After Peng Joe's defeat, quite a few Federal citizens appeared throughout the country.
These Federal citizens were active all over Peng Joe under the name of "trade." Some of them were indeed merchants, but some might also have been spies.
The reason he had used a somewhat uncertain term was that it was indeed very difficult to catch them in the act—or rather, difficult to discover their secrets within a short period.
Given the Imperial Emperor's current attitude toward the Federation, he was unlikely to casually launch another round of confrontation.
Whether on the civilian, national, commercial, or military level.
Even if some people knew that these Federal merchants who were "conducting inspections" everywhere were doing things detrimental to Peng Joe, they had no way to act against them directly.
There were already some Federal citizens in nearby cities. It was difficult for people to tell whether they genuinely intended to invest or had merely gone into hiding.
There had been a phone call last night, and the dog had died this morning. Clearly, His Excellency the Governor could not help associating it with Lin Qi.
He had used some of his pieces in Peng Joe for the sole purpose of warning him.
He put the letter back into its envelope.
George's death pained him deeply.
George had been his favorite dog. What made him even angrier was that even the puppies in the kennel had died.
In other words, the hounds that had once given their lives for him, along with their descendants, had been wiped out completely.
Their bloodline would never continue. The vow he had once made to them—that he would let their children live happily forever—had also been shattered.
At the same time, this made him realize something: Lin Qi had not killed his hounds merely