Earl Joe was dead, and Bourdillon Entertainment was oblivious about it partly because of the decision to cut camera access to VVIP rooms to give the nobles privacy, and partly because of Daren's sabotage in the surveillance chamber.
This gave the team breathing space to boldly stay behind with the Earl's dead body even after assassinating such a high-profile figure to facilitate the greatest heist of the last 100 years!
This was the final step of Operation Killing Joe.
And while it happened…
DING!
With his part done and with his only job now to wait till Talia and Tyla were done completing the digital heist, with Daren watching the door and the corridor outside, Leon finally focused on the thread of system notifications.
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[Congratulations! You have killed a D Rank NetRunner of the Mindbreaker Specialization!]
[Congratulations! You have killed a high noble of Omnicore Society, an Earl!]
[Congratulations! You have killed a famous multi-billionaire!]
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