Chapter 133:
Clearly, I Was First
Aiden was sowhat surprised because he and Rebecca had originally agreed to et at the agreed-upon restaurant - the one where their squad often dined together, not far from the apartnt Rebecca rented.
But now, Rebecca had suddenly appeared here.
"Have you been waiting here for ?" Aiden asked.
"I finished my work at the office early, so I just left. Figured you hadn't co out yet, so I ca straight here. It's on the way anyway, let's go together," Rebecca said with a smile.
"What if I had left early too? You'd have waited for nothing," Aiden chuckled. "Alright then, let's go together."
"Sure..." Rebecca nodded, then noticed Veronica standing sowhat dazed behind Aiden. "And who is this?"
"She's Veronica, a prison guard who works with . She took care of you when you had amnesia before. You should rember her," Aiden introduced tily, then turned to Veronica. "This is my junior at the Inquisition, Rebecca, the one who swapped bodies with Priscilla before."
"Hello..." Veronica stunned for a mont before greeting the other.
"I do have so recollection, but I feel like I've seen you sowhere before, a long ti ago..." Rebecca blinked a couple of tis, then suddenly rembered, "Ah, you're Officer Wolfie from the Mounted Police, right?"
She reached out her hand towards Veronica.
"I am..." Veronica shook hands with Rebecca, looking puzzled. "How do you know ?"
"Do you rember last year's Warcraft disaster? The nine-headed hydra that crawled out of Zeloro Swamp? The Inquisition and the Mounted Police worked together to capture it! We t back then!" Rebecca shook hands warmly with her.
"Ah!" Veronica seed to recall.
"What? You two knew each other before?" Aiden glanced between them.
"Have you forgotten? Didn't the suburban area have a Warcraft disaster in April last year? The Inquisition handled the assault while the Mounted Police evacuated the public," Rebecca explained to him. "Later, when the pressure was high on our side, the Mounted Police ca to support us, and Officer Wolfie also joined us. She was so brave in combat, even more skilled than us inquisitor. The City Council awarded her a dal, and the Chief always wishes we had more talents like her in our departnt."
Aiden nodded after recalling, "Seems like there was sothing like that."
In April of last year, he had been in his office and read about the incident in the newspapers - after all, it had nothing to do with his prison.
The second ti he saw it was in Veronica's file.
"Huh? How did you end up working in the prison?" Rebecca suddenly rembered.
"I got caught up in a murder case, falsely accused by people within my unit and sent to prison. The chief overturned the case for , and then I was transferred here," Veronica quietly explained. She wasn't particularly adept at socializing, feeling sowhat uncomfortable with Rebecca's warmth.
"Such a thing happened?" Rebecca understood, subtly glancing back and forth between Aiden and Veronica.
"The newspapers ntioned it before, didn't you see?" Aiden interjected.
"I'm always on missions, and not as leisurely as you after changing units," Rebecca pouted at Aiden.
"My current job is far from leisurely; it's just that I spend more ti in the office," Aiden retorted.
Many people indeed held the stereotypical belief that prison work was leisurely. "Rebecca," who was previously impersonated by Priscilla, had ntioned this before, and now Rebecca herself shared that view.
"Um, you two..." Veronica nervously glanced between the two. "Do you have plans for tonight?"
"Oh, she ntioned wanting to thank
for what happened before, so she's treating
to dinner," Aiden replied casually.
"I see..." Veronica's expression stiffened montarily upon hearing this.
She hadn't even thought about thanking Aiden by inviting him to dinner back then...
Well, she had considered it, but at that ti, she wasn't that familiar with Aiden. Suddenly suggesting a al felt a bit...
It was obviously
first—well, just in terms of being saved by Aiden. I always feel like I fall short in comparison to others as A person.
"The Night is falling, we should be going," Aiden took out his pocket watch, glanced at it, and said to Rebecca, "Do you want to wait for the public carriage? You must have walked quite a distance to get here."
"It's fine, it just a few steps. Let's walk; you're not in a rush, right?" Rebecca gestured in a direction.
"Alright then," Aiden turned to say goodbye to Veronica. "Let's go. Veronica, which way are you headed?"
"Oh, actually..." Veronica's eyes lit up suddenly. "I happen to be heading in that direction too. I live on Lilac Avenue..."
"Oh, so you live quite close to each other," Aiden observed the two. "Are you taking the carriage back?"
"No, I prefer to walk back," Veronica responded promptly.
"Well, why don't we walk together then?" Aiden had to go along with this response, given the awkwardness of being acquaintances and walking in opposite directions without acknowledging each other.
"Sure," Veronica agreed readily.
Rebecca glanced at her but didn't say anything.
The three of them walked along the sidewalk towards the downtown area when suddenly, a man wearing a hat and walking with a cane, approached them. He was heading straight towards Aiden.
Aiden moved to the left to give way, and the man also shifted slightly in that direction.
Instinctively, Aiden tried to move to the right, but the man mirrored his movent, creating the awkward situation that occasionally occurs on the street.
Aiden was about to stop and step aside, but the man, seemingly provoked, raised his cane and thrust it towards him. The seemingly ordinary cane unexpectedly flashed a dangerous silver light at its tip.
Startled, Aiden reflexively stepped back, his wrist turning as he skillfully wielded his cane in a sword-like manner to parry the man's thrust.
Before he could organize his next move, Rebecca and Veronica, who were flanking him, surged forward with uncanny speed and simultaneously kicked the man with force, lifting his feet off the ground and sending him flying back, crashing into a lamppost.
"Senior!" "Chief!"
"Are you okay!?" They both turned back and shouted in unison.
"I'm fine..." Aiden replied dazedly.
But the person you both kicked definitely seems to be in a bit of trouble!
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