The Unveiling of Secret Queen

Nathalie Quinlan was hiding behind a tree, watching as everyone inside the Discipline Hall was called away.

She agilely leaped down from the branch, landing on one knee, supporting her body with her palm. She brushed the fallen leaves off her clothes and walked gracefully towards the Discipline Hall.

The last line of the Morse Code left by Lynette Kingsley specifically named the ’place where the item was hidden’—in the Kingsley Family’s Discipline Hall!

Although Nathalie didn’t know what she had hidden here, since Lynette used encrypted text to leave this clue.

She speculated that this ’item’ was related to Lynette’s death.

So she must obtain this ’item.’

However, as Emma Gabehart said, this matter is extremely dangerous, involving too much, and she couldn’t involve Amadeus Yancey and Nicholas Fuller.

As for her relationship with the Kingsleys...

Nathalie narrowed her eyes, which appeared quite cold.

She was already at odds with the Kingsleys.

Since both sides were already at odds, it wouldn’t hurt to make things more brazen!

...

Everyone from the Discipline Hall had been called away, so the usually tightly secured place was exceptionally quiet today.

Nathalie knew the surveillance was completely disabled, no one could see her through it, so she confidently walked through the corridor, heading straight into the Discipline Hall.

Since the Discipline Hall was where those with transgressions were punished, it was quite spacious, and there was a specific area for placing the tablets of the Kingsleys’ past Clan Chiefs.

Nathalie stood at the place where wrongdoers from the Kingsley Family reflected, coldly sweeping her gaze over the tablets of past Clan Chiefs before walking directly over, picking up the wooden tablet with Edward Kingsley’s name on it, and feeling around the table it was placed upon.

Beneath it was a recessed hidden compartment-like spot.

Feeling this spot, Nathalie slightly focused her attention, pressing the recessed part inward, and a wooden black box sprang out from inside.

The box was square, only the size of a palm.

Nathalie furrowed her brow, picking up the box, realizing it wasn’t made of wood but a kind of rare metal with substantial weight.

A cold sensation seeped into her hand.

She couldn’t tell what kind of metal it was for now.

The box had no patterns around it, very simple and unadorned.

But when Nathalie turned it over, she saw on the front was a high-tech lock mechanism, seemingly needing a key to open it.

This was indeed the item Lynette hid using encrypted text?

Nathalie knew it wasn’t a good time to examine the box, so she placed it in her bag, zipped it up, and prepared to leave first...

*

Outside, a commotion arose.

”Is it appropriate for us to come back now? Clan Chief still needs manpower over there...”

Nathalie heard a man’s deep voice: ”I just feel that the explosion seemed odd this time. Look, seven places exploded, yet no casualties. Don’t you think that’s strange? Moreover, there were explosives everywhere, but it’s extremely quiet around us. So I wanted to come back and check.”

”You’re right, it’s true there’s no activity around the Discipline Hall...”

Nathalie could only hide behind the door, brow furrowed, hearing the man outside continue: ”Sometimes, no movement is the biggest movement! James Lawrence mentioned a suspicious car was discovered, and those sent to intercept it haven’t reported back yet, I suspect they lost them.”

”The adversary went to great lengths to cut off the Kingsley Family’s signal and made such a big scene. You don’t think she merely planted a bomb for fun, do you?”

Nathalie reached up to lower the brim of her hat, obscuring the cold irritation in her eyes.

Hah, so annoying!