He rushed to the front hall in a panic, then grabbed onto Tonar before asking, "Did anyone leave through here just now?"

Tonar could see that Erwin was looking extremely panicked and frantic, and he hurriedly asked, "Did something happen, Mr. Erwin?"

Erwin locked his hand around Tonar's throat before slamming his back against the wall, then interrogated with a murderous expression, "Who instructed you to organize this bullshit rendezvous?"

"What's... going on, Mr. Erwin? I... don't know..." Tonar was barely able to draw breath with Erwin's hand locked around his throat.

"Don't try to play dumb! My wife is missing!" Erwin roared. "Tell me where Sanfesa took my woman!"

"I swear I don't know... anything about this..." Tonar's face was turning purple from asphyxiation, and his eyes were about to roll back into his head.

Seeing as Tonar refused to confess even with his life under imminent threat, Erwin could only conclude that he really did know nothing about this, so he released Tonar and threw him down in frustration.

Tonar immediately began to gulp down lungfuls of air as he stared at Erwin with an alarmed expression.

"There's a piece of artwork in there by the name of 'Fishing Boat on a Turbulent Sea' drawn by Sanfesa Peroni. Do you know her?" Erwin asked as he turned to Tonar with a cold expression.

"I was the one who accepted the piece of artwork, but it was brought here by one...