Chapter 700: Everything
"So, in a way... that guy and what happened to me... is technically your fault?"
A moment of silence enveloped the ward as none of the three—Zoren, Penny, and Hugo—spoke another word. They looked at each other, with Penny mulling over her second brother’s remarks.
"Technically, you shouldn’t be there, you know?" she replied after a minute, and all Hugo could think was, ’There she goes again.’
It was no secret that Penny had a bad habit of saving her own skin before considering others. It wasn’t that she didn’t know how to take accountability, but there were times when she would argue against it.
"Never mind that. It’s not important," Hugo waved dismissively. "What’s important is what I think we all know."
Those people Charles was talking about were still lingering in the shadows.
Zoren and Penny nodded in understanding, letting the silence settle for a moment. They looked at each other before Hugo asked, "What are we going to do with this?"
"This happened—the reason I was in that bar in the first place is because of Allen. I’m helping First Brother investigate what happened to him. He believed that Allen must have found out something, which is why he ended up like that."
"So," Hugo continued, darting his gaze between the two, "what now?"
Zoren pressed his lips into a thin line, shifting his gaze to Penny as he waited for her decision. He knew this was something Penny should decide on.