Piyu returned, she no longer played with her phone. She looked at Bai Zhu first.
"We can't get in for now."
"The border crossing is closed?"
"Someone wants to join the investigation team. We'll have to wait a few more days at the earliest."
The string in Bai Zhu's heart immediately tightened.
NGL, D1, the Creation Society ruins—any one of those pieces of news getting out could bring extra trouble. Pariston had already dug his pit. If a few more unknown people joined them, the team would soon slip out of control.
"Who did you hand the information to?"
"Only the chairman."
"Netero?"
"Investigating NGL requires Association authorization. It's not like I can stamp the approval myself."
"Who's coming?"
Piyu put away her phone.
"Knov, and his disciple."
Bai Zhu stood where he was and said nothing.
Piyu tilted her head and studied him.
"You know him?"
"No. I heard Lippo mention him."
"Knov is a rare spatial-type Nen Ability user. He has a stable independent space and can open entrances and exits. As long as he leaves a passage in advance, personnel and supplies can be transferred through his ability."
Piyu fell silent for two seconds, then turned to look toward the coast.
"So with him involved, we won't need to have