The pirate leaders all turned to look at Grim, their oppressive stares sending cold sweat pouring down his back.
Clearly, this was a trap!
Had that coded message, "Your mom wants you home for dinner," been bait to lure him out?
They knew his codename and knew he existed, but they did not know his precise undercover identity, so they had resorted to entrapment?
Yet no matter how hard Grim racked his brains, he could not figure out how his identity had been exposed.
Around the Shattered Star Region, only Kloros and Dark Shadow knew his operational codename.
And Kloros was already dead, while Dark Shadow was one of the Second Prince's secret guards and would never betray him. So where had they gotten their intelligence?
"Brother Ghost, this is the spy who infiltrated us? He looks like a stiff breeze could knock him over. Nothing special about him. Was it really necessary to have us sneak back early?" Red Dragon asked, picking his teeth.
"Don't underestimate him. Psychic ability users might not be strong in direct combat, but their methods are bizarre. Ordinary people have a hard time fighting them.
We were lucky the Pirate King saw through the enemy's plot in advance today. Otherwise, more than half of us probably would've been done for!" Flint said, staring at Grim.
Grim had controlled Golden Fang to infiltrate the control center, choosing the sensitive moment just before everyone returned.
It took only a little thought to figure out what he intended.
If he had succeeded, the fallout would have been anything but minor.
"How exactly did you learn about my existence? You even knew my codename!" Grim stared at the Ghost Captain. He did not want to die without answers.
"Simple. Your people told me," Nie Yun said truthfully.
"That's