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    “Oh, right! I nearly forgot you got hurt yesterday.” Pattie paused, biting her lower lip as if unsure. Her voice carried a touch of awkwardness. “Maybe you should stay put at the hospital. Don’t wander around. If anything happens to you, I wouldn’t know how to exin it to Maia.”


    She paused again, lowering her voice even further. “Chris, something doesn’t sit right. Yesterday’s fight in the alley was loud enough for plenty of people to hear, yet the police now im they found no witnesses or shell casings. And the bullet marks? They say it’ll take time to examine.”


    “I see.” Chris narrowed his eyes. “Here’s what I’ll do. I’ll send Maxwell to the station right away. He’s well-connected and can grease some wheels there.”


    “Maxwell? Do you think he can handle it?” Pattie still sounded worried, but with the two witnesses—Maia and Chris—unable toe over, she had little choice.


    “It’s hard to say,” Chris admitted. “But at least he can make sure you get out of the station safe and sound.”


    Pattie went quiet for a moment, her instincts kicking in as she weighed the situation.


    Her mind raced to a chilling conclusion: the police had likely been bought off by the hidden powers pulling the strings. Pattie pressed her palms together. “Alright. Make sure hees quickly.”


    After ending the call, Chris wasted no time. He alerted Maxwell and set his team in motion to provide backup.


    It was obvious that the forces behind this mess were probably the Cooper family—only they had the clout to make the police sweep the truth under the rug.


    Chris tightened his grip on the steering wheel and stepped on the gas. The man he had faced yesterday was tough, backed by heavily armed men. They could smuggle guns into Wront so quietly that only The Mask or the Cooper Group could pull it off.


    Chris was sure it wasn’t his own people; Raegan hadn’t reported anything to him yet.


    Just as he was turning the situation over in his mind, his phone buzzed again, showing an unknown number. Chris nced at it and answered.


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    A familiar voice came through the line. Raegan said, “Sir, I have some updates for you.”


    Chris lowered his voice, his resolve firm. “Go ahead.”


    Raegan didn’t waste time. She briefed him on thetest developments.


    “Also, I’ve alerted our nearby members to assemble in Wront. Kiley’s charity g is ambitious, and I think we need to be careful. I n to have our people slip into the event unnoticed.”


    Hearing that, Chris felt even more certain of his earlier instincts. Kolton was on edge—so much so that he was even sending his top assassins.


    “Good work. Next, figure out a way to disrupt the g. We can’t let the Cooper Group use it to boost their funds,” Chris ordered firmly. “This time, we have to push them into deeper trouble, force Kolton to show his cracks, and dig up proof of their illegal smuggling.”


    “Understood, sir!”


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