morning. Along with the crisp ding-dong sound, a bulletpro
up to the light, letting it shimmer, and said softly, "Such a vibrant color, you can see the brilliance
llion dollars?" came a dismissive vo
e tossed the ruby she was holding toward the source of the voice and slowly turne
y in mid-air, raising her eyebrows a
le, her bright eyes and teeth shining, her eyebrows bright as stars. That faint smile made people feel like a spring breeze but also carried a hint of disregar
unfortunately, with us around, it's only worth thirty million." The w
d seriously, "No, no, with us, it should be worth nothing.
ealing whatever they wanted. Why would they need money? No matter how valuable an it
he exhibition hall, shrugged, and said, "Luckily, we
ot on the list. Though the owners of these treasures might not b
d were antique masterpieces, precious items from around the world
den surveillance everywhere. But they seemed to forget that relying too much
te was clearly an e
rs, but for her, it was long enough
an uncut diamond easily scratched through the nano-mater
e entrance of the large exhibition hall glanced at her watch and rais
girl named Echo smiled nonchalantly a
the other in red, strolled out the door
, she tapped the touch-sensitive wall in the hall, and immediately, a sharp alarm sounded.
eemingly accustomed to Echo's actions. With a sw
ghed, "The esteemed guests are about to leav
hange time, and the entire building buzzed with activity. High-end security measures were activated, and all side doors, back doors, upstairs, and r
wanted so easily, it's no fun at all." Sitting in a red Ferrari c
el, the breeze lifting her hair. She looked spirited and laughed ha
kype, the martial arts master, what could possibly stop them? They breached thei
tly, exactly! With our combined skills,
looked at Echo and asked, "Since we're planning to retir
and said, "Whateve
said, "Don't think you can slack off. You're handling the delivery this last time. Afte
complete stop, Skye had flipped out of the door. Her wa
alled back to Echo without
car, and got out, saying
quickened her pace, disa
ft, leaning against the car door with a slight
eck flutter. A gust of wind blew by, and Echo felt a coolness on he
f floated right into the open car window. As the cars passed each other, Echo
got back in her car, hit the gas, and her sleek car a
**
ld-fashioned castle, two middle-aged men were
with an order slip and smiled, "Echo and Skye
nd smiled, "We trained them ourselves. Being rank
," the older man chuckled.
, si
said sternly, "What is it? Don't yo
or said nervously, "It
immediately changed to
ruby, and examined it closely. He nodded and smiled, "Not bad, not bad. This
smiled, "I'm growing more fond of Echo. She's truly our tre
her wings are growing stronger. She'll be free of her sixty-million-dollar contract in a couple
e old-fashioned study,
as a letter in the package. He smiled, "What's Echo u
he slammed his fist on the table, shatt
pression and quickly grabbed the letter,
promissory note and a single sentence, "120 billion dollars from a
rned extremely gr
t that easy. This isn't a place where you come and go as you please." He crumpled the chec