Zaid Surrey frowned.

“He said that he’d decline to cooperate with you if you were involved in Quill Gibson’s death!

“He’ll also give the technique as soon as we can prove your innocence!

“If not… it’d be useless even if you had the technique.”

Zaid told Layton Surrey everything Harvey York said verbatim, ensuring he was not misunderstood.

“What does that mean?”

Layton did not understand either.

Zaid stuttered.

“He said… He said…”

“What? Spit it out already.”

Zaid nervously gulped.

“He