While Harley and Diana were talking, Su Ming carried Bobo over to a corner of the hall. He set the ape atop half a Greek-style stone pillar and watched him pull out a cigarette and light up.
"Tell me, Bobo. How did you agree to let them go to Maya?"
The ape blew out a smoke ring and sat down helplessly. "It wasn't voluntary. I told them they didn't understand anything."
As though someone had opened the floodgates, Bobo poured out all the grievances he had been bottling up these past days: what had happened in Maya, how he and several other detectives had cracked the Leviathan case, and what had happened tonight.
"So just because you thought an ape couldn't be Maya's ruler, you found Blue Devil and had him act the part for them?"
Su Ming folded his arms and asked with great interest.
Bobo shrugged. He smoothed the black fur on his face, took off his hat, then put it back on. "He used to be an actor. Though he was a dead extra, he was actually pretty good at acting. He was perfect for playing a king."
"Show some respect. Just call him an extra, don't call him a dead extra." Su Ming leaned against the pillar and suddenly noticed Diana glaring viciously at him. He looked away. "So Blue Devil Daniel has been in Maya all this time. But without Nightblade, how did he gain their recognition?"
"With magic, it wasn't hard to solve. I happen to know plenty of Mages, so I gave Blue Devil a prop sword and teleported him to the royal city. That sword could fool everyone. The real Nightblade is still with me."
Bobo explained his solution. A country could not go a day without a ruler. Maya's previous king,