Chapter 2616


Harold, already crumbling in chaos at that moment, frantically tried to find an excuse for himself, but Elder Baggin had interjected him with a deep frown and a sharp stare. “Shut up right now! Since Jackie is this strong, then all questions have been answered. There’s no black-clothed man, and you were not threatened at all. If Jackie hadn’t surprised us with his strength, your plan would’ve gone perfectly.

“Jackie would’ve died on Holy Cloud Mountain, and you’d rid yourself of a source of hatred. Since you weren’t by Jackie’s side at the time, the higher-ups wouldn’t be suspicious of you at all!

“It’s just your poor luck that the assassin you sent was no match for Jackie, and your plan failed horrendously. Jackie, did you deliberately place the corpse where people would pass by?”

Jackie nodded. “If I had just spoken the truth, no one would have believed me. It was better if I put the corpse in front of everyone and had Elder Eliot investigate.

“I was sure that Harold thought his plan was flawless, that it wouldn’t be traced back to him at all.”

on the floor as he mumbled, “So there

too strange. Even after so much trouble, no one else

that

bogged down with fear, swallowed with his worry that the killer

the pale faced Harold fell to the floor. Even

laugh. “Elder Rick, do you

face. He narrowed his eyes slightly as he

care less. Elder Rick might be an elder, but it was precisely because of that that Elder Rick would not be able to act against Jackie easily. As long as Jackie managed to get to a high-enough position, Elder Rick would not be able to cause him too

suddenly chuckled. “So that’s how things were. I can’t believe I was actually fooled by the two of them. They seemed so sincere, so I had thought that everything was true. Alas, I was too naive; I

Rick had wiped his hands clean of any dirt and responsibility. It was as if all

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