Frank never turned back as he strode out of the hotel room only to find arge group of people


    crowding the doorway outside.


    There were both men and women, and all of them were nodding in understanding when they saw


    Frank.


    Two men strode up right then, eximing, "That was amazing, brother!"


    "Damn straight. What supplements have you been taking? Can you give me a rmendation?"


    Frank did a double take, and it was only after a while that he realized what both men meant.


    The hotel was not particrlyrge, and the walls were thin—Quinn''s voice must have resounded


    across the entire building


    "Leave a number, handsome?" Twodies whose bodies were only covered with bath towels even


    intercepted Frank on his way out, winking flirtatiously.


    "Sorry, not interested."


    Frank strode past them right then, though the two men gave chase right then. "Come on, brother!


    What''s your secret? Tell us..."


    Still in the room, Quinn was left staring nkly at the bloodstains on the sheets, and she also


    overheard the misunderstandings of the gossiping crowd.


    However, instead of getting angry, she actually felt embarrassed.


    Eventually, she left the hotel with Frank.


    Frank took her to a boutique, since her clothes were stained with blood and riddled with holes and


    almost unwearable.


    The retail assistant kept praising Quinn''s beauty, her tone making it clear that she presumed that Frank


    was Quinn''s boyfriend.


    Though Quinn quickly denied it, she kept sliding peeks at Frank with a hopeful look in her eyes.


    Frank could naturally read Quinn''s intention, but he really did not have time to waste on her.


    Things were still dire, with Helen and the others still in the hands of Sage Lake Sect.


    He whipped out the card Vicky gave him, had the retail assistant pick something for Quinn, and


    dragged her along as they hurried to his car.


    As such, the retail assistant was left pouting as she was just about to rmend something


    fashionable worth over tens of thousands.


    Sage Lake Sect''s headquarters was in Southdam.


    Frank had wanted to call up Trevor Zurich and had him send a group with them but changed his mind.


    With Quinn, who was a member of Sage Lake Sect, they did not need numbers. In fact, they might


    even get in the way.


    "Dahok Ocean is our sect chief, but he''s usually training alone within his residence and basically never


    tends to sect affairs."


    Along the way, Quinn gave Frank a lot of information about the internal workings of Sage Lake Sect.


    "Although Maron is Dahok''s only son, it''s usually the elders who confer and decide on all affairs within


    the sects. My father has the final say as a high elder, and naturally he made many enemies because of


    that."


    That was when Quinn sighed. "Now that he''s dead, authority in the sect would fall to the elders. I alone


    won''t be able to oppose them, and our only chance is to sneak in and go straight to our sect chief. We''ll


    talk things through with him and ask him to take control over the situation—that''s the only way to save


    the people that Maron abducted unscathed."


    Believing that it was a good idea, Frank hence alighted on his own at the fringes of Southdam.


    While he strode boldly and alone through the front gates of Sage Lake Sect, Quinn sneaked in through


    the rear. Thanks to her familiarity with the internal structure of the sect, she headed straight toward


    Dahok''s residence.


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