"No, or rather, we should say they all stayed behind voluntarily to share the fate of the Gleam Pavilion. You could tell those people were weary of living the life of 'Ghosts'." A faint exhaustion was also hidden in Minamoto Wakasei's voice.
"Out of twenty-three people, only one was a high-ranking member of the Menggui Sect—a middle-aged man. He was sitting at a mahjong table on the first floor waiting for me. The moment he saw me, a mocking smile flashed across his face, and then he shot himself right in front of my eyes," Minamoto Wakasei said.
"It sounds almost as if they knew in advance that you, Clan Leader, would go to attack the Gleam Pavilion on that exact night," Inuyama Ga said incredulously.
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