Yang Xian complained nonstop. Ander said coldly, "Yang Xian, are you going to betray me too?"
"Betray?" Yang Xian laughed. "Ander, given your abilities, aren't you overestimating yourself by using that word?"
"Within the Safe Zone, no one can kill me in Zone 1. When this year ends, I will rule the entire Safe Zone. Given my position, calling it 'betrayal' hardly overstates the matter, does it?"
Yang Xian looked coldly at Black Cat. "Since you only need a few more months to seize power, why don't you have Qin Yingguang and Han Huizhi bring their troops to defend Zone 1 and hold out until the year ends?"
"..."
"Because you received word that Qian Wendao and the others are about to move against you, and they won't give you another chance to cling to life. Isn't that right?"
Black Cat remained silent, neither confirming nor denying it.
"It's bad enough that the enemy has led you around by the nose in everything you've done. Why won't you take the initiative now?!"
"Yang Xian, why do you keep urging me to leave Zone 1 and put myself in danger? Do you also want to wait until I leave, then join Qian Wendao and the others in attacking me? You're going to betray me after all, aren't you?"
Yang Xian did not answer. He merely said despondently, "An Youlu might have been a bit of a coward, but he understood you better than anyone. I should have realized it when he chose to kill himself... following you leads only to death."
Yang Xian's face had gone numb, despair enveloping his entire being.
That despair did not stem from a fear of death.
He looked instead like a gambler who had staked everything he owned, only to see the cards revealed and