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Chapter 907 Friend or Foe

"Why are you sighing? You look just as dejected as you did when I saw you at Mount Chillad, Xavier teased.Veronica was standing under a towering tree, looking at the river further down the mountain.Memories of everything that happened back at Mount Chillad the last time resurfaced.

"Back then?" She chuckled.

"I wasn't just dejected.I was also pretty pathetic."

Now that she thought about it, it had been two years since then.

"Hah.You were with Matthew, but he didn't even keep you safe."

Xavier scoffed as he crossed his arms and stared out into the distance.He knew Veronica liked Matthew, but he couldn't accept the fact that Matthew didn't do a good job protecting her.

"He can't be blamed for what happened at Mount Chillad"

Veronica wanted to stand up for Matthew, so she explained, "At the time, \-"

As she spoke, she spotted Nelson limping over with a few fruits in hand.His silhouette matched perfectly with the one that popped up in her mind.

her hair stood on end, and chills ran down

him! It's that guy! She finally realized

recall where she'd

searching her memory, she came to

years ago? The one who had half his face covered in a mask and walked with a limp? However, he'd merely pretended to have a limp back then, but his limp was teal

fired a bullet into it back then.And if I'm right about this,

me but had to give up because the plot failed? Or was it someone secretly protecting me? The thought

moments, her forehead

"Roni? What's going on?"

found that Veronica was staring unblinkingly at Nelson, so he shoved

out of her reverie and withdrew

"Oh.It's nothing."

believe her.He glanced thoughtfully at the three people over

"Come.Let's all eat something."

gaze flickered over

"I'm...not hungry."

sit.She began wondering whether Nelson was the person who showed