Half a month later, far away in Zion, Ai Li bought several newspapers from the other three cities.
This was something she had been doing throughout this period, and doing alone, without telling anyone else.
Neither Li Wen and his people nor Wang Shu and Gu Beichen knew.
Xu Le had escaped. That much was certain.
But after his escape, there were serious problems with the so-called peace negotiators sent by the Red Moon Holy Temple.
They had begun a new round of surveillance on Zion.
Including herself, the Zion Council, the Zion Progressives, and the Furnace were actually all within the Red Moon Holy Temple's surveillance range.
This surveillance was not overt. Instead, they kept making friendly visits.
These people from the Red Moon Holy Temple would even bring over things like fruit and eggs.
But Ai Li knew very well that their intentions were never simple.
Covetousness, prying, and doubts about Xu Le's death-Ai Li did not know exactly which aspects were involved, so she had to be cautious.
Things on Gu Beichen's end had gone perfectly, though.
He had already become the Red Moon Holy Temple's new Informant. She had no idea how Xu Le had cleared Gu Beichen's name before leaving.
Had he sold himself out?
If it had been someone else, something like that would indeed have sounded bizarre.
But with Xu Le, it was entirely possible.
Ai Li knew very well that, given Xu Le's cautious nature, he could not possibly have stayed in Zion.
Warlocks' abilities were extremely unpredictable. Trying to hide right under their noses was too much of a gamble, and Xu Le would not do that.
So he must have left Zion and gone into hiding in one of the other cities.
Any of the three cities was possible, but