Inside the command vehicle, Yosef Rios waited in silence. After five minutes, Jerome Long could no longer contain his impatience.
"Second Rios, go ahead and do whatever you want, but your sect’s people still haven’t arrived. Do you really think I, Jerome, am a fool? If those brainless idiots want to be used as cannon fodder by you, that’s their problem. But I won’t be your scapegoat!"
Yosef silently looked at Jerome, then sneered coldly: “What a bunch of cowardly rats. If you want to leave, then leave. Just don’t ever claim you know me, and don’t expect me to acknowledge a coward like you!"
"Hmph! This has nothing to do with courage—I just refuse to be used!"
After saying that, Jerome pushed the door open, jumped out of the vehicle, and disappeared into the dense forest within a few qu
