Chapter 560 Her Suspicion
A flicker of something unreadable passed through Sarah’s eyes. She lifted her chin slightly, voice probing but cool. “Jean, you’re more capable than I thought.”
Jean’s gaze sharpened instantly. What did she mean by that? Could Sarah have found something out?
Before she could speak, Sarah slowly extended her arm and opened her tightly clenched fist. Resting in her palm was a small, metallic pin.
Jean’s heart gave a hard thump, though her face remained perfectly composed.
It was the insignia of the Abyssal Choir.
“A mysterious, untraceable organization,” Sarah said, narrowing her eyes as she stared at Jean. “And you’re actually involved in something like this…”
She sounded casual, but Jean could tell she was trying to see through her–measuring her reaction, waiting for her to crack.
But Jean didn’t respond immediately. Her mind was already working at lightning speed.
There was only one likely explanation for how Sarah got her hands on that badge: Jean must have dropped it without realizing, and Sarah had picked it up. The most probable time that could’ve happened… was earlier this evening, during her meeting with Ludwig.
Jean had already been suspicious of the people who’d chased her in the alley. And now that her badge had landed in Sarah’s hands…
Her suspicion was practically confirmed.
The person who’d tried to kill her in that alley had either been Sarah–or someone working under her. Either way, Sarah was involved.
Because in the novel, Sarah wasn’t just the heroine with a dozen secret identities. She was also the head of a powerful, mysterious organization–that was her greatest hidden weapon, her edge in going toe–to–toe with every major villain in the story.
Thinking back on that chase in the alley–the clean, sharp methods of the attackers, the way they moved in the dark–those weren’t random thugs. That had been a trained, elite force. The style fit perfectly with how shadowy groups operated in the novel.
In the chaos, she must have dropped her badge. Then Sarah, or someone from her side, picked it up.
As for Sarah’s organization… Jean couldn’t remember the name from the novel. She hadn’t paid close attention back when she read it. But it was likely similar to Abyssal Choir in both strength and nature- powerful, discreet, dangerous.
And that led her to another troubling thought.
In the original plot, powerful figures like Ludwig and Qi Huaisu had all eventually been subdued by the female lead. They became her loyal allies, her right hands.
But right now, that wasn’t happening at all.
Ludwig was still with Abyssal Choir. He hadn’t even come into contact with Sarah. That was completely off-
Had Sarah’s protagonist plot armor… stopped working? Or… had Jean joining Abyssal Choir disrupted the original storyline?
Then, another long–standing question resurfaced in Jean’s mind. Back when she first joined Abyssal Choir years ago, it had seemed like a harmless organization. Kind, even. They helped ordinary people with odd, tricky little problems. Not even close to the blood–soaked, evil force the novel described.
But maybe… maybe the group hadn’t always been evil.
Maybe they’d only turned that way after coming into conflict with the female lead.
After all, Sarah represented absolute righteousness. Anyone who stood against her was automatically cast as
the villain.
And judging from Sarah’s tone earlier, she clearly knew a lot about Abyssal Choir. Maybe they’d even clashed before.
Maybe… it was Sarah who had forced Abyssal Choir into the role of antagonist.
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