They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 54: You are not going to tell me the truth are you?

Chapter 54: You are not going to tell me the truth are you?

She sat back on the seat, her eyes darting around nervously.

Through the window, she noticed that both the van and the black car that had been blocking them earlier had now cleared to the side.

Ikenna ignited the engine and pulled out swiftly, his focus sharp.

He didn’t seem to care whether Squad 3 could keep up, as his only concern was putting distance between them and the unsettling encounter.

Behind them, the squad’s vehicles roared to life as they scrambled to catch up, their engines humming as they fell back into their escort positions.

Inside Ikenna’s car, Nnenna had finally regained some calm.

With her nerves settled, she now had the clarity to ask pressing questions.

“Why did they let us go, bro Ikenna?” she asked, her curious gaze on him.

“And who was that guy calling a general?” She paused, then added more sharply, “Also, why do you have a gun in your car?” Her gaze shifted to the compartment, and she reached out to open it again.

Before she could lift the lid, Ikenna’s hand shot out, slapping hers away with enough force to make her retract it quickly, his gaze never leaving the path ahead.

“They’re this city’s law enforcement,” Ikenna said, his voice calm but his focus fixed ahead on the road.

His tone was measured, as if delivering a carefully crafted explanation.

“They thought we were some other people they were after.

After we talked and I explained, they let us go.” His words flowed effortlessly, almost too perfectly, like the lines of a well rehearsed speech.

“They called me ‘general’ because of the gun,” he continued, glancing at her briefly.

His expression was unreadable, his tone as casual as if they were discussing mundane matters.

“It’s a slang for gun holders.

not real;

man didn’t know that, so he called

hear him use that term again after I explained, did you?” His gaze returned to the

he concluded

should forget about everything.” There was a sense of finality in his tone, a clear signal that he

was all too perfect, too

the truth, are you?”

lie to her so blatantly, as though she were a three year old child who couldn’t piece

tightened, and her lips thinned into a skeptical

eyes searching his face for cracks in

just stared at him, the silence between them thick

tilted her head slightly, her eyes

the truth?” she asked, her voice low

tone, just a steady determination that seemed to challenge him

lightly, slowing the car as the light

widened, carefree and

told you something,” he said with an exaggerated

it’s

not really my problem, is it?” His casual tone was

past minutes, so tense and nerve

stunned at how quickly he had reverted to his

calculating, intense man she

she couldn’t help feeling a wave of

side of him, carefree and teasing, was so much easier to

That other side…

Ikenna, was

Terrifying, even.

a hint of

“So…

gun, and then you tried

just let us go?” “Exactly,” Ikenna said with a laugh, his grin widening

good