Chapter 247 - 159: Karsas’s Fiancee (2)
The air was thick with tension.
"Could there be a traitor among us?" After a long pause, Silf slowly spoke up, her eyebrows tightly furrowed. She didn’t want to suspect her comrades, but the series of incidents forced her to doubt.
Benson’s whereabouts had been betrayed and he was killed by Luo Meng.
Now Ronald’s location had also been leaked and he was being pursued by Luo Meng.
One occurrence could be called an accident, but two was too suspicious to overlook.
"Someone among us must be colluding with Luo Meng behind our backs, continually leaking information to him, leading to Benson’s death and Ronald being trapped..."
Their voices grew lower and more suppressed, making the atmosphere increasingly suffocating.
They had just been talking intimately as good sisters, planning to cooperate closely to revive Jie Luo, but in the blink of an eye, they had fallen into mutual suspicion.
Pairs of eyes, with subtle glances, scoped out the remaining four, everyone suspecting everyone else but themselves; no one trusted anyone.
Aili, who had been lazily leaning on the chair, her petite body even tensed up subconsciously, the blade she was spinning between her fingers suddenly stopped, only the glinting cold light flickering.
Though they were physically close to each other, it felt as if they were worlds apart.