But just as Lin Mu had stepped out of the room, the voice of senior Xukong was heard in his head.

"Didn't you want to give them the things you have taken from the mayor's office?" Xukong questioned.

Lin Mu suddenly realized that he had forgotten about this in the situation and knew that he should do this before going. He thus turned around in that second, and the people inside the room witnessed this. Hei Bao had a confused expression as he saw him suddenly return.

"Did you need anything else?" Hei Wan questioned.

"Ah, yes. I forgot to give some things to you people." Lin Mu answered.

Hei Wan tilted her head in a questioning manner, as she then saw Lin Mu withdrew multiple items from his spatial treasure and placed them on the ground and the table.

There were scrolls, registers, ledgers, documents, and some random items in it. Though a shocked expression appeared on her face when she saw the golden shining bars in Lin Mu's hand.

But that wasn't the end of it as Lin Mu kept on withdrawing one golden bar after the other until finally, a small pile of around forty gold bars was formed on the table.

~Gasp~

"This… this…" Hei Bao stuttered upon seeing the pile of gold on the table.

"Where did you get this? Wait, is this all from the town head's office?" Hei Wan questioned upon identifying some of the missing things from the office.

Lin Mu nodded in response as he spoke.

"Yes, I got all of these from the town head's office. I thought they would have clues, and it didn't seem right to trust anyone else at that time, so I just kept them with me."

Hei Wan nodded as she understood his reasoning. Until now, they