The moment Gao Hui appeared in the Moon Horn Principality with so many Players, there was no way to keep it under wraps. Many people in the principality hunted him, and he only vanished from sight for a short while after fleeing to the city where the Wan family had lived more than ten years earlier.
My adoptive father didn't know whether Gao Hui had the keepsake or what the Imperial Treasure actually was. But before long, Gao Hui appeared again. This time, he had far fewer Players protecting him. Less than half a year later, word of Gao Hui's death first began to spread through the border towns.
My adoptive father went to verify it himself. He found no solid evidence, but when he returned, he said Gao Hui's death had to be connected to the Wan family. Perhaps it was also connected to more descendants of the Gao family.
Seeking out the Gao descendants had become Gao Hui's death warrant. I guessed that among the forces hunting him, some of them were Gao descendants or had been brought in by them.
Bei Bao said with a hint of schadenfreude, "He did so much evil. This was getting off easy."
Xu Huo said nothing, because there were clearly contradictions in what had happened.
Gao Hui had fled the Yu Kingdom first, and only later returned to District 039, where he went to Eternal Tower and the Moon Horn Principality.
There had to be Gao descendants in the Yu Kingdom, and plenty of them. He couldn't possibly have made no effort to find them. That much was clear from the fact that he had sought help from the Supreme God Tribunal in advance. But if he already knew that the Gao descendants in the Yu Kingdom wouldn't help him, why