Chapter 648: Chapter 57: The Choice of Continuation
Suburbs, safe house.
John, Brian, and McCaul sat on the sofa waiting for Jason.
The furnishing of the safe house’s sofa was similar to a 3A apartnt, both arranged around a coffee table.
Differently, the coffee table in the 3A apartnt was round, while here, to match the long couch, they placed an elongated coffee table, with independent couches at both ends, facing the long couch was a fireplace.
Since the weather hadn’t entered winter, there was no fire lit, just iron fences surrounding it.
Next to the fireplace was a wooden cabinet, categorically arranged with ceramic teapots, glass coffee pots, plain white porcelain cups, plates, and so on.
Brian, holding a hot coffee and two cups, poured coffee for John and McCaul.
About 10 minutes earlier, Jason had called to say he had sothing to discuss with them, without any hesitation, John and McCaul imdiately put down their ‘work’ and rushed back here.
And Brian?
As the eldest among the four, he was always responsible for staying behind.
Although the ‘safe house’ had a high level of defense, it was impossible without soone on guard.
Kemi and Telly?
The two girls’ self-protection abilities weren’t as strong as Daisy’s.
At the very least, Daisy could stand on all fours and had sharp teeth, and when she growled, ordinary people didn’t dare approach.
"How are you and Kemi doing?”
In the midst of waiting, McCaul turned to look at Brian.
"Not bad.”
"At least Kemi is willing to communicate with now.”
"She even made lunch for today.”
Brian’s face was full of a contented smile of an elderly father.
"How about Telly?”
McCaul asked another question.
Concerning the friend he had rescued, McCaul was quite attentive, and if not for frequent accidents, he would have already sent her to the predetermined destination.
That place was once considered by him to be safer.
Unfortunately, now there was no place safer than here.
"Not bad.”
"She and Kemi beca friends, both of them are always together, with lots of talking and laughing, they get along very well.”
Brian replied.
"That’s a relief.”
McCaul sighed in relief.
What he worried about the most was that Telly would beco withdrawn because of past events, but now with Kemi, the worst hadn’t happened, which truly allowed the detective to put his mind at ease. 𝖗άƝ𝙤ВÊs̈
McCaul, with similar experiences, knew all too well what would happen if a person shut themselves away.
But with friends, it’s an exception.
While Brian and McCaul whispered to each other, nearby John was stroking Daisy’s head. Daisy, being a bulldog, looked intimidating, yet had a clinginess that most people couldn’t imagine, rubbing against John’s palm with her head, and occasionally flipping her belly to be petted by John. When her belly was scratched a few tis, she even rolled over to nuzzle John’s legs.
A smile gradually erged on John’s usually impassive face.
The gloomy atmosphere dissipated.
He occasionally interjected into Brian and McCaul’s conversation.
"My source will provide us with a batch of effective weapons in a week.”
"But if we want full automation, we need to program it ourselves,” John said.
"Leave it to ,” McCaul laughed, “I’m good at this.” Then, the detective spoke in a hushed, mysterious tone, “Many people have been asking about the Mystical Side; they want to confirm if what happened last night was real or soone’s plotting—these days are truly frightening! Even the things seen with one’s own eyes have beco unbelievable!”
"That’s not surprising. In the past while, there have been quite a few guys who have used ‘what they saw with their own eyes’ to plot their sches, initially making a good profit, but in the end… it was kind of grueso to witness.”
Brian, as if recalling sothing, ntioned it like a funny story.
"Are you talking about that incident where the four n were left with only ‘knuckles’?”
McCaul reminisced a bit, as if he rembered.
"Yes, that one.”
"Northern District, the unfinished building, the explosion.”
Brian prompted McCaul, who then fully rembered.
"Right! That’s the one! That was a pretty professional hit, not to ntion leaving no clues, the guys behind those four got wiped out too—my source has a bounty of 100,000 on that guy.”
McCaul exclaid.
John, who had been stroking Daisy, looked up.
"I did it,” he said flatly.
"What?!” McCaul, in the midst of his exclamation, was like soone choked, eyes wide staring at John.
Brian was also stunned.
However, afterward, the two nodded to each other as if by agreent.
"I should have thought of it, in Cherry City the professionals are just a few of us. I didn’t do it, and neither did Brian, so it must have been you.”
McCaul even slapped his forehead.
Brian and McCaul did not ask why John did it.
Just by seeing John petting the dog, they could approximately guess.
After all, they were gathered together for various reasons.
Ti passed by, minute by minute.
Two minutes from the agreed ti, the door lock turned, and Jason pushed the door and entered.
Jason always had a good sense of ti.
After hanging his thin coat on the rack at the entrance and changing into slippers, Jason walked straight towards the three n.
"Sothing to drink?”
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