Chapter 1259

At that moment, Nick had already sliced through the glass with the knife he held. With a quick shove, he smashed the pane inward, sending shards falling as he leaped inside.

Just as he made his move, the team leader on the other side pulled the trigger.

A gunshot cracked through the night.

The figures on the connecting beams vanished.

The team leader, eyeing the shattered window, casually blew across the gun barrel and turned away, striding toward the elevator with purpose.

"Send in the cleanup crew."

His voice, light and airy, echoed sharply through the hallway.

*

Over at the research facility, Atlas, who had snuck in with his team through the back door, heard the gunshot too, and his heart sank.

With eyes blazing red, Atlas knocked out a guard with

in the shadows, gathered around him, their faces

an air of barely-contained

forced down his emotions, keeping his mind clear as he addressed his team, "Mr. Nick's got skills; he must've dodged it. Based on the gunshot's direction, some of you stay here to keep an eye on things, the rest come with me to check

he briskly

followed without

upon hearing the gunshot through her headset, shot up from her

she felt like this, as

felt like forever, a low cough

sat back down, "You... are you

in a corner with his night gear barely revealing any distress, simply said, "Not dead

trembled slightly, but she quickly pulled herself together and laid out the

heavy, his vision starting to blur, biting his

main building, which

for the next

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