"What are you standing around for? Run!"
The other guard snapped out of it, hurriedly hauled his companion up, and followed Bai Jin in a mad dash toward the Base City.
Fortunately, they were only a few li away from the city gate.
Both of them were Fifth-tier Awakened, so they were no slouches when it came to speed.
On top of that, they carried the Radiance crystals issued by the higher-ups, which kept them from losing their way and allowed them to keep up with Bai Jin.
But when Bai Jin saw the scene at the city gate, his brows drew tightly together.
A plain-looking young man stood at the gate, directing his subordinates as they executed fare-dodgers who had happened to run straight into the muzzle.
When he spotted Bai Jin, he raised a brow and said with a barbed smile, "Well, if it isn't Bai Jin, Manager Bai. Such a huge incident at the city gate, and you're only getting back now?"
"Ji Chen, I don't have time to trade nonsense with you."
Bai Jin's expression darkened as he said coldly, "Move aside!"
Both men were Sixth-tier Silver Hunters, and they had never been able to stand the sight of each other.
Bai Jin had won the trust of one of the higher-ups and held the authority to appoint personnel at the city gate, which was why the two guards were his men.
Otherwise, they would not have come looking for him at the first opportunity.
Old Dong, too, had in fact shown signs of leaning toward Bai Jin's faction.
That was why Bai Jin had casually assigned Qin Shou's position. No one had expected this mess to happen.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
Ji Chen kicked aside the corpse at his feet and said earnestly, "The city gate's