CHAPTER 116
Author: DUNDAKI
last update2026-04-18 23:47:34

The Contessa did not scream. She did not even move. But Evan saw her blue dress flicker. Her skin turned a shade of gray. Her left hand, resting on the table, stopped moving. It turned into a dull, heavy lead.

"The first sting," she said. Her voice was still calm in Evan’s head. "It is a small price to pay to see your strategy, Subject 04."

Evan stared at her lead hand. "You let yourself get stung. Why?"

"To show you that pain is just a variable," she said. "I have thousands of years in my bala
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