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    Directly beneath her words, a surveince recording was attached.


    In the footage, Pattie appeared with a pleasant smile and said, “A charity g? Naturally, I’m interested, and Maia is as well. She’s even preparing tounch her own foundation. We’ll attend as promised, so be sure to inform Kiley.”


    The sequence in the video unfolded smoothly, the images sharp and convincing, leaving no trace of alteration.


    Once the video finished ying, Kiley frowned, and a sharp chill spread across her face.


    “This is a lie! That footage has to be fake!” Raegan burst out, her voice rising with panic. “Maia must have hired a master editor. None of it happened that way… Kiley, please believe me.”


    Deep down, she understood the truth. The public would ce their faith in the clear security video, while that suspicious audio clip would lose all credibility. To cover her tracks, Raegan had carefully released the recording through three separate outlets.


    “Looks like Maia is more resourceful than we imagined,” Kiley muttered, her eyes narrowing. “Someone is backing her up. At the g, we’ll have to tread carefully and shut down every chance she has to fight back.”<fneaeb> Discover more novels at FindN()vel</fneaeb>


    She should have recognized the pattern sooner. Every time the stakes rose, Maia found a way to seize control, and it likely tied back to Mr. M, the man who once surprised her with extravagant birthday gifts.


    Kiley’s gaze cut back to Raegan with renewed intensity. “Tell me, have you uncovered who Mr. M really is? I have a strong suspicion he’s the one pulling strings for Maia now.”


    Raegan’s fingers curled tighter at Kiley’s remark.


    Questions spun wildly in her head. Could it really be the leader of The Mask who had stepped in to aid Maia?


    If the one she revered most had intervened, then aplishing all of this would hardly be a challenge.


    After all, The Mask was filled with prodigies, some skilled enough to fabricate wless video footage.


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    “Not yet… I’ve found almost nothing about Mr. M, and there’s one thing that doesn’t add up,” Raegan said, hesitating. “How did Maia sneak out of prison unnoticed? Could that also have been orchestrated by Mr. M? If that’s true, then how much power does he hold? And how did Maiae into contact with someone like him?”


    “You’ve caught on to that as well,” Kiley muttered, her eyes narrowing with thought.


    “From what I’ve gathered, anyone capable of covering tracks so perfectly has to be someone with enormous reach—perhaps the head of a dominant family in Drakmire, or even the leader of a hidden organization.”


    Kiley fell silent for a moment before fixing Raegan with a piercing stare. “Have you evere across a group called ‘The Mask’?” she asked gently.


    Raegan froze at the mention, a chill breaking out across her skin.


    “‘The Mask’?” she asked, feigning confusion as she gave a quick shake of her head. “Never heard of it before. What’s that?”


    At the MCN office, Pattie’s eyes lit up when she noticed the flood of likes and supportivements beneath Maia’s statement. Turning to her with delight, she said, “Maia, I never imagined you knew someone so skilled. I checked the video clip carefully, but I couldn’t find any trace of editing.”


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