Full-Time Public Enemy

So, it would have been simpler to just kill him on the road.

What, you speak of the sanctity of life? Cough, we are all subjects of the royal family, and should the royals dictate your death, what grounds do you have for resentment or defiance?

As for Tanbudo’s purpose in infiltrating the shrine, it was truly as simple and shallow as Sadek had described, so much so that Chen Gu doubted his intelligence. Moreover, he couldn’t understand how a guy like that could have awakened spiritual power.

Chen Gu shook his hand. "Let’s go, let’s find the other two."

If Chen Gu had gleaned any useful insight from the contents of Tanbudo’s filthy, long-skulled head, it was that the other two royals in the shrine, Rayleigh Augustine and Michel Augustine, were likely problematic.

Tanbudo thought so solely because these two individuals showed restraint everywhere within the shrine. In his memory, he believed it was his ’formidable might’ that prevented them from daring to provoke him.

But from Tanbudo’s memories, Chen Gu saw that these two royals seemed to intentionally or unintentionally push General Manager Joe Igor and Tanbudo to the forefront, while they themselves remained hidden behind the scenes.

Before leaving, Chen Gu had destroyed Tanbudo’s spiritual power. When Tanbudo woke tomorrow, he wouldn’t feel anything amiss but would gradually discover his spiritual power weakening, eventually becoming a normal long-header.

Once Chen Gu sorted out the affairs at the shrine, Tanbudo would lose all his holy positions there.

Without spiritual abilities, without a high-ranking priestly status, the fool would certainly be ostracized by the other royals to the fringes of the city-state, ultimately dying a desolate death in his later years.

The fancy pleasures of men and women would bid him farewell forever.

Chen Gu also knew the residences of Rayleigh Augustine and Michel Augustine, which were very far from Tanbudo’s. Tanbudo’s residence appeared central within the inner castle, a location signifying status! However, in the eyes of the special action team veterans, Tanbudo’s residence was conspicuously located and poorly defensible.

It was like a target deliberately presented by the inner castle to attract invaders’ attention.

Conversely, the residences of the two royals, Lyle and Michel (one male, one female), appeared to be on the outskirts of the inner castle. However, they were actually situated behind the highest and sturdiest sections of the ramparts. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Lofty watchtowers on the ramparts offered high vantage points for vigilance and cover. Nearby archways provided escape routes, making these truly safer abodes.

Chen Gu, leading the others, still easily dodged the teams of patrolling soldiers at night and entered Lyle’s courtyard.

To everyone’s surprise, Lyle was still awake at such a late hour, and there were guests in the inner quarters.

The vast estate was shrouded by three layers of faint spiritual power—what the long-header spiritualists called their ’domain’.

They believed that once this ’domain’ was established, nothing could escape their spiritual perception, and all battles would proceed under their control.

One of them is Lyle, who are the other two? Chen Gu speculated inwardly as he led his subordinates unimpeded into the so-called ’domain’.

Such use of spiritual power at this level appeared to him as merely ’rudimentary’.

"Hasn’t Tanbudo prearranged some extreme measures?"

"Has that fool gotten smarter?"

"No. As far as I know, he spent a fortune, yet inflicted no harm on the Prophet. The Prophet already performed miracles today; the measures Tanbudo arranged couldn’t possibly hurt him."

Chen Gu recognized two of the voices: one was Lyle’s, and the other Michel’s, but the third was unfamiliar.

"Tanbudo, that worthless pawn, was placed by us in the open; he doesn’t even realize he’s being manipulated, so we shouldn’t expect any clever schemes from him," said the third voice. "Now that we can confirm the Prophet is genuine, we should initiate Plan No. 2, as instructed."