Chapter 777: Section 565: Spy Shadow
Twin Eyes Island, City Lord’s Mansion, Interrogation Room.
“Shadow…” Tu Ji nodded slightly.
He knew of Shadow.
Before he arrived, he had been studying the reports from both Hun Tong and Shadow.
“Where is the person called Shadow now?” Tu Ji asked.
This time, before Hun Tong could answer, Tan Mo laughed and turned to look at Tu Ji, “He’s waiting just outside the door, Lord Tu Ji. If you wish to interrogate him, he can be called in at any time.”
Tu Ji frowned again.
Tan Mo seemed polite, but in reality, he was asserting his authority, telling him: Shadow is one of the empire’s spies; he should not move against him recklessly!
But Tu Ji still firmly ordered, “Call Shadow in.”
The door opened and then closed again.
The empire’s spy, Shadow, stood before Tu Ji and Tan Mo.
Tu Ji stared at him for a while, then coldly questioned, “Shadow, you have only a Bronze Level cultivation. But as I understand it, Yan Ding is also a member of the empire’s spies, and he is of the Golden Level.”
“Why is he not Shadow, not the person in charge of this area?”
“Why is it you instead?”
“If you’ve been set up to take the fall for Yan Ding, you can tell us now.”
“Rest assured, no one will be able to touch you since you are now a witness of the Blood Light Sanction Court!”
Shadow looked up, his face bitter with a smile, and shook his head, “Lord Tu Ji, I can very much understand your confusion.”
“But the truth is indeed as such.”
“I am the real Shadow, not a sacrificial lamb hastily put forth. Although Yan Ding is of the Golden Level, he still follows my commands.”
Tan Mo spoke up to support him, “Lord Tu Ji, this is Shadow’s record.”
“Honestly, I too had the same confusion as you.”
“But after looking at his record, I understood why the organization promoted him to be in charge of an entire region; there was reason behind it.”
“This is the internal information of our empire’s spies, you may take a look.”
“Sometimes, we have to admit, there indeed are people with exceptional talent who are just unlucky and lack the proper bloodline to reach a corresponding Transcendent Level!”
Tu Ji took the materials, quickly scanned them, and after a moment of silence, looked back at Shadow, “Then introduce yourself first.”
The young Shadow was solemn, “My real name is Yan Yi, and I am a member of the Multi-Eye family.”
“Once, I volunteered for the army to become a vanguard in the Holy Bright Empire’s conquest of the Wilderness Continent. In the end, I was inducted into the ranks of empire’s spies.”
“Eight years ago, I received an order from the organization to infiltrate the Purple Vine Chamber of Commerce.”
“Through my efforts, with a focus on promoting my relationship with the Island Master, I was successfully selected by the Purple Vine Chamber of Commerce to become the Stationed Officer of the Purple Vine Shop here, thus initially completing my infiltration mission.”
“After the reorganization of the Purple Vine Chamber of Commerce, I continued as the Stationed Officer, while in secret, I shouldered the mission of an empire’s spy—actively clearing all potential threats to provide a stable environment for the empire’s forces to advance and supply.”
“Three years ago, under my command, my subordinates infiltrated the Vinegar Pot pirate group. With this channel of intelligence, I discovered the close connection between the Vinegar Pot pirate group and the Blue-Green Coral Fishman Tribe, the latter has been planning to recapture Twin Eyes Island.”
“Lord Hun Tong has been trying to suppress this Fishman Tribe, and his goal aligns with my mission. We have a vast space for cooperation.”
“Therefore, I took the initiative to reveal my spy identity and devised a plan with Lord Hun Tong.”
“We pretended to be traitors, leaking information to the Vinegar Pot pirate group, causing them to precisely capture merchant ships time after time, enabling us to gain their trust.”
“After laying the foundation of trust, we would lure the pirate group and entangle the main force of the Blue-Green Fishman Tribe to land and attack. In this way, the Island Master would have the opportunity to wipe out the enemies in one fell swoop.”
Having said this, Tu Ji of the Blood Light Sanction Court interrupted, “It was reported that you found the first Undead Mage?”
“Why didn’t you first report to the empire, instead of taking action yourself to hunt them down?”
Tu Ji asked Yan Yi the same question Hun Tong had posed.
Yan Yi licked his dry lips and explained, “To be precise, it wasn’t me who found the Undead Mage first, but a Fishman called Thin Strap. This is detailed in the report.”
Tu Ji’s expressionlessly fixed his gaze on Yan Yi, “Report the whole matter again in detail.”
Yan Yi hurriedly nodded, “Of course.”
“At that time, Twin Eyes Island was alternately rising and falling, at the situational juncture of time.”
“This is when the defense on Twin Eyes Island is at its weakest, as the residents need to migrate and infrastructure must be rebuilt. The ecological changes will also trigger a Beast Tide.”
“Our speculation is that if the Vinegary Pirate Gang and the Blue-Green Coral Fishman Tribe want to take back Twin Eyes Island, they will most likely seize this opportunity.”
