Instead of assessing which side had the upper hand, Nina Jacobs tried to focus her attention on the car behind Zoey Rhodes.
Just as she expected, Justin Stone’s voice came from inside.
His tone, however, was one of unrestrained fury.
"...I can’t believe even you would betray me."
Justin Stone slumped weakly against the back of the car’s interior. His eyes were bloodshot, and his head was splitting.
This had to be a side effect of the drug.
He had no strength at all. Despite having a Water Element Superpower, he couldn’t conjure a single drop of water.
Chloe Ainsworth gave an indifferent smile and said,
"You should be grateful. If it weren’t for me, you never would have become the Base Commander.
The person who was supposed to be elected? I’m the one who secretly got rid of him for you."
Hearing Chloe Ainsworth’s words, Justin Stone wanted nothing more than to slap himself twice.
’Why did I never wonder how Chloe Ainsworth could be so capable?’
He’d always thought she was just leveraging his influence to get things done so perfectly.
’It turns out she was a sleeper agent from some unknown organization, planted right by my side all along.’
"If I hand over all the supplies, will you spare my life?"
Justin Stone asked.
"That’s hard to say. The organization isn’t short on people, especially not your type.
But Dual Element Superpower Users are in high demand in one department. I could recommend you."
Chloe Ainsworth laughed after she finished speaking.
"What department?"
Hearing her laughter, Justin Stone had a very bad feeling.
Another reason he had admired Chloe Ainsworth was her decisiveness and ruthlessness; she never left loose ends.
In short, she was cold-blooded.
"The medical experimentation department. There’s a brilliant doctor researching the physical composition of Dual Element Superpower Users.
For that, he needs a large supply of bodies from Dual Element Superpower Users."
After Chloe Ainsworth spoke, Justin Stone fell into complete despair.
"The people from the command center are outside. You might not win."
Justin Stone said through gritted teeth.
"And what if I told you we have people inside the command center too?"
Chloe Ainsworth seemed completely unworried.
She looked at Justin Stone, who was still trying to struggle toward the window, and asked,
"You aren’t thinking of asking that woman, Nina Jacobs, for help, are you?
Don’t worry. Once we’re done here, she’ll be dead too."
Chloe Ainsworth said.
’After all, she’s seen us.’
Besides, Nina Jacobs had 30 tons of food supplies, and possibly even more.
"Kill her...
I doubt you can."
Justin Stone said.
"It seems you really are pinning your hopes on her, treating her like your last resort, hmm?
But it seems your ’last resort’ doesn’t quite grasp the situation."
Chloe Ainsworth chuckled.
’She had a chance to escape but didn’t take it, choosing to wait there instead.’
’Is she waiting to die?’
Hearing this, Nina Jacobs shook her head.
’The reason I chose to wait here was based on my own calculations.’
Taking a detour would mean backtracking completely, wasting the several hours they had just spent traveling.
Besides, no one existed who could force her to take a detour.
Inside the car, Nia had also realized what was happening. She wanted to persuade Nina Jacobs to leave, but ultimately held her tongue.
"If anything happens, you stick with Wayne Warner. He’ll protect you and Lexy."
Nina Jacobs decided to circle around via the nearby hillside, just in case the other party turned on them after their fight ended.
"Okay. I won’t hold you back."
Nia didn’t know what Nina Jacobs was going to do, but she chose not to ask.
Meanwhile, Nina Jacobs had already gotten out of the car. Fortunately, her departure went unnoticed.
The victor of the three-way battle was becoming clear.
The group that had been clamoring for revenge for their brother was quickly decimated.
The stronger side was clearly Zoey Rhodes’s group from The Aegis Conclave.

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