Allen's suspicions were not without reason. The attack on the investigation team last time had been far too strange. There had been so many people in the manor, yet those attacked had all been the Emperor's people, including agents planted by other factions, such as the Carter Family's manor Butler, people from God Hall, and practitioners of the Soul Secret Method.
Could it be that the Emperor had discovered their disloyalty and decided to clean house, while conveniently throwing Devon Star's political situation into chaos?
The main issue was that there had still been no leads whatsoever regarding the attack on the investigation team. Where had the attackers come from? Where had they gone? Had they really blown themselves up? Even the leftover fragments of the explosives had yielded no clues.
"Regarding the attack on you last time, the higher-ups actually know what happened. Someone put a 320 billion bounty on you through the Assassin Platform. There's just no direct evidence. Those old men are extremely meticulous when they do things," Allen said again.
"Even if they investigated the Assassin Platform from top to bottom, they still wouldn't find anything."
"So the attack on you was destined to have no outcome. Not just you—the Carter Family, the general who was attacked afterward, and the rest. Most likely, these were people who took jobs from the platform. Of course, they could also have been Death Warriors sent by other families."
"The attack on the Carter Family laboratory, in particular, looked very much like the Emperor's style. So the attack on the investigation team could also have been retaliation by the Carter Family."
"Anyway, I heard that when the Carter Family laboratory was attacked, some extremely important research materials were stolen. You know how our families are—who doesn't research some forbidden things?