“The facts have proven this.”
“The Vinegary Pirate Gang, under the pretense of looting Twin Eyes Island, extorted us not only to provide a military layout map but also to act as an internal colluder, providing military cooperation during the operation.”
“To attract the Vinegary Pirate Gang and the main force of the Fishman Tribe to attack the island, we feigned weakness and pretended to cooperate with them.”
“Both parties reached a preliminary agreement, and unexpectedly, one of ours, Tie, discovered a thief. The thief’s name is Xu Ma, a member of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps. He stumbled upon the secret talks and heard about the secret cooperation between the two sides.”
“Of course, Tie wouldn’t let Xu Ma escape. He acted immediately, but this led to the appearance of an Undead Mage. As the intense battle unfolded, the battlefield shifted.”
“The Undead Mage cast Undead Magic, emerging victorious, but also thereby revealing his whereabouts.”
“Tie escaped wounded.”
“My people were almost wiped out, and a large amount of Devil’s Coin that was obtained as a down payment from Tie also vanished.”
“The appearance of the Undead Mage immediately caught the high attention of our side and Lord Hun Tong.”
“According to the laws of the Empire, we must report this intelligence immediately, but the actual situation doesn’t allow it.”
“If we report it, the commotion it causes would be too great, bound to alert the Fishman Tribe. If the Empire were to dispatch people to investigate, the Fishman’s intention to attack the island would undoubtedly be dispelled.”
“Lord Hun Tong and I had a fierce discussion and ultimately decided to take the risk. Mainly because the demonstrated strength of the Undead Mage hadn’t reached the Golden Level.”
“We conducted a large-scale manhunt, but initially found no trace of the Undead Mage. An Undead Mage confident enough to come to the island must have a certain level of hiding ability.”
“Tie was the first to discover the Undead Mage. He was hiding deep underground on Twin Eyes Island and was capable of commanding roots and vines to some extent.”
“Tie was unwilling to see the influence of the Undead Mage grow, so he sent out the message.”
“In the end, the Island Master personally killed the Undead Mage. We succeeded!”
Tu Ji remained silent.
Tan Mo glanced at Tu Ji and said to Yan Yi, “You guys have done a service in eliminating the Undead Mage. But the specific reward has to be accurately calculated after this investigation.”
Tu Ji snorted coldly, “Even if you have eliminated an Undead Mage, there were mistakes in the process. Although the merits outweigh the mistakes, there’s not much left. Don’t expect too much.”
He then asked, “So why did you deliberately let the second Undead Mage escape?”
“According to the Magic Image reported, during this chaotic battle, you and Hun Tong had multiple opportunities to take action, but in the end, you let the second Undead Mage escape from Twin Eyes Island.”
“Explain this to me, both of you.”
Island Master Hun Tong glanced at Yan Yi beside him and immediately said, “I decided to let the big fish go for the long haul on the advice of Shadow. That’s why I let the second Undead Mage leave the island.”
“In fact, I urged him after that to immediately take action and capture the second Undead Mage.”
“But Shadow messed this up.”
Tu Ji turned his gaze to Yan Yi.
Yan Yi’s face turned pale, and he broke into a cold sweat. After deliberating, he carefully began, “The second Undead Mage is one of the level seven elders of the Purple Vine Chamber of Commerce.”
“These two level seven elders suddenly emerged, but their identities have been verified.”
“While the Purple Vine Chamber of Commerce’s reorganization has been successful, there is still a part of its residual force hiding in the dark, unwilling to concede and waiting for an opportunity.”
“I suspect that these two level seven chamber elders belong to this residual force.”
“As the regional head of the Empire’s spies, I am most concerned that they will disrupt the order near Twin Eyes Island.”
“But the whereabouts of these two elders are mysterious and extremely difficult to track. On the other hand, I’m worried about startling the snake.”
“The two potions they put out in the market have been selling explosively. So, I used the Firestone Chamber of Commerce and others as a front, secretly spreading rumors to malign the reputation of the potions, hoping to provoke a retaliatory move from the Mages.”
“But they didn’t respond at all.”
“After the Beast Tide, the medicinal effects of these two potions became widely known, and sales were even hotter, and my provocation plan collapsed.”
“I was worried that these two elders would completely disappear, so I quickly designed a new plan.”
“At that time, the auction on Twin Eyes Island was about to take place. I boldly guessed that the reason these two Purple Vine elders suddenly visited the island and made a fortune by selling Magic Potions was very likely to attend the auction.”
“Therefore, on their way out of the Purple Vine Shop, I arranged for Ya Ma to provoke them.”
“Ya Ma successfully created friction and deliberately lost, handing over the carefully prepared auction invitation I had for them.”
“My thinking was that even if they weren’t planning to attend the auction, the invitation itself would be a strong enticement.”
“The facts proved that they were indeed there for the auction. They used the invitation to enter room number 21 and were lavish in their bids during the auction, overshadowing the Gold Level powerhouses, stealing the show.”
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