Red Banner

"You said Phantom Shadow Heavenly King entered Daxia to target me, but instead of coming to Phoenix City, he stirred up trouble in River City. Was he trying to lure me there and then kill me?"

Blue Demon jolted. "Now that you mention it, that's entirely possible! If that's true, I... I became a pawn in their hands without knowing it. I was the one who told you to go to River City overnight."

"Whether you were a pawn doesn't matter. It all worked out in the end," Lin Xiaosu said. "My question is, if that's what happened, doesn't it mean Phantom Shadow Heavenly King knew Red Banner's whereabouts? Where did he get that information?"

Blue Demon let out a slow breath. "I know what you mean. You've always had a frightening suspicion that Qianlong's upper ranks aren't clean... I won't deny I'm worried about that too. But even if Phantom Shadow Heavenly King knew Red Banner existed, it doesn't prove your point. Seven Steps sent three teams to Phoenix City recently, and every one of them was wiped out. Among Hydra's senior intelligence officers, Red Banner's presence in Phoenix City isn't much of a secret."

They had already sent three teams!

A chill ran through Lin Xiaosu. Since he had begun involving himself in Qianlong's major operations, he had spent little time in Phoenix City and was rarely home. If the enemy really planned to target his family, the danger was real. The detective agency had two Ancient Martial Arts practitioners, and Xiaoye, a combat-simulation robot, was at home. They could handle low-level Gene Humans, but why would an enemy coming for him send only low-level fighters?

They had already made their move.

They had failed because Red Banner was there.

He had long suspected Qianlong.

And Qianlong certainly