A chilling pause followed.
"And if anyone dares to cause trouble again," she added softly, though the threat behind her words was unmistakable, "I will personally have you thrown out of the base."
A cold shiver ran through the crowd.
Benjamin stared at her as if he were looking at something monstrous, something he could no longer comprehend.
"How can you…?" he stammered, his voice trembling with disbelief and anger. "How can you side with someone like her? She's completely tainted!"
Ivy let out a soft chuckle.
"Tainted?" she repeated, tilting her head slightly.
"Angelina isn't tainted," she said calmly. "She simply found a way to survive."
Her gaze sharpened.
"And she has contributed to this base. That alone is enough for her to stay."
With that, she turned and walked away, her figure steady and unbothered, as if the chaos behind her meant nothing at all.
Benjamin could only watch her retreating back, his fists clenching tightly as frustration boiled inside him.
