Red epaulets, green fatigues, a half-crouched horse stance with a rifle slung across his chest-the strongest solo War King on earth!
"The evidence is right here in Bureau 7?"
Hou Liangbing froze, then let out a burst of nervous, hollow laughter. "Hahaha! You old bastard, stop trying to act mysterious!"
"Every file in Bureau 7 has passed through my hands. How could there be evidence I don't know about?"
Elder Xu could not be bothered with his bluster. He simply raised a hand and pointed toward the rear of the base.
"The Modu branch has a Martyrs' Cemetery, doesn't it?"
Hou Liangbing's heart skipped a beat.
That Martyrs' Cemetery had been there since the day the Modu branch was established. It was far older than he was.
But he was usually too busy scheming for power to visit it more than a handful of times. All he knew was that some nameless agents who had died in the past were buried there.
Why was this old man bringing that place up?
An ominous premonition instantly settled over his heart.
"There is one, but so what? What are you trying to say?" Hou Liangbing forced himself to remain calm.
"The evidence is in that cemetery!"
Elder Xu spoke calmly. "Go there, and you'll see."
"More tricks! Are you trying to stall until reinforcements arrive?"
Hou Liangbing snapped at him, determined not to let the old man dictate what happened next.
His instincts told him he must not go!
"What is it? Are you afraid?"
With a single question, Elder Xu exposed the cowardice beneath his fierce facade.
"Or do you simply lack the courage to face the truth? If you keep avoiding it like this, I doubt you'll win anyone's confidence."
Elder Xu surveyed the Bureau 7 agents around them and continued, "With so many people from Bureau 7 watching, do you, their deputy chief, lack even the courage to take a