"Bastards. Once this is over, I'll make you pay!"
Erika Kujo cursed under her breath as she rode the elevator to the tenth floor with the man in black.
The elevator doors had barely opened when two gazes fixed on them.
Bai Xuan and Bai Yu sat quietly in the room, as though they had been expecting them all along.
"It's a trap!"
The man in black reacted instantly, raising his gun.
But before he could fire, he dropped straight to the floor without so much as a grunt and lay still.
"What happened?"
Erika Kujo froze. She hadn't seen a thing.
Instinctively sensing danger, she ignited her Ghostflame—
And the instant the flames flared, two combat-power readings appeared clearly before her eyes.
Two of them—9,999?!
She went rigid, her mind blank.
Two monsters with 9,999 combat power—how was she supposed to fight them?
Wouldn't that be suicide?
Damn it!
Nine of Hearts had lied to her!
Wait!
Bai Yu's younger brother was a student?
Could that student named Bai Xuan be the masked man?
This was bad!
"Seven of Diamonds, report in. Why has Six of Clubs lost all vital signs?"
Nine of Hearts's voice came through her earpiece.
Before he could finish, the earpiece crackled with static, then burst apart, scattering fragments across the floor.
What—
Erika Kujo panicked.
Run?
Could she actually get away?
"Is that her?"
Liu Mufei turned to Bai Xuan.
"Yeah, that's her." Bai Xuan nodded. "I think her name's Erika Kujo?"
"I see."
Liu Mufei acknowledged him, then said calmly to Erika Kujo, "Miss Kujo, please step out of the elevator."
The words carried the force of a command. Erika Kujo stepped out against her will and walked into their room.
She had no chance to resist. Even the thought of running seemed