Cheng Xun had just boasted that he was the true leader of the Lorimaris Hotel when, a second later, his accomplice-or rather, his subordinate-ran out to report that someone had broken into their most secret area, the Sixth Floor.
For an instant, the look on Cheng Xun's face was quite a sight.
"Who was it? And what did you come downstairs for? Shouldn't you be up there taking the intruder down with you?" Once Cheng Xun recovered, his features twisted into something almost vicious, all his former cultured affability gone.
"I-I didn't see the intruder."
Although they were both Players, and Cheng Xun hardly seemed like a powerful veteran, the subordinate who had run down from the Sixth Floor looked terrified of him. Perhaps that fear kept the subordinate from noticing Su Bai at the far end of the passage behind them. Or perhaps, because Su Bai looked like a waiter, the subordinate had noticed him but paid him no mind.
Only after the subordinate hurried up to Cheng Xun to report did Su Bai return to the stairwell. He stood where one step forward would give him a clear view of the lobby, while one step back would conceal him in the darkness.
"What exactly happened?" Peng Zhen pressed from beside them. "Why didn't you just use the communicator?"
"I did use it. You didn't answer, Peng." The subordinate who had hurried over sounded a little aggrieved.
Peng Zhen quickly raised his hand to check the communicator. Though it looked like an exceptionally thick phone, the thing had no screen at all, only a light that could blink.
"Damn it, who has time to keep staring at this thing at a time like this!"
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