Proud as Victor was, he naturally would never fawn over someone who gave him the cold shoulder.
Seeing Xia Xu chatting and laughing so closely with Tang Youxin and the others, he could only storm off in frustration.
"So, the help you mentioned wouldn't happen to be these delicate beauties, would it?"
Grant walked over, glanced at the departing Victor, then at Tang Youxin and the others, looking speechless.
"Of course not. This is our help."
Xia Xu pointed at A Tuo, who had already trotted eagerly over to his feet when he arrived.
"Him?"
Grant followed Xia Xu's pointing finger and looked down, staring at the obediently seated A Tuo in utter disbelief. "Are you kidding me?"
The matter of Enhanced Dogs was hardly a top secret. Quite a few organizations had their suspicions, but very few people had access to such information, and no one could really be certain.
That went doubly for Grant. He had only just arrived and knew neither the place nor its people, and he spent most of his time investigating the Werewolves. His impression of Xia Xu was still essentially stuck a few months in the past, so naturally he knew nothing about A Tuo.
"Trust me, A Tuo is a much better fighter than you."
Xia Xu smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
Ordinary guns actually posed very little threat to A Tuo. Although he could not withstand their shots head-on, he could easily dodge them using his instincts and reflexes. Anything short of concentrated fire was basically ineffective.
Of course, with Grant's five-star Shooting talent paired with a gun, he could certainly pose a threat, even a lethal one.
But that required a whole host of conditions: enough distance to shoot, open terrain with no cover, and advance knowledge of