All Her Secrets

“Great job, boss!”

“Boss, you’re the best in the world!”

Ronin, Catherine’s biggest fan, sat in front of the computer, cheering and watching the surveillance footage of Catherine defeating the gang of thugs. He was completely absorbed in

Suddenly, the feed stopped!

Immediately realizing something was wrong, Ronin tried adjusting the settings, but the screen remained black.

This was a new experience for him. No one had ever found out about his hacking skills before, especially not a basic surveillance system in an entertainment venue.

Ronin’s first thought was that Joseph had discovered their tracking and shut down the surveillance.

Without wasting a moment, he notified Catherine.

Ronin: [Boss, the situation’s changed. The surveillance feed went down. Joseph might be onto us. Need backup?]

After Catherine read the message, she replied briefly with one word: [No.]

Capturing Joseph didn’t push her abilities to the limit. She didn’t think she needed backup or extra help.

had to be in one of these private

all the exits. Even if Joseph could disable the bar’s internal surveillance, it would be very unlikely for him to destroy the cameras at the intersection

private room to another, intentionally slowing down to use her

skills, trained since she was young. Even if the private rooms were

extraordinary memory. Once she heard Joseph’s voice, she could remember it

slow pace, Catherine reached the second-to-last private room, where she caught a familiar voice. Halting in her tracks, she subtly moved closer to the private room

Catherine’s forehead. Abruptly, she halted

behind her,

corridor, a small smile appearing in

disappeared quickly, almost

the other end of the corridor,

in the corner, wearing a

with others, he had never experienced being apprehended.

he swiftly anticipated the situation

was undeniably extraordinary in

situation, he eagerly anticipated the girl’s remarkable

at him before refocusing on the private room

the person