Chapter 700: Everything

"So, in a way... that guy and what happened to me... is technically your fault?"

A moment of silence enveloped the ward as none of the three-Zoren, Penny, and Hugo-spoke another word. They looked at each other, with Penny mulling over her second brother's remarks.

"Technically, you shouldn't be there, you know?" she replied after a minute, and all Hugo could think was, 'There she goes again.'

It was no secret that Penny had a bad habit of saving her own skin before considering others. It wasn't that she didn't know how to take accountability, but there were times when she would argue against it.

"Never mind that. It's not important," Hugo waved dismissively. "What's important is what I think we all know."

Those people Charles was talking about were still lingering in the shadows.

Zoren and Penny nodded in understanding, letting the silence settle for a moment. They looked at each other before Hugo asked, "What are we going to do with this?"

"This happened the reason I was in that bar in the first place is because of Allen. I'm helping First Brother investigate what happened to him. He believed that Allen must have found out something, which is why he ended up like that."

"So," Hugo continued, darting his gaze between the two, "what now?" freewebnovel.com

Zoren pressed his lips into a thin line, shifting his gaze to Penny as he waited for her decision. He knew this was something Penny should decide on.

'Finn, Allen... are they connected?' Penny squinted, reminded of Jonathan's presence during her execution. 'What is his connection to the people who were after Dad?'

happened to

happened to Finn?" Hugo

what happened to Finn. Nina had only called Penny that night, and before she could tell anyone about what happened, they had already

this happened to Allen," Zoren

him, right?" Hugo shrugged. "That guy's a psycho. He had

brother before glancing at Zoren. "Second Brother, I think you shouldn't be

"And why is that?"

be an ally we wouldn't have

a bit

consider him as part of the collateral damage. Or rather, let's consider him just

tipped her

dher

just say they knew something they shouldn't have, or perhaps they came too close to whatever information the people who did this didn't want anyone to know. That's why Allen, Finn, and Merrick ended up in

case," Hugo nodded. "The question is, what is it? What did these

toward the partition, prompting Hugo and Zoren to look in

are different

proposed. "I already placed people to

Hugo looked at Zoren,

has already assigned people to watch over his assistant," Zoren explained in a knowing tone. "But I'm afraid that by doing so, First Brother is

a little vulnerable," she reminded him, though she

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