Listen to this song (Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst Opening "If I Can Save You I'll Be Anything You Want" -Maon Kurosaki) while reading this chapter.
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"Sir, Mr. Lacrosse has taken the bait."
The city mayor nodded his head, a slow, malicious smirk stretching across his face as he took a refined sip of his expensive wine. The media reports detailing his critical injuries were entirely fabricated. He wasn't a helpless man clinging to life in a hospital bed; he was a spider sitting comfortably at the center of a web, waiting to crush the insect that had tried to take his life.
He had intentionally laid out his itinerary, even pretending to be completely oblivious to the fact that Xhylan had been covertly contacting his personal security detail. It was a perfect, calculated trap.
"Go and greet our guest," the mayor commanded smoothly. Several of his heavily armed mercs immediately turned and walked out of the study to execute his orders.
