Full Citizen (31)

With the threads tangled together in a complicated web, there are several ways to reel in the hand behind them.

The simplest way is to interfere with their plans. But you do not bring them down completely. You merely come as close as possible to crossing the ‘line’ they have drawn without actually crossing it. That is what matters.

He had gotten little information from the first courier, and the second was no different. They were nothing more than expendable tools, useful only for throwing away once they had served their purpose.

‘But surely they won’t tolerate it three times.’

Kael thought the third courier would not come. No matter how stupid they were, by this point they would have realized that this was no ‘accident.’

That was when he sensed someone nearby. Several someones. Like disturbing a spiderweb and rousing its owner, the guests instantly sharpened Kael’s awareness.

Revela

[Detection]

There were quite a few guests. Several mages were mixed among them, making their forces far too substantial for a gang.

‘As expected, a corporation was involved.’...