[Operation Underworld]!
Those words, carrying a chill straight from hell, slammed into Yue Xiaofei's heart.
He did not understand their deeper meaning, but he could feel the endless torment and despair they held.
"What... does that mean?"
Yue Xiaofei's throat felt dry.
"Endless purgatory. Unceasing suffering. No release, ever."
Han Xiao raised his head. His scholarly face betrayed not the slightest ripple of emotion, as though he were stating an objective fact that had nothing to do with him.
"No respite for the body, no respite in time, no respite in form."
"To carry out this plan, someone had to willingly sever every connection with the organization, bear the infamy of a traitor, and infiltrate [Skull and Bones] by the most drastic means possible!"
"He would become a knife driven into the enemy's heart, but he would also walk in darkness forever, understood by no one, even hunted by the very people he had once protected!"
"It was a road... with no way back."
Yue Xiaofei's mind went blank.
He could not imagine how desperate things must have been for a group of the nation's protectors to devise such a ruthless, brutal plan for themselves!
"The person carrying out this plan had to be one of the organization's finest elites, with the greatest ability and the strongest resolve."
Han Xiao continued, "At the time, only two people in the [Night Watchers] truly qualified."
"One was our leader, Boss Xiao."
"The other was your father, Yue Changlong."
Yue Xiaofei's heart clenched painfully once again!
"Boss Xiao founded the [Night Watchers]. He was the pillar everyone relied on. We couldn't risk losing him."
"Your father had been a hero of the Dragon Kingdom. His record was too glorious, too dazzling. How could a man like that possibly defect?"
"Everyone thought Boss Xiao