Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 478

Shanley looked up, his cold gaze sweeping across the room. Although he had clashed with Specter many times, he had never seen their face. He only had a vague impression of an older man.

(Juniper: If only they knew Luella forced me to cosplay as one of the old geezers from the base, hence the ‘older man’ disguise.)

Could Specter be in this crowd?

“Juniper…” Shanley adjusted his mask and gently placed a hand on her waist. “Let’s switch seats.”

“Hmm?” she asked, curious, but complied.

“Go on, keep playing,” he said with a satisfied smile, his tension easing slightly. Now, a pillar was on her right, shielding her from view, and he was on her left. If anything happened, he could block her from harm.

At that exact moment, Juniper received a message from Luella: [That old fox from Sigma Network is near the conference center.]

Juniper’s fingers froze over her game as her cold eyes scanned the crowd. No one here looked particularly threatening. Was he really here?

A few minutes later, the competition entered the fourth and final round. Six contestants remained for a Q&A session with the judges, with the highest scorer earning a spot. To ensure fairness, the database contained three different sets of questions.

The contestants would come up one by one, while the others waited in a soundproof room.

The first to go was from Moralia Country. He conveniently drew the first set of questions. As the judges asked, he answered, responding so smoothly it was as if he had memorized the answers beforehand. Out of 20 questions, he answered every single one correctly.

The audience erupted in applause, and the judges beamed with satisfaction.

Juniper narrowed her eyes, a sarcastic smile playing on her lips. She had glanced at this guy earlier while waiting for her game to load. He had stumbled through his research presentation less coherently than one of the dogs she kept at her base. Now he was answering these difficult questions flawlessly? Who would believe that?

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