"..."
At that moment, Stiyl fell silent.
Yet his silence was the best admission.
"As expected..."
Fang Li's eyes flickered slightly.
This had not been outside Fang Li's expectations.
Ever since Stiyl had come looking for him, Fang Li had known that Academy City must have been behind it.
No, more precisely, it had been the instruction of Academy City's true ruler.
The chairman of the General Council.
The shadowy authority who had scattered fifty million Sky-Floating Wires throughout Academy City, monitoring the entire city at all times.
If it was that person, he would definitely try to contact Fang Li in various ways and probe his attitude.
After all, Fang Li's Magic Eye was a power that could not be ignored, one capable of changing many circumstances.
With such power appearing on his territory, no one would simply stand by, much less someone so cautious that he monitored every corner of his own domain.
Therefore, this incident had undoubtedly been entrusted to Stiyl by Academy City's chairman.
Moreover, he had Stiyl contact Fang Li and draw him into this incident.
He probably wanted to see firsthand just how powerful the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception truly were.
And whether that power was good or bad for him, just how beneficial it could be, how dangerous it could become, whether it could be used by him, how it should be controlled if it could, and how it should be handled if it could not—every one of those questions required judgment.
That was why making contact with Fang Li had to be the highest priority.
Of course, that person would never contact Fang Li personally.
With so many uncertain factors, given that chairman's caution and meticulousness, he would never casually approach Fang Li himself.
In other words...
"Being used as a