Assassin Organization

[Player Lawless requests to enter the room. Accept? Yes/No]

As a knock sounded, the prompt appeared before Qin Ran.

Lawless's arrival did not surprise Qin Ran.

After their brief conversation at the Harvest Tavern, Lawless had been hesitant to accept Qin Ran's suspicions without conclusive evidence. That had not stopped him from following Qin Ran in secret to see the truth for himself.

Qin Ran had known Lawless was following him.

Lawless's tracking skills were mediocre.

And that huge backpack made him impossible to miss.

Even though Lawless had deliberately taken a different train, Qin Ran had spotted him the moment he entered the narrow alley.

Lawless had been there when Norbien ambushed Qin Ran, and he was still there when Qin Ran killed Norbien.

He had seen the whole thing from beginning to end.

And he had made his position clear.

He was on Qin Ran's side.

Or, more precisely, Lawless would never side with a "killer."

So Qin Ran accepted his request.

"Yes!"

As Qin Ran spoke, he tucked the scroll for entering the Title Instance into his coat.

The next moment, Lawless's tall figure appeared before him.

Qin Ran said nothing. He merely pointed at the blackboard.

The notes Norbien had left there explained what had happened better than he could.

"Damn it!"

Lawless swept his gaze over the board. He was no fool; he immediately understood what had happened and swore.

"I knew Xiao Ji.

"He was a beta player too!"

"He was strong, and he was a good man. I thought he'd run into some terrible accident in an instance world. I never imagined..."

Lawless's brows drew together.

Then he shook his head sharply.

"No, that's not right!"

"With Xiao Ji's strength back then, Norbien couldn't have succeeded, even with an ambush!"

"Unless..."