A few minutes earlier, while Lucifer and Jessica were enjoying each other''s embrace, arge man dressed in ck was walking through the lobby of the hotel. He didn''t pay any attention to the staff and guests passing by him. Instead, he headed straight towards the staff room, ignoring everyone else.


    As soon as he entered the staff room, he saw several employees gathered around a table discussing something. The moment they noticed his arrival, they stopped talking and stood up to greet him.


    "Boss! What are you doing here?" One of the employees asked. "Do you need anything?"


    "I came here to check on you guys. How are the preparations going? Are others in position?" The man answered with another question.


    "Yes, boss. Everything is fine. We have been preparing for the past few days. There is nothing left for us to do except wait." Another employee replied.


    "Alright. Where is Jack? Did he go upstairs?" Therge man inquired.


    The employee nodded his head and replied, "Yes, he has already gone upstairs. He is waiting for your orders to take over the control room. As soon as you give him the signal, he will switch off all security cameras, disable the elevators, and lock the emergency exits. No one will be able to enter or escape from the building after that."


    "Good. Everything seems to be going ording to n. Make sure everything goes smoothly." Therge man instructed as he patted the employee''s shoulder. "I don''t want to see any mistakes at thest minute. Do you understand me?"


    The employee gulped in response. "Yes, boss! I understand!"


    With a satisfied smile, the man went back to the main hall, where he continued watching the auction.


    Meanwhile, the other employees returned to their ces while making sure everything was in order.


    At the same time, on the 10th floor of the hotel, Jack, a tall man wearing a ck suit, looked at the group of men standing behind him and gave them a nod. They were his subordinates, and they were prepared to take action as soon as they received the order from their boss.


    The control room was located at the far end of the hallway on the same floor, and it was separated by a strong door that required an ess card to open. The room contained variousputer monitors, and it was the ce where all the security cameras and other security-rted devices were controlled.


    "Okay, men. We are ready to go at any moment. Be prepared for anything." Jack said in a low voice. "Don''t forget, there is no turning back now. Once we start, we mustplete our mission. Otherwise, we will all suffer a terrible fate."


    The group of men nodded in response, indicating that they understood what they were supposed to do.


    A few minutester, Jack received a call from his boss, telling him that it was time for them to begin.


    Without wasting any more time, Jack and his men, who were inside one of the rooms, opened the door and began approaching the control room. The moment they entered the hallway, they saw a man standing guard next to the door. He was wearing a ck uniform with a badge on his chest that read, ''Hotel Security''.


    "Hey, Jack, what are you doing here? Aren''t you supposed to be guarding the main hall?" The security guard asked with a confused expression on his face. But before he could continue asking any more questions, Jack took out a silenced gun from his pocket and shot him point-nk.


    Thud.


    The security guard fell to the ground with blood gushing out of his skull. He was dead. It was so quick and simple that nobody would even realize what had happened until they saw the body lying there.


    Jack didn''t stop there. He rushed towards the control room, unlocked the door with his ess card, and pointed his gun at the employees inside. Then he pulled the trigger without hesitation.


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    Several bullets flew towards the unsuspecting employees, hitting them one after another. Blood sttered everywhere as they fell to the ground, lifeless. Within seconds, everyone inside was dead. They didn''t even have time to scream or cry for help when they were killed.


    "That''s one problem solved." Jack said with a grin. "Now, let''s begin the mission."


    And just like that, he led his men to take control of the security system of the entire building and disabled all the cameras. Nobody would be able to see what happened after this point.


    ...


    Back to the main event hall, as the guests'' valuables and items were being collected by the waiters, an old man in a tuxedo stood up from his seat and spoke to therge man on the stage.


    "Who are you people? Why are you doing this?" The man questioned the men. He seemed angry.


    Therge manughed at him. "Why are we doing this? Hahaha.... Isn''t it obvious? We''re robbing you rich people. That''s why we''re doing this.


    Or did you be stupid after seeing guns pointed at you?"


    Many guests looked towards the man in shock, wondering why he dared to ask that question. Even his wife tried to stop him from speaking.


    However, the old man ignored them and continued speaking, "This is outrageous! Do you think you can get away with this? There is no way you can escape from this ce unscathed. Even if you seed in escaping today, the police will hunt you down, and you''ll end up rotting in jail."


    "HAHAHAHAHA..." Therge man burst intoughter at his words. Then he looked down at the man and sneered, "Do you really think we are stupid enough toe here unprepared? Hahaha! What a joke! Let me tell you something, old man. We have already disabled all the security cameras in this ce.


    Nobody can see what is happening here right now. Even if you report it to the police, they won''t be able to identify us."


    "It seems you are the one who is stupid here, thinking you''ll get away with this." The old man retorted. "Everyone here has seen your faces, and unless you n to kill everyone, you won''t get away with this."


    All the guests red at the old man for speaking those words. They all knew that the old man was only making things worse for everyone, including himself. They knew that there was no way robbers would let them live if he kept antagonizing them. But even though he understood that as well, the old man couldn''t hold his anger in. He couldn''t ept the fact that someone dared to rob him.


    He had never encountered such a situation before, and it hurt his ego more than anything else.


    "Hahaha! This is so funny! You are still acting tough even when you know you can''t do anything." Therge man mocked the old man. "However, you are wrong about one thing. Yes, everyone here has seen our faces, but how do you know this is our real face? How do you know this is not a mask?


    Hahaha, I guess you''re more stupid than I thought you were. I wonder how you managed to earn all that money. Perhaps you used your position to cheat others? Anyway, that doesn''t matter. What matters is that we will get away with this, no matter what you say."


    "You..." The old man started saying something but couldn''t continue. His face turned pale as he realized that the man was right. He didn''t even think of the possibility that these robbers could be wearing masks. It was too simple, yet he couldn''t imagine such a thing.


    "What? Cat got your tongue now? Hahaha, as I said, you are just wasting your breath." Therge manughed out loud again, but suddenly he pointed his gun towards the old man and shot him.


    Bang!


    The bullet hit the old man right in the chest, creating arge hole there. Blood spurted out of the wound as he had a look of disbelief on his face, like he couldn''t believe what happened.


    ''This is impossible... How could this be happening to me? How could he do this to me? I am a respected businessman. I am not some lowlifemoner that he can just kill like this without any consequences. If he wanted money, I could''ve given it to him.


    He should''ve just asked for it.''


    However, none of his thoughts reached the ears of others, as he soon fell to the ground with a thud, dead. His wife, who had been sitting next to him, screamed in horror at the sight of her husband dying in front of her eyes.


    "HUSBAND!!!!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. Tears flowed down from her eyes as she held her husband''s body in her arms, unable to believe what had just happened.


    Everyone around them looked away in horror. They didn''t want to see what was happening, nor did they want to hear the woman''s cries. But that was not possible. The woman''s screams echoed throughout the hall, making everyone ufortable.


    As if it wasn''t bad enough already, therge man fired his gun again, shooting the screaming woman right in the head. Her brain sttered all over the floor as she fell lifelessly next to her husband''s body.


    And just like that, the whole hall became silent once more. Nobody dared to say a word or even make a sound after seeing what had happened. Still, fear and uncertainty lingered in everyone''s hearts.