"It worked?!"
The World Government members watching Xie Wen were both shocked and delighted.
Especially the Five Elders, who were deeply bound to Imu. In their eyes, Xie Wen ranked even above Dragon as an enemy, already approaching Joy Boy's level back then, even though his name contained no "D."
After York's betrayal, the World Government had obtained quite a bit of useful information from him, and when they compared it with the intelligence they had gathered...
Although there was no direct evidence, the World Government's top brass, including Imu, had all concluded that Xie Wen was behind those secrets about Imu that had suddenly surfaced.
As for the World Economy News Paper constantly opposing them in matters of public opinion, that was even more closely tied to Xie Wen. On top of that, Xie Wen himself had inflicted heavy losses on the World Government several times and had set the bad precedent of killing Celestial Dragons.
The Five Elders now hated him to the bone, especially Saint Saturn, who had been captured once and forced to expend a great deal of his life force.
His strength had been fairly average among the Five Elders to begin with, and now he was firmly at the bottom. If he had not possessed some talent for scientific research, and if the World Government had not urgently needed researchers right now, his seat among the Five Elders would probably have long since gone to Saint Garling beside him, who knew nothing but cutting people down...
Saint Saturn understood Imu's personality very well, as well as his own position. He dared not hope that Lord Imu would go easy on him just because he was a "longtime employee."
So, when it came to Xie Wen, the culprit behind his current predicament, Saint Saturn could