“What were you thinking?”0

With her arms crossed, Luize stared at Se-Hoon. She was standing in front of the door to his hotel room in the downtown hotel they'd booked as accommodations for those from Babel.0

“What do you mean?” 0

“You know what I mean. You started openly flirting with that guy halfway through.”2

“That's a bit of an exaggeration, don't you think?”0

“Anyway.”0

Ignoring his words, Luize stared him down with a stern expression.0

“You know better than anyone what those guys are like… so why?”0

Facing her interrogation, Se-Hoon studied her gaze, which was sharp and relentless; she seemed like she wouldn't let a single movement slip by unnoticed.0

Is she suspicious that something’s gone wrong?0

Given that he’d mentioned Allen had used a mana corrosion device, her concern was understandable. 0

And in that case, Se-Hoon decided it was best to give her a simple answer.0

“If you keep staring at me like that, I’ll be too embarrassed to—”1

“Do you want to die?!” Luize threatened, her eyes narrowing in disgust. However, her suspicion had eased a little.0

“I don't have any concrete plans yet. I just thought it would be better to observe them up close than to make a half-baked attempt from a distance.”0

“Isn’t that dangerous, though?”0

“Of course it is. Look who we're dealing with.”0

Watchers were so tricky to deal with because they blended too well into society, making it nearly impossible to distinguish them from ordinary people. Therefore, unless one exhibited the same recklessness as the Three Dogs, their schemes easily drew most in.0

“Well, that’s why I’m getting one step closer to them. If we keep our distance, they’ll gain plenty of time to prepare something.”0

By giving them the impression that he was open to recruitment, Se-Hoon hoped to draw them in and find a way to handle them before the reverse happened. And even if they were...0