Encounter
Shortly after Chu Beixuan left, Smythe also departed the Zeta Family with his men.
He had received word from his trusted subordinate earlier, but had not left immediately.
Now that there was nothing else to handle, he rushed over at top speed.
The Zeta Family was currently divided into three rival factions.
Their father supported the three siblings competing against one another.
At present, second brother, Feiboli, held the greatest advantage.
His weakness was that he lacked sufficient martial backing.
Catherine, on the other hand, was relatively well-balanced.
Smythe's own influence was now even weaker than Catherine's.
The information from his trusted subordinate was that Catherine had been mistakenly captured by a group of experts.
She was still being held captive.
The other side's demand was simple: they wanted to clear up the misunderstanding.
In Smythe's view, that request was entirely reasonable.
At any rate, Catherine was the young lady of the Zeta Family. Mistakenly capturing her was no small matter.
If they released her, they feared Catherine would retaliate afterward.
If they did not release her, they had no idea how to bring things to an end.
Those people were clever. They knew how to exploit others' conflicts and shift the focus elsewhere.
By passing the news of Catherine's capture to him, the conflict would be redirected into a matter between Catherine and himself.
And he himself had long harbored such thoughts, only he had no way to put them into action.
Now, he was simply following suit.
It benefited both sides.
Smythe led his men to a location chosen by the other side.
His trusted subordinate was already waiting there.
This time, the two sides were meeting to talk.
Smythe also needed to verify the information.
He could not possibly let the other side fool him so