The home of Mars and Venus embodies all the mistakes of their organization: rotting under a pretty façade.

Oh, and at first glance, their estate looks like a very wealthy place. Venus decorates her home with luxuries such as English furniture, Spanish hardwood cabinetry, Turkish rugs, and Tunisian tapestries. The estate also has a pool table, a private poker room, and even a Roman-themed art gallery. Ryan guessed they couldn't help but be fascinated by the obsession of the lightning ass.

But everything comes from the pre-war era. The chairs were old, the carpet was worn out, and the stone foyer was crumpled. Even the TV in the main hall is outdated. Although this company has a lot of employees, they are nowhere near enough to take care of the estate. Most of the rooms seemed empty and lifeless.

This place is full of past fascination and lost glory.

"Uh, I can smell the dust," Ryan said, visiting an empty ballroom with Livia taking his arm. "Wait, is that asbestos?"

"All non-genomic employees get sick," Livia confirms with a sigh. "I warned Fortuna's parents, but they didn't listen."

The Wilans not only sold drugs and prostitutes, but also deliberately contracted lung diseases to their employees. They really couldn't be helped. Most worryingly, Ryan noticed that Sykes and Mortimer were stalking him and Livia. While ostensibly to "protect" the couple, it did not activate when the courier tested his time-stop device.

This immediately put him on high alert. What happened.

"Can I shout 'This is a trap'?" Ryan asked her softly in his girlfriend's ear.

"Maybe later," she replied in an equally calm tone, resting her head on his shoulder, which he put around hers. To outsiders, they look like they're going to kiss. "Do you have a weapon on you?"

"Yes, but not my best." Although he came dressed casually, he always hid a knife under his clothes. "I can always take my pants off; This should blind their eyes. ”

Livia gave him a vicious look. "When I looked closely, it didn't blind me."

"Because I bolted the safety bolt."

"Put your pants on, and bring the other weapons closer," she replied, careful not to be heard by Sykes and Mortimer. Thankfully, the two killers gave the couple plenty of privacy when they stayed close. Prepare Ryan to evacuate you. You may need to get to Antarctica sooner than expected. ”

"So it's a trap?"

"Yes," Livia admitted with a grim face. "But not for us."

"You could have warned me beforehand." Then again, Ryan did interfere with her abilities. She may have a hard time adjusting to his behavior. "I love surprises, but I don't like them when our favorite energy canceller is nearby."

The threat of eternal death or worse still scares the Messenger.

"I'm not sure until we enter the building," Livia admitted, as they left the ballroom to go to a hallway with mirrors. This reminded Ryan of the ruins of the Palace of Versailles, where he had been before. However, this time there was no genome killer hidden in his reflection, much to his disappointment. "I foresaw some worrying possibilities, and Greta's presence confirmed my fears."

"Didn't our jolly sociopath stop you from seeing anything near her?" Ryan asked, picking up his phone and texting Ryan, Panda, the Shroud, and others who would listen.

"She likes it, that's why Daddy sent her," Livia replied gloomily, at which point her boyfriend put his phone back in his pocket, "but before coming here, I had seen all the ways this dinner might end." Except, of course, where you interfere. ”

"Will some end up exploding?" Ryan asked hopefully, "Because I can help." ”

"I know you can do it," Livia replied happily as they reached the door of the restaurant. "But please don't burn the carpet. I like some of them. ”

There was only one guard standing guard at the door, and it was a man in an all-black bodysuit. Ryan wondered how he could see things without holes in his mask. The guards flinched as soon as they saw the couple, and the time traveler gave him a Jack Nicholson-esque sadistic smile.

"Ryan, it's the night terrors of the Killer of Seven," Livia introduced them to each other. "Daredevil, this is Ryan Romano, my boyfriend"

"We've met," the man said, spitting out every word. "With all due respect, Miss Livia, your companion is a family-busting bastard"

"Wait, is this the guy who slapped you in the face for no reason?" Mortimer asked from the back of the crowd with sudden interest. "Oh, that's embarrassing."

"There is no reason for this!" The Daredevil grumbled as he pointed his finger at Ryan's face. "I don't know him at all!"

"I'm sure my companion has his reasons," Livia said, then glancing at her boyfriend. "Ryan?"

The courier did not answer. Instead, he keeps staring at night terrors, like a mongoose staring at a snake. He didn't say a word. He just waited.

"Maybe he hits everyone?" Mortimer asked, trying to break the silence, and Livia raised an eyebrow.

"He didn't hit me," Sykes said. "I would have killed him if he wanted to, but he didn't." She sounded a little disappointed.

