Chapter 226

Finn Wallace and his two teammates exchanged uneasy glances. None of them had expected Lucy White to be this formidable.

Xavier Boone adjusted his glasses, his eyes gleaming behind the lenses. "Winning one round isn't enough. Your friends are just terrible."

"Next match, Lucy leads her team against all four of us."

As the tactical mind of their squad, Xavier's suggestion was immediately approved by the others.

Finn smirked. "If she lasts half an hour, I'll acknowledge her as a teammate."

The four shared a knowing look—none of them believed Lucy stood a chance.

Meanwhile, Julian Chase and his group were still reeling from their defeat.

"We... lost just like that?" Ian Evans rubbed the back of his head, bewildered.

Benedict Moore stared at his gun. "I didn't even get to fire a shot."

Julian's expression darkened. He'd grown up in military training camps, yet a woman had wiped the floor with him.

"This woman..." he ground out between clenched teeth, "plays dirty."

As they wallowed in frustration, Asher York approached and announced the new team arrangement.

"No way!" Ian was the first to protest.

Julian held him back. "Follow orders." His gaze flicked to Lucy, conflicted.

Before the second round began, Lucy pulled out a sheet of paper and swiftly sketched a detailed map of the entire arena.

"You're cheating?" Julian blurted.

Lucy shot him a withering look. "I memorized the layout from our last round."

"Photographic memory?" Ian gaped.

"Something like that," Lucy replied casually.

The other girls stared at her in awe, while Julian's resentment gave way to curiosity.

Just how many tricks did this woman have up her sleeve?

The battle began. Lucy directed the girls to take cover while she slipped unseen toward the enemy base.

Boom!

The explosion rang out while Asher's team was still searching for targets.

"What the—?" Xavier's face paled.

The radio crackled with a staff member's voice: "Base destroyed. Game over."

Round three. Round four.

No matter how they adjusted their tactics, Lucy always found a way to dismantle them.

"Damn it!" Finn threw his helmet down. "Can she read minds or something?"

In the surveillance room, the four rewatched the footage.

Xavier suddenly laughed. "She's not reading minds..."

"She's reading us."