What if the target in Mouse Tail Alley had never been him, or even Malinda?
What if Mouse Tail Alley’s target had been the Countess of South Los all along?
If that were true, their extreme reaction made sense.
Only then would the people of Mouse Tail Alley act this way-or dare to. On their own, they would never have dared.
But what if the Old Lion of the Inner Bay was involved?
Mouse Tail Alley could not handle the Mother Tiger of South Los.
But once the Old Lion of the Inner Bay was drawn in, things would be different.
And how could they draw the Old Lion of the Inner Bay into this?
What could be more suitable than an outbreak of "mass suicides" in South Los?
A constant succession of "mass suicides," of course!
To stir up public opinion, Mouse Tail Alley would certainly do this. They would not care even if everyone on Pine Street died. After all, they were not the ones dying.
Although theirs was not truly a vassal-liege lord relationship, the Old Lion of the Inner Bay was the Grand Duke of South County. His authority might have long since become nominal, but if he raised the banner of "righteousness" and intervened in South Los under the slogan of defending South County's "noble honor," the Count of South Los would inevitably be put on the defensive.
South Los was part of South County, too.
And the other nobles?
They could hardly wait for the Mother Tiger to test how much strength the Old Lion still had.
Ideally, both would end up badly hurt!
Then those nobles would turn into vultures and swoop down from the sky.
And when that happened...
What would become of him?
Death would be the best outcome!
A fate