Better Late Than Never

"It… It's Hook! He gave us money to cause trouble at Mr. Herbert's place this afternoon!" the leader of the trio said with a slight stutter.

Kieran's sharp senses picked up something odd about Herbert when the name Hook was mentioned.

"What about him?" Kieran asked him.

"He's the right-hand man of Chief Officer Calkin!" Herbert said.

"The chief of police?" Kieran was stunned.

"No, no, no… He is the leader of a smuggling organization, one of the gangsters around the station. I took a trip at Herl City once and came across him. We had some kind of conflict! After Pierre taught him a lesson though, he never dared cause me any trouble anymore," Herbert explained, shaking his head.

"So this could be Hook's much awaited chance to take revenge. Of course, it might also be about..."

Herbert did not finish his sentence, but Kieran knew what he was going to say.

It was about the expedition to Isogu City.