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"3... 2... 1...

nYour time is up.

nSpeak. Who sent you?

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"It-it-it, I-I-I-I....

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nThe spy's mind went blank as he stammered in fear as he tried to suppress his shivers.

nA mighty wave of panic surged through him when he thought of his predicament.

nDammit!

nWhy wasn't he more careful back then?

nIn truth, it wasn't that he was weak or anything.

nBut those in this sector all had strong abilities.

nFor former top-grade assassins to too ranked pirates, royalty and so on... Their abilities were powerful.

nAnd so one had to be the best of the best if he ever dreamt of getting away with anything without getting caught.

nBack then, he ensured his gang leader that he wouldn't get caught.

nWhy?

nBecause he had been overconfident and too prideful.

nThe first time he got here, he was secretly approached by his real boss, who then sent him to join Eli's gang.

nSo no one had ever seen him associate or mingle with anyone else other than those from Eli's gang.

nBut that was the thing.

nEach gang had spies in them.

nEven Eli, who was pissed off and raving mad, had his own spies in all other gangs.

nAnd to make it safe, even if both spies were from the same gang, they wouldn't know each other.

nBecause he had been overly proud about deceiving Eli for so long, the bloodied spy overestimated his abilities, ending up in this state.

nAnd now, he would face the wrath of the Great King.

nBut what should he do?

nJust looking at all the leaders made him cry.

nThey were all throwing darts at him with their eyes, each one scarier than the next.

nAnd the person who made him tremble big time was Eli himself.

nNonetheless, deep down, he knew that he only had one option.

nF***!

nWhy did he get caught?

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"It-it-it, I-I-I-I...

nGreat King, I'm not a spy.

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"Oh?

nHahahhahaha!

nGood! Good!

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nEli laughed angrily, while the real culprit leader secretly let out a whiff of air from relief.

nFortunately, this bastard knew the consequences of betraying him.

nIn fact, Eli's question was a tricky one.

nBecause Eli hadn't promised protection, even if the spy confessed, he would still get brutalized.

nBut it wouldn't be so great since he had at least been honest.

nHowever, just because Eli would take it easy on him didn't mean that the person he betrayed would.

nThey would probably bully him for many years to come.

nAnd since all leaders now knew the spy's face, no one would want him in their gang after this because it would be a big sign that they were provoking Eli.

nSo the spy wouldn't be able to take refuge in any gang.

nAs for the matter of setting an innocent gang leader up, the spy didn't dare to claim that it was another gang who hired him.

nThe brutalization he would receive from the innocent gang would be far greater than what he might've received after betraying his real boss.

nSo in this situation, there was only one possible option that he could choose from.

nAnd that was to take the blame.

nOf course, he was scared the most of Eli's rage.

nBut he couldn't possibly carry the rage forever, right?

nThe spy was banking on the fact that Eli would grow tired of it all after a while.

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"Hahahahahaha.

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nEli, who was now standing up and clapping in rage, laughed angrily while acting as if he was going back to his seat before swiftly turning around and giving the spy a backward kick.

nBam.

nThe spy rolled away in pain and was stopped by the wall of men surrounding them.

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"Remember, I did give you a chance.

nBut you refused to take it.

nSo don't blame me for being ruthless!

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nLike Lightning, Eli moved fast, turning his hands into swords.

nSlash.

nThe spy convulsed in pain as he felt the sharpness of Eli's move penetrate him.

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nAnd coupled with his old wounds, everything gave him goosebumps.

nBut what shocked him the more was the fact that Eli's hands seemed to have torn his flesh.

nWhat was this?

nHow was this even possible?

nThe other gang leaders opened their eyes wide as countless thoughts passed through their brains.

nHow strong was the Great King?

nEveryone felt like they needed to rethink things if they ever wanted to defeat him.

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nSlash. Slash. Slash. Slash.

nEli looked at everyone and secretly smiled in satisfaction.

nHe already knew that the soy wouldn't speak up, so all this was to give everyone else a little warning.

nAs for who the spy belonged to, for him, it didn't matter because all gangs were in constant competition every single day.

nSo even if he knew, he would still have to pay attention to the other gangs.

nThat said, what happened was indeed an insult to him.

nSo all this was a lesson and warning for many.

nAfter this, the other spies in his gang would allow for a bit.

nWhich was just right.

nHe was doing all this to buy more time until his generals came out from the White room.

nOut of his 20 generals, 7 of them were in the White room.

nThat was almost half of them.

nEli looked at the bloodied spy and smiled cruelly.

nMany might think that it was his hands that tore the spy's flesh, but that was a lie.

nHe had a secret weapon, made from sharpening a tiny pebble.

nThe annoying thing was that ever since some idiots attempted to break out of the prison, each prisoner was now searched before they could go back to their cells.

nSo it was near impossible to carry anything back to one's cell.

nOf course, Eli wasn't here when the prison break incident occurred years back.

nBut he had heard about it from others.

nAnd it was because of that incident that several things changed, apparently.

nSo, with all this going on, he could only hide his sharpened stone somewhere outdoors here.

n.

nSlash. Slash. Slash.

nEli stopped and looked at the spy coldly.

nNow that the message had gone through, this should cool everyone's steam for a bit.

nWhat to take his throne?

nDream on!

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