Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 226 The Ultimate Gambit

As Violeta spoke, her gaze swept around the room, spotting a staircase on the right leading to the second floor. "They're upstairs, aren't they?" she asked.

The man froze, his eyes losing their previous dismissiveness. Now he was scrutinising her, his hand moving subtly towards an alarm button under the table. At the slightest hint of trouble, he would alert the people upstairs.

"Who exactly are you?!"

"No need to be so tense."

The black market's vast information network was controlled by five people.

They were spread across the globe and only met once every two years.

The data they held maintained a delicate balance of power worldwide. Their separation ensured they couldn't all be captured at once.

The server for the Eye of Heaven information database was secured with three keys.

Every two years, these keys were handed over to the next set of guardians, with the five taking turns safeguarding them.

Today was the day they met to transfer the keys.

The location of this meeting was highly confidential, never to be leaked.

Who exactly was this woman?

She didn't seem like a regular bar patron.

Violeta tapped her fingers on the table, her tone intriguing. "Why don't you take a guess at who I am?"

The man's internal alarm bells rang loudly, and his gaze towards Violeta turned murderous.

who

a gun equipped with a silencer from his waist

range, he almost didn't need

However, Violeta moved faster.

having time to pull the trigger before

he saw a small utility knife blade embedded in

intense

"Don't move, don't pull it out, or you'll start bleeding everywhere. You wouldn't want to make

her and glanced at her watch. Time

you not to pull it out. You'll die if you

ran up the stairs, taking two steps at a

floor, she found only

politely and introduced herself at the door, "Hello everyone,

the door and walked in

men seated around a table with six glasses on it. Violeta scanned

five middle-aged men looked at

of them was a local from Hoiten, so she didn't worry about

time is short, so I'll get straight

Six you've

room fell

"What?"

each other, confused about what

this woman

Sinotian was

do you want?" he

coexistence. I want you to cancel the black

Eye of Heaven. We

minutes, this place will be