Sain Was Busy Again Today

"What are you investigating?"

Gong Qiying's expression remained unchanged at those words. He only asked,

"Why would you think that?"

Flamefire showed no particular emotional reaction either. As if his earlier question had been perfectly ordinary, he said,

"There are plenty of things worth talking about. Like why Red Fang went all that way to bring you here. But the most important thing is this."

He paused, then spoke in a tone that sounded almost like a complaint.

"I'm a member of the Asta Alliance. Lately, everyone in the Alliance has been acting strangely, and they won't tell me what happened. Do you really think I wouldn't notice something was off?"

"You're with the Asta Alliance?" Gong Qiying was genuinely surprised this time.

The Asta Alliance was that alliance of City Lords with extreme human-supremacist beliefs. They had seemed somewhat extreme before, but now that he knew what the Demon Race had done, he truly felt they had not been extreme enough.

"You may not remember, but I used to send you notices in the name of the Asta Alliance too."

"I really don't remember that."

Letters sent by that organization were all signed with the organization's name. Who the hell knew who had actually written them?

Things had suddenly become rather tricky. Telling Flamefire the truth was not an option, but if he lied, the other man would probably see through it immediately.

Then he might as well tell him directly that he could not be told. Flamefire would come up with a reasonable explanation himself.

Still, since the other man was from the Asta Alliance, the suspicion surrounding him should be reduced somewhat.

Gong Qiying was just about to speak when Flamefire beat him to it.

"It's inconvenient to say, right? I get it. You don't need to