An Outlier Among the Villains

Eighth Master swore up and down, afraid Jiang Yue wouldn't believe him, and hurried to explain. "Our bunch has been here for several days, but the second mutation only happened in the last couple of days. Before that, Tyrant didn't dare get too brazen, for fear of attracting the authorities' attention. So he hasn't had time to recruit more people."

"When Zuo came to tell us to move out, he said Fourth and Fifth were dead, and Third had been injured. He wanted me to go with Sixth, Ninth Brother, and Tenth Brother so we wouldn't get picked off one by one."

"If Fourth and Fifth really are dead, and Third is injured, then Second Child is the only fresh recruit Tyrant has left."

"There are twenty or thirty idlers in that group, but they're all outsiders. Tyrant couldn't possibly trust them in such a short time. Besides, we've watched them, and hardly any of them can fight."

"Of course, it's possible some of them are hiding their strength. But they're wary of Tyrant too. They won't be on the same page anytime soon, much less obediently follow his orders."

"So if we go find Seventh Child now, there's a ninety percent chance we won't be spotted. Unless Zuo, the psychic Awakened One, is right near him."

"Didn't you say Seventh Child was under house arrest? If they don't have many people, why can't he escape? Why does he have to stay here?"

"Escaping is another matter. Zuo, that psychic Awakened One, has some strange tricks. He planted a psychic mark on Seventh Child. As long as Seventh Child stays put, it won't matter. But if he leaves the residential compound and gets too far from Zuo, the mark will be triggered. So if Seventh Child tries to escape, he'll