Let There Be Light!
Chapter 230

Project: Furnace

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The next day.

Li Wen held the Zion Daily issued that morning and raised his eyebrows slightly.

The newspaper's second page carried an extremely sensational headline. At least, Li Wen found it extremely sensational, but he had to admit that this style of writing was eye-catching.

[Shocking! The Guyinduo Offspring-Hardstone branch claims responsibility for the attack on the Zion Progressives.]

Below the headline were many details of the Guyinduo Offspring's operation, along with photographs of Warlock Luo fighting Xu Le.

Beneath the content concerning Xu Le, there was also some fine print.

[This image was added at random and has no connection to this case.]

Li Wen's mouth twitched when he saw that line of fine print...

As Li Wen read the paper, Secretary Liu beside him spoke with a peculiar expression:

"Everything was written according to Xu Le's requests, but I'm not quite sure why he gave such a strange reason. And exposing information about the Guyinduo Offspring... isn't that a bad idea? Won't it alert them?"

Li Wen shook his head slightly, then nodded.

"Alerting them was precisely his intention."

"Why? Wouldn't that make it harder to arrest them?"

"Someone has to take responsibility for the attack on the Zion Progressives Building. If we don't pin the blame on the Guyinduo Offspring, are we supposed to take the fall?"

"Is he helping you? Does Xu Le really see that far ahead?"

Hearing Secretary Liu's apparent praise for Xu Le irritated Li Wen.

"He sees jack shit. All he can see is how much he's gained and whether his enemies are dead. Helping me? You're overthinking it."

"Uh..."

"Still, this incident essentially confirms one piece of information."

"What?"

"The Guyinduo Offspring are divided into different factions. That's why Xu Le specifically identified the Hardstone branch and spelled things out

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