"A big shot from the Theocracy?"
Lin Hao froze for a moment too.
With the memories of several of the Great Thieves, Lin Hao also knew that members of both the Thirteen Great Thieves and the Inquisition had died nearby recently.
They had gradually begun to suspect each other.
Then, during a simultaneous probe, they became "certain" that the other side was responsible.
A period of maneuvering and confrontation followed.
Lin Hao remembered that when the Blood Armor Arbiter had his "accident," he had deliberately put together a flawless disguise, getting the Death Crows who came to investigate to rule him out as a suspect.
He had even more or less determined that the Death Crows might be the Saintess herself.
Besides, he practiced the Breath of the Saint, and the Plas City-State he protected had always been one of the powers on the fringes of the Theocracy's influence.
So the Theocracy should have had a relatively positive opinion of him.
"Especially since we recently made our conflict with the Thirteen Great Thieves public. The Theocracy's people entering the city so openly is itself a show of support-"
Although Lin Hao had never intended to conceal the extermination of the Thirteen Great Thieves forever, he wanted to lie low for the moment.
But however resourceful the Theocracy might be, it could not possibly have learned about their deaths and already arrived here immediately after he killed them.
Given the delay in information, they had probably come specifically to offer support after learning that the Plas City-State had publicly challenged the Thirteen Great Thieves.
"Although plenty of things are rotten internally, they do have some principles."
Lin Hao gave the Theocracy a relatively objective assessment.
The Blood Armor Arbiter had previously demonstrated a rather disgusting side of the Theocracy.
Through the