Collusion

Was someone in the Dark Star Society working with Finks?

The thought sent a chill through Qin Ran.

He instinctively wanted to dismiss it, but he could think of no other possibility.

Google searched TWKAN.

Eliminate the impossible, and whatever remained, however improbable, had to be the truth.

And with that thought, another mystery that had long troubled Qin Ran finally made sense.

Aside from Polar Day, the Dark Star Society, Night Demon Society, Unicorn, and White Deer all had secret bases on the West Coast. So why had the Dark Star Society reached Alcatraz Island first?

Because Finks had tipped them off!

The person working with Finks had received the news and immediately reported it to the Dark Star Society's leaders. That was how the society had gotten there first.

"Then the person working with Finks..."

"Must be the first person in the Dark Star Society who learned Alcatraz Island's secret!"

Qin Ran pondered this in silence.

Could Finks have been working with the entire Dark Star Society?

If Finks had that kind of influence, he would not have needed to go to so much trouble.

He could simply have waited on Alcatraz Island for Qin Ran to arrive.

Finks and an enemy I can't see yet?

Qin Ran murmured the words to himself.

He was now certain that his return to Alcatraz Island would not go smoothly.

He had a good idea why Finks wanted to return to Alcatraz Island so badly: the Bronze Giant Coffin!

The Dark Star Society member colluding with Finks was probably after the Bronze Giant Coffin too!

Two people with hidden agendas had their eyes fixed on that coffin.

Alcatraz Island might have seemed firmly under the Dark Star Society's control, but a grave danger lurked beneath the surface. All it needed was