"These people are yours, Irene... Don't kill them yet. Keep an eye on them. Don't let a single one get away. If they do, I'll make you—"
"—answer for it!"
The moment I turned around, I saw four people staring at me, dumbfounded.
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It wasn't just Natalia and the other two. Even Irene looked astonished.
Well... was the fact that I hadn't died really that surprising?
I frowned.
"Are you really that surprised I'm still alive?"
The four of them didn't answer. They just shook their heads in unison, then... all raised their left hands and pointed at their foreheads.
"My forehead?"
I froze for a moment and instinctively reached out. Uh... right, the bullet was still lodged in my skull.
Crack!
I hooked a finger under it and plucked it out, then felt the small dent in my skull. It hurt a little.
But my bones were already healing rapidly, so I didn't need to worry about that. What really angered me was that these bastards had come and ruined my good mood... Fucking hell!
I turned around and looked at the people who had crawled out of the stream, all of them looking utterly bewildered. I didn't rush to question them. Instead, I glanced back at Irene. She nodded and approached with a beaming smile. The terrified people watched her, the corners of her mouth curved in a... happy smile.
I didn't care what Irene did, as long as she didn't let them escape or kill them. I still had other questions for them, so this was no longer my concern.
I spun around, leaped forward, and jumped straight onto the off-road vehicle in front of me. It wasn't my car, anyway, so I didn't care.
So...
I sprang up... and the vehicle's