"Gilbert, that fool—how could he be so unreliable? It's been so long. Why hasn't he brought back the money he stole?"
Mayor Dalmore paced anxiously inside the mayoral residence. What worried him most was not the money, but whether anyone had uncovered the truth behind the incident. He would not have cared even if all the money had been lost. The only reason he had sent Gilbert to steal it back was that if Teacher Teresa obtained that money, she would certainly rebuild the orphanage on its original site.
If the orphanage was rebuilt, his row of seaside villas project would face a massive obstacle!
"Those damned orphans... it would have been better if they had never existed in the first place." Mayor Dalmore could barely contain the fury in his heart. "I never wanted to be a bad person, but I... I have reasons why I must do this!"
An unusual red gleam shone in his eyes.
"My treasure, Staff of Sealing... I hope you can grant me, Dalmore, a perfect ending..."
After doing evil, villains often prayed to heaven. They imagined that heaven would grant them a perfect ending—that they would go undiscovered and escape punishment unscathed. But heaven always dealt with the wicked. Did he truly think heaven was unaware of what he had done?
Uchiha Madara kicked open the doors of the mayoral residence!
"Mayor Dalmore, we meet again."
When Mayor Dalmore saw Gilbert's pitiful state, he knew his plan had been exposed. Forcing down the rage in his heart, he said with a grin, "Mr. Joshua, I have no idea what you're talking about."
Uchiha Madara sneered. "Mayor Dalmore, do you really not know what you've been doing? Your secretary, Mr. Gilbert, confessed everything. Those so-called humanoid weapons, and those poor secret agents—what exactly was