chapter 1616 can be substituted

Mateo stood less than a meter away from Toby, looking at him intently.

Toby still had a cigar in his mouth, with smoke billowing out and drifting upwards.

Toby's eyes narrowed, staring back at Mateo.

On Mateo's face, there was still a smile, as if the words he had just spoken were just a joke among old friends.

But everyone knew that in this situation, no one was joking.

All the banter was just a form of probing.

Toby took the cigar out of his mouth with...