So many of Feng Dengfeng's subordinates had come forward to testify against him, and there was no sign they had colluded beforehand. That left Feng Dengfeng in a predicament like getting yellow mud on his pants: even if it wasn't shit, it had to be shit.
Even the clever, cunning, and devious Feng Dengfeng felt his scalp tingle and his heart race. He felt as though he was surrounded by an enormous conspiracy.
Worst of all, he had no idea how the conspiracy had been arranged.
Why had these once-loyal subordinates suddenly come forward in unison to smear him? Why were they insisting he was the one who had taken people to abduct Professor Lu Jinwen? Why were they so certain he had left the core area?
There was no way to make sense of it.
In the core area, the agents belonged to different factions. Even if one or two had been bought off, it was impossible for so many to defect at once.
Besides, from what Feng Dengfeng could tell, this didn't seem to be Wu Degang and Taishan's doing. Neither of them had the cunning or skill to set up a trap like this. Their behavior just now looked more like they were watching the drama unfold on the spot, not carrying out a prearranged scheme.
But the more Feng Dengfeng considered it, the heavier his heart sank. An inexplicable terror pierced him to the core.
If something couldn't have been done by Wu Degang and Taishan, yet another force had managed to do it in the core area—
What did that mean?
Hu Rouhuan said quietly, "You know they're framing you! But have you considered that the people framing you might be from the Human Faction? What if they're trying to set us against each other,