BANG!
At the control room door, Evelyn kicked it open. The sight before the three of them froze them in their tracks: people lay sprawled all over the floor!
"So many...! Did Fugue's people kill them?" Belle stared at the bodies, panic rising in her chest.
Evelyn said nothing. She hurried to the nearest person and pressed her fingers to his neck. A moment later, she pushed up his sleeve, revealing a Fugue Organization tattoo on his wrist.
Evelyn's pupils contracted.
She swept her gaze across the room. Among the dozen or so unconscious people, some were Star Ring staff. The others... belonged to Fugue.
"Miss Evelyn, what's wrong?" Wise asked, noticing the change in her expression.
"They're not dead. Just unconscious."
"Isn't that a good thing?"
"No." Evelyn rose, her expression darkening. "There are staff members here, but there are Fugue people too."
"What?!"
Wise's heart jolted. He understood what Evelyn meant at once: a third party was involved tonight!
Judging by the scene in the control room, Diga's security could not have done this. If they had, someone would have stayed behind to handle it.
"Uh, Wise, Miss Evelyn! Come look at this!"
A computer screen had caught Belle's eye. Harsh red light flashed across it, framing a chibi figure in a magician's top hat.
The little figure held a timer. Its digits ticked down second by second... with roughly fifty minutes left.
"If this were a movie, that countdown... wouldn't it be a bomb?" Belle asked, looking back.
"Belle, let me see."
Wise hurried over and sat at the computer. His fingers flew across the keyboard as he ran a quick analysis.
A moment later, he stopped, his voice strained.
"It's a signal trigger. When the countdown reaches zero, it'll send multiple commands. They might go to