The War God's Homecoming

Chapter 141 Confusing And Chaotic

Chapter 141 Confusing and Chaotic

"He was from a family of power and influence in the capital city, a radical figure." Judge continued, "He came with the purpose of investigating that case, so most of his energy was focused on finding Ebony Lord, but at that time Ebony Lord had already disappeared without a trace."

"But he shouldn't have just labeled Ebony Lord as an S-level wanted criminal for this, right?"

"The city gave him a time limit, so after investigating for almost half a year in a seemingly proper manner, he submitted a so-called closing statement to the capital." Judge continued with a slightly disdainful expression.

"The conclusion in the document was that, after investigation, this case was orchestrated by Ebony Lord and outsiders to frame the master of SHADOW and four other sharp blades, after achieving their goal they fled out of fear. From then on, not only did Ebony Lord make it onto SHADOW's S- level wanted list but also became one of Special Patrol Squadron's key targets."

"This is acceptable?" Casey was speechless.

"No one knows what really happened except for Ebony Lord!" Judge continued. "The case was written in that way and others would find it difficult to prove it wrong, since only Ebony Lord survived and even he disappeared without any trace."

"Fine."

"After completing that closing statement report, that man was transferred back to the city and reportedly got promoted two levels upon returning." Continued Judge.

"As expected." Casey shrugged his shoulders.

This was just another trick used by those family with power. They took advantage of special situations to gain some political capital for their descendants within their own circle, which was quite normal.

"So, that case had a result." Judge said, "And from then on, a competition for the new leadership of SHADOW started and entered into heated status."

"It is said that several clans in the capital once jointly recommended several people to serve as the master of SHADOW and the new 'Five Sharp Blades'. However, they lost the game during the process because several old men strongly recommended our brother to be the master of SHADOW."

"Of course, although these clans lost this round, the bosses made great concessions in other aspects to appease them. For example, things related to Special Patrol Squadron and Buddha Hall, which gave those clans an acceptable explanation."

"These clans really spare no effort to achieve their goals!" Casey understood what was going on when he heard this.

"It's a snake eating a crocodile. There will always be retribution one day!" Judge took a deep breath and continued, "After our brother was appointed as the new master of SHADOW, Azure Fang and I were arranged to join SHADOW along with three others. Besides, the capital gave brother a task, he must capture Ebony Lord within two years."

"Although SHADOW has not found Ebony Lord in recent years, you should have got some information?" Casey nodded slightly and asked.

"It's better than nothing!" Judge then shook his head in response, "They obviously came prepared. Except for the unexpected lead about Ebony Lord, all clues were cut off."

"So does Ebony Lord have any suspicion?" Casey continued, "Why is he the only one who survived?"

"Though we don't know why either, we can be sure that this matter has nothing to do with him. He is just a victim." Judge responded.

"So why doesn't he come forward and reveal the truth?"

"Who knows!" Judge shrugged again, "Perhaps it's because his opponent is too powerful. He's afraid that before he could speak out, he will be silenced!"

"All right, stop speculating here. We'll find out by asking him directly." At this point, Billy spoke thoughtfully. He looked at Judge and asked, "Where is he now?"

"At the foot of a mountain, four hours away from Ozin, it is said that he has been hiding in that small village for two or three years." Judge responded.

"He sure knows how to hide!" Billy's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Oh, by the way, I haven't had a chance to report on what happened at Ink Pavilion last time." Judge suddenly remembered.

"Did you get any other useful information?" Billy asked after nodding slightly.

Ink Pavilion was mysterious to outsiders. Even SHADOW had little information about this organization. They finally caught Lady Peony and thus they wanted to find out some information from her.

"There is very little useful information." Judge shook his head. "Ink Pavilion has a unique way of managing its members, following the management model of ancient civil and military officials. Members are managed along two lines: civil and military. The so-called civil officials are responsible

for intelligence collection and external business reception, while military officials are professional killers."

"And of course, it doesn't mean that all the civil officials are not martial artists. It's just that compared to the military officials, their skills may be slightly inferior."

"There is strict hierarchical management among members within Ink Pavilion. There is little interaction between peers at the same level."

"Different levels have different access to information. Even if they're at the same level but belong to different groups within Ink Pavilion, what they know can vary greatly."

"Lady Peony belongs in the civil line sequence and her position in Ink Pavilion is not very high, she only manages external windows in the eastern district."

"And those staff working at the external windows are non-regular members of Ink Pavilion with even more limited knowledge."

"It truly lives up to its reputation as a killer organization passed down for hundreds of years!" Casey couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Did you get any information of her superiors?" asked Billy.

"Yes, I've got it." Judge nodded. "But it's just a code name, for a woman named Verdant Bamboo."

"Lady Peony has very limited information about that woman. She doesn't have any contact information for her since it was always Verdant Bamboo who contacted her." NôvelDrama.Org content rights.

"They don't usually communicate through phones like normal people do?" asked Casey.

"Like SHADOW, their members use special terminal devices provided by Ink Pavilion to communicate with each other. It's difficult for outsiders to track them down." Judge replied.

"Interesting." Billy commented while narrowing his eyes.

"For now, let's put that aside. They'll probably come looking for us soon enough. Let our people know to be extra vigilant over the next few days."

SHADOW had destroyed so many of Ink Pavilion's external windows this time around; they definitely wouldn't give up easily and would come knocking sooner or later.

"OK." Judge nodded in agreement.

At two o'clock that afternoon, the three arrived at their destination - a farmer's market located at the foot of a mountain with several villages nearby, about 12 miles from the nearest city.

Looking around after getting out of their car, they saw that while not small by any means, there weren't too many people in the market due to being past peak buying hours for groceries.

According to Song Toye's confession statement, the fugitive was now going by Tyrone May and was selling something at this farmer's market.

"Are you gonna push me into a corner?"

Just as they were walking towards the meat section area, they heard a slightly tearful female voice speak up.