Seeing everyone voice their assent, Jiang Yue continued:
"One more thing. This operation to wipe out the Black Lotus Cult is based on the intelligence Li Feng obtained. The cult's underground chambers have two levels as well, so none of you can afford to let your guard down."
She had her own reasons for mentioning Li Feng's name at this moment. She wanted to credit him with part of the merit for wiping out the Black Lotus Cult, making it easier to promote him to Chief Constable when a vacancy opened up.
"Li Feng? Which Li Feng?"
"Who else? The one who was just promoted to Regular Constable not long ago."
"Good heavens, he uncovered all that intelligence by himself?!"
At those words, discussion erupted among the crowd. Most of the constables who seldom saw him exchanged bewildered looks.
Amid the astonished murmurs, more than a hundred gazes swept through the ranks before finally converging on Li Feng, who stood in the very back row.
Li Feng's expression remained perfectly normal, as though they were discussing someone else entirely.
What the hell is Constable Jiang doing? Everything was going so well. Why put me over the fire now? Couldn't she wait until the fighting was over and it was time to hand out rewards?
He had deliberately picked a spot at the very back so he could follow behind everyone else later, letting them spring the traps and lead the charge.
Instead, this had made him the target of every eye.
The City Guard Office had deployed its elite forces this time, committing a full third of its manpower. Before such overwhelming strength, the Black Lotus Cult would certainly be crushed with ease. Its destruction was only a matter of time.
The problem, however, lay in the process of destroying