Under cover of night, the undercurrents within the Manor never ceased.
The Spiders advanced toward the heart of the Manor from different directions, while A Luo took Owl with her and hunted them down using directions from the surveillance room.
Whenever she caught one of them off guard, she seized the chance to have Owl wrap them up in his Great Shroud.
To keep the Spiders from reacting fast enough to escape the Great Shroud's reach when it appeared, she resorted to every trick she could, from drugs and ambushes to using herself as bait.
And so, after Feitan, Phinks, Uvogin, Nobunaga, Franklin, Kortopi, and Bonolenov were captured one after another.
Now only Machi, Pakunoda, Shizuku, and Shalnark remained outside!
Machi and Pakunoda were arguably the Spiders who cared most about Chrollo. As long as she had him in her hands, those two were nothing to fear.
Shizuku was scatterbrained, and her sense of belonging to the Phantom Troupe was not yet as strong as the others'.
With a little persuasion, she probably wouldn't insist on fighting their group to the death.
Besides, with her forgetfulness, she might simply forget all these grudges one day.
That left only Shalnark!
Through her radio, A Luo addressed William and Dina, who had remained in the Control Room.
"Where is Shalnark now?"
William frowned.
"Shalnark? Who's that?"
A Luo realized that William and Dina weren't familiar with the Spiders' names the way she was.
"The only man left. Short blond hair, emerald-green eyes, wearing a training outfit, with a sunny smile always on his face. That's Shalnark."
She had barely finished speaking when a startled cry came through the radio, immediately followed by the clatter of fighting.
When the fighting stopped, a familiar male voice came through the radio.
"A Luo, I heard