Full Citizen (32)

“Tell me. Quickly. Depending on your answer, you and your men may live.”

Garon was once again stunned by the young man’s words. Thinking about it carefully, his men were injured but merely incapacitated. With proper treatment, they were all in good enough condition to return to duty.

‘He went easy on us.’

The moment that thought occurred to him, a chill ran down his spine. Was the young man before him really that confident in his abilities? No, the current situation was clearly the result of him accurately gauging his own capabilities and acting accordingly.

In other words.

This was where the real contest began. Depending on how he answered, not only his own life but also those of his men were at stake. He had to satisfy the young man with the bare minimum of information.

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Kael began questioning the man who appeared to be the group’s leader, keeping his gun trained on him.

“Who do you work for? No, what’s the corporation’s name?”

The man caught his breath while lying face-down on the wet floor, then answered cautiously...