"W-We brought you out here to kill you? That's a serious accusation, Corporal Yuan!" Captain Chen exclaimed, continuing to insist that it was nothing more than a misunderstanding. "What reason could we possibly have to want you dead?! We only wanted to verify the rumors!"
"You may have no reason to kill me, but your boss, General Gu, definitely does," Yuan said with a smile. "However, if you truly have no intention of killing me, then you'd have no problem with us returning to the city now, right?"
"..."
Captain Chen fell silent for a moment before releasing a deep sigh.
"Unfortunately, we cannot do that," he said with a serious expression, finally deciding to drop the act.
The members of the Scorpion Squad suddenly moved, surrounding Yuan from all sides.
"Are you going to kill me now?" Yuan asked calmly, even though he already knew they wouldn't dare dirty their own hands. After all, if they could kill him directly without consequence, they would've done so long ago.
