A group, led by a man wearing a black suit and a grey jacket, entered the building.

"Hello."

The man lifted his hand in a greeting, with a cigarette in his mouth.

"What's with that face? Did you see a ghost?"

The man joked, seeing the woman frozen in place like ice. Noah Freya stuttered.

"You, you are…"

"The Triads. Hao Win."

The clear answer made Noah Freya doubt her ears.

"…No way. The guards were definitely…!"

"Ah, those guys?"

Hao Win smiled as he shoveled his ears with his ring finger.

"They're not from the Triads."

"?"

"They're just stray dogs."

"Wha-what?"

"This is the problem. People think anyone wearing a black suit is from the Triads."

Hao Win said this despite wearing a black suit himself.

"Which brainless Earthling would fight in a suit? Think logically, hm?"

Noah Freya stood dazedly at a complete loss for words.

"Yang Yang was it… I will praise you on the fact that you guys made your move after checking that the stray dogs had joined the bar, but…"

The corners of Hao Win's mouth curled up after a moment of silence.

"But, you wouldn't have guessed that the ones that are fighting at the pub were actually from the Triads."

Noah Freya went ‘Ah’ after furrowing her brows. With her intelligence, she understood the situation pretty quickly.

"It's pretty complicated, actually. We called for 200 stray dogs, you see."

Noah Freya's expression became distorted. They didn’t just call three or four people to serve as scapegoats but actually called 200 people? Their goal was evident.

"It can't be."

"Yes, it can."

Hao Win chuckled.

Noah Freya's face had lost its brightness.

"Well, let’s call it a prank within a prank."

Hao Win spoke as he took out the half-burnt cigarette from his mouth.

"I would love to mess with you longer, but…"

White smoke escaped his nose.

"Sadly, I am a busy man. I need to head straight to the pub after this."

Hao Win shrugged his shoulders and threw his cigarette away. The cigarette, still with a hint of ember, flew through the air and left a burn mark on the ground.

It was then.

Ping!

"Arghhhh!"

An unexpected scream echoed in the lobby. Noah Freya stopped...