"Is that Bai Zhou?"
The officer was drawn by the commotion in the distance and fixed his gaze on the figure beneath the black umbrella.
He was puzzled at first, then immediately delighted.
"It really is! Heaven is helping me!"
The flesh on the officer's face trembled twice. He released Old Qiao, whom he had been holding, and strode down the stairs into the rain, impatiently heading toward Bai Zhou.
Beside him, the [Sword Bearer] Captain watched from afar with great interest.
"Bai Zhou? Not only did he not run, he actually walked right into the net?"
So the one who had entered the Reflection Ruins Realm right under his nose earlier had been Bai Zhou?
Still too green. Entering the Reflection Ruins Realm at such a critical moment—surely he wasn't hoping to strike it lucky and change his fate?
How was that any different from "turning around and jumping off a cliff in the middle of battle, saying, 'I'll go down first and grab a secret manual. Wait for me to come back'"?
Was someone this foolish really worth the Major's attention and fury?
He was meant to be captured and delivered to the Major, to serve as a stepping stone for his advancement!
To run into him so easily like this was simply—
Fate was on his side!
"Captain, we—"
At that moment, a [Sword Bearer] member approached and asked quietly, uncertainly.
"What are you standing around for?!"
The Captain shot him a glare, feeling that his subordinate had no sense at all.
"Quick! Take some men and surround him!"
Didn't he see that the Lieutenant Officer had already gone over with the Commissioners?
If they didn't hurry over to claim some credit, they wouldn't even get a sip of soup!
Amid a burst of commotion—aside from the