After returning to the hotel, he carefully reviewed the incident with the Magatsu. Although the Magatsu had ultimately been destroyed and most of the people from Niao Country were dead, there were still many lingering questions. For instance, who had pulled out the Formation Flag at the entrance to the Different Realm?
If it had been Ito Makoto’s people, they wouldn't have just knocked the Ninth Bureau agents unconscious. They had lured so many Yanxia Martial Artists here—even calculating the Ninth Bureau’s reinforcements into their plan—all to use their vitality and life force to resurrect the Magatsu. In that case, the more people who died, the better. They could have easily executed the Ninth Bureau agents. Fear of offending the Ninth Bureau was out of the question; they had dared to sacrifice the entire population of Jinling to resurrect the Magatsu, which meant there was no turning back for them. The Ninth Bureau’s mandate was to protect Yanxia, and they would never yield on such matters. Ito Makoto and his group surely understood this.
If that were the case, why hadn’t they killed the agents when they pulled the flag? Chen Muye could only think of one possibility: the person who pulled the flag likely wasn't one of Ito Makoto’s people. But if it wasn't them, who could it be?
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