At this mont, Marshal Zhao's mood was very complicated.
He recalled that a few days ago, this young man in front of him calmly stated that he would deal with the traitors within the military.
At that ti, Marshal Zhao had no idea of the seriousness of the problem.
He even thought this young man was a bit overconfident.
As a result, in just a few days,
the entire Imperial Capital saw five or six hundred people die.
This storm of slaughter showed no signs of stopping.
The entire Central Military Departnt was in chaos, with everyone fearing for their lives.
There was no other way; Marshal Zhao could only rush back from the border ahead of schedule to personally take charge of the situation.
Zhou Huai, controlling Gandalf, calmly t the old man's bloodshot eyes.
He nodded slightly.
"That's right, I did it."
Marshal Zhao's fist suddenly clenched under the table.
His knuckles cracked audibly from the excessive force.
Zhou Huai's voice was utterly calm, as if stating a trivial matter.
"Leaving aside the two hundred forty-three mbers of the Liu family,
the majority of the remaining three hundred-plus people had secretly sided with the Sakura Country."
"There were complex benefit transfers between them and the Sakura Country."
He paused, then dropped a bombshell.
"Another fifty-plus people were spies secretly lurking in my Great Xia Country for many years, sent by the Sakura Country."
"The highest-ranking among them was already the Deputy Chief of Staff of the 42nd Group Army."
Marshal Zhao's eyelids twitched violently.
He spoke hoarsely, his voice filled with suppressed rage.
"You say they are spies, and they are spies?"
"Our military's intelligence System has investigated these people for so many years and found no clues whatsoever."
"How can you?"
A confident smile finally appeared on Zhou Huai's face.
He bowed slightly to the old man, his tone respectful.
"Marshal Zhao, I naturally have my thods."
As his words fell, he raised his hand.
An ancient Storage Ring shimred on his fingertip.
The next second, a thick stack of Materials, enough to crush soone, appeared out of thin air.
"Bang!"
The stack of Materials was slamd heavily onto the office desk in front of Marshal Zhao, emitting a dull thud.
"These were all found in their hos. Evidence of their collusion with the Sakura Country."
"You can personally send people to investigate their authenticity."
Marshal Zhao stared blankly at the small mountain of incriminating evidence on the table.
For a mont, he was speechless.
He reached out, his movents sowhat stiff, and picked up the top docunt.
The paper was heavy.
So heavy it made him feel breathless.
He opened the docunt, and the shocking nas, the dirty transaction records, one by one, pierced his heart like the sharpest daggers.
The office fell into a deathly silence.
Only the old man's increasingly heavy breathing remained.
After a long while, he slowly put down the docunt in his hand and looked up.
His deep tiger eyes held an unresolvable weariness and heartache.
"Even so, you shouldn't have done this."
"With so many people dead, the entire Great Xia Country has beco fearful."
"Even if you want to deal with people, it should be done step by step!"
"Not like this..."
Marshal Zhao's words were cut short by Gandalf raising a hand.
"Marshal Zhao!"
Zhou Huai's voice was not loud, but it was exceptionally firm.
"I know what I did was reckless and extre."
"But I had no choice but to do it."
"Because I'm running out of ti."
Marshal Zhao's expression froze.
"What do you an, running out of ti?"
A bitter smile appeared on Zhou Huai's face.
That smile carried an indescribable weariness.
"To be frank with you,"
"my main body has encountered so problems."
"I won't live much longer."
"What?"
Marshal Zhao frowned deeply.
This statent was nothing short of a thunderbolt for the old Marshal Zhao.
He had just seen the future hope of the Great Xia Country in Gandalf.
Yet, the other party told him he wouldn't live long.
"What exactly happened?"
Zhou Huai, controlling Gandalf, spoke calmly.
"I'm very sorry, Marshal Zhao, but I cannot tell you the specific details."
"In short, the only thing that can save right now is the Divine Artifact, the pendulum of life."
At this point, Zhou Huai sighed.
"I originally thought Principal Lin Zhu could safely bring the pendulum of life back."
"But unexpectedly, not only was the pendulum of life stolen, but Principal Lin Zhu also paid with her life for it."
"So I must retrieve the pendulum of life."
Zhou Huai's voice was not loud, but it resonated with conviction.
This was not only for his own survival.
It was also to seek justice for that respectable old woman.
Marshal Zhao fell into a long silence upon hearing this.
In the office, only his increasingly heavy breathing remained.
After a long ti, he pulled a cigarette from his pocket, lit it with sowhat stiff movents, and took a deep drag.
The swirling smoke blurred his weary face.
"Regarding the pendulum of life, the military has also received news."
"According to intelligence sent back by our spies in the Sakura Country, the pendulum of life has indeed fallen into the hands of the Sakura Country."
"It won't be long before they might use the pendulum of life to resurrect their forr SSS-Class Professional."
Marshal Zhao extinguished the cigarette in his hand.
"Now that the pendulum of life is in the hands of the Sakura Country, they regard it as a national treasure and store it within the most heavily guarded Ise Grand Shrine."
"Not only is it protected by the Sakura Country's top Yin and Yang Master barriers, but their two SS-Class Professionals are also stationed °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° there year-round."
"At this point, trying to snatch it back from them is as difficult as ascending to heaven!"
The old man's voice was filled with a deep sense of powerlessness.
"Even if we launch a national war, the chances of success are almost nil."
"The Sakura Country is ambitious, and neighboring countries have long been eyeing our Great Xia, like tigers watching their prey. Once war breaks out, we will surely fall into a state of being besieged on all sides."
"At that ti, let alone retrieving the Divine Artifact, the entire Great Xia Country might be dood forever!"
This was an overt plot.
The Sakura Country intended to use this Divine Artifact to force the Great Xia Country to make a choice.
Either watch them resurrect 'Amaterasu' and then wait for death,
or launch a national war destined to fail, leading to premature destruction.
No matter the choice, it was a dead end.
However, at this mont, Zhou Huai calmly spoke again.
"There's no need to launch a national war."
Marshal Zhao looked up, his gaze questioning.
Zhou Huai, controlling Gandalf, pointed to himself.
"I'll go alone and retrieve the pendulum of life."
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