Pi Teng's reaction was interesting. Ran Ming turned his gaze to the name "Tai Yu" in the Virtual Work Area and smiled as well, though his doubts remained.
"Now that the Training Ground has collapsed, Tai Yu is still around, still keeping a high profile, and has even gained a semi-official status. So what role did he play in the collapse of the 'Frontier Training Ground'? Does his current way of operating serve some other mission?"
Pi Teng had no answer for the moment, but he had to say, "Is it really appropriate for someone like that to stay by Miss Ran's side for so long?"
Ran Ming did not respond. He drew another line from the name "Vagero" and connected it to "Tai Yu," but quickly erased it.
Someone too conspicuous would indeed attract extra attention. It was not strange for Mr. Vagero to notice Tai Yu, but would he really step into such an obvious trap? Ran Ming had never dealt with Vagero, though they had crossed paths a few times. He felt that such a rigorous, reserved, highly self-disciplined old man should not have such thoughts.
Unless he had lost his mind.
It also felt absurd that someone with that sort of personality would be wanted for cases like illegal immigration or smuggling. Even if Genetic Species were all Many-Faced, with rigorous people capable of greed and self-controlled people capable of madness... Ran Ming believed that Pantheon personnel, even retired ones, would not be brought down by cases like these.
Thus, Ran Ming drew a blank square directly above "Vagero," leaving it unnamed.
Then, directly above "Tai Yu," level with the previous blank square, he carefully wrote down a name:
Farul.
Based on the information he currently had, Priest Farul was the one directing this upheaval—the somewhat