CHAPTER 886
Author: Michael Chi
last update2026-07-31 19:58:08

Ashley didn't flinch. She adjusted the tactical gloves on her hands, looking at Clara with a cold, smug mask of superiority. She didn't look like a caught traitor; she looked like an officer standing proudly on the right side of the law.

"I don't know what kind of delusional games you are playing, Clara," Ashley said, her voice amplified through her tactical radio headset. "You and your pathetic little faction are nothing more than domestic terrorists. You're Syndicate loyalists, and your littl
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