"Wait, Onodera is innocent."
When Shen Fei, Lumine, Paimon, Albedo, Xingqiu, and the others arrived at Yae Publishing House's workplace on Ritou, they happened to see Kujou Sara and a group of Tenryou Commission soldiers surrounding Onodera, an editor from Yae Publishing House. The moment Xingqiu saw this, he immediately shouted.
"So you are the author of Autumn Swordplay Records. I didn't expect everyone else to come too." Kujou Sara turned around and looked at Xingqiu and the others.
"Looks like the matter has already been resolved. Xingqiu really was too nervous." Seeing how calm everyone from Yae Publishing House was, including Onodera, who was surrounded by Tenryou Commission soldiers, Shen Fei roughly guessed what had happened. Looking closely at the soldiers, one could see that none of them had drawn their weapons. Instead, they seemed to be struggling to suppress their smiles.
"Please listen to my explanation. Things are not what you think. Onodera is not the culprit." Xingqiu spoke as he prepared to reveal the truth.
"Master Zhenyue, there's no need to worry. I already explained the truth of the matter to Lady Kujou Sara." Editor Onodera said directly.
"That's right. We already know the truth, and I was just about to leave with my men." Kujou Sara spoke as she prepared to depart with the Tenryou Commission soldiers. However, her expression looked somewhat strange. Like those soldiers, she seemed to be holding back a smile.
"That's good." Hearing Kujou Sara's words, Xingqiu let out a breath of relief. But then he seemed to notice something. He looked at everyone present with a strange expression before asking, "Don't tell me everyone here already knew?"
"Ahem. To be precise, in order to prevent the suspect from escaping, there were two other groups here earlier." Kujou Sara coughed forcefully before