"W-What the hell is so funny?"
The woman questioned Yuan.
"You may find this hard to believe, but this isn’t the first time I’ve heard something like that. In fact, someone told me the exact same thing right before I came here..." Yuan said, staring directly into the woman’s eyes. "And do you know what happened to that man?"
The woman swallowed nervously, not daring to respond.
"Well, he died."
Yuan suddenly placed a hand on her shoulder, and before she could even react, the private room around them vanished, completely swallowed by the void.
"T-This is?!"
"We’re in the void. If you answer my questions, I’ll consider letting you out... alive."
To let the woman know that he wasn’t joking, he allowed the void to consume the arm she had used to strike him just now.
"Ahhhh!"
The woman screamed in agony as she watched her own arm slowly being devoured by the void.
"First question... what’s your connection with the Angry Shadows?" Yuan asked.
"B-Because of my connection to one of the members of Angry Shadows, I was given the role of managing the Happy Pub!"
"And what is that connection?"
"I am his wife!"
"Do you know any other member besides your husband?" Yuan then asked.
"No! I don’t! I swear!"
’That explains why she doesn’t recognize the sword...’ Yuan thought to himself.
"How many members does the Angry Shadows have?"
"I don’t know!"
"Then who in this place does?"
"Only the Angry Shadows would have such information! But none of them are at the Happy Pub currently!"
"When will they be here?"
"I don’t know! It’s completely random! They only show up whenever there’s a meeting!"
Yuan pondered for a moment before speaking again.
"In that case... call your husband. As his wife, surely you have some way of contacting him, right?"
Yuan exited the void with the woman shortly after.
"Go ahead, contact your husband. If you don’t want to go back to the void, that is."
The woman nodded and retrieved her phone to dial her husband.
"Hello? It’s me—"
However, just as the call connected, Yuan snatched the phone from her and spoke into it, "Hey, are you this woman’s husband?"
"Who the hell are you?"
"I’m her secret lover."
"What?! Listen here, you fucking—"
"We’ll be waiting for you at the Happy Pub." Yuan interrupted the husband and hung up without warning.
"W-Why did you do that?!" the woman exclaimed in shock and disbelief.
Yuan did not answer. He merely gave her a cold stare, and she instantly fell silent.
While they waited for the husband to show up, the woman asked, "How are you still alive?"
Yuan remained silent.


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