Can an Enemy Become Salvation? (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 178

This entire scheme began when the culprits sent a letter to Hallan demanding money.

At midnight the day after Suhel and Feldin had swept through the tavern, a man entered the shop. The owner immediately approached him as he sat down at the bar table with the same familiarity as Feldin had.

“Oh, you’ve come.”

“What’s this sudden business? I don’t recall ordering any bullets.”

“Well, uh, that’s right. Actually, I’ve just developed something with exceptional performance. Since you’re our most valued customer, I wanted to show it to you first.”

The man listened without any suspicion, but then noticed the owner’s disheveled face and looked puzzled.

“But why does your face look like that? It seems like someone hit you.”

“Strange things happen when you run a shop like this, haha. I’ll go get the item—please have a drink while you wait. This one’s on me.”

After the owner set down a glass of whiskey and left, the man was sipping his drink when a woman entered the shop.

She sat at the same bar table as the man and ordered a drink, and his gaze drifted toward her face, subtly shadowed under the dim lighting.

Though her attire was ordinary, she carried an air that didn’t quite belong here, making it strangely impossible for him to look away.

Sensing his persistent stare, their eyes met, and the man calmly spoke up.

“Since we’ve met like this, it must be fate. Let’s drink together.”

The woman, who had merely held her untouched glass, gave an enigmatic smile before speaking.

“Don’t you remember me? We’re old acquaintances.”

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