Chapter 65
‘Quite a few rats have gathered.’
Khal, walking between the buildings of Grindepia, felt the gazes pouring onto him and let a smirk play on the corner of his lips.
Despite his efforts to act as bait by wandering the streets, the enemy remained remarkably cautious.
This was an opponent clever enough to have caused Duke Marlborough significant mental distress for an entire month.
They wouldn’t reveal their identity over such a simple provocation.
However, it was effective.
The owner of Bloodia must have grown anxious because Khal had spread an unexpected truth to the public.
The only problem was that he had also drawn the suspicion of other bounty hunters.
But Khal didn’t care.
He slowly relaxed his body.
He had induced them to follow him, but if they judged him to be stronger than themselves, they would merely test the waters and then flee.
Therefore, Khal’s goal was to give the impression of weakness, enticing them to attack him.
‘I’ve ended up playing a game of push-and-pull with a criminal.’
Khal suddenly recalled something he had heard from McCally.
—Hmph, my ruffian disciple. Despite how I look, I was a master of push-and-pull when it came to dating. Oh, you don’t know what push-and-pull is? It’s manipulating the other person exactly how you want until they fall head over heels for you. Sometimes you make them anxious, and other times you push them boldly.
At the time, Khal’s response had been, ‘So, what happened to that master of push-and-pull now?’ To which McCally had inevitably yelled at him to shut up while turning her laboratory upside down.
