Chapter 72: Desperate Struggle
A private gathering inside US Climbing Bureau headquarters.
Taylor, fully prepared to challenge Floor 4, was running her final physical check.
The new Climbing Bureau Director Liam, Max, and other Bureau staff watched her.
Originally, the US had always been first to follow in Person123’s wake on the Nightmare runs, but this year the order had shifted.
China, for whatever reason, had challenged and cleared Floor 4 with startling speed.
Perhaps it was meant to put pressure on their side, but no one here was going to be rattled by something like that. Taylor wasn’t being rushed by the clock; she had finished her preparations thoroughly, exactly according to plan.
Even so, Climbing Bureau Director Liam couldn’t help feeling more anxious than usual.
He trusted Taylor’s abilities, demonstrated by clearing three Nightmare floors so far, but Floor 4 wasn’t a floor decided by ability alone.
‘How long can we keep chasing him?’