Whatever the case was, it was only seconds later when both Gerald and Christos’s expressions turned grave.

Both of them had sensed an immense murderous intent rapidly approaching them from the outside!

“…It seems that you’ve been followed, kid! You got a lot of enemies or something?” grumbled Christos.

Since Christos had been laying low in here for decades, there was no way the enemy was coming for him. With that in mind, Gerald understood that it only made sense for the murderous people to be after him…

Still, to think that news about him arriving in Rico would spread so quickly… Gerald, for one, hadn’t expected others to be coming after him so soon! Had his enemies been observing him this entire time…?

Regardless, Gerald could only lower his head in embarrassment as he said, “I apologize for the trouble, senior Christos…! Allow me to deal with them first!”

Following that, he walked out the grocery store and stood by the door…

By this point, night had already fallen and