Chapter 1927

Before the fighters could land any attacks, Matthew bellowed, "Voodoo, do you want to know how I saw through your plan?"

Curiosity gnawed at Lord Voodoo's heart. He gazed at Matthew before waving his men down. "Trying to buy some time? Sure, I have a few minutes to spare."

He gloated, "So, tell me, how did you see through my plan? It's been more than a decade in the making. I have a lot of similar hideouts all over the nation just in case I needed to lay low. I knew something like this would happen, so I exposed that hideout to Gregory and Macon. I knew they'd lead my enemies to that hideout. Then, fake Voodoo would step in and get himself killed. Everyone would be fooled and I would get away scot-free. Or at least, that was the plan. It was supposed to be infallible, so how did you see through it?"

"Your fake Voodoo gave me all the clues I needed."

A frown creased Lord Voodoo's forehead. "Impossible. I hand-picked that man myself. He looked just like me. I've trained him for many years so he could play the perfect stand-in. He was my get-out-of-jail-free card. I even gave him half my soulbound, so everyone would think he was me. What's more, I made sure the poison destroyed his face. You couldn't have known he wasn't me. You didn't even see his face. You couldn't have."

"Did you really think your plan was perfect? You missed something important, Voodoo. Think long

the time was right. I've practiced that plenty of times since

sneered. "You said it yourself. Spent many years training the bait,

set the plan in motion seventeen long years ago. Enough

sneered. "Not

you mean?" Lord Voodoo froze

lot younger than you are now back when you left

mused over that statement, and his

knows that. You were in your prime during your departure from Orleans, so you've been making sure the fake Voodoo would look and act like you in your prime. However, you missed one thing. You've grown old and wrinkly, and yet the fake Voodoo looked like a man who was in his

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