The moment the door closed, her expression changed dramatically, her exquisite, fair face now cold: "It’s not really a trick, just a little gift for you all."
Vincent Hawthorne’s frown deepened. Just as he was about to say something, a sudden dull ache seized his nerves, and he collapsed uncontrollably to the ground.
As he fell, the other people in the reception room also toppled over one by one.
Only Claire North remained standing upright.
"Uncle Hawthorne, Madam..." Claire North’s face changed dramatically, "Raina North, what have you done to everyone?"
Raina North’s lips curled into a mocking smile: "Not much, just returning the favor. You all keep accusing me of poisoning people, but I’m someone who can’t stand being wronged. If you’re going to wrong me, I have no choice but to..." Raina’s expression shifted abruptly, "make the charge stick."
Raina sighed, appearing shameless, but to those around, she was clearly a demon emerging from hell, taking advantage even more smugly.
"Fear not, it’s not a lethal poison. It’s just a bit painful. First the limbs ache, then the internal organs, then the sinews, and finally the capillaries feel like they’re about to explode from the pain..."
With every part Raina mentioned, a chorus of screams erupted.
No wounds, no blood, just pain, a heart-wrenching, bone-crushing pain.
Claire North listened to these screams and couldn’t help but gasp, her face pale.
"Raina North, these are Elias’s parents and colleagues from The Veridian Institute of Medicine, how could you do this to them?"
Raina tilted her head, innocently responding, "Why not? It’s easy to talk when you’re not in pain, leading to a world where many people babble nonsense. I’m teaching them a lesson, correcting ancestral mistakes, so talking doesn’t just hurt the waist but the whole body."
"However, this poison, aside from being a bit painful, has a side effect. It affects this area..." Raina pointed to her head, "but since you people don’t often use your brains when going out, it shouldn’t be a major issue."
"Raina North, do you think this will let you escape punishment? Unless you kill everyone, as long as one person walks out today, your transgressions over the years will surely land you in jail forever." Aaron Warren clutched his head, glaring angrily at the poisonous Raina North, not forgetting to act the knight, "Claire, quickly go find someone." Original content can be found at NoveI★Fire.net
As soon as he spoke, everyone present had the urge to beat him for his foolishness.
Their lives were in Raina’s hands now, and he was provoking her, thinking her actions too mild?
Claire North snapped back to reality then, instinctively rushing towards the door.
Raina North’s lips curled, truly believing Claire was lucky enough to be the sole escapee?
"For those present, I don’t harbor deep-seated hatred against any of you. Frankly, you’re all collateral damage from certain people. I’m someone who repays kindness and avenges wrongs, clear about grudges. But right now, I’m in a bad mood, and since you’ve come to me, I have no choice but to take you all down, but..." Raina’s tone shifted, "if my mood improves, I might just detoxify you all..."
As for what would make her mood better.
Raina’s gaze went to Claire North, who was about to reach the door.
Admittedly, these people didn’t have good minds, but their imaginations were limitless.
Just one glance from Raina, and a group of women swooped over. Initially, it was minor skirmishes, but once Aaron and Claire’s protectors stepped in, the women exploded completely.
Many at The Veridian Institute of Medicine had long been fed up with Claire North.
Her act as a Lotus White and a manipulative witch, men might be blind to it, but no woman could miss it.
The domination and disdain Claire exerted over them in the past, multiplied thousands and thousands of times in the face of poison and life-threatening circumstances.