Once Bai Yaoyao confirmed she had lost her tail, she hurried to the little white building. What were they planning, with all this secrecy?
When she got close, she deliberately probed it with her mental power. The little white building looked unremarkable from the outside.
In reality, there were over a dozen Level 6 Ability Users inside. Every room on the first floor also held two or three Level 5 Ability Users.
Bai Yaoyao had intended to teleport straight to the second floor, but she was afraid of startling everyone, so she dutifully took the stairs instead.
She had not entirely believed Cheng Yang, either, but with her skills came confidence. She was not worried about any of that.
"Bai Yaoyao of the Dark Night Squad, reporting in."
When she reached the door, it opened before she had even finished speaking.
It had not been that long. The last time she had seen the leader, he had seemed to be doing all right. Today, though...
He was slumped sideways against the sofa, looking utterly drained. His face was pale, and there was more white hair at his temples.
Clearly... he had only just recovered from a serious injury. After sensing him more carefully, she realized the damage seemed to be mental.
That would not be easy to recover from.
This leader was a decent man who actually got things done. In her previous life, under his leadership, A City Main Base had survived wave after wave of zombie sieges.
Order within the base had never completely collapsed, either, and things had been improving on every front. Both his capabilities and his decisions had been solid.
"Captain Bai, these unusual circumstances leave us no choice but to meet you this way. I hope you'll understand."
The leader tried to sit upright,