"Enemies?" Lao Tang's face darkened, and a convincingly murderous air gathered between his brows. He was putting on quite an act.
He put away the map and reached for the gun on his back, but at that very moment, his phone rang.
The crisp ringtone was especially grating in the silent, cavernous Library.
Lao Tang pulled out his phone, caught sight of his employer's number flashing on the screen, and clicked his tongue irritably.
Lu Mingfei lowered his voice to remind him, "Either hang up or answer quickly. Keep it short—this is way too conspicuous."
Lao Tang pondered for two seconds before finally answering. To keep the person on the other end from saying anything inappropriate, he cut them off before they could speak, barking out in an irritable tone:
"How many times have I told you? There's no chance between us, so stop pestering me! I'm in the Library with an underclassman looking for an intruder right now, so quit bothering me!"
I've already made my location and situation clear. If the employer is smart, they should understand what I mean.
On the other end of the line, Su Enxi was completely baffled. Honestly, Lao Tang's voice had startled her at first. When he spoke in that furious tone, he carried an inexplicable authority, as though someone else were speaking through him. For a moment, she had almost thought Norton had awakened.
But after hearing the latter half, she understood what Lao Tang meant. She could not help rubbing her forehead. How could there be anyone in the Library?
Hadn't Angers cleared everyone out and entrusted the Library's defenses entirely to NOMA's automated defense system?
Where had things gone wrong? With such a perfect plan and such a major inside man cooperating, how had everything gone off the rails