They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 554: You Shouldn’t Have Followed Me

Her gaze never left Carl, but her fingers were already at a hidden switch.

Before anyone could react

Hissss!

Gas began pouring into the dining hall, a thick cloud flooding the air.

"Cover your nose, Nnenna!" Somto barked

But she was already one step ahead, her collar pressed tightly over her face.

Their heads snapped toward Athena just in time to see her press another button.

With a mechanical whirr, the floor beneath her seat split open, revealing a narrow stairway. She didn’t hesitate, slipping into it with quick, precise steps as the hidden hatch began to close behind her.

"She’s getting away!" Nnenna shouted, her voice muffled by the cloth she had wrapped around her mouth and nose.

"Let her go! We need to get out of here, now," Somto snapped, his tone urgent. "We can’t hold our breath forever!"

"No," Nnenna’s eyes were razor sharp above the fabric. "She has information I need."

"Nnenna, don’t you dare—" Somto began.

But before he could finish, she was already moving, slipping through the narrowing gap with a speed that made all three men freeze in horror.

Arthur reacted first, lunging toward the control panel. He slammed the button again, trying to reopen the hatch

Click.

No movement.

and panicked as he dove forward, tackling Arthur to the ground just

BOOM!

standing moments before, the

and had most likely programmed

hadn’t thought to check for traps. Fortunately, Somto had sharp ears; the faint click had been enough warning for him

the lingering haze. "Come on. I think I know where that passage leads." Without waiting for an

middle aged man to one of his soldiers and already turning back, he still had to lead the rest of his team to

ran without slowing. She was almost certain no one could have followed her

Fast footsteps.

caught.

crack, and panic clawed at her composure. She pushed harder, nearly stumbling as

ocean far below. The wind roared up from beneath, sharp and cold, carrying the faint, salty sting of the sea. One wrong

a small, weathered building, stone walls streaked with moss, a single heavy wooden door set

short of the edge, chest heaving. The footsteps behind her didn’t stop.

Arthur, but froze when she saw Nnenna instead. Surprise

shouldn’t have followed me," Athena said, her voice

like it was right beside them, yet it came

you brought her to me instead of

was that? It was warped, layered, almost inhuman. And yet... there

can a voice from inside sound so

and a figure stepped out. Cloaked in a black robe

the figure muttered, voice thick with irritation as it advanced toward Nnenna, each step deliberate,