"Did you use your superpowers on my boyfriend?" Livia asks the night terrors with a smile that pretends to be innocent.

Ducklin's imitator crossed his arms. He tried to pretend to be strong, but Ryan could see that the silent gaze was slowly startling and unsettling him. "Maybe? I don't remember. ”

"That's why poor old Mortimer killed his victims," said the killer staring at the wall. "When they come back and pester him, at least he knows why."

Ryan didn't say anything, and the night terror began to lose his courage. "Don't you have anything to defend yourself?"

The courier didn't say anything. Instead, he stared at the man's mask until the night terrors began to look away. But in the Gallery of Mirrors, he can't escape Ryan's gaze. "Don't do it," the killer asked uneasily. "Do you think you can make me lose my courage?" Do you think you can provoke me? I'm fear itself!"

The silence continued, becoming more and more unsettling.

Seck and Mortimer may have exchanged glances behind Ryan, and Livia was clearly trying to hold back her smile, but his eyes were fixed on the pitch black in front of him.

"Ms. Livia, can you make this person stop?" Night Terror wanted to look down, but Augustus's daughter said nothing. "Stop."

Ryan gently placed his hand under his prey's chin, forcing him to look up.

There is no way to escape.

Eventually, the "Night Fear" collapsed. "Alright, alright, I see," he said, leaving the door. "The vampire will take my shift."

"Sparrows won't like it," said Sykes, while Mortimer giggled like a hyena.

"Whatever." Night Terror grumbled, then realized that Ryan's gaze was following him as well. Then he quickened his pace until he stepped out of the gallery.

After he left, Livia couldn't help but laugh anymore. "You're horrible, Ryan."

Ryan silently looked at his girlfriend...... But she was better at the game than he was, and he gave in.

The restaurant was originally a grand ballroom on the first floor with a large table that could seat 24 people. An unused fireplace faces three windows with unobstructed views of the garden, Seck looking out through the middle one while Mortimer guards the entrance. It's lovely that they anticipate an attack from the outside, not from within.

Mars occupied the head of the table, and on each side sat a daughter. Jamie and Kee were sitting in the seats closest to Nassinia, while Matthias Soruti Martel stayed with his girlfriend, swapping his see-through costume for tasteful blue jeans and a shirt. Considering that he was sitting so close to Lucky Charms, Ryan guessed that they had somehow reconciled.

"Levi!" Fortuna smiled from ear to ear at the sight of her best friend, and Matthias nodded fiercely at Ryan. He was secretly relieved to see a friendly face, especially when he noticed Sykes and Mortimer. "Come, sit with us!"

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting," Livia said, very polite. "Mercury, tweet, I'm glad you're here."

"I'm not used to the name," Jamie replied. Ryan hadn't seen much of this caring person lately, but he still tried to dress up nicely, wearing a suit and tie. His Korean girlfriend Ki-ju (Ki-ju

g) fidgeting in her seat, apparently either uncomfortable with the situation or her sleeveless black dress. She took off her glasses and put on her contact lenses, but she would rather stare at the table than at the other guests. The pressure was on her. "I don't think I ever will."

"It will come over time," Mars assured him. The older man had the same fatherly aura as his younger father, and Ryan felt that the two were the same, just a generation apart. But when the courier examines both of them, he notices a predatory flash in Mars' gaze that Jamie's does not. "Although it's a shame that you accepted the job on the day we lost our Bliss production center. Damn the bad omen. ”

At the mention of medicine, Ki-jeong looks up like a dreamer waking up from a long nap. "Oh? The boyfriend said, taking her hand and comforting her. "Oh yes, that's true."

Jamie tries his best to pretend to be upset, but he's a bad liar, and Ryan can see in his eyes how he really feels. The destruction of Ischia was clearly a great relief for him.

"I can't believe they killed Geist," Nasinia grumbled, arms crossed. "I know he wants to die, but ......"

"Isn't he dead?" Ki Jeong finally mustered up the courage to speak up. "How can you kill ghosts?"

"One try at a time," Ryan said based on experience. "Hopefully it will hold out eventually."

Nacinia's mood deteriorated further. "Even if we rebuilt the place, we wouldn't have felt the same without him. He's funny, kind, and always there. ”

"The loss of Ischia is deeply saddened by all of us," Livia said, sitting at Fo

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a and Rya

said in between. The Courier's chair made a worrying sound, as if it were about to collapse beneath his feet. "But it should be a joyous reunion, not an opportunity to uncover old wounds."

"I couldn't agree more!" Fortuna said with a bright smile. "We should enjoy the champagne!" Jamie, Ki-jeong, tell them the news!"

