The guardian's sword by Taking Cigarette novel Chapter 1680

Hearing this, Dora’s face darkened. Although they stopped Mary in time, it seemed the female reporter named Mary caused him trouble after all.

“It’s just a female reporter asking me for an interview, and I rejected her,” Dora said flatly.

“I see. I thought… Sorry…” Shania began laughing in the middle of her sentence.

She thought that woman was a poor soul Dora had abandoned, so she was begging him to see her again.

“Commander Alder’s a righteous man. How could he have behaved shamelessly like a playboy?” Quentin said with a laugh as he touched his daughter Shania’s head.

“You’re right…” Shania nodded heavily.

Dora’s expression looked much better now that he had cleared the misunderstanding.

The singing and dance performances also began, and Central Square started becoming lively and joyful. Although the gala was prepared at short notice, the singing and dance performances on stage were good. At least most of the people were happy.

Feeling the harmonious and lively atmosphere, Dora nodded with satisfaction.

“Mayor Lewis, I didn’t think you’d try to soothe the crowd with a gala. It’s a good idea.”

Quentin instantly smiled when he heard Dora’s compliment.

“Hahaha, it’s actually my daughter’s idea. She suggested that I hold a gala.”

“I see…” Dora nodded and glanced approvingly at Shania.

Shania instantly felt embarrassed.

Though Uriah nearby did not do anything, one could tell he looked slightly nervous. It seemed Uriah still had a crush on Shania and saw Dora as a love rival.

However, Uriah also knew he was too far behind Dora in terms of strength and status. If Dora was going to do something, there was no way he could stop him.

It was why he was restrained and not as aggressive with Dora and even drew his sword as he did in front of the supermarket.

“How is Uriah’s wound?” Dora asked.

“Commander Alder, my injury is almost healed. I’ve almost recovered.” Uriah answered immediately.

“Oh, that’s good.” Dora nodded.

Uriah continued saying, “Commander Alder, thank you for rescuing me. Without you, I would have died on the operating table.”

“It’s nothing much.” Dora waved his hand casually.

Uriah did not give a long thank you speech either. It was enough to express his gratitude. Saying too much seemed empty. Besides, as Shania’s bodyguard, he could not repay anything to Dora, let alone make any promises, so she might as well say nothing.

However, he asked, “Commander Alder, I have a question for you.”

“Go ahead…” Dora immediately nodded and agreed.

Uriah did not dilly-daily either.

He asked readily, “Commander Alder, when I was fighting Killer X the other day, I found her bumping into your hand… What happened?”

After kicking Uriah, Killer X ran toward Shania, who was behind Dora, to kill her with a dagger. However, she bumped into Dora’s outstretched right hand. Then, Dora subdued and incapacitated her.

Uriah was shocked and wondered how the agile Killer X could make such a stupid mistake. It was also what Shania wanted to know.

Therefore, now that Uriah had asked, Shania immediately looked up at Dora and waited for his answer.

Dora smiled before replying casually, “It’s simple. I predicted what she predicted I would predict.”

“What?”