"You can''t expect to get ivory from a dog''s mouth-no one can!"


    "You!"


    Listening to Jenna and Adler bickering, Sophie couldn''t help but interject, "Alright, alright, enough about dogs and ivory. What I''m really thinking about is how they''ve got so many artists lined up, all prepped and ready. These people are definitely going to serve somepany once they hit it big. But as far as we know, there''s no new entertainmentpany rising in Devonport, right?"


    Adler replied, "Nope, nothing I''ve found so far. But here''s the weird part-there''s been a sudden surge in new arcades and casinos, and a bunch of neers are flooding the entertainment scene. No way the person behind this is doing it quietly."


    Sophie paused for a moment before saying, "I''ll find a chance to check it out."


    "Sophie, you better think this through. That ce is a mixed bag. If the person behind this is Odie, that''s one thing, but if it''s not..."


    It would mean there''s another foreign power at y.


    Later that evening, Sophie changed into something casual and, under the cover of night, squeezed into the crowd and entered a newly opened arcade in the downtown area.


    The arcade, on the second floor of a shopping center, was surprisingly busy despite the ground floor''s modest convenience stores and the surrounding old residential buildings.


    As she reached the second floor, Sophie was immediately hit by a pungent smell of smoke as she approached the entrance. The ce was filled with thick smoke, making it hard to see inside, where people were fervently ying games amid cursing and shouting.


    Sophie frowned, and despite holding her breath, she was still choked by the smoke upon entering.


    The concentration of cigarette smoke was beyond normal.


    And with no venttion or windows, she felt dizzy shortly after entering.


    "Got it! Got it! Caught one!"


    Sophie frowned, recognizing the


    voice. It sounded familiar. When she looked to her side, she saw a man in casual clothes, wearing a basebal cap and sunsses, frantically trying to win a prize from a c?aw machine.


    Sophie found the sight oddly familiar. Almost nobody else was bothering with the w machines.


    Who on earth is ying with the w machine here?


    Sophie approached and tapped the man on the shoulder, startling him. When he turned and saw it was Sophie, he nervously swallowed.


    Sophie raised an eyebrow, saying, "Mr. Pierce? Didn''t expect to see you in Devonport, indulging in such a hobby."


    "I''m not Mr. Pierce! You''ve got the wrong person!"All content is ? N0velDrama.Org.


    Angelo''s eyes were frantic, instinctively wanting to retreat, but Sophie had already pulled off his sunsses, exposing his handsome face to the air.


    Angelo quickly covered his face, saying, "You''ve mistaken me for someone else, Mrs. Costello, really!"


    "We''ve never met, how do you know I''m Mrs. Costello?"


    Seeing his identity exposed, Angelo could only lower his hands,


    nervously exining, "I didn''t expect


    to run into Mrs. Costello here; what a coincidence! I''m not Kiran, I''m Angelo, we''re brothers and look


    quite alike. I''ve heard my brother talk about you..."


    "Mr. Pierce, has anyone ever told you that you sound exactly like Donald Duck when you lie?"


    "Why Donald Duck?"


    "Because when you''re frantically exining, you really do quack a lot."


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