Framing Someone for the Crime

"Very good, that's exactly the kind of young man we need!" Wodi reached out and patted him on the shoulder, then looked at Nuolin, a smile spreading across his face, his eyes revealing unbridled desire.

Nuolin was about to draw her sword when Chiba gently tugged at her sleeve.

This subtle gesture didn't escape Wodi's notice, but his smile deepened. In his eyes, Chiba had already understood him; he was truly a quick learner...

"Alas, if Jikade had agreed to Lord Bolunte and Miss Tianna's marriage sooner, the support would have arrived much earlier..." Wodi said with a sigh.

Chiba's heart skipped a beat. A marriage? What marriage? Bolunte and Tianna? Who exactly is this Bolunte?

However, it's clear from his words that Jikade did not agree to Bolunte's marriage proposal. Wodi, on the other hand, believes that Jikade has now changed his mind.

"Not bad, not bad." Wodi's chubby cheeks jiggled as he stroked his chin, asking seemingly casually, "What's your relationship with me?"

Chiba replied respectfully, "Sir, we are friends."

"Oh~" Wodi said meaningfully, looking as if he was deep in thought.

Chiba asked cautiously, "What advice do you have for me, sir?"

"I wouldn't call it instruction," Wodi grinned. "However, your friend seems to have a real talent for magic. If you're interested, could you leave her with me, and I'll personally guide her?"

Suddenly, Chiba grinned as well. "Actually, I also think her magical talent is quite good."

Wodi sensed something was off about Chiba's tone, but assumed he had misheard. After all, his status was what it was, and the kid had been so sensible before.

He said with a forced smile, "Really? Haha, after all, you've known each other for a long time, haha!"

"What does Lord Wodi consider justice to be?" Chiba suddenly changed the subject and asked.

Wodi was taken aback, and the smile on his face gradually faded. He began to carefully examine the boy in front of him. This kid was a completely different person compared to before.

"Are you questioning me, kid? Hmm?" Wodi wondered if he'd been too lenient with the kid, so he put on a stern face and said.

"Pfft!"

Suddenly, a pair of hands pierced through his chest. He opened his eyes wide in disbelief and slowly knelt down.

"You... you..." Blood kept gushing from his mouth as he stared intently at Chiba.

Immediately afterwards, Chiba in front of him transformed into a seductive woman with a mocking smile on her lips, seemingly laughing at his foolishness and ignorance.

"Fire... Throne of Fire..."

After slowly uttering those words, he finally lost his breath.

After his death, Nuolin immediately drew her sword and slashed at the "seductive woman"!

"Hey! Don't cut me, senior sister!"

The "seductive woman" actually spoke in Chiba's voice. Nuolin was stunned for a moment, and stopped drawing her sword halfway.

"Who are you?"

Helpless, Chiba had no choice but to revert to his original form.

"Just now, I used the Transformation Technique to transform into the Shadow Skull Throne of Fire. Although Jikade said he would take full responsibility for killing him, this is still related to the Magic Council strife. It seems there is someone behind this guy..." Chiba then transformed into the appearance of a seductive woman, pulled out the Heaven's Blazing Sun from the chest of Wodi, washed it with water, sheathed it, and then created a Shadow Clone.

"I'm giving you a tough task." Chiba patted the Shadow Clone on the shoulder, his face grave.

"I know, I won't tell Mira about your perverted hobbies," the Shadow Clone said just as seriously.

"Get out!"

Chiba kicked out, and then a Great Fireball burned the entire military tent.

"Murder! Murder!"

Chiba's pig-like screams echoed throughout the camp.

"You're saying... that the Throne of Fire was lurking in the captain's tent, and then took advantage of your conversation to kill him?" On the empty snowfield, a middle-aged man with a full beard asked in the middle of a group of people.

"Yes... it was... just now..." Chiba's face turned deathly pale.

The middle-aged man frowned deeply. It was rumored that the Throne of Fire did indeed have a habit of lurking in the target's room to assassinate them. The Throne of Fire was, in fact, a beautiful and charming woman. Considering Captain Wodi's lustful nature, it wasn't entirely incomprehensible that the Throne of Fire could infiltrate his military tent.

But... to be killed at this crucial moment, he couldn't help but suspect that these two brats were responsible. He knew a thing or two about the feud between Jikade and Wodi; could they have been the ones who did it?

But these two brats... one's trembling like this... and the other's too scared to even make a face, it doesn't seem like they're acting like this...

"Report... Report to the deputy captain! The southern military camp has been burned down by a sudden fire, and our men have witnessed what appears to be a woman! And... and..." A mage stumbled through the crowd and said in a panic, but then stopped midway through his sentence.

"And what?! Keep going!" the middle-aged man shouted.

The mage gritted her teeth and said, "And... she even mocked our Magic Council as a bunch of cowardly wimps, a bunch of greedy and lustful scum!"

"What did you say?!" A layer of frost settled over the middle-aged man's face.

Everyone's faces darkened with rage. They'd killed their captain, burned their camp, and now they dared to insult the Magic Council? Who could tolerate this?

"That... that's the Throne of Fire! It's her! It's definitely her!" Chiba screamed from the side.

The middle-aged man's expression shifted between anger and uncertainty. He then shouted, "Go! Send men to hunt them down! Chase them to the ends of the earth! The rest of you, put out the fire!"

As he spoke, he drew the sword from his waist and shouted loudly.

"The Throne of Fire assassinated our unit captain and insulted our Magic Council. We will, in the name of justice, formally declare war on darkness!"

"Declare war! Declare war!" the people shouted, raising their angry fists.

"Young man, please lead us to Jikade's position..." the middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

"Okay... okay..." Chiba said, trembling.

The middle-aged man shouted, "Move out! Head to the eastern battlefield to provide support!"

"Yes!!"

Chiba looked at the people whose morale was soaring and smiled with satisfaction.

"I'm really good at framing villains..."

Stepping out of Jikade's tent, Chiba rubbed his temples and couldn't help but chuckle softly.

He killed Wodi with the Heaven's Blazing Sun, which could unleash flames, then staged the burning of the military tent, used Shadow Clone to transform into the Throne of Fire to escape, burned down the camp, and made threatening remarks.

This wasn't exactly a brilliant plan, but Chiba's acting was so realistic that they had no choice but to believe it.

Of course, his choice of the Throne of Fire as his scapegoat was indeed the right one. His research indicated that the Throne of Fire was indeed a capricious woman who acted entirely on her whims. Assassinating a lecherous old man like Wodi was not entirely incomprehensible.