Even though they were no longer in any danger, the atmosphere in the car was very grave.

No one had gotten what they wanted.

Hook had lost his claim to fame, Adam and Shae had lost the leverage that they were counting on using to uncover the secrets of their past, Shi Feng had lost the opportunity to launch a smear campaign against the southern congress, Red Spider had failed to complete the mission assigned to her, and Shota Sato had lost all of his comrades from the Psychic Church.

If anyone had gotten what they wanted, then it could only have been Nie Yiyi.

Her objective for coming on this mission was to experience the horror of coming face-to-face with death. She was looking forward to fighting powerful enemies in battle, and she had gotten what she wanted. She had brushed shoulders with death on several occasions during the two battles that she had just endured, and she could've easily already been dead by now. In addition to that, she had been able to witness many...