Ryan calmly observed the cold metal barrels pointed directly at his head.
John immediately tried to push him back to shield him with his own body, to which Ryan only laughed softly, holding his shoulder and stopping him from stepping forward.
"Such hostility." Ryan said. "I may have committed an etiquette mistake, but I was certain that was how everyone here was 'greeting' each other."
He sighed lightly, closing his eyes then opening them again.
"If I did something wrong then, I suppose I should apologize. I apologize to everyone for my attitude."
Everyone around the table exchanged glances, unable to understand how things had unfolded.
But Ryan was not finished and soon said:
"Now that I've apologized, how about everyone do the same... let's do it this way, why don't we start with the Boss and Aron and then go in order."
The room froze. The cold pressure that settled after that sentence could crush a man to death.
