"This is simply absurd!"
The paper recording the intelligence was crushed into a ball in Mei Meng's palm.
Its contents kept flashing through her mind.
Mei Meng would rather believe the enemy had been more skillful, spotting their planted informant with a sharp eye, than admit the informant had given himself away with just one glance! She closed her eyes and massaged her aching temples, trying to calm her frustration. According to the information they had gathered, the informant had stayed well hidden before Cui Hui appeared, leaving no openings and attracting no suspicion from Fugu City's guards.
Then Cui Hui appeared, and the informant gave her a startled glance.
Just one glance, and he had been exposed.
The man beside Cui Hui sent people to investigate the informant.
Once they investigated him, he was bound to be exposed.
Up to that point, if it had been a simple inquiry, the informant could have used his wealth of experience and superb acting to bluff his way through. But the person investigating him was no ordinary man! As the Director of the Secretariat of a country, how could Qi Shan's protection detail be easy to fool?
The informant was caught off guard and briefly controlled by a Word Spirit, making him reveal a great deal of classified information. Although he reacted immediately, fought desperately to break free, and severed his Heart Meridian to kill himself, it was already too late.
Their covert line had been compromised.
The other party had even disguised himself as the informant to ambush his contact upstream.
If that contact hadn't reacted quickly enough, hadn't been sharp enough, Qi Yuanliang might really have followed the trail straight back to her. Mei Meng wasn't afraid to face off against Qi Yuanliang. What pained her was that the covert