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.”

the floor as he mumbled, “So

Even after so much trouble, no one else was found at

placed that corpse

had crafted a lie, Johnson had been bogged down with fear, swallowed with his worry that the killer behind the scenes would

fell to the floor. Even if he tried to give himself any excuses, Harold had no way

before he let out a laugh. “Elder Rick, do you

had disappeared from Elder Rick’s face. He narrowed his eyes slightly as he shot Jackie a cold glare as though warning

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.

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;

clean of any dirt and responsibility. It was as if all those

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