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Liu Sanniang froze, exchanging a baffled glance with Yang Junfeng.
Clean up? Clean up what?
Yang Junfeng was equally at a loss, but since Huo Yuanhong had summoned them, they might as well go take a look.
The two went in together, and their expressions abruptly froze.
Before Huo Yuanhong lay an unfamiliar figure, dressed in the attire commonly worn by Martial Persons Outside the Pass.
"This is... the one who delivered food earlier, called... no, who is he?!"
Liu Sanniang jolted in alarm. She realized she clearly could not remember who this man was, yet when they had inspected him earlier, she had not sensed the slightest problem. She had treated him as one of their own, searched him, and let him in.
This was far too bizarre!
"A secret art of Fist Intent. This is some kind of Fist Intent secret art. And this man's Mental Strength is strong enough as well—probably close to the level of a Supreme Expert's Mental Strength..."
Yang Junfeng said gravely.
"Master Huo, this man is?"
Though she already had an answer in her heart, Liu Sanniang could not help asking.
"Kawashima Shinichi."
With Huo Yuanhong's confirmation, towering waves rose in both their hearts.
He had infiltrated them!
So many experts had been patrolling outside, yet Kawashima Shinichi had still slipped in, even passing right beneath their noses without being noticed.
What was even more astonishing was that Kawashima Shinichi, who could deceive even Peak Experts, had been unable to offer the slightest resistance before Master Huo. He had been exposed and subdued in an instant.
They knew very well that if Master Huo had not seen through Kawashima Shinichi, then even with the fastest reaction, a sudden sneak attack would have caused some commotion.
It could not possibly have ended as