A few days earlier.
After learning that Li Cheng had been exposed and that six Mutants had died along with him, even the usually composed Chairman of the Truth Society couldn't hold back his anger.
"How did that idiot Li Cheng manage things? He failed to kill some nobody three times, and ended up getting himself killed instead!"
He spent a full two and a half minutes berating Li Cheng in front of Bernardo, the Minister of Operations, only stopping when his mouth went dry. Then he took a sip of water.
Bernardo explained, "Chairman, Li Cheng certainly made a mess of things, but something about this doesn't seem right."
He went over the intelligence C6 had sent back in detail. The most striking point was that Bai Fu seemed to have known Li Cheng was a spy before he revealed his identity.
"You're saying the Fourth Division knew his identity all along and set a trap for him?"
Bernardo took out a file. "Based on my investigation, the Fourth Division probably didn't know beforehand. Otherwise, they wouldn't have seemed so rushed during that operation."
"So Bai Fu is the problem." The Chairman narrowed his eyes.
Bernardo nodded. "That's what I think, but I haven't been able to figure out how Bai Fu learned the secret. When Li Cheng made his second attempt on her life, one of her subordinates followed the assassin Li Cheng sent. But that subordinate was silenced soon afterward. According to the information Li Cheng sent back, he personally confirmed that the subordinate had followed the assassin alone and wasn't carrying any communications equipment. Unless he turned into a ghost after he died and his ghost told Bai Fu, then..."
The Chairman sneered. "I don't believe in ghosts."
"Then what do you think, Chairman?"
The Chairman