Mo Qiong decisively hung up the call, and You Xin said, "That's it? He got all tsundere, and you just changed the plan?"
"No need. That wasn't his real body. Saying more would only waste time," Mo Qiong said.
Mo Qiong felt there was no need to keep asking. Chris was obviously insincere and completely unafraid.
The reasoning was simple. Faced with Chris's demand, Mo Qiong had answered that it was possible—he had agreed to let him go.
Although Chris knew he was being deceived, he shouldn't have simply spread his hands and ignored him.
Since he had seen through Mo Qiong's false agreement, he should have said so and negotiated slowly. But Chris hadn't. Instead, he had spread his hands and turned his head away, acting as if he wouldn't discuss any other conditions unless Mo Qiong agreed to let him go.
It was almost contradictory. Chris didn't believe Mo Qiong when he agreed, so was he supposed to negotiate after Mo Qiong refused?
There was no point in Mo Qiong saying anything. Chris had no sincerity at all and was simply toying with her.
Otherwise, if his real body had been captured, he couldn't possibly have acted like this. His attitude made it obvious that Chris was fearless because he had already prepared a fallback plan in case his shadow was captured.
"I said to search the entire city for anyone without a shadow. Has that been arranged?" Mo Qiong asked.
"Of course. We've also set up covert sentries along all the main and minor roads out of the city. Even if he hides inside a carriage, we can spot him with Thermal Imaging," You Xin said.
"The nearby towns need to do the same. We have to guard against him having never been inside Mombasa in the