"If—and I mean if."
Wei Guang raised his index finger and traced a circle before his eyes, then addressed the people around him with a grave expression:
"If every piece of information we've encountered and gathered since the mission began was a false clue supplied by the killer...
Wouldn't that make the whole series of events unfolding now more plausible?"
His explanation was intended for Li Dahong, Hu Nuannuan, and the others.
Ji Li leaned back on the sofa with his eyes closed, savoring his cigarette as he reviewed Wei Guang's experiences in his mind.
Li Dahong did not dare speak. What she heard made her tremble.
The first signs had already appeared when Gu Li, the victim's father, served as the lead-in to the deadly game.
The killer possessed both human and ghostly traits.
However cunning it was, it could not possibly predict every step and correctly anticipate every plan Ji Li and the others made.
That left only one possibility: it had arranged the employees' actions all along.
And when they connected that to Tong Guan's blank Case File...
In the oppressive room, the air conditioner hummed as it blew warm air, and a thin mist formed on the broad floor-to-ceiling windows. Yet Li Dahong broke out in a cold sweat.
"If... if what you're saying is true, then our employers...?"
Once the victims' identities became uncertain, the most immediate implications concerned their employers!
That was precisely why Ji Li and Wei Guang had always referred to this operation as "uncovering the truth behind the mission."
There were seven victims, starting with Tian Xiaolian and ending with Cheng Xiaoming. The Tian family was the Seventh Branch's employer, while the Cheng Family was the Fourth Branch's employer.
Li Dahong turned her panicked gaze toward the contemplative Ji Li and