"What exactly did Tian Bo tell you? How did you know the Black Dragon Banner was behind it?" Old Ninth walked over to Xiao Yuan with a cigarette in his mouth and asked curiously.
The Black Dragon Banner was the inner circle of Old Man Guan's inner circle.
No one knew where they were stationed or where they went.
They only appeared in battles to the death.
Without Old Guan's orders, these people would never have attacked the Lei Zis.
She rubbed her eyes, still red from crying the night before, smiled, and pointed her chin toward the muddy ground beside the road.
"The Black Dragon Banner is suited to the battlefield. Assassinations are Shadow Ghost's specialty. Old Man Guan was probably afraid Instructor would learn the truth and tell us, so he sent the Black Dragon Banner instead."
Though the footprints in the mud were jumbled, a few remained clear.
"These are military boot prints, the newest model. As far as I know... only a handful of main combat units are equipped with these boots, and they're all... outside the Capital... The only possibility I can think of is... the Black Dragon Banner."
An operation by the Black Dragon Banner meant an operation by the Guan Family.
"So..." Old Ninth's eyes widened. "Those old bastards..."
"Why would the Guan Family steal Godfather's body?"
"What's Tai Sui's special ability?" Xiao Yuan looked at Old Wine.
His mouth fell open as though he had discovered a new continent, and he shouted excitedly, "I remember Teacher saying he had a secret technique... He could force his soul out of his body and make himself look dead, but it could only last twenty-four hours."
"You mean..." Old Ninth's breathing quickened. It wasn't as though the thought had never occurred to him.
But after