"Did you get the files?"
"Yes, I've got them."
Hemlock smiled back at Brian as he flashed a card in his direction. The card was in fact a small USB stick in disguise.
"Excellent."
As he looked around, he expressed his heartfelt praise. Observing the surroundings, his eyes were filled with vigilance and alertness.
"It would be a bit troublesome if the others caught us…not that it would be any problem for me, but I don't necessarily want the others to know of me yet..."
He murmured in a low voice.
Catching his whisper, Smallsnake asked.
"Did you say something?"
"No."
Hemlock shook his head while he continued to look around.
As of now, they were in a nice lobby filled with a lot of people who were walking around, each of whom was wearing a nice suit with hair that was neatly combed. In order to blend with them, Brian and Hemlock were also wearing similar attires, but Hemlock's looks were too much of a problem as they attracted everyone's attention wherever he went.
"Let's leave for now."
Hemlock rose from the sofa and headed toward the elevator, much to Brian's confusion.
"Why are we leaving right now? Don't we have to hand this USB stick?"
"Not yet."
Hemlock pressed the elevator button and a small circular yellow light flashed around the button.
Turning around, he looked at Brian.
"Brian, don't say anything for now. Let's find a quieter spot so I can talk to you."
"…Okay?"
Though confused, Brian nodded his head.
Though the situation looked sketchy, he trusted Hemlock and followed his instructions. It showed how much he trusted him.
"I knew you would understand…"
Hemlock quietly murmured with a smile.
Ding—!
With a low chime, the elevator door slowly opened and he took a step in. Brian followed him from behind.
After that, the elevator doors slowly began to close.
*
"So, what did you want to say to me?"
Taking Hemlock's gaze, Brian looked down at his glass cup filled with whiskey and ice before lowering it.
As Hemlock sipped his drink, which was the same as Brian's, he slowly put it on the wooden counter before him.
A tranquil atmosphere permeated the area they were in as dim light covered the area they were in.
"Brian.."
He muttered in a low tone while shaking the glass in his hand.
"Yes?"
Tilting his head a little, Brian was taken aback by his behavior.
'Is there something wrong with him?'
His current state…
How could Brian explain it? He seemed different from the usual person he knew.
"Did something happen, Hemlock?"
He asked, his voice tinged with a little worry.
stare
"No…"
drink from the top with all
"…Everything is just fine."
why do you seem so
that the impression you're getting
of his expression,
"Yes, yes you do."
rather fake at the moment, and his
definitely
like anything can escape from your sight. As
"Have a look."
sheet of paper appeared in front of him, which he then slid
"What's this?"
grabbed the piece
is he trying
Hemlock was behaving seemed
whatever, let me see what's on this
he looked through
"Eh..."
mouth as he looked at the first
pounding sound erupted from nowhere as Smallsnake felt it
"Wha..what's this?"
the page. Then, after reading for the next couple of seconds, Brian's neck robotically twisted to look at Hemlock,
"It..can't be, right?"
thought of as a very close friend and his only friend...started to look
expression and aura…he no longer looked
"What's with that look?"
out of his thoughts was his voice. Out of reflex, Brian dropped the
"Y..you…"
voice began
Hemlock stared at Brian without showing any signs of being
was only after he realized that Brian
"Brian."
started off by calling out his
Brian stopped stuttering and proceeded to stare at him. The expression on
his hand, Hemlock looked
too long ago, in this
shook
tilt of
sense for you to not remember in a way. You were pretty
sip of the drink in his hand, Hemlock smacked his lips and raised his head to stare at the dim
to go extinct, and that's the truth. No matter how
Hemlock's words, Brian
were running wild inside of his
felt numb, and Hemlock, whom he considered very important, suddenly seemed like a
because
of the paper from
'Why?'
once 'he' arrives." It's only natural that you're confused about why I suddenly assigned
body forward a bit, Hemlock brought the paper to
you are the one...You are the one that can
his hand toward Brian, Hemlock smiled at
easy, but I understood just how important your skills are. Please take my
"No."
the hand away before Hemlock could
froze at the
"Eh?"
that I would
face. His face filled with
can you truly be regarded as a human once you sign a contract? Don't you lose sight of yourself when you're overwhelmed by all of your emotions which become more prominent as a result of your signature? If
twisted more and more
deep breath to
with me? Didn't you also say that this was the only
"When?!"
Brian's voice raised.
I ever
thought that you of all
raised his voice as he smacked his cup against the
Bang!
broke in two, and Brian looked at Hemlock
"I..."
and the table, the expression on Hemlock's face soon
"Haa.."
to Hemlock,
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