Chapter 809: PAID

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The intense fight came to an unexpectedly anticlimactic end—with the entire unit as witnesses.

No one saw it coming.

Wi Seol-ah and Namgung Bi-ah lay collapsed on the ground.

And standing between them—was Tang So-yeol.

I stared at her beaming smile and found myself speechless.

‘Seriously?’

A flood of thoughts ran through my mind.

How was I supposed to process this?

Tang So-yeol had appeared out of nowhere and knocked both of them out cold.

And the most important detail?

‘I didn’t even sense her.’

Even with how chaotic the fight had been, I hadn’t noticed her moving in to interrupt it.

Sure, the air had been saturated with Qi, and my perception had been dulled—but it was still shocking.

It meant Tang So-yeol had honed her ability to conceal her presence to a frightening degree—

And that she had been waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

‘She slipped past my senses and into their blind spot…’

It wasn’t just luck.

She had deliberately erased her presence, slowly creeping closer without alerting anyone.

Not even me.

And when the timing was right—

‘She pulled it off.’

The fight ended just as she had planned.

“Hah.”

I couldn’t stop myself from exhaling in awe.

‘She’s good. Really good.’