Bang! Chelsea transformed into a maid and left the room. Chen Fan was slightly stunned, then shook his head with a smile.
Chen Fan also left and ran into Will downstairs, who had come up empty-handed. "Nothing?"
Will nodded dejectedly. Chen Fan patted his shoulder and said, "Don't be so downhearted. That man embezzled a great deal of money. These are the accounts I found in his room. Who knew how many people died because of him? He deserved to die. And I investigated every person Night Raid killed—they were all people who treated human lives like dirt." To prove his point, Chen Fan took out an account book and handed it to Will. It was evidence found by the Night Raid members.
Will froze, then flipped through it. He did not know much about accounting, but the densely packed tax records and the marked amounts told even someone as clueless as him what had happened.
"Th-this..."
"It's all true. Those people drank the blood of everyone in the Empire. Countless people starved to death because the taxes were too heavy."
"Have Night Raid always been killing people like that? That's completely different from what I heard!" Will said.
Chen Fan smiled. "What did you hear?"
"I heard that Night Raid kills without batting an eye, that they kill the old, the weak, women, and children, and oppose the Empire, and..."
Chen Fan cut him off. "But that's just what you heard, right?"
Will nodded, and Chen Fan continued, "Hearsay is different from what you see with your own eyes. Well, some things have to be seen firsthand. And don't blindly believe everything I say, either."
"I know the Empire is corrupt because of the Minister, but I promised my benefactor that I have to fulfill my duty as a