Aria Sterling was just about to call the other party when her phone rang again.
Aria Sterling answered at once, asking anxiously, "I've arrived at the place you mentioned. Aren't you going to release my grandfather yet?"
To her surprise, the person on the other end just let out a few bizarre laughs. The sound made Aria's scalp prickle with unease. A few seconds passed before the person spoke again.
"Miss Sterling, I need you to walk into the abandoned factory you see before you. Go up to the second floor, and enter the first room on the right."
The line went dead again. Aria Sterling had no other choice. She entered the factory, found the stairs, and went up to the second floor.
Aria Sterling cautiously entered the room the person had described and called out into the empty, dilapidated space.
Before the echo of her voice faded, she heard footsteps behind her. Before she could turn, she was grabbed from behind and a blindfold was slapped over her eyes.
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