Ariana dodged a few swings and managed to give him a few punches.

In frustration, the man reached for his taser. Seeing this, Ariana grabbed a ceramic mug from a nearby table and chucked it at him. It hit him square on the forehead, shattering on impact and sending blood trickling down his face. He stood there stunned for a moment before collapsing to the floor.

Ariana couldn't believe the man had gone down so easily. Panic started to set in as she briefly thought she might have killed him.

Having been raised to respect the law, Ariana had never imagined herself in a situation where she could take someone's life. Shaking like a leaf, she rushed over to check if the man was still breathing.

Thankfully, he was just knocked out cold.

Feeling her legs turn to jelly, Ariana collapsed to the ground, her mind racing.

She was beyond fed up with this place.

After a moment, she gave herself a little slap to snap out of her daze. But no matter how hard she tried to calm down, things had spiraled out of control. And she wasn't about to resort to murder to cover this up.

Thankfully, she had covered her face earlier, and with the dim lighting, the man probably hadn't seen what she looked like.

Now, all she could do was to make sure he didn't find out it was her.

Ariana stood up, made her way to the control panel, and checked the surveillance footage. Not knowing how to selectively delete parts of the footage, she decided to wipe everything and shut down the system.

Before leaving, she noticed the guard still out cold, so she grabbed his jacket and draped it over him, thinking to herself that if he had just let her make her call in peace, none of this would have happened.

She exited the monitoring room and shut the door behind her.

Deciding that heading to the cafeteria could attract too much attention, she headed back to the training area instead.

Most people were still in the cafeteria and didn't notice anything amiss.

About half an hour later, as people started returning, several people in black suits showed up.

Ariana's heart skipped a beat at the sight of them. She became confused when they bypassed the training room and headed for the surveillance room.

Peeking through a window, she overheard a guard say, "The guy on surveillance duty is dead.”

Ariana froze.

Dead? How could that happen?