Entering Gonjiam

"I never said anyone was to be punished. The Spirit Sacrifice Association president isn't here, and this isn't the time to discuss that."

"We just need to get to the bottom of this."

At that, Wu Heng looked at Fierce Bear. "Captain Bear, do you think Mirage Eagle killed that Tower Master?"

"Absolutely not!" Fierce Bear answered decisively. "I might have hesitated in the past, but Mirage Eagle wouldn't do something like this now. I trust the president's judgment."

"Vice President, didn't you say before that the president had intended to make Mirage Eagle a vice president as well?"

"That proves the president believed he was ready!"

Wu Heng nodded, acknowledging Fierce Bear's words, then asked, "Then who do you think killed that Tower Master?"

"I don't know, but I suspect they staged this themselves, all so they could drive our association away with a legitimate excuse."

"That way, at least they'd have the moral high ground!" Fierce Bear replied.

Upon hearing this, some of the other Tower Masters lowered their heads to consider the possibility, while others seemed hesitant to speak.

Wu Heng asked the question those hesitant people wanted to ask. "Sacrificing one of their own Tower Masters just for a 'legitimate excuse' seems like far too great a price, doesn't it?"

Fierce Bear seemed to grow increasingly confident in his own words, as though he had finally sorted out his thoughts. "What if that Tower Master had problems to begin with and wanted to provoke a conflict between our two sides?"

"You mean you think that Tower Master was a spy?"

"Yes. We have spies in the Cangming Two Realms, so naturally they have spies on our side as well. If that's the case, then it all makes sense!"

"Though Tower Master-level spies are extremely rare, they