Before Danny could react, I swiftly knocked him out with a knifehand strike as I finished my sentence quietly. “But I can’t stand by and do nothing.”

I caught his limp body and gently dragged him to the side, laying him down carefully.

Sorry, Danny. I had to knock you out. If the others in Bluevera found out you spilled the plan, they'd come after you hard. By doing what I was doing, hopefully they would assume that you got hurt trying to stop me, and therefore keep ...