Chapter 568 Crisis Temporarily Averted

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    This was a hidden weapon Jean had prepared in advance. It looked like a handgun, but it wasn’t. Inside were poison–tipped needles she had crafted herself.

    Once the trigger was pressed, those invisible, scentless silver needles would shoot out in a burst.

    With danger both within and without–the Ginger family looming as a potential threat, Sarah watching her every move, and Ludwig unable to protect her at all times–Jean couldn’t afford to ibe /ipassive. She had to protect herself.

    She had full confidence in those needles. The poison coating them was her own creation, a concoction guaranteed to cause excruciating pain.

    This was her trump card, her reason for daring to meet with Sarah one–on–one. If she hadn’te fully prepared, she never would’ve set foot in here today.

    Now, any ck–d attacker struck by a needle dropped to the floor, limbs twitching in violent spasms.

    Jean hadn’t aimed to kill them. But she definitely wanted them to suffer.

    Sarah clearly hadn’t anticipated Jean having a trump card like this.

    Her eyes widened. Her body tensed up.

    Seeing the devastation before her, she instinctively took a few steps back, suddenly uncertain.

    What exactly was that thing in Jean’s hand? Was it something she got from Abyssal Choir?

    Now that the immediate threat was neutralized, Jean turned toward the door.

    In a corner, she spotted a few long, thin wires. Without hesitation, she picked one up and crouched in front of the door, ready to pick the lock by hand.

    But before she could start, her nose caught something strange in the air–a subtle but unfamiliar odor.

    Her instincts red. She immediately raised a hand to cover her mouth and nose.

    On the other side, Sarah had noticed something as well. She quickly followed suit, muffling her breath with

    her sleeve.

    The remaining ck–d attackers, the ones who hadn’t been struck by Jean’s needles, continued closing in. They hadn’t noticed the shift in the air.

    By the time they realized something was wrong, it was already toote.

    Their limbs gave out all at once, as if their strength had been drained in an instant. Eyes shut. Bodies copsed.

    Just as Jean had suspected–someone had pumped a strong dose of anesthetic into the ssroom air.

    Those men were the first to go down.

    Jean held her breath with one hand and worked the lock with the other, brain racing.

    Sarah and those attackers didn’t seem to be from the same group.

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    Chapter 568 Crisis Temporarily Averted

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    In other words, Sarah hade after her today without using her organization’s official power. Maybe she was afraid of retribution from Abyssal Choir, so she kept it a solo operation.

    Those men might’ve had the same goal as Sarah. They wanted Jean gone.

    So they’d teamed up for this ambush. But if they’d been Sarah’s own people, she wouldn’t have acted the way she did. She would’ve taken control, issued orders.

    Instead, once she lured Jean to the ssroom, she simply stood back and let things unfold.

    That meant these attackers hade from elsewhere. But who sent them? And how had they coordinated with Sarah?

    A sharp thought shed through Jean’s mind–too fast to hold onto.

    She kept her head down, focusing on picking the lock.

    Whoever had released the anesthetic was probably one of Sarah’s coborators. Seeing that Jean’s poisoned needles were too effective, and the situation had spiraled out of control, they must’ve decided to neutralize everyone indiscriminately–with no exceptions.

    That meant knocking out. Sarah too. And Jean.

    Just then, a soft click sounded from the door.

    The lock opened.

    Jean’s eyes lit up.

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