Zhou You's face was filled with disbelief.
He had considered plenty of possibilities: the Zhang Family's old man had colluded with the Blood Moon, plotted to usurp the throne, or was actually an Otherworldly Heavenly Demon himself. Hell, perhaps he had even sold his ass to the King.
But he could never, in his wildest imaginings, have guessed this.
After going to all that trouble to kill the Kuxia Family's head and engineer this war, the man's ultimate goal was...
To spread sexual rumors about him?
Are you fucking kidding me?
Councilor Dann understood what Zhou You meant. He shook his head and said,
"The Zhang Family's head didn't spread these personally. We traced the rumors back to their source and found the people responsible. They were definitely members of the Zhang Family, but even they didn't know why they were spreading this stuff. They just said they had orders from above..."
"...Then who was above them?"
Dann shrugged.
"No idea. They just received a phone call. The caller knew a great deal about the Zhang Family and accurately identified them and gave their superiors' passwords, so they did what they were told... Oh, right, the voice on the phone was entirely synthesized. There was no way to tell who it was."
Zhou You sank into thought.
After a long while, he sighed.
"Forget it. We'll deal with whatever comes. But starting today, everyone in Paradise, on both sides of the law, is to put everything into hunting down the Zhang Family's head. Even if we can't find him, we can at least stop him from stirring up trouble in comfort."
Dann and the heavily tattooed man beside him nodded their agreement.
Zhou You tapped the table, thought for a moment, then continued,
"After that, all that's left is the