Everyone who should and should not have come had already come.
Things were gradually becoming clear.
As long as R105 stayed clear-headed and did not pull anything, he would definitely release R5 and me, then return the leader's position to R5.
We would sit back down at the negotiating table.
Perhaps there would be no need to discuss anything at all. R5 would accept all our terms, and I might even be able to propose new ones.
So I was not too worried.
As for R15 and R55, they understood the situation better than R105 and were more level-headed.
They would be even less likely to act recklessly.
But after waiting nearly two hours, no one came to release me.
It seemed R105 was still hesitating. Did he truly not intend to return the leader's position to R5?
The door opened once more.
R105 stood before me with an ashen face. His lips trembled slightly, and even his voice shook. "Mr. Jiang, something happened. Something terrible happened. R5, he... he..."
He could not even finish his sentence.
My heart sank.
What happened? What had happened to R5?
"R5 was murdered."
He finally got the words out, and I froze completely.
I narrowed my eyes at him. He actually dared? How could he dare do this? Was he not worried about those two men watching him like tigers?
If he had killed R5, the happiest person would definitely not be him, but R55. I was certain that after hearing what I said, R55 had slowly begun to abandon his ambitions. But E5R's death was no different from giving him a shot in the arm.
His opportunity had arrived.
Provided R5 had not been killed by him.
"Mr. Jiang, could you please not look at me like that? I didn't kill him.