But Ye Chuqi said, "These people had sticky fingers. Even using their things would make me uncomfortable, and I don't know whether I'd be breaking some taboo. I'd rather leave them for you to deal with, Uncle. Besides, they don't know these things didn't actually disappear..."
If they discovered that their Spatial Rings had shattered, but Ye Chuqi had scooped up everything inside, they would probably go mad.
"All right, I'll handle them for you."
Ye Chuqi rubbed her nose. "Actually, if I'd brought these things out earlier to help incriminate the people from Rahu, we'd have had stronger evidence. But it would have been hard to explain how I did it." Even with Big Black Fish as her cover, an ability like that would make everyone wary. Just as destroying Spatial Rings was taboo, Ye Chuqi's ability to help herself to other people's share of the pie would inevitably threaten a great many interests. That would put her in danger.
"Isn't it a bad idea to just let them go?"
Bai Fenghua rubbed Ye Chuqi's head. Suddenly remembering that this very head had received a monster's blessing, his smile deepened. "It's fine. Even if we could directly implicate them, we'd only be arresting those few people. It wouldn't affect Rahu much. The reason Rahu has walked a knife's edge all these years without being wiped out is that they know their limits. They've always danced along the boundary, but they know who they can touch and who they can't, so everyone has managed to coexist. Besides, there are enormous interests tied up with Rahu. Even if we wanted to take them down, plenty of people in the Imperial Capital would want to protect them. But this time is different. They've crossed the line, so naturally there are other ways