Not A Small-Town Girl

"Where are the others?" Danielle asked.

"They’re all in the ward next door," Taylor said.

"Miss Darling, I’m sorry. Kevin is dead. The second shot hit the spot that was an inch from his heart. He died from excessive blood loss shortly after arriving at the hospital."

Taylor felt a bit of self-reproach as he did not handle the job his boss instructed him to do well.

"He’s dead, so it’s over," Danielle said. "I can’t find any useful clues through him anymore."

Danielle wasn’t exactly comforting Taylor. She reckoned that given the cautious style of the mastermind, that person wouldn’t have entrusted someone like Kevin with anything too important.

"Do you remember what the person you fought looked like?" Danielle asked indifferently.

up, so I couldn’t see anything clearly. Their movements were very smooth and fast. They looked like they belonged to some organization, but I noticed

tried his best to recall the clues at

kind of

that looked like a

suddenly back then. He happened

which organization had a badge in the shape of a black

you sure it’s a black-snake badge?"

and said with certainty, "I’m

asked, looking at David with her

know a bit about it," David said. "This organization is called Shadow Domain. There are many capable people

who leads the organization from behind the scenes is

and looked at Danielle. His thin lips parted slightly as