Chen Changan's questioning made the City Guard's faces change.
"We're the City Guard of World King City. You know that, don't you?"
"Hahahaha!"
"I know. But it seems to me that you don't."
"Who exactly are you protecting?" Chen Changan asked with a cold laugh.
"What do you know? We're only doing this because we don't want things to become even more troublesome."
"Do you know what your actions could bring upon the Eastern Extreme Domain?" the City Guard commander scolded angrily.
Hearing him, Chen Changan smiled disdainfully.
"I don't know what my actions will bring."
"But I do know that yours will only bring disgrace upon the Eastern Extreme Domain!"
"Look at him and tell me: do you know who he is?"
Chen Changan pointed to Old Liu Tou nearby. It was clear that he had noticed from the very beginning that the City Guard knew Old Liu Tou.
At Chen Changan's words, the City Guard's faces grew grim. None of them answered, which was as good as admitting that they knew who Old Liu Tou was.
"Why aren't you saying anything?"
"Are you too ashamed to speak?"
"Whether you're the World King Army or the City Guard,"
"you're all under the World King's command, all soldiers of the Eastern Extreme Domain!"
"It's fine if you don't help each other out. But when outsiders bully one of your own, you turn a blind eye. Can you really live with yourselves after doing that?"
"What if the next Old Liu Tou is one of you?"
"What if it's your descendants?"
"What if it's someone whose fate is bound up with yours?"
"Would you still stand by and do nothing?"
With each of Chen Changan's questions, the City Guard lowered their heads further.
"I... I understand how you feel."
"But... it's