Double Eye Island.
The night gradually receded, and dawn was about to arrive.
Tu Ji did not rest, instead going straight into the shop to find one of the witnesses.
He directly used the shop's main hall as an interrogation room, questioning the person in charge of the Bangbu Branch: "You participated in the melee when the murlods attacked the island, and you survived."
"Tell me about your performance in this battle."
The first question was relatively simple, which helped ease the witness's tension.
Very often, tension made people forget details. Yet the clues contained within those details were often the most valuable.
The person in charge of the Bangbu Branch was naturally nervous, because the gold-rank before him was no ordinary figure—he was a member of the Bloodlight Tribunal!
The uniform he wore alone was enough to make almost everyone in the Saint Brilliance Empire tremble with cold fear!
"I noticed that during this melee, many merchant ships left the port first and fled before the battle, in turn destroying Double Eye Island's defense line. Why did you commit such treasonous acts?"
This was Tu Ji's second question.
The person in charge of the Bangbu Branch hurriedly complained: "My lord, we are only merchants, not soldiers."
"Before the battle arrived, our first choice was to protect the merchant guild's property and minimize its losses as much as possible."
"Fighting is what soldiers are supposed to do."
"At the time, although our Bangbu Branch's ships also participated, our heads were actually a mess. The scene back then was far too chaotic, and the island lord committed a serious dereliction of duty by failing to organize us. I was swept along in the middle and confusedly drove my ship out of the port."
"However, afterwards, our side analyzed the situation and