The location is in a basement somewhere in the city.

The young man with glasses inquired, "What's wrong?"

"Um... still no response." Another young man simply shook his head helplessly.

Upon receiving an answer, the young man with glasses couldn't help but furrow his brows. "This is strange, it has been almost an hour since we informed them of the target's location. Could the target have escaped?"

"It's unlikely. The chance of the target noticing us is very small, and besides, this time the target didn't bring any bodyguards. If we have to say, there's only an old butler who was driving. Do you think they can't even handle an ordinary old man?"

"Well, I don't think so. After all, that old man is just an ordinary person, not some hidden master. This has been investigated thoroughly."

"That's true. But the fact is, they haven't contacted us yet, which is indeed strange. Even if they failed, there should still be a response. Well, of course, assuming they didn't fail."

"If it's not a failure, do you think they want to take all the credit for themselves? Is that why they haven't contacted us until now?"

The young man with glasses speculated.

Upon being reminded, the other man said indignantly, "Ah... it's very likely. If those two are involved."

"Damn, how could they still do such a thing at this point in time."

"What's wrong? Are they angry because someone stole the credit? After all, you were the one who discovered the target's location. Well, it's indeed unfair if they monopolize all the credit. If this operation succeeds, they should be able to become officials."

"Who's angry about that kind of thing? Being an official is not something I care about. I'm just worried that their greed for credit might lead to a disaster."

The man with glasses adjusted his glasses with his index finger.

"Well, although this may not sound convincing to others, I have no doubt about it, as I know you very well. Of course, if someone else said that, I wouldn't believe it. And what I just said was just a hypothesis. Although it's easy for them to do such a thing based on their personalities, we can't say for sure until there's evidence."

"That's true. Let's hope you're overthinking it."

The man let out a long sigh.

At that moment, footsteps were heard approaching the staircase leading to the basement. The man with glasses shrugged helplessly. "Well, although it took a bit longer than expected, at least nothing went wrong. We can proceed to the next step."

"Indeed." As he spoke, the door opened. The man with glasses naturally turned around. Upon seeing the person who entered, he exclaimed, "Ah, finally back? Did you succeed..."

He stopped mid-sentence because he noticed something was off about his two companions - they seemed deflated.

"Hey, hey, seeing you two like this, did you fail?"

The man with glasses walked up to them to inquire. However, the next moment, "Ugh..."

A sharp pain from his abdomen made the man with glasses collapse on the ground instantly.

"What?"

The young man, who had been busy with his back turned, noticed something was amiss and turned around to look.

Sometime unbeknownst to him, four unfamiliar young girls suddenly appeared in the room. Among them were the two who had just returned, while his three companions were already lying on the ground.

"You guys..."