The third floor of the Theater office.
Candle Puppet Thirteen brought over three cups of premium tea, brewed with special seawater. It gave off a rather strong fragrance, and faintly drifting tentacles could even be seen at the bottom of the cups.
Yi Chen sat on one side, while William and Catherine sat on the other.
At present, William was tapping his chin with his index finger. "About why I had to hide... Tsk~ Ah, it's really hard to explain. How should I put it? In short, that's what happened. We can take our time discussing the details later. Mm... That's about it."
"Cut the crap, William. And don't try to shift the focus of the Transfer Problem... I didn't ask why you had to hide. I'm asking what your relationship with the manager is.
"Why would someone capable of making even the gods fear him take such great risks to come all the way here and target us?
"And after going to such lengths to cross planes and imprison us in the hotel, why did he just stand by and watch us leave afterward?"
"It is related, but not completely related. We need to find the key to this matter. As for what the key question actually is, we have to..."
Clang!
A blade condensed from death was pressed directly against William's neck.
"Stop wasting time, William. It can't be that hard to tell us what really happened, can it?"
"It really is hard~ A lot of things are involved here. Ah..."
William sighed, then pushed aside the blade held before his neck with one fingertip before completely scattering it with a snap of his fingers.
"I admit it. I know the manager! I met him about two months ago.
"Before I left, didn't I say that Yate's evil