The Mengsheng Clan Leader waved his hand. "With stakes this high, it's better to be safe than sorry. What if you fail to grab a score card? You have to secure your own advancement first. Once you have three cards, how you go about snatching theirs is your business. I won't interfere; I'll just watch the show. But you'd better think this through. This is probably the only chance I'll have to give you a score card."
"Why is that?" Milady asked immediately. "What's happening outside?"
"Luo Geng and his people are gathered together, plotting something." The Mengsheng Clan Leader curled his lip. "If you're going to make a move, it has to be now. I've had the man with the score card wait for you in supply station number eight."
'Securing her advancement now would mean she could finally start to turn the tables, however slightly, in this competition the Committee and Xi Yadu had turned into a mousetrap.'
