Hearing Xu Le describe it that way, someone who fit perfectly immediately came to her mind...
Zhang Ji!
First was his formidable strength.
As a Level 5 Warlock, Zhang Ji's strength was beyond question. In any city, a Level 5 Warlock was extremely powerful.
Then there was his standing. Zhang Ji held considerable social status in Tianrui Lifeng.
He was a gang boss himself and also worked on investigations into Red Moon Holy Temple spies.
As Chi Xiao understood it, Zhang Ji met all three conditions Xu Le had mentioned.
It was very likely him.
On top of that, during the earlier meeting, Zhang Ji's ears had twitched very rhythmically, making him look very much like an insect.
Or rather, someone possessed by an insect.
"Do you remember the person we ran into at the beef noodle shop?"
Of course Xu Le remembered. That fruit he had left to develop freely... he wondered how it was doing.
He could sense from afar that its power still existed. Someone had probably eaten it?
But he wasn't close enough, so he had no way of determining exactly where that person was.
"Of course. Xu Daqiang, a mercenary."
"No, I don't mean him."
"Huh?" Xu Le was a little puzzled.
"That mercenary was probably killed. The person who killed him is the one I'm talking about."
Xu Le immediately recalled their encounter that day.
Aside from Xu Daqiang, he had also seen Chi Xiao walking with a man.
But Xu Le hadn't taken that to heart at all or paid that man any particular attention.
Now, though, there was something troubling about what Chi Xiao was saying.
"That Xu Daqiang was killed by the guy you're talking about?"
"I have no direct evidence, and I didn't have time to look. In any case,