It was over.
Megani Rose muttered to himself inwardly.
He had made things so obvious, yet he still could not stop Li Aoz from walking into this trap.
No, that was not even falling into a trap. It was like someone digging a pit right in front of you. Any normal person with eyes would take one look and think, Oh, there's a pit there. I should go around it.
But Li Aoz watched them dig the pit shovel by shovel, repeatedly emphasize, "There's a pit here," and still jumped right in.
Now that Zhang Fulong was dead, he would take the news straight back to the Secret Council and report to Emperor Anpolo. The next moment, every Hidden Citizen from the Council's Earth faction would mobilize to wipe out Lioz and the newly born Source United Front.
"This is what happens when you lack strategic composure. He was far too impatient!"
Megani Rose shook his head.
"A small lack of patience ruins great plans. It's all over now. If Hidden Citizens could be killed so casually, would I have endured until now..."
Yet just as Megani Rose hung his head in despair, lamenting Lioz's failure, Zhang Fulong's headless corpse remained standing where it was.
Not only was it standing, its posture looked entirely natural.
That immediately caught Oushen's attention. He stared warily at the headless body, his expression grim.
Then, the corpse moved.
The corpse slowly raised a hand, slipped it into its pocket, fumbled around, and pulled out a cigarette before tossing it into the air.
The cigarette flew high, spun halfway around in midair, and turned a faint pale gray as it fell.
What... was happening? For an instant, everyone present was struck by a strange, sudden premonition.
Li Aoz turned around, holding his slender sword as