Everything had seemed far too natural!
No, not natural!
Deliberate!
Qin Ran took a deep breath, his mind racing.
The assassination attempt I encountered immediately after entering the dungeon world, followed by the soldiers who appeared, proved that someone knew my whereabouts! They should also have known something about my strength, yet they still sent a squad of soldiers! Those soldiers might have been elite by ordinary people's standards, but they were nowhere near enough to handle me. Whoever sent them couldn't possibly have been unaware of that!
That was the first suspicious point!
Second: Coffin being escorted under guard!
It seemed intended to draw out Harold, Pierre, and the others, but chronologically, it happened just as I left the inn after the assassination attempt. Even if I hadn't gone to the police station, I would have noticed something was wrong. The battle wasn't very far from the inn.
Third: would the location where someone as important as Herbert was being held really come up in casual conversation? Obviously, someone deliberately let that middle-aged man learn about it. They wanted to use his mouth to tell me about the Calhart Barracks!
That was why the middle-aged man was put in charge of escorting Coffin! From beginning to end, they wanted me to learn about the Calhart Barracks in a plausible way. They just... overdid it!
Qin Ran recalled the scene he had just witnessed.
The middle-aged man had been killed without hesitation. The soldiers had shown no regard for his considerable reputation and wealth in Boer City, striking ruthlessly.
Qin Ran would never believe the soldiers dared do that without someone's orders.
The Calhart Barracks?
Qin Ran silently repeated the name to himself.
Then he turned to look at Jonna.
Startled by Qin Ran's sudden turn, the girl looked away