Ice Prefecture.
Inside the hospital.
Xiao Yuan sat calmly beside Kui Xing's bed with her legs crossed.
Old Sick approached quietly from outside the door and leaned down to whisper in his boss's ear. "Fei Island really was attacked."
Both looked at the man reading a newspaper in bed.
He was the one who had told Xiao Yuan that someone would attack Fei Island.
That was also how Guan Lei had been able to ambush Cody.
"Well? I didn't lie to you, did I?"
Kui Xing put down the newspaper with a faint smile. "But I'm curious. My superiors only told me to cooperate with those mercenaries in Ice Prefecture. How did you guess something would happen on Fei Island?"
"Put yourself in his shoes. He'd need a hundred thousand men to fight us in Ice Prefecture."
"If I were him, I'd attack Fei Island first to force Chun Prefecture to send troops. Only overseas could they cut loose completely."
"Of course." Xiao Yuan pursed her lips in a slightly smug smile. "They underestimated our control over Fei Island and thought winning over the Ruan Family would let them stage a rebellion."
"I've been tapping every Ruan Family member's communications. Unfortunately, though..."
Xiao Yuan tossed her long hair alluringly and smiled with some regret. "Ruan Lie still had some brains. He actually refused to get on board with him, leaving me without an excuse to uproot him."
Fei Island.
Cody stared in horror at the Nuclear Cannon as it grew brighter and brighter.
As a mercenary, he knew its power all too well.
One shot would kill at least half the mercenaries.
"Ruan Mi, why?"
Only then did Cody remember Ruan Mi, who had led the way, but she was nowhere to be seen.
Instead, several familiar figures had