Alberto knew more than he had revealed—why wasn’t he telling Gi-Gyu everything?

“How can you be sure?” Gi-Gyu narrowed his eyes at Alberto, who seemed certain that these men wouldn’t wake up. Gi-Gyu could tell if someone was lying, but he couldn’t learn others’ secrets without syncing with them.

“I told you about the police brutality before, right?” Alberto seemed uncomfortable.

“You mean…?!”

“Yes. The criminals rarely die from police players' attacks. Most of these non-players lose consciousness after being arrested and never wake up. But since they die under police custody, the public deems their deaths the result of police brutality,” explained Alberto.

“...”

“It’s an honor to meet you, Mr. Go Hyung-Chul. I know that you were a famous high ranker. May I ask you one thing? You said you met these non-players tonight, correct?” asked Alberto.

Go Hyung-Chul replied with a small nod.

“Then they will most likely die before the end of tomorrow.” Alberto seemed resigned, indicating something like this had happened many times before. “We’ve had all kinds of players in the healing and support categories try to heal them, but we have never...