Female Novel
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 findingEbony 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 propermanner, he submitted a so-called closing statement to the capital." Judge continued with a slightlydisdainful expression.
"The conclusion in the document was that, after investigation, this case was orchestrated by EbonyLord and outsiders to frame the master of SHADOW and four other sharp blades, after achievingtheir 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 waswritten in that way and others would find it difficult to prove it wrong, since only Ebony Lord survivedand even he disappeared without any trace."
"Fine."
"After completing that closing statement report, that man was transferred back to the city andreportedly 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 specialsituations to gain some political capital for their descendants within their own circle, which was quitenormal.
"So, that case had a result." Judge said, "And from then on, a competition for the new leadership ofSHADOW started and entered into heated status."
"It is said that several clans in the capital once jointly recommended several people to serve as themaster of SHADOW and the new 'Five Sharp Blades'. However, they lost the game during theprocess because several old men strongly recommended our brother to be the master ofSHADOW."
"Of course, although these clans lost this round, the bosses made great concessions in otheraspects to appease them. For example, things related to Special Patrol Squadron and Buddha Hall,which gave those clans an acceptable explanation."novelbin
"These clans really spare no effort to achieve their goals!" Casey understood what was going onwhen he heard this.
"It's a snake eating a crocodile. There will always be retribution one day!" Judge took a deep breathand continued, "After our brother was appointed as the new master of SHADOW, Azure Fang and Iwere 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 someinformation?" 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 whosurvived?"
"Though we don't know why either, we can be sure that this matter has nothing to do with him. He isjust 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'safraid 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 spokethoughtfully. 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 smallvillage 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." Judgesuddenly 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 thisorganization. They finally caught Lady Peony and thus they wanted to find out some informationfrom her.
"There is very little useful information." Judge shook his head. "Ink Pavilion has a unique way ofmanaging 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 professionalkillers."
"And of course, it doesn't mean that all the civil officials are not martial artists. It's just that comparedto the military officials, their skills may be slightly inferior."
"There is strict hierarchical management among members within Ink Pavilion. There is littleinteraction between peers at the same level."
"Different levels have different access to information. Even if they're at the same level but belong todifferent 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, sheonly manages external windows in the eastern district."
"And those staff working at the external windows are non-regular members of Ink Pavilion with evenmore limited knowledge."
"It truly lives up to its reputation as a killer organization passed down for hundreds of years!" Caseycouldn'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 contactinformation for her since it was always Verdant Bamboo who contacted her."
"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 tocommunicate 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 peopleknow to be extra vigilant over the next few days."
SHADOW had destroyed so many of Ink Pavilion's external windows this time around; theydefinitely 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 thefoot 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, thereweren'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 wasselling 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 voicespeak up.