“Work is never easy, and I don’t mean to make things harder for you all. I’m just reminding you to stay vigilant. Don’t let the wrong sort of people hide in the warehouse.”

Josephine was relatively easygoing. The bodyguards outside had turned the cabin inside out and even sent people to search beneath the ship, but there was no sign of anyone. It was unlikely that Josie had jumped into the sea, so only the warehouse was left since no one dared come over.

As Josie listened to all that, her mind whirred.

She knows the kind of man Arnold is and the kind of business he’s doing for a living. Yet, despite being the daughter of the second person in command of Rivodia, she still chose to go on the same boat as him. I never expected the waters of Rivodia to have grown so dark.

“Understood!” the bodyguards answered. Only then did Josephine turn around and leave.

“What does that even mean? I didn’t see a single fly come in. How could whoever it is possibly be in our warehouse?” one of them grumbled under his breath as he closed the door.

The light vanished, leaving only darkness behind.

“Just in case, let’s conduct a search.” The other bodyguard was more cautious. He promptly raised his flashlight, turning around and shining it around.

A beam of light fell on Dexter, all dressed in black. His expression was cold and sinister, resembling the Grim Reaper himself. The three bodyguards were taken aback, but before they could even scream, he had already moved forward, covering one person’s mouth and ruthlessly striking another with the stun baton.

and used all her

as the couple worked in perfect harmony

didn’t even have a chance

onto the ground, Dexter whispered, “They are all elite soldiers of Arnold and trained for many years. If

on his wit to

Josie. “Then, we have Josephine to thank for creating this opportunity

bodyguards watching, Dexter could walk around a bit more freely. He made his way to a corner and easily located the entrance to the sewer. He triggered the mechanism and

a precise message

gaze to the surveillance camera obscured by Dexter’s jacket. “If

door from the inside. With no idea when the three bodyguards would wake

locator again and saw that the Russell

longer,” he

later, the locator began to vibrate. Dexter glanced up at her, signaling subtly. The two of them waited anxiously for a while. Shortly after, a faint knocking

and lifted the lid of the sewer. The other person exclaimed in a surprised yet hushed voice, “Mr. Russell, it’s really

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