The two exchanged glances shyly. "We're getting married soon," Jamie announced.

"Jamie proposed," Ki said with a red face.

"Congratulations!" Although Ryan had already learned about the news in the previous cycle, he said with genuine joy. "When will the child be born?"

This made Jamie laugh. "We'll wait a few more years."

"If this continues, we'll only have married couples at this table," Mars said, glancing at Matthias. "When are you proposing?"

It sounded innocent, but his mouth smiled, but his eyes didn't. Unlike Jamie, his easy-going friendliness is fake. A mask that hides darkness and trickery.

"Daddy!" Fate protested. "This is not a question to ask when eating!"

"Not tomorrow," Matthias replied dryly.

"My daughter told me you're a video game designer?" Mars continues to search for information. "Does this work for you?"

"I'm still looking for sponsors," Matthias replied.

"Have you tried GoatVPN?" Ryan asked happily.

His accomplice raised an eyebrow, skeptical. “GoatVPN ?”

"In this information age, protect your data from Dy

Amis and other ruthless dy

am

The encroachment of ET providers is key," Rya

Say it in the voice of a telemarketer. That is, like a man who sells his soul for money. "GoatVPN, which has over 10 billion users, has created a goat wall to protect your email from harmful ads, in addition to their own."

"I remember being in dy

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There is a similar ad on ET," Ki said with a smile. "I guess it's next to Legend of the Wyvern League, right?"

"I'm sure they have a higher marketing budget than most third world countries," Rya

Say. "To be fair, it doesn't make much sense right now."

"We can help with sponsor issues," Mars told his future in-laws.

Thankfully, the soul of the Carnival infiltrator is not for sale. "I'd rather stand up on my own, sir."

"Yes, Dad, my Matthias has something better than money," Fortuna said. "He's got me!"

"You should dump him." Nasinia pouted. Obviously, she doesn't like Masaias as much as she did in the previous cycle; She probably sensed that he wasn't as transparent as he seemed.

"I almost knew, but then I asked Levi to tell me about my future," her sister admitted with an uneasy smile, and Matthias's gaze shifted from Nasinia to her adoptive father. "Then I decided to give him another chance. Of course, I know things will get better eventually, because it's always like that, but it's also good to have confirmation from the outside world. ”

"Think about it, you can make a lot of money by looking at palmistry," Ryan told his girlfriend.

"I'm more efficient playing with the crystal ball," Livia replied with a giggle, "or I open the sheep's guts to decipher what's inside." ”

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Ia said breathlessly. "Are you kidding?"

"Of course," Livia comforted the young teenager. "It's a joke."

"But just in case, keep your sheep safely in the sheepfold at night," Ryan said with a grin.

Nasinia boyishly sticks out her tongue at the courier, making the courier amuse, while Jamie begins to ask Matthias and Fortuna how they met. The guests' attention was distracted, and the Seven Killers focused on the doors and windows, and Ryan began to whisper in his girlfriend's ear. "I thought you hated our translucent friend?"

"I still think Fortuna is too good for him." Livia shrugged in reply, her voice low and inaudible. But for most of the future that they ended up together, he made her happy. Or at the very least, it would be possible for me to reform my father's organization and avoid a war. I just told her. ”

Ryan raised an eyebrow. "Will the future be smooth sailing?"

"Yes, Ryan, there is." Livia laughed and rolled her eyes. "They are rare, but if Dad retires completely and Enrique Manada takes over the power company, I will be able to peacefully reform my organization. No more drug use, forced prostitution, intimidation, money laundering. My family is legitimate. I put our funds to the renovation of Rust Town and the creation of jobs. We want to help rebuild Europe into something we are proud of. ”

"I hope to see that one day."

"You will, if I have a way."

But to Ryan's surprise, Livia didn't say it with a smile, but glanced anxiously at the fireplace. The messenger followed her gaze and found nothing out of the ordinary.

"Livia?"

"You said you trusted me," she replied in a low voice, barely intelligible.

Well, there must be a problem here. "Livia, what's going on?"

"I hope I'm wrong." Luckily, the other people made enough noise for the two of them to whisper to each other. "However, I have already seen the results of this dinner and ...... This possibility seems to happen. "If it really happens, someone will fall down the shaft of the chimney. Mars would call my father, and when the call was over, the man would die. Unless you step in. ”

"Anyone?" How could someone sneak past the guards, climb over the roof, and sneak into the chimney?

A man who has lived here for many years.

A chill hit Ryan's spine, and he realized that he had been through it. "Would your father have ordered his assassination?"

