"In the Dragon Kingdom, I don't ask who's right or wrong. I stand by my people, not arguments."
White Garment stepped forward with a light chuckle and dialed the Kou Island embassy for San Mu.
"I'm a soldier. My duty is to protect my people, including Lei Zi."
Under San Mu's puzzled gaze, White Garment switched on the speakerphone.
"Moshi moshi."
A sweet female voice came from the other end.
"Speak human," White Garment snapped unhappily.
"Hello, this is the Kou Island embassy in the Dragon Kingdom."
"I'm White Banished Immortal of the Fourth War Zone."
White Garment placed the phone before San Mu. "Over ten thousand of your Kou Islanders stormed my Chun Prefecture Police Bureau. Give me an explanation."
"Huh?"
After a moment of silence on the other end, the sound of the operator running away with quick footsteps came through.
Five minutes later, a man's respectful voice came through. "Hello, Lord White Garment. I'm from Kou Island..."
"Stop."
White Garment interrupted impatiently. "I'm not interested in you. I'm calling to inform you that you have one hour to give me an explanation. Otherwise, I'm going to Kou Island to kill people."
White Garment's naked threat did not anger the other party.
Faced with a threat from someone at Nine Awakenings, the man scrambled to explain. "No... please wait, Lord White Garment... I just checked... the criminals who stormed Chun Prefecture... aren't our Kou Islanders."
The words over the phone extinguished the last hope in San Mu's heart.
He had been abandoned.
He had thought White Garment would consider the dignity of a major nation, but never imagined that once White Garment turned hostile, San Mu's greatest backer would abandon him without hesitation.
At that moment, he finally understood what White Garment had meant by "knowing nothing about