"That's what happened-"
The server breathlessly informed Long Yue and Tong Yu, who were staying on the top floor of the Rose Hotel, "Flender's shop caught fire, and Flender himself is nowhere to be found."
Long Yue's expression changed. "That's not right. Someone actually dared to set Dean Flender's shop on fire?"
Tong Yu glanced over. My junior brother really is a good actor. He looks as though he's genuinely innocent.
"Dean?" The server looked puzzled.
"You-never mind. Thanks for your hard work." Long Yue tossed the server a few Gold Soul Coins, which he had just recovered from Bu Le. "You don't need to worry about this anymore."
Long Yue straightened his clothes, then ran out through the city gates again, heading for Shrek Academy in the village.
The plan had succeeded.
Long Yue had bribed Bu Le and the other two members of the sleazy trio to steal from Flender's shop, creating the illusion that the three were connected to Flender's disappearance. Then he had killed them, leaving no living witnesses to contradict his story.
The plan was crude, but Long Yue thought it was enough.
Even if Zhao Wuji and Yu Xiaogang suspected him, wondering why Flender had disappeared as soon as he arrived in Suotuo City, or how Bu Le and the other two Soul Ancestors could possibly have dealt with Flender, a Soul Saint-as long as they had no evidence, there was nothing they could do to Long Yue.
The Douluo Continent sat on the bottom rung of fantasy worlds, but it was still a fantasy world.
This world did not need detectives and police to peel back layers of clues and hunt down the real culprit. When the gap in power was great enough, even if you had guessed the truth, you could only