Halugeli's remarks left Laqilusa somewhat silent.
However, this fellow was quite calculating. He had to consider whether Ubenito had truly been taken out, or whether he had deliberately hidden his signal to scare them.
And despite how pleasantly the two of them were chatting now, he and Halugeli were not on the same side.
The two were nothing more than a pair of old foxes.
Afraid that Halugeli might be setting a trap for him, Laqilusa merely chuckled.
"That's just your own idea. Don't lump me in with you. I wouldn't stab someone in the back."
Laqilusa replied with an amused smile.
Halugeli's expression changed at once upon hearing that.
"What did you say?"
His tone became somewhat irritated.
"Heh heh, don't you know perfectly well what I mean, Halugeli?"
"Enough nonsense. What exactly are we going to do now? You don't want us fighting among ourselves and letting that brat Li Chen get his way, do you?"
Of course Halugeli knew exactly what the other man meant.
It involved certain things he had done in the past, things nobody else knew about.
But at this moment, he did not want to discuss it any further.
If they continued, he feared the other man would expose even more of his secrets.
"Hmph..."
Laqilusa sneered upon hearing that.
As though declaring his victory.
It was at that very moment.
A voice suddenly rang out from both of their communicators.
"What are you two chatting about so happily?"
The voice carried a strange, meaningful tone. Yet upon hearing it, both Laqilusa and Halugeli felt their hearts tighten slightly, and their expressions changed drastically.
"Y-you... did you just hear that?"
Halugeli hesitated before asking Laqilusa.
"You heard it too?"
His words made Halugeli's expression change again.
"Who is it?"
Halugeli demanded in a