"It's simple. The reasoning was the same as when you chose to put me in charge of the convoy before you went to hunt the Swordsman Weird, wasn't it?" Han Shanzhong answered Luo Fan.
At that answer, Luo Fan raised his eyebrows slightly, then smiled.
"What do you mean?" Niu Dagang looked at Han Shanzhong in confusion, then at Luo Fan.
With Zhao Chunfeng gone, Luo Fan had become the absolute authority in the Hope Convoy.
And when Luo Fan left to hunt the Swordsman Weird, he had indeed put Han Shanzhong in charge of the Hope Convoy.
But Niu Dagang had never given it much thought. Now, though, was there more to it?
"Shall I explain it to Niu Dagang?" Seeing the clear, innocent stupidity in Niu Dagang's eyes, Han Shanzhong asked Luo Fan.
It wasn't just Niu Dagang. Ai Si, Ximen Chuixue, and the others also looked curious.
"Yes, go ahead and explain." Luo Fan nodded.
"Niu Dagang, I remember you mentioning when we chatted before that Luo Fan took charge of the Hope Convoy very early on. Even when he was still in the basic sequence, Zhao Chunfeng had him kill people to establish his authority, right?"
Han Shanzhong looked at Niu Dagang and asked.
"Yes." Niu Dagang nodded.
"Then from the very beginning, Luo Fan's authority over the Hope Convoy wasn't based on his strength, was it?" Han Shanzhong asked next.
Those words left Niu Dagang silent for a moment.
At first, the Hope Convoy had five Sequence Users: himself, Zhao Chunfeng, An Xiaoran, Rose, and Luo Fan.
As for the professional sequence, An Xiaoran and he had advanced first. Luo Fan had been the third to advance to the professional sequence.
At that thought, Niu Dagang nodded. "That's right. Exactly."
"Then have you ever wondered