He narrowed his long eyes, his gaze passing over every agent and fixing on the shadows at the outermost edge of the round table.
"There are only eight seats here."
Killing intent seeped into Crocodile's voice, and the dust on the floor began moving without a breeze. "Mr. 1 and his partner, Mr. 2, Mr. 3 and his partner, Mr. 4 and his partner, plus Miss All Sunday. Exactly eight."
"So..."
"Who are you, our ninth guest, sitting there listening to the show all this time?"
As his words fell, every agent's expression changed.
Mr. 1 instantly turned his arms into blades and spun around; Robin crossed her fingers, taking the starting stance to activate her ability.
They had not noticed at all that an extra person had been sitting in this room the entire time.
"Tsk, you caught me."
In the shadows, Lin Xuan sighed.
He stopped concealing his presence and casually flicked the chip he had been toying with into the air.
The golden disk traced an arc beneath the lights and landed precisely on the table before Crocodile with a clear clink, still spinning.
"I was hoping to hear a little more about the details of your plan to steal a kingdom."
Lin Xuan rose from the shadows, his Marine Justice Coat draped casually over his shoulders, a smile even more arrogant than Crocodile's on his young face. "After all, a villain's confession like this makes excellent evidence for a conviction."
"A Marine?"
Crocodile's pupils contracted sharply as he looked at the coat.
It was not because of the other man's identity, but because of his composure.
He could clearly feel that when the killing intent he had just released reached this young man, it was like a stone sinking into the sea. It had not even