Why are they trapped in the stairwell?

The sound descended, stealthily approaching as Miss Yukasi, of the security team, suddenly surged forth, her hand blade striking towards the neck of the security team captain.

This scene unfolded too swiftly for anyone present to react, until Miss Yukasi had already brought down her opponent, leaving other members belatedly shifting their gun barrels from Jonas to this unforeseen girl.

Unfortunately, by the time they reacted, it was too late. After incapacitating the security team leader, Miss Yukasi swiftly seized his firearm, aiming at the legs of the remaining members without hesitation, and pulled the trigger.

Two gunshots echoed, and two members promptly collapsed to the ground, clutching their bleeding thighs and wailing in agony. Witnessing this, other members became somewhat frantic, firing their weapons at Miss Yukasi, instantly plunging the scene into chaos.

Regrettably, the marksmanship of these security personnel was not particularly adept; after several shots, not even one hit its target.

This gave Miss Yukasi an opportunity to close the distance. Without a word, she charged into the heart of the crowd, rendering firearms ineffectual in close quarters combat.

The vulnerability of tactical suits lies in their neck area, inadequately protected, which explains why Miss Yukasi incapacitated the security team leader with a single blow.

Following her close-quarters engagement, the other members also became disoriented, indiscriminately firing their kinetic energy guns, further adding to the turmoil within the venue.

Miss Yukasi fully demonstrated her proficiency in close-quarters combat, rendering the seemingly fully armed security personnel entirely nonthreatening once she closed the distance. With each strike, she targeted vital points, nearly incapacitating a security member with each blow.

In just a few breaths, the once formidable security team lay defeated on the ground. As the security team leader, whom Miss Yukasi had incapacitated, regained consciousness and struggled to retrieve the firearm left by the girl, Jonas promptly stepped on his hand, eliciting a cry of pain.

Jonas casually picked up a nearby gun and, observing the security team leader's expression of fear and despair, spoke, "Now I perceive you to be a member of the Destiny Organization. Do you have any retort?"

As Jonas finished speaking, a gunshot rang out, silencing the man. In the bewildered and despairing gaze of the security team leader, Jonas slowly uttered, "Very well, that settles it."

The sudden turn of events and Jonas's decisive actions left the attendees at the banquet speechless. While Jonas paid no heed to their reactions, Miss Yukasi, upon witnessing this scene, couldn't help but furrow her brow, seeming to disapprove of Jonas's readiness to take a life.

Seemingly discerning her emotions, he smiled and addressed Miss Yukasi, "Miss Yukasi, do you require my company?"

Upon hearing these words, Miss Yukasi hesitated for a moment before nodding. Her current expenditure of energy was considerable, and it was likely that he was more familiar with the surroundings. With him by her side, she would find it easier to resolve any issues aboard the cruise ship.

.........

In a room, Lady Tenyu sat, gazing at the target diagram before her.

At this moment, she was unaware that somewhere on the cruise ship, an event had occurred outside the scope of the planned festivities. She gripped the pen tightly, as if pondering something deeply.

In reality, with Jonas's whereabouts uncertain, the likelihood of successfully executing the plan was very slim.

Because no one knew whether Jonas Ventin would play any cards,

At least for now, if he had set up any traps on the cruise ship, causing an assault team to be wiped out, it would be difficult to achieve the subsequent chain reaction.

After all, her plan was based on an intelligence gap; even if the other party knew there was a problem aboard the ship, they wouldn't be able to make too many arrangements.

Furthermore, this time's conference only allowed for one bodyguard, and Lady Tenyu had also made preparations in advance. There was only one figure with a title-level strength by Jonas's side who had a slim chance of getting him out of trouble, but this time, that "Black War Goddess" lady happened to not be accompanying him.

In other words, this time, Jonas's own arrogance would bury him.

Feelings of satisfaction that Lady Tenyu had not felt in a long time welled up in her heart, but soon, Lady Tenyu reined in these emotions.

Now was not the time for celebration. The outcome of popping champagne midway often ended tragically, especially considering the possibility that Jonas Ventin might be feigning incompetence.

Lady Tenyu stabilized her mindset while glancing at the real-time battle reports coming from the scene.

Most of the forces of the Destiny Organization had already boarded the ship, and now they only needed to wait for the Morris Consortium to make proper arrangements, after which they could proceed to collect benefits from one venue to another.

Although this time was a collaboration with the Morris Consortium, the current Morris Consortium actually had no intention of offending other consortia.

In other words, everything that happened on the cruise ship this time would be characterized as a malign event masterminded by the Destiny Organization.

If successful, the Destiny Organization would gain a considerable profit.

But if they failed, the Destiny Organization would not only bear all the losses of this plan but would also indirectly offend many consortia, big and small, in the twenty-five districts.

Just as she had said to Angus at the beginning, this plan was a gamble.

But so far, the plan had been proceeding according to Lady Tenyu's predetermined route.

If nothing unexpected happened, the dawn of victory was already beckoning to her.

And as for avenging Jonas Ventin, that would begin today...

Before her thoughts could fully settle, the real-time situation relayed by the Destiny Organization members caused Lady Tenyu to inadvertently freeze.

Seeing the small dots symbolizing Destiny Organization members gathering together, somewhere within a staircase, Lady Tenyu remained unresponsive for quite some time.

——Why have they been cornered in the staircase?