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.

Somto’s voice was sharp and panicked as he

BOOM!

they had been standing moments before,

and had most likely

to check for traps. Fortunately, Somto had sharp ears; the faint click had been enough warning for him to shove Arthur out of the blast zone just

think I know where that passage leads." Without waiting for an answer, he grabbed Arthur and pulled him away from the gas filled

Carl called out, delivering the middle aged man to one of his soldiers and already turning back, he still had

certain no one could

Fast footsteps.

caught.

confidence began to crack, and panic clawed at her composure. She pushed harder, nearly stumbling as she burst through

in a sudden, dizzying drop. The cliff stretched out into open air, jagged rocks jutting from the ocean far below. The wind roared up from

no business existing there, stood a small, weathered building, stone walls streaked with moss, a

heaving. The footsteps behind her didn’t stop. They

Somto or Arthur, but froze when she saw Nnenna instead. Surprise flickered in

have followed me," Athena said,

close it felt like it was right beside them, yet it came

to me instead of

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

voice from inside sound so close? she

Cloaked in a black robe that seemed to

I have to do everything myself?" the figure muttered, voice thick with irritation as it advanced toward Nnenna, each