"The Prison Gates Open"
"Are we really leaving?"
Many major events in this world happened at moments when no one was prepared for them.
While all the higher-ups were focused on the Golden Cell Grand Duke's ascension, some overlooked little people were also making difficult choices.
Such as Qinggang's so-called Four Heavenly Kings: Zhang, Li, Wang, and Zhao.
Once regarded by all of Qinggang's Executors and investigators as possessing immense power, nearly omnipotent, the four of them had recently begun to feel an invisible pressure. As Qinggang's situation grew turbulent, although they had been excluded from that struggle over power, they could still clearly sense the consequences it had brought.
Naturally, they understood that it was time for them to make a choice.
What was happening in Qinggang was a war. In war, the winner took all, and sometimes even the loser earned respect.
But it could not tolerate those who wavered from side to side, nor those who wanted to remain independent of the war.
Of course, not many people in a war had the ability to make a choice, but the Four Heavenly Kings did.
And among those four, Zhang Chiguo's stance was naturally the firmest.
He had already promised Han Su that he would investigate the kidnapping case to the very end. Coupled with his experience of having his worldview shattered and rebuilt, he now possessed a calmness that the others lacked.
Sitting in a teahouse in the very heart of Qinggang City, he silently drank his tea, looking more as though he were seeing three old friends off.
"It isn't a matter of whether we want to leave."
Facing Zhang Chiguo's calm question, Wang Buddha gave a bitter smile. "That little girl called Anwei may be young, but her methods are incredibly forceful."
"She doesn't just