"Who?!"
Captain Wu immediately sensed someone approaching.
He turned around and was stunned to see a somewhat familiar face. After a moment's thought...
"You're... Tail?!"
He didn't remember Tail very well. Back in Mo Village, he hadn't interacted with her much.
If Fang Yue hadn't mentioned her after they reunited in the Capital City, he might not have remembered the little girl at all.
He hadn't expected that since they'd parted ways in Mo Village, she'd become such a prominent figure in the Capital City.
But... Captain Wu glanced down at the corpse in his arms, his expression darkening.
Tail merely walked up to him, her expression cold and her manner aloof.
"Let go of Brother Ye, Seventh Prince."
"I... I'm not—"
Captain Wu froze for a moment, then hurriedly lowered his voice. "I'm not the Seventh Prince. I'm Wu Xing, the captain from Mo Village. Ox Seat gave me this appearance. Before Captain Ye died... he joined forces with Ox Seat. It seems I needed to use this identity as a cover for some kind of plan."
The Seventh Prince standing before her was Captain Wu?!
Tail froze on the spot. A flash of insight crossed her mind, and she immediately understood what had felt wrong earlier.
If the Seventh Prince before her was Captain Wu, then it made sense that he'd acted so strangely about Fang Yue's death.
After all, according to her intelligence, the Seventh Prince and Fang Yue were rivals in love.
Though she still had some doubts, after asking him a few questions about Mo Village, Tail reluctantly accepted that the person before her was Captain Wu.
Still, she remained wary. For now, she only had his word for it, and no one knew what the truth was.
"Captain Wu, where are the others? And