In the end, Courtney did not throw Linda off the ship. She simply brought the woman before Shelly.
Although she very much wanted to do it, she had, after all, "gone straight," and there were some things she would not do without Xia You's permission.
But she was not merely trying to scare Linda, either.
If this woman really refused to know what was good for her, Courtney might indeed dispose of her.
Shelly was naturally quite surprised by Linda's appearance as well.
"I never thought you'd actually follow us here."
She set down the instrument she had been using to inspect the system's backdoor and, behind her mask, studied the woman restrained by Gengar with a puzzled, uncomprehending gaze.
"So you were the one who triggered the alarm just now. Counting what happened earlier, you really have caused us a little 'trouble.'"
Courtney walked over to Linda and deliberately lifted a loose lock of her brown hair with a fingertip, her tone playful. "Then how should we deal with this 'concerned citizen'? She's seen things she shouldn't have seen and learned things she shouldn't have learned. Not to mention, she knows about this ship."
Linda now truly felt a profound helplessness, as though she were entirely at their mercy.
She wanted to say something, but felt that whatever she said would be useless. Just as these two women had said, they would not let her leave easily.
Seemingly noticing that she had resigned herself to her fate, Shelly sneered.
"You should thank fate, and thank us for having turned over a new leaf. Otherwise, you certainly wouldn't live to see tomorrow's sun."
Courtney turned toward Shelly, somewhat puzzled. "Aren't we going to deal with her? Keeping her will definitely be trouble. If things go badly, word of us seizing