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Chapter 1578 - 009 Still fondly remembered to this day

The night was like water.

Harlan Palmer stood with a wine glass on the balcony, looking up at the stars in silent reverie.

She's here!

He could distinctly feel her arrival, the power outage just now must have been her handiwork.

"Chad."

Harlan turned to look at Norton Jarvis approaching.

"They're here!" Norton affirmed, then added, "And they've already breached the artificial waterfall's defenses."

The artificial waterfall was ingeniously hidden. Everyone involved in its creation had been Duke Shaq's confidants, and so were those maintaining it. If any of these people were disloyal, the treasure room would have been thoroughly looted long ago. The fact that the treasure room had remained unassailable for years had filled Duke Shaq with immense confidence, certain he had never misjudged his people.

But today, the artificial waterfall's defense had collapsed...

"There's only one explanation, they have an insider," Harlan declared with conviction.

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