"By the way, do you want to join my group?" Clovis asked while carrying an unconscious person.

    "You are asking it at a time like this?" Melody looked at Clovis in disbelief. She had never thought Clovis would still have the audacity to ask her in this situation.

    However, there was a reason why Clovis chose this timing. Melody had worked extremely hard today and because the electricity turned off after the explosion, it was pretty hot inside.@@@@

    So Melody''s t-shirt was drenched in sweat.

    And this was why Clovis took out the ring he had prepared. He had grabbed this ring from the mall''s inventory before all this happened and hid it in his pocket.

    The moment she saw the ring, Melody''s expression became disgusted. "Are you kidding me? In this situation?"

    There was only one instance where a man usually gave a ring to a woman. And Melody was disgusted by the thought alone. It seemed that she had judged Clovis wrongly.

    "It seems that you misunderstand me. If you join me, I''m planning to give you this ring. This ring is special as it can only be created by my family. You will understand the effect once you wear it." Clovis sighed. "If you still want to misunderstand me after that, feel free."

    Melody wanted to say a lot of things, but they were in no position to quarrel. So, Melody thought she would do it if this was just a trick from Clovis.

    When she grabbed it, she didn''t notice any change. However, the ring had to be put on a finger, so she just chose her right index finger as a test.

    In that instant, her opinions about Clovis changed.

    "This is..." Melody gasped. She could feel the chilling breeze that shrouded her entire body instead of blowing like a wind. It was as if she were in a room with the AC turned on.

    "Is this a rejection?" Clovis asked again, wanting to confirm her intention.

    Melody let out a long sigh, saying, "I''m not sure myself. Maybe if you have some time tomorrow, I want to bring you to a certain place. That''s probably where I can decide whether I will join your group or not.

    Clovis''s expression turned solemn. "In that case, you can use this ring first. We still have a lot of work right now. You can return it to me after we''re done."

    Melody felt a bit embarrassed by how she needed to take the ring back, but since Clovis extended his hand as if shoving that ring to her, she hurriedly took it.

    "Thank you." Melody nodded. Now that she felt cool, it was time to get serious.

    Both of them had been moving around to rescue all the survivors they could find. They found twenty people in the span of five minutes.

    Melody had done some basic treatment, but they needed to be brought to the hospital soon.

    The search and rescue operation most likely wouldn''t start unless they eliminated the threat, so both of them were waiting for the call.

    "Clovis." Melody raised her eyebrows, getting something from her transmitter. "We have to go."

    Clovis took a deep breath before smiling at the survivors. "I''m sorry, but we have to go to defeat the bad guys right now. Please wait for a moment as the rescue squads will come soon. And don''t go too far from this place or those bad guys will find you."

    The survivors were grateful to Clovis, but they also didn''t want him to leave. Unfortunately, Clovis could only ignore them and immediately climbed to the third floor and headed to the hostages.

    They had to move fast since the anti-terrorism squad was about to arrive.