"What? Still going to kill someone?"
Bobo climbed back onto Deathstroke's shoulder. He knew things were gradually becoming clear. At the very least, aside from acquiring the Hunting Blade, they had also gained some unexpected intelligence.
"Yeah. The League of Assassins was hired by the fake Deathstroke. Talia appearing here means the Shogi Society is involved too. And the Court of Owls clearly has a partnership with New Colony. It makes sense—Colonel Kaine rules his own turf in South America like a dictator, and owls love perching in tall trees."
Deathstroke turned and led everyone out of the theater, carefully slipping the short scimitar into his belt pouch. As he explained things to Bobo, he also planned their next move.
Now that they had figured out the roles played by the various factions, they could more or less confirm that "My Lord" had no obvious direct connection to either side.
Otherwise, there would have been no need to use a fake Deathstroke to deceive Talia, nor any need to snatch something from a Talon.
Unless the former agent of the Shogi Society had considered the opposite of his own thought process and deliberately deceived even Talia as part of an act.
But that did not matter. The two people in New Checkmate still had to die. This time, he would chop off their heads and mince them into tiny pieces, ensuring that LS Road Pool could never revive them again.
"As expected, Chief's discoveries have nothing to do with our main mission." Bobo sighed and began replacing the tobacco in his pipe, picking his nose as he spoke. "So we should still follow the lead from the text message's point of origin. I've already traced the base station that sent the signal. We can head over now."
At the same