Who Did It?

"How is he?" Shangguan Rong waited outside Zhong Kai's emergency room, asking anxiously.

"We can only save his life. His leg was severed too cleanly to be reattached," the doctor replied with a sigh.

"That's not what I'm asking." Shangguan Rong found it hard to speak and awkwardly asked, "Is that thing of his still usable?"

The doctor was equally embarrassed. After a long while, he answered with two words: "It's gone."

Shangguan Rong felt his vision go dark. After quite some time, he ordered, "Quick! Contact Jinyang Base immediately. This can't be covered up anymore—we must let Zhong Kui know as soon as possible. And everyone else, don't let a single one leave. The culprit must be among those young officers!"

"Exactly. First the research institute, then Zhong Kai being..." Murong Luocheng trailed off, unable to continue. He changed the subject instead. "This is clearly meant to deliberately stir up conflict between Nandu Base and Jinyang Base!"

"Who do you think the culprit is?" A vicious glint flashed in Shangguan Rong's eyes.

"Chu Han is the prime suspect," Murong Luocheng said quietly, though his eyes were filled with confusion.

"My first instinct was the same, but it's completely impossible." Shangguan Rong felt like his head was about to explode from thinking. "The incident happened just after we left Chu Han. The two of us became his alibi. Not a single person left that room, which proves it had nothing to do with Chu Han."

"That's what I thought too, but for some reason, I still feel it was Chu Han. Could this be deliberate misdirection from the culprit?" Murong Luocheng was equally unable to make sense of it. "It's a pity the other side never expected that we were with Chu Han when it happened!"

"And when we came