Chapter 246: Florence and Liam
"You better be right about this, Liam! Putting out that evacuation warning could cost us millions if the Gate doesn’t appear!"
The person that spoke was a woman wearing a well-fitted black trouser suit. She had a beautiful face and a good figure, but she wore a scowl that was enough to drive anyone away from her. Her name was Florence, and she was the Head of Superhuman Correspondence in New Jersey. She had been in the middle of work when she got the information from one of her subordinates that the Director of the SMD in New Jersey had issued an evacuation announcement, and she couldn’t believe it was true until she came back here to see for herself! Florence was one of those who didn’t believe that Liam was telling the truth at all! Liam was trying to tell them that some newbie superhuman had predicted a Yellow Gate before it would even appear!? Did he think they were stupid!?
Florence knew Liam as a brilliant man, so she didn’t know how he could’ve fallen for something so idiotic!
’All this is going to blow up in his face, and I’ll be right there to laugh at him. This Jason Marc is definitely lying, and this fool just believed everything he said without any question!’
Florence turned to look at Liam’s handsome, chisled face, and she had to fight back a blush as she glared harder at him, but she clicked her tongue in irritation when Liam ignored her and turned away when someone else spoke from the side. The person sitting there was an older man with greying hair and dark blue eyes. He held a walking stick in front of him and his voice carried an air of wisdom in every word. This was the Director of the SMD branch in New Jersey, Tirius Edgar.
"I’m sure young Liam wouldn’t have made such a decision without having sufficient trust in Mr. Jason Marc. Although he is one of the newest additions to the ranks of superhumans, we cannot deny that his abilities have continued to surprise us ever since he emerged. He is a force to be reckoned with, and his words are not to be taken lightly. My only concern now is his apparent absence in the middle of such a crisis. Liam, where did he say he was going?"
Florence frowned in annoyance when she heard Tirius talking about how important Jason was, but the moment he spoke about Jason’s absence, she also turned to Liam with a questioning gaze! It was already bad enough that Jason was asking them to carry out a full evacuation on nothing but his word, but the person who told them about this incident ended up not being present at all! That didn’t exactly inspire any form of confidence!
Liam ran a hand through his hair as he tried to come up with a proper explanation and Florence swallowed as she saw the way his hair fell over his eyes! Florence felt a heat pooling in her stomach, but she killed it with brutality and glared at Liam again while asking him to answer the damn question! Liam glared at her as well before he finally let out a silent sigh! In truth, Liam was also in the dark about what Jason had gone to do! The only thing Jason told him was that the other situation was far more important than this one!
’Jason is willing to leave hundreds of thousands to potentially die at this rate. That means it had to be important.’
Liam shook his head and then looked at the Director with a serious gaze while telling him that he didn’t know where Jason was. Florence scoffed and Liam frowned in irritation as he turned to glare at her! Her attitude wasn’t helping anyone! Florence gave Liam a cocky smirk, and Liam felt like leaping over the table and taking her head off! But the Director suddenly spoke up before things could get too heated.
"That’s enough from both of you. You are both colleagues, so you would do well to work together in this crisis. Florence, how many guilds have you managed to gather?"
Florence had been put in charge of bringing together as many high-level guilds as possible, and she nodded as she slid a document toward him before talking.