Galgada, Huangluoge Tavern.
Angel, Poet, and Azure Maiden gathered.
All three wore Moriarty's disguise materials, giving them different faces-the faces they had always used when commanding the guerrillas.
"Shadow was captured," Moriarty said, getting straight to the point.
"He was Dusk's contact?" Sakurai Rina asked.
"Yes. He kept operating even after Dusk defected to the enemy." Moriarty hesitated.
"If Gal betrayed us, why would Shadow have gone all this time without contacting us?" Zoe spotted the problem.
"So now you think Dusk might not have betrayed us?" Sakurai Rina asked.
"If he betrayed us, this isn't that serious. But what if Dusk didn't betray us?" Moriarty ventured.
"There's no point discussing that now. Tailor has already set out. Tonight, either Dusk dies or he does," Sakurai Rina said flatly.
Zoe sighed. Moriarty remained silent.
Crash! The window shattered. Instantly alert, all three threw themselves backward.
An agent flew straight in from outside while three more rushed through the doorway, raising their submachine guns and spraying fire at the trio.
All three dodged the barrage. At the same time, a row of throwing knives shot toward two agents' throats. They dodged, but the blades struck their abdomens and arms instead.
Zoe slid beneath the table and tripped a wounded agent. Moriarty sprang out from the side and slit his throat.
The three rushed forward, taking down the remaining agents one-on-one. Moriarty, who had not fought in a long time, suffered a cut through the disguise material on his cheek.
"How are these people so good?" Moriarty asked in surprise, holding his cheek.
"They're men trained by Kenny Ackerman, the man with the bloodline of a killing machine," Sakurai Rina said gravely.
"There aren't any soldiers in the street. It's very quiet." Zoe looked out the window, her expression anxious.
Moriarty and