Late at night, Andrew sat in the study of his house overseas.


    From the courtyard came the sound of soft rustling noises.


    About ten minutester, Barton returned to the room and reported, "Sir, everything''s been taken care of."


    "Good work on them. They went through all that trouble just to find this ce, and in the end, they came up empty," Andrew said casually, "Send them back and show them that no one gets into the Potter Mansion and this house as well."


    "Understood." Barton quickly left.


    Several corpses were scattered about in the courtyard.


    At his signal, some hidden guards revealed themselves and dragged the bodies away.


    In no time, the courtyard was cleaned up, leaving no sign of anything.


    Andrew looked thoughtfully at a phoenix emblem on his desk.


    After a while, Barton returned and said, "Mr. and Mrs. Houston are overseas right now. They don''t seem to n on going back anytime soon. What if..."


    Andrew brushed it off. "I never told anyone about this ce. They won''t be able to find it. Besides, they''re here to investigate the Illuminati, not me."


    "Should we help them from behind the scenes?"


    "Drake has already told them what they need to know. There''s no need to worry about the rest."


    Andrew nced again at the phoenix symbol and tapped on the desk.


    As if something had just urred to him, he looked up and asked, "How do things go with Fermin?"


    "He said he''d be here tonight. He should be arriving any minute now," Barton replied, ncing at the clock on the wall.


    It was already midnight.


    The sound of a car engine came from outside. Barton left the room at a signal from Andrew.


    A car pulled up outside. In the passenger seat sat an anxious Liza.


    She gripped Fermin''s arm and said, "I don''t think we should go in. Let''s just go home."


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    For the past month, she had stayed by Fermin''s side, living in hotels.


    Sot month, she had stayed


    Her


    phone had been taken away, s? she couldn''t contact anyone.


    sent


    She felt like Fermin had been hiding from someone, and this meeting felt suspicious.


    "Wait in the car," Fermin said before getting out.


    He didn''t tell her he was going to meet with Andrew.


    He locked the car door and went through the gates, smelling a faint scent of blood in the air.


    To anyone less sensitive, it would have been undetectable.


    Fermin went on alert, realizing there had been a violent struggle not long ago.


    After entering the house, he studied theyout andpared it with that of the Potter Mansion.


    Gand''s memories had been retained, enabling him to notice the simrity.


    He knew the structure of the Potter Mansion from the inside out. To put it inly, that ce was a massive armory, with surveince cameras everywhere.


    He also knew about the existence of a special force that was never seen in public. But once the security Swas activated, these people go into action.