His eyes scanned the room, and he noticed that Mortimer was gone. Did he move to another part of the manor, or did he hide in the wall and lay in ambush?

"Dad already knew, though he didn't think I knew yet." Livia said gloomily, her eyes turning to Mars. "His parents wanted to invite him officially, but he sensed the trap."

"Why did he come?"

”Na

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ia。 Now that the factory was destroyed, he would have wanted to convince her to leave the house, and he knew that my family had tapped her phone. Livia shook her head sadly. He would have thought that my father wanted to capture him, not kill him. ”

Ryan tensed. "That's why Seck is using her powers near you?" So you can't see it coming and stop it?"

Livia nodded sadly.

But why? Ryan tries to figure it out before he realizes his mistake. "I mentioned Dy when I was fighting Geist

amis。 ”

"My father was convinced that the attack on the Bliss factory was carried out by insiders, and rightfully so." Of course, the lightning butt will become paranoid and grasp at the lifesaver. "I'll distract from 'cancellation,' but 'Brother Mars' and the other seven-man killers may go after it."

"What about Jamie and Ki-jeong?" Ryan asked, glancing at the couple. Couriers know they're good people, but will they make the right choice?

"Both scenarios are possible," Livia said. "It depends on what kind of person they are deep down."

Ryan frowned. "You knew it was going to happen. You could have stopped it. ”

"I could," she admitted, the look on her face unpredictable. "I know my father gave the order in the previous cycle, but...... I hope that's a special case. "It's unlikely, Ryan. Maybe this won't happen. ”

But she could have guaranteed that this wouldn't happen by making the right call. "Why did you make it possible?"

"Because Nasinia needs to see it, just like I used to be." Livia said with a sigh. Otherwise, she would never have opened her eyes to see what kind of people her parents were, and the happy future I saw would never have materialized. and ......"

She shyly clasped her hands together and looked up at her boyfriend.

"I did this because I trusted you, Ryan," Princess Augustus said gently. "Because I know you can do it. You can change everything. ”

Ryan looked her in the eye and realized that she had pinned all her hopes on him.

He didn't even think about refusal.

Except for Fortun - he can definitely help, the Courier has fought all the Seven Killers before. He can defeat them. As for Mars, Ryan had seen him in action before. He can teleport objects.

"What's his range?" Ryan looked at the Olympian and asked Livia. Mars listened to Matthias and giggled, but his fingers rubbed the table like a cat eager to show its paws.

"Ten meters," Livia said, her fingers brushing his. "If anything happens, I will move to Sorrento. We'll meet there when you're done with Antarctica. ”

"What if nothing happens?"

Livia smiled. "Then our dinner will be boring."

This makes Ryan want more action. "I'll figure it out." He whispered.

"I know," Livia replied, and rose from her seat. "Cancel, can you accompany me to the bathroom?"

"Oh, of course! The guard said, apparently eager to follow him; Too eager. Ryan watched his girlfriend and her bodyguard walk out the door, and his gaze turned to the next fireplace.

"Long time no see," Nasinia grumbled to her adoptive father. "When is Mommy coming?"

Mars shrugged. "She's in the kitchen supervising the staff." Or, more likely, preparing for an ambush. "You know your mom, she demands perfection in everything. It's almost compulsive. ”

"You told me." Fortuna said unhappily. Her mother's strength makes for a perfect face.

"Your mom is dealing with anxiety in her own way," her father said. "Carnival is in town and they killed a lot of us. With you and your sister at home, she will feel safer. ”

"But not the atomic cat?" Ryan asked a tough question. He noticed the soot falling from the fireplace, barely imperceptible.

Some people snickered at the nickname, but Ma

s is not one of them. "We invited him," he said. "But my son is stubborn."

"He won't even reply to my texts," Fortuna said angrily, "and I swear that when I see him again, I'll beat him in the arm so hard that he never works again!"

If only she knew that he was hiding in his room, waiting for dinner to end, waiting for the guests to sleep. Dinamis must have been so frustrated by his inaction that he would consider such a reckless matter. Did he think he could convince his sister to leave and then sneak them out? What kind of stupid idealistic boy would think this is a good idea?

The brave boy accepted the carnival's invitation, knowing that it was a death sentence.

Despite his strong character, he tripped over a chimney well and crashed into the fireplace.

The other guests glanced at the chimney, and one fell to the ground brightly, blowing a small cloud of soot into the room. Ryan wondered if Santa Claus had found an intern, as the young man who came out of the fireplace was 50 years younger than Santa.

"Hmm—" Atomic Cat sneered and stood up from the fireplace, his heroic costume black and gray from ash and soot. Hi.