Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Couldn’t Be Happier

Jason Sterling was about to go insane. ’What does he mean, "better than dying without a clear reason"?’

"What do you mean? I told you, I didn’t kill Maeve Walsh!"

"You did? So she jumped into the sea on her own?" Donovan Lawrence actually laughed. "Who’s going to believe that? Do you guys believe it? Given how smug Maeve Walsh was after getting her Storage Space, do you really think she’d jump into the sea to kill herself a second later?"

It wasn’t just Donovan Lawrence; no one here believed it.

It was ridiculous. Maeve Walsh was perfectly fine, so why would she jump into the sea? What a joke.

Seeing that no one believed him, Jason Sterling could only grit his teeth and say, "What good would her death do me? My fourteen million worth of supplies were all in her space, you know!"

That one sentence successfully shut everyone up.

That was true. Jason Sterling had invested fourteen million, after all.

The group instantly calmed down. But even so, once the seeds of suspicion were planted, they weren’t so easily removed.

From a dark corner, Sue Lawrence quietly watched everything unfold.

’This won’t do. I need to stir up more trouble. How can I let Jason Sterling resolve this with just a single sentence?’

She wouldn’t let Jason Sterling get off so easily.

With that thought, she activated her Eye of Barrier Breaking and scanned everyone present. Aside from the glittering 999+ Luck Value above Mia Keller’s head and Tia Norris’s Ice Control Skill, she didn’t see anyone else with a Superpower.

’How pathetic. You men are all so useless. Not a single one of you has a Superpower.’

’But since I’m already here, I can’t just leave empty-handed, right?’

Sue Lawrence thought for a moment and directly activated her Superpower: What’s Yours Is Mine!

Tia Norris’s Ice Control Skill was currently B Level, while Sue Lawrence’s was C Level. But now, she planned to grind her own Ice Control Skill up to B Level. Of course, it would be even better if she could get it to A Level!

[Skill Activated: What’s Yours Is Mine! Acquired: Faint Ice Control Skill +1. But, it’s better than nothing.]

[Skill Activated: What’s Yours Is Mine! Acquired: Faint Ice Control Skill +1. But, it’s better than nothing.]

[Skill Activated: What’s Yours Is Mine! Acquired: Faint Ice Control Skill +1. But, it’s better than nothing.]

Sue Lawrence: ...

’The higher the level, the harder it is to steal, huh?’

’No matter. I’ll keep going. I managed to fleece Pamela Sutton’s Healing Skill all the way to B Level. Now that Tia Norris is here today, there’s no way I’m letting her off the hook so easily!’

Sue Lawrence frantically activated her Superpower. After all, when she was fleecing Pamela Sutton, she had been with her the whole time and had plenty of it. But now, she didn’t know when these people might leave. She couldn’t afford to waste a single second. Pushing her speed to the limit, she stacked her attempts. Steal!

[Skill Activated: What’s Yours Is Mine! Acquired: Faint Ice Control Skill +1. But, it’s better than nothing.]

[Skill Activated: What’s Yours Is Mine! Acquired: Faint Ice Control Skill +1. But, it’s better than nothing.]

[Skill Activated: What’s Yours Is Mine! Acquired: Faint Ice Control Skill +1. But, it’s better than nothing.]

She didn’t care what they were talking about. She just desperately kept on stealing!

[Skill Activated: What’s Yours Is Mine! Acquired: B Level Ice Control Skill!]

When she saw the words "B Level," Sue Lawrence was so happy she almost jumped for joy. ’Ha, I finally ground it up to B Level!’

She looked again at the text above Tia Norris’s head. Sure enough, her B Level Ice Control Skill had dropped to C Level!

The two of them had swapped!

’Ha, I couldn’t be happier.’

Sue Lawrence suppressed the smile tugging at her lips and forced herself to look out, only to see Tia Norris’s expression turn visibly ugly.

It seemed she had also noticed her Ice Control Skill dropping from B Level to C Level.

Tia Norris had indeed noticed, and she was utterly terrified.

She didn’t know what was happening; it was all so strange. Her A Level Ice Control Skill had been dropping continuously—first to B Level, and now to C Level?!!

’Why is this happening?!’

The last time this happened was at the city hall entrance. Jason Sterling, Tiana Lynch, and Sue Lawrence had been there with her. She had been convinced it was because Sue Lawrence was present, that it must have been her doing. But Sue Lawrence wasn’t here now!

Sue Lawrence wasn’t around at all, so why had her Superpower Level dropped again? Why!

Tia Norris was filled with terror but didn’t dare show it. She could only try to fix her stiff expression, leaning back rigidly like a wooden plank to hide behind Mia Keller.

’What in the world is going on?’

Tia Norris was on the verge of losing her mind. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Just then, the group seemed to have finished their discussion. Donovan Lawrence stood up, his face grim. "Jason Sterling, this isn’t over. Maeve Walsh is dead, and that’s that, but we have to settle the score with the supplies. The apocalypse is only a few days away. Give us our supplies back, now!"

’Oho, they want their supplies back?’

Sue Lawrence suddenly recalled that these people had pooled 14 million to gather supplies. Now that they were splitting up, it was only natural for them to want their own stuff back. Nothing wrong with that.

However, Jason Sterling’s head was throbbing. He clutched it and gritted his teeth. "I really don’t have the supplies. My supplies are all gone. I have to start hoarding from scratch now, too. Can’t you just believe me?"

Jason Sterling was telling the absolute truth, but not a single person believed him. Only Miles Finch stood up and said, "How about this: we’ll go home for now. We can come back for the supplies tomorrow."

"Are you guys really planning to leave the team and face the apocalypse alone? Don’t you know how dangerous that is?!"

’The team was so hard to put together, and the apocalypse hasn’t even arrived yet, but we’re already disbanding? And they’re demanding supplies from me? Are they crazy? Your supplies are with Maeve Walsh! If you’ve got the guts, go ask Maeve Walsh for them!’

He roared inwardly, but for the sake of the team, he kept his mouth shut.

But no one paid him any mind. Except for Mia Keller, who genuinely wanted to leave, the others were still hesitant. After all, the Sterling Family was rich and powerful in this city, and they had to consider the practicalities.

So, the group left one by one. Donovan Lawrence was the last to go. He gave Jason Sterling a long, hard look and pointed a finger at him from a distance, as if to say, ’You’d better watch yourself.’

Having made his threat, he turned and left.

Now that they had all left, Sue Lawrence had to leave too. However, she wasn’t going to make her exit so quietly.

She retraced her steps from the greenhouse door, dropped down from the tree trunk, and sent Mia Keller a text message: "I have something to do. Go back to my villa and wait for me."

After sending the message, she immediately silenced her phone. Then, she activated her Perception Skill, sensing the directions in which the group members had left, before locking onto her target with unerring accuracy: Donovan Lawrence!

She avoided the others, used her B Level Network Technology to alter the villa complex’s surveillance footage, and stuck to the blind spots as she casually followed Donovan Lawrence.

’Chain Tricks, Deceptive Marketing, Persuasion... I’ve used all three skills I got from that scumbag. I should at least give this a perfect ending, right?’

She stared at Donovan Lawrence’s back. He was heading in the direction of her home.

Sue Lawrence followed him silently.