However, Adelaide de Molay, sitting in the heavy silence next to Kyoko Watanabe, had finally pieced together the fragments of the puzzle.
The high command in London had been using the deaths of the 'Lancelot' cell and 'Stone Pillar' as a smokescreen, allowing their most valuable assets to infiltrate the Milice even deeper into the shadows. Adelaide felt a crushing weight of guilt; she couldn't fathom why the SOE would demand such a staggering sacrifice.
The 'Lancelot' cell’s level of secrecy had been identical to her own. Yet, London hadn't just abandoned the cell—they had essentially served up Su Bai to the wolves.
Most importantly, there was Chen Jun. As Kyoko had pointed out with stinging accuracy, Adelaide had worked alongside the man for months without sensing a single ripple of de
