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The opera outside seemed to end, and thunderous applause erupted suddenly as if to mock the scene at hand; with each round of applause, the ghastly eyes, emerging from ferocity, slowly regained much of their calm. Nathan also slowly stood up, his gaze locked onto the vanguard punisher who had fallen by the base of the wall.
But that man, seeing his companion dead before him and powerless to help, swept his gaze around in hatred, noting the situation was clearly not in his favor. Then, turning to look at Ida Chapman, he saw her face betray a look of surprise, perhaps even she had not expected one of the vanguard punishers to die here.
"Madama Butterfly, is there anything else you would like to leave behind? Speak now, it's not too late," Mandy Qamar said, stepping forward. Her voice was soft but sounded like a ghostly reaper in an air thick with the promise of slaughter.
