Female Novel
chapter 1950
Chapter 1950 Jackie’s calmness made Zeph change his perspective on him for the better. Nonetheless, he had alreadyaccepted the money on the promise of taking Jackie out. Therefore, there was no way in hell he wouldlet Jackie participate in the test nor let him leave this place alive.
Zeph laughed coldly and turned to face the crowd. “Of course not! The reason I’m not allowing you toparticipate in the test is that you’re a spy sent by the Muddled Origin Clan.”
A collective gasp escaped from the crowd’s lips as they turned to look at Jackie with suspicions in theireyes. The fact that the accuser was Zeph made the accusation extremely believable. After all, why wouldsomeone of his status in the Dual Sovereign Pavilion lie about such a thing? What benefit could hepossibly gain from doing so?
Ambrose had no idea whether what Zeph said was true but he had always been the kind to play devil’sadvocate to whatever position he held. He sneaked a glance at Jackie and was similarly impressed byhis calmness. ‘If he’s really a spy, he’s definitely not your average run-of-the-mill spy,’ he thought with afaint smile.
He was originally standing next to Elder Lee but moved to be closer to Jackie. Then he turned to Zephand said, “You say he’s a spy from the Muddled Origin Clan? I wonder where you get your intel from.Surely the Muddled Origin Clan would have done everything in their power to keep the identities of theirspy a secret.”
Although Zeph was not surprised that Ambrose would choose to go against him, his face still darkenednonetheless. “I wouldn’t have accused him without showing any proof. As a person who pledged theirloyalty to the Dual Sovereign Pavilion, I would not allow any harm to come to it. Therefore, we must notallow him to participate in the test,” he said while still facing the crowd. Ambrose smiled nonchalantly atwhat he said while still keeping his eyes focused on Jackie whose expression never changed.
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Jackie stared icily at Zeph. Before coming, it had crossed his mind that Warren might send someone tocome after him but he never expected that person to be someone from the Dual Sovereign Pavilion.”And what is this proof you speak of? You said that someone reported me to you. How do we know forsure that person is a reliable source? Besides, why would the Muddled Origin Clan send an initial stageof innate level spy? What is their motive? It’s not as if I can influence the outcome of the battle oruncover the sect’s confidential information.“
Accusing Jackie of being a spy was the perfect solution to Zeph’s problem. This way he not onlyprevented him from ever joining the Dual Sovereign Pavilion but also turned the crowd against him. Noone would have come to his rescue as they would be punished too if they were found to be associatedwith a spy.
Once someone has been accused of being a spy, the onus falls on them to prove their innocence. Jackieclearly understood that it would be difficult for him to prove his innocence and this was exactly what Zephwas banking on. Unless he possessed some extraordinary abilities, there was no way in hell Jackiewould be able to disassociate the word spy from his name.
However, his calmness made everyone think twice. After some careful consideration, they discoveredJackie’s word to be logical as to why would the Muddled Origin Clan send an initial stage of innate levelto spy on the Dual Sovereign Pavilion? It would take a long while for a fighter this level to rise up to theranks of an internal disciple even if he successfully joined the Dual Sovereign Pavilion and only those ofthe ranks of internal discipline would have access to slightly more useful information or be of help to thehigher-ups.
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