To gather enough information, Jiu Ming had been busy nonstop lately. He had dug so many pits he had lost count, and now the Imperial Capital had an especially notable wanted poster... for the capture of a guy who specialized in digging pits and never filling them in.
It would have been one thing if he merely dug pits, but every single one was especially devious and winding!
Falling in was easy; climbing back out took a tremendous amount of effort. Jiu Ming himself had absolutely no awareness of this. This lord has to work his ass off digging dozens, even hundreds of pits every night—where would I find the time to fill them in?
Speaking of wanted posters, Jiu Ming had spotted a few people who had consistently occupied the top spots on the wanted list. They were all assassins he had seen that night.
Tch, forget it. His own affairs came first. The more Jiu Ming investigated, the more his heart clenched. He even suspected that the twisted abomination underground might be large enough to rival the entire Imperial Capital in area. Every Shadow Clone he sent down through the pits had been killed without exception. If he had gone himself, he would have no idea how many lives he would have thrown away by now.
"Such are the faces of all living beings." Jiu Ming drooped his eyelids as he looked outside. Most passersby wore numb, indifferent expressions. That was only one type—some had even more twisted, crazed looks in their eyes. Mm, Panel-kun seemed to have said that if the twisted abomination's range of influence grew large enough, even people's hearts would be affected... No, not just people. Every living thing would be affected. Even harmless little rabbits could turn into mad dogs that actively bit