The man was wearing a black hoodie with a hood up high and a pair of sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, concealing his face.
When he saw Kieran walking towards him, he turned around and left without a second thought.
The crowded crowd didn't hinder his movement at all. He was like a fish swimming in water, weaving through the crowd.
No doubt it was some kind of secret technique.
Kieran wasn't slow either.
He was even faster than the man!
Although Kieran didn't have a similar secret technique, he still had Grand Master level [Evading] after losing 1 Skill Point, allowing Kieran to be on par with the crowded crowd.
Kieran was always able to find his own gap in the ever-changing crowd.
Combined with his Strength and Agility, Kieran was closing the distance between him and the man.
However, when the man broke away from the crowded square, he suddenly accelerated and dashed into the street beside the square with a speed that couldn't be captured by common men.
Kieran almost followed the man into the street.
Kieran's sharp eyes caught the corner of the man's shirt as he turned into an alley.
Kieran laughed coldly in his heart since he knew what the man was trying to do.
Kieran didn't stop his steps though.
When Kieran walked into the alleyway, he immediately saw someone standing in the middle.
Not one.
There were two.
A man and a woman.
The man had a medium build and a common face. His righteous gaze was sizing up Kieran who walked into the alley.
The woman was the one who lured Kieran here.
When he took off the hood and sunglasses, a slightly aged but heavily made-up face was revealed, causing people to subconsciously frown at the sight of it.
Kieran, however, was calm.
"Donna, you really aren't dead."
Kieran said with a 'as expected' tone.
"2567, are you still pretending to have lost your memory?
There are no outsiders here, you are the one who planned everything, why are you still putting on an act? "
The owner of Donna Bar mocked.
"Planned everything?"
Kieran was stunned.
It wasn't really a surprise.
It was still a disguise.
Before this, when Kieran suddenly remembered that he was also a guest of the Winchester House, a bold guess popped up in his heart. Was he related to the explosion?
This conjecture was not without evidence.
On the contrary, there were clues.
Why did the fake Gannett approach him, test him, and even lead him to Donna's Bar?
This was something Kieran could not figure out from the beginning to the end.
That was because this seemed to be something that had no reason at all.
But if there really was no reason, could it be that the other party had nothing better to do and was joking with him?
That was obviously impossible.
Putting aside the question of whether or not he was such a person, the murder of Ximi Candy House's fourth owner and the explosion at Donna's bar made Kieran rule out such a possibility.
Therefore, there must be a reason why the fake Gannett contacted him.
Think about the time when the fake Gannett appeared!
When Kieran sorted out the things that happened after he entered the dungeon world, the appearance of the man was linked to only one thing.
That was —
The Winchester House explosion!
It seemed like Kieran was the victim.
But in fact, "he" was the perpetrator!
In simple words, "he" was involved in the Winchester House explosion.
Although it seemed impossible, other than that, Kieran couldn't think of any other explanation.
First of all, the fake Gannett should be the culprit behind the Winchester House explosion and knew Kieran was a guest of Winchester House.
However, under such a premise, the other party had approached him with a cautious and probing attitude, instead of killing him, the 'survivor', as soon as they met.
It could only mean one thing: the fake Gannett was related to him!
At least they were working together on the Winchester House explosion case.
Thinking about the way the system calculated the time, it was already evening when Kieran entered the dungeon world but why did the system calculate the time as the next day after only one night?
Where did the whole day go?
Kieran wouldn't believe the system would be vague in such a place.
So, it must be under the system's arrangement, "he" did something during the day.
However, all the memories were categorized into the "difficulty" category for Kieran, it didn't exist.
So, what happened next was out of the fake Gannett's expectation.
He lost his memory!
It didn't just catch the fake Gannett off guard, it also raised doubts in his heart.
Therefore, the fake Gannett came up with the method of impersonating Gannett to get in touch and test him. Then, the fake Gannett arranged many follow-up methods to deal with Kieran.
However, because Kieran killed the Twenty Hounds of the Elder Council, the fake Gannett's other collaborator grew anxious and started to have other thoughts, thus failing on the verge of success.
Facing such a failure, both of them were unwilling to accept it.
Therefore, they wanted to seize the last chance to fight for it.
As for what to fight for?
The [Unknown Mystical Item] in Kieran's backpack!
It was the only thing that Kieran could think of.
It was also the only thing that had the value to attract the two mystical individuals to make a move.
Of course, the above was just Kieran's own assumptions and deductions, he still needed the fake Gannett and Gannett to verify the details.
For example, whether one of them really used a dagger or a short blade.
Or was an expert in explosives.
However, the verification was much easier than Kieran had imagined.
Donna, the information peddler, had a hint of smugness on her face as she began to talk non-stop.
"Your disguise is too good!"
From the moment you bought Winchester House and started the business with Barney the Jackal, everything has never left your grasp. You used Brigal to steal from Edland Museum and purposely leaked Brigal's whereabouts, turning a simple theft into a robbery and murder case that was published in the newspaper. Brigal was forced to find Barney the Jackal to dispose of the stolen goods! "
"Then, you released the news of the Dien Stone from Edland Museum to certain people and contacted us in Mecathy and Borjane's bookstore to discuss how to get the Dien Stone. You even bought a permanent face changing potion from Ximi Candy House and treated it as a family heirloom. When the operation started, after we cleaned up the scene, you used the potion to change your appearance and pretended to have lost your memory."
"But have you ever thought about the biggest mistake you've made?"
You've been hiding the Dien Stone on you all this time, that's your biggest mistake! "
"Or should I say, you neglected a little information peddler like me and my grasp of the information on the Dien Stone. It was enough for me to sense the stone within a certain distance!"
Donna's sharp voice echoed in the alleyway.
The whole sequence of events started to become clear in Kieran's mind.
However, Kieran pretended to be lost.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
Kieran looked at Donna and the man beside her with a confused expression.
It infuriated the man greatly.
"Still disguising yourself?
I know you fooled me the first time I pretended to be Gannett, but do you think you can fool me forever? "
After a loud shout, the man suddenly vanished from the spot.
Souuu!
The wind behind Kieran sounded.
Kieran sidestepped.
A gleaming dagger grazed his body.
Then, the wind behind him sounded again.
Another dagger appeared.
At the same time, the ground that Kieran was standing on started to tremble.
The supposedly sturdy ground was moving up and down like waves.
More importantly, a powerful binding force appeared on Kieran's body, preventing him from dodging the second dagger.
Donna, who was half squatting down, pressed her hands on the ground and laughed coldly at Kieran, whose body couldn't move at all.
"You can kill one of the Twenty Hounds, why wouldn't we be prepared?"
Puk!
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