Chapter 243: 46.X Interulude: Emergency Meeting

Vesper's throat itched as the growing headache she had from earlier in the day bloomed into a full-blown migraine. This was why she never took breaks. Because surely, this was the result of her having indulged a passing whim of wanting to talk to those mysterious possible Imperial spies. Maybe this had been all planned, for that cute girl to distract her from doing her duties while the rest set explosives all over her damn city.

Truly, she could never let her guard down.

"Report!"

"H-Head Intellect, warehouse three has been utterly destroyed," one of her men fearfully relayed, the news already making her head throb in pain before he continued. "An explosion rocked the building around an hour ago, and it has kept burning ever since."

"You mean it's still burning?!" Vesper yelled out in disbelief, her hand already digging into her right-hand pocket as she pulled out a rectangular-looking device with a screen on it. "What in the world are the firemen doing then?! [Oversight]!"