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Chapter 1867

Chapter 1867

"Sure thing." Arabella nodded in agreement on the surface, but not long after Sean had left the room,

she had a switchblade pressed against one of the hitman's throats.

The hitman was tough as nails; not even glancing at Arabella, he said with eyes closed, "Do it."

He was a prisoner at her mercy, yet there was no begging for his life. To be killed or slashed, he left his

fate in her hands.

With a quick swipe of her blade, the hitman's throat gushed with blood.

The other hitmen were clearly startled; they hadn't expected her to actually go through with it.

"I'm only asking once. Who's pulling your strings?" Arabella didn't finish him off with that cut, but nicked

him to draw blood, yet it was enough to terrify the others.

Some of the hitmen thought about taking their own lives, but Chasel, sharp as ever, caught on quickly

and crushed that hope.

"As you guys fell into our hands, you've got only one way out, and that's a fate worse than death,"

Chasel said with a cold voice which was devoid of any emotion. "Answer my sister's question. Who

sent you?"

Seeing that they remained silent, Arabella flashed her blade to streak across the throats of three more

hitmen, with a demeanor as cold as a heartless she-devil.

The remaining hitmen couldn't believe this young girl was so ruthlessly formidable, even colder than

them.

Finally, the fourth hitman couldn't take it anymore and spilled, "No one sent us. We acted on our own,

trying to save our boss Erik. That's all we know."

Arabella clearly didn't buy his story, and her knife moved towards him again.

She was a medical student, so she knew just how much it would take before causing a fatality. Hans

had noticed this too—his sister wasn't out for their lives, but to scare them into giving up an answer.

The fifth hitman, realizing just how resolute she was, decided to come clean, "At this point, we've got

no reason to lie to you. Our boss Erik did have contacts with some mystery go-between, but he never

revealed their identity. Whenever he met with this contact, he'd send us away; he even went abroad for

the meeting, couldn’t be more cautious!"

"We were just following orders, you know? The boss said that not telling us about it was for our own

good."

"We had a crew of one hundred and forty-two, but we lost thirty-three in Belloria. Lately, many others

have disappeared. We're worried that the go-between is wiping us out from behind the scenes, so we

wanted to get Erik out to figure out what to do."

"Even if you kill us all, we don't know who the go-between is."

Seeing that they truly didn't know, Arabella turned to her brothers.

"Lock them up for now," Hans commanded, and the head of security immediately motioned for his men

to move in.

"Hold up," Arabella whispered to the security chief, "check the place for bugs."

It stroke her that the hitmen could have been here ahead of her and possibly left behind some nasty

surprises.

Hadn't expected Ms. Bella to be so vigilant, the security chief nodded and said, "Right away."

"Let's step outside." Arabella suggested, leading the way out of the basement to avoid any chance of

eavesdropping.

In the garden.

Hans spoke in a calm tone, "Looks like this puppet master is cautious; he guessed right it was a trap

and didn't jump in. Instead, they've stirred up panic among the hitmen, pushing them to break out their

boss Erik to deal with the mess while he watches from the shadows."

"If these hitmen managed to free Erik, the puppet master could reap the benefits and sweep them all

up in one go. If the hitmen failed, and fell into our hands, it's no real loss to the puppet master," Chasel

analyzed.

"If Erik won’t show up, and the Collins family remains in the dark about the truth behind that fire

accident after a while, the puppet master will figure out that Erik is either dead—because dead men tell

no tales—or has keeping his mouth shut for his daughter Serena's sake. Either way, the puppet master

won't show up easily," Sean added, "then we'll be exposed while our enemy keeps hiding in the

shadows, leaving us vulnerable on all fronts."