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.

technique he had learned, hoping the squad members

“You mean there’s no good angle for me to pass through this street with a

neither can I find an easy way

I want to reach my destination?” Reuben, unaware of the hidden meaning in his

“Exactly.

was saying.” Inside the house, the two squad members heard the message

clear enough, attack from

a glance, their grips tightening on

was time

asked again,

exactly,” Reuben

the young man was just being annoyingly

about to shut the door when

were to take that route, would it be

is there an even shorter one?” Reuben sighed in

questions were starting to test his patience, but showing his irritation might

began explaining

didn’t know was that the two squad members inside

at the door, they moved swiftly from the kitchen, sneaking into the living room where the

of rescue had

members

bleeding hand and the other sitting in

for the crying woman to

suspicion flickering in

men felt

They weren’t his accomplices.

breath, she made her

squad member turned to the dazed girl, signaling for her to

But she didn’t move.

him before

He frowned.

not in the way

No trembling, no pleading.

she had seen this kind of terror too many times to

couldn’t leave her

he studied

hit him, she wasn’t refusing to

was scared of what

he softened his

“It’s okay.

girl stared at him for a few more seconds, her

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