Chapter 68: They were all in on it Chapter 68: They were all in on it When he finally reached the door, he cracked it open just enough to peek outside.
A young man in his twenties stood there, his face unreadable.
Reuben narrowed his eyes.
“How may I help you, young man?” Ikenna put on an easygoing smile, his posture relaxed.
“Oh, I was just passing through this area, looking for directions.
I couldn’t find any houses around here until I saw yours.
Could you tell me how to get to Peace Street?” Reuben frowned.
His instincts screamed at him that something wasn’t right.
This area was too secluded for a lost traveler to wander in by mistake.
His grip on the gun tightened, but he knew that keeping the door closed for too long would only make him look more suspicious if the young man was really lost.
He forced a neutral expression and answered, “Peace Street is still quite far from here.
You must have taken a wrong turn.” He then started explaining the directions in detail, keeping his words casual.
Meanwhile, the sniper hidden in the bushes adjusted his position, trying to get a clear shot.
But Reuben had only opened the door slightly, and his gun was concealed behind it, gripped tightly.
Ikenna stood there, nodding as if listening attentively, while in reality, he was counting the seconds.
A faint voice crackled through the earpiece hidden in his ear.
“I don’t have a good angle,” the sniper whispered.
Ikenna didn’t react.
He simply continued to stall, his mind racing through alternatives.
Hearing the sniper’s message, Ikenna knew it was up to him now.
But how was he supposed to tackle a man who had only cracked the door open just enough for his head to fit through?
A direct assault was impossible.
He quickly decided to send a coded message to the two squad members already inside.
Since he was still engaged in conversation with Reuben, he couldn’t give direct instructions.
on a technique he had learned, hoping the squad members were trained
asked, “You mean there’s no good angle for me to
an easy
have to take the back route if I want to reach my destination?” Reuben, unaware of the hidden meaning in his words, simply nodded, thinking the
“Exactly.
what I was saying.” Inside the house, the two squad members heard the
coded, but clear enough, attack from
glance, their grips tightening on their
was time to
Ikenna asked again, feigning
Reuben replied, still
young man
to shut the
that route, would
even shorter one?” Reuben
man’s questions were starting to test his patience, but showing his irritation might make
began
that the two squad members inside
Reuben was distracted at the door, they moved swiftly from the
moment of rescue had
members scanned the room
one crying with a bleeding hand and the other
of them gestured for the crying woman to come
first, Nurse Courage hesitated, suspicion flickering in her
these men felt different
They weren’t his accomplices.
she made her decision and hurried
to the dazed girl, signaling for
But she didn’t move.
before
He frowned.
at least, not in the
No trembling, no pleading.
this kind of terror
couldn’t
he studied her
it hit him, she wasn’t refusing
was scared of what
he softened his
“It’s okay.
girl stared at him for a few more seconds, her dull eyes flickering with something new,
[HOT]Read novel They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System Chapter 68
Novel They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System has been published to Chapter 68 with new, unexpected details. It can be said that the author JedidiahBeaufoy invested in the They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System is too heartfelt. After reading Chapter 68, I left my sad, but gentle but very deep. Let's read now Chapter 68 and the next chapters of They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System series at Good Novel Online now.