"Hum, hum… I’ll bring these with me today." Melody was humming happily, putting down the bags filled with several video games as well as the recording of the Shining Star Competition. It had been a while since she visited her brother, so she couldn’t help but feel excited about it.
However, her happiness was short lived because the alarm in her apartment started ringing.
"!!!" Melody turned her head around, looking at the door. She was trying to use her extraordinary hearing to see the intruders.
Fortunately, there didn’t seem to be anyone near her door yet. In other words, the bell was alerting her about something still far from her room.
She hurriedly opened her phone and checked the hidden CCTV she had installed previously.
Due to her background, she was on a constant run. Obviously, she installed a lot of hidden CCTVs to monitor the apartment.
The alarm was set up to warn her that there were a ridiculous number of people going in. And the problem was that she actually found these people coming from the back door of the apartment.
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If it were the front door and their ages varied, she would consider them a normal family. However, there were about ten people coming from the back door. While she couldn’t feel their strength from the camera, she could see that their movements were rather disciplined.
She couldn’t help but remember Clovis’ warning on the way back home.
"Remember. I have set up a series of traps. Ragna will take the full brunt at first. Melody and I will arrive immediately to eliminate them. Can you do it, Ragna?" Clovis asked.
"Of course. Although I’m weaker than you and Jay, I can withstand people’s attacks the longest. This is also a chance for me to repay you for giving me this chance." Ragna was holding the ring and necklace from Another World Mall.
"Thanks." Clovis nodded with a smile. "Ivan will definitely strike us. However, he should have seen the gap between us and him. Hence, he won’t come by himself."
Ragna nodded seriously, as if he were prepared to handle all of them at once.
When Melody recalled that warning, she couldn’t help but realize that something was amiss. Ivan either targeted her or attacked multiple people at once.
She hurriedly grabbed her jacket and hid all her stuff inside the cabinet. After that, she opened up the ceiling, which turned out to be a hidden door. She then climbed on top of the ceiling, using the small gap between her ceiling and the floor above her to crawl to the opposite side of the building.
Nevertheless, targeting her was the worst mistake Ivan could make. Due to her previous lifestyle, she obviously had secured her escape route.
At the same time, she was sending messages to Jay because his location was the closest to her.
Although she wanted to send another message to Clovis, she had to stop because those people had arrived. As she expected, those people were approaching her room.
’Four Tier 3 and six Tier 2 humans. I don’t think I can handle them,’ Melody muttered inwardly. She skillfully escaped from the other side of the building and covered her head with a hood.
She simply acted like a normal person, wanting to go down by using the lift as if she wasn’t aware of ten people trying to storm inside someone’s apartment.
Meanwhile, those ten people were focusing on Melody’s room. There seemed to be two people with Brain Affinity.
They were trying to check whether Melody was inside or not since they had received the report that she had entered the building not long ago.
To their surprise, the two guys couldn’t really find any sign of Melody from the inside.
Both of them frowned, as if doubting their hearing. "Sound proof?"
"I don’t know. But isn’t she supposed to be inside?"
Seeing that both of them had failed, there was only one thing to do. The man at the front signaled everyone to take their position as he pulled out a gun.
It had been equipped with a suppressor, so when the man shot the door’s knob, it didn’t produce a lot of noise.
After that, he stomped on the door, forcefully opening it. The rest also came in, trying to find Melody while being careful enough to avoid her guns.
However, the result confused them.
"She is not here."
"This room is clear."
"No sign of her coming out."
"What is going on? Where is she? Isn’t she supposed to be inside her room?"
They were confused since this was the first time they encountered such a problem.
They exchanged looks before realizing what happened.
"Did she notice us and escape before it was too late?"
"What? No way. How?"
There was no answer. At the same time, they had come through a different method, making them believe that they didn’t miss anyone who could be Melody.
"Not good. We need to go outside."
"We need to find her."
"Go."
After making sure that no one was inside, they ran back to the lobby.
Meanwhile, Melody was already outside, walking like a normal person. She even took this time to open her phone.
It seemed that Jay had gotten her message as he was asking her location.
Now that the situation had calmed down, she decided to call him.
"Melody. Are you alright?" Jay hurriedly asked.
"For now. I’ll explain in detail, but for now, you go to the hospital first. I’m worried about my brother. Meet me there. If possible, try to contact Clovis and the others. If they can’t answer, it seems that they are also attacked."
"Got it. Don’t worry. You focus on reaching the hospital. I’ll definitely reach that place first and protect your brother. Those bodyguards should be protecting your brother as well." Jay tried to calm her down.
As the vice captain, it was his job to protect the group if the captain was busy.
"Yeah." Melody nodded with a serious expression. She hung up and walked normally, trying not to take any suspicious action.
But right after she put her phone back in her pocket, she suddenly heard footsteps as well as a clicking sound produced only by metal.
And this sound was approaching her from behind.
In that instant, she hurriedly turned around, trying to check on the person behind her.
This was the hardest warfare. She didn’t know her enemies, which allowed the latter to disguise themselves as normal civilians.
However, it turned out the person behind her was a normal civilian. The clicking sound actually came from his watch hitting the lock of his belt.
"What?" The man looked confused and dissatisfied since Melody suddenly stopped, as if she were trying to stop him.
"Ah. I’m sorry." Melody hurriedly apologized. She couldn’t help but think, ’Am I being too paranoid right now? I should have expected this. No, the original plan was to ambush them after they launched a sneak attack on Ragna. Ragna’s location is pretty secluded, so it won’t turn into guerrilla warfare.
Clovis predicted their movements wrongly.’
She hurriedly looked around, trying to ensure that no one was staying on the roof. She still remembered that those Tier 5 assassins could watch her from very far away. If they were truly aiming for her life, it would be troublesome.
Fortunately, there was nothing suspicious. She quietly assured herself, ’It seems that I’m just too paranoid. There’s noth—!"
Before she finished, she hurriedly turned around as a blade slit her waist.
"Kh." Melody gritted her teeth while grabbing the person’s arm to move it away.
The situation turned out to be as she expected. There was indeed an assassin among the civilians.
Her instinct kicked in as she elbowed this person.
Once she pushed that person aside, she hurriedly ran, trying to escape as quickly as possible. She didn’t know how many people were hiding among them, so her best option was to go to a field where she could see everyone around her or regroup with Jay.
She had to make sure that she didn’t get hit by a bullet. She took the corner, using the small alley to reduce her focus.
"Haa… Ha…" Melody breathed heavily. "Call Jay, Clovis, Kanaria, and Melody in succession!"
She ordered her AI while running at full speed, her left hand covering her wound. And it seemed that she heard people screaming from where she had come earlier. They had just realized that something had happened.
The guy was also chasing after her while informing the others.
With this wound, he would definitely catch up to her. Hence, Melody grabbed the gun from her back and started shooting.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The guy simply hid in the corner, avoiding those bullets. He didn’t plan to get hit, but at the same time, he maintained a certain distance, making sure that Melody didn’t get away.
Melody was gritting her teeth.
Surprisingly, Jay didn’t pick up her call as if showing that he was also being ambushed. Still, the AI continued with the second person, which was Clovis.
And it was connected.