Chapter 1791: Ultimate Spectacle
Actually, the moment Su Gao was assigned to take charge, this outcome had been more or less inevitable.
It was clear that Chief Yuan had spent a long time weighing things over before I arrived.
The evidence was that although their conversation just now had been brief, every sentence had hit the nail on the head.
First, as Yuan Shan had said, with Kelin as their presumed enemy, even if Su Gao hadn't been the one to suggest it, she would undoubtedly have been assigned to their side, leaving them all in the same boat.
Second, under these circumstances, simply waiting for the results wasn't an option.
They'd been attacked for no reason, and no matter how you looked at it, the shooting star had been left as a tracking method.
If they really tracked it down and then pretended nothing had happened, without even informing the Night Watcher higher-ups, that would practically be an open admission of guilt in Kelin's eyes.
But if they did inform them, how much should they reveal? And how should they handle the follow-up?
Su Demigod was powerful, but since he knew so little of the inside story, it was hard not to worry that he might miss some crucial information.
And it would make perfect sense for someone from their side to join the investigation after hearing there were traces of a possible attacker.
The question was, who should go?
Yuan Shan could certainly do it. It might look like an overreaction, but given that someone had attacked her for no reason earlier, it was still understandable.
But as luck would have it, Su Gao had been put in charge, which meant there was now a much more suitable candidate—
The Bookstore Owner, Fang Xun, was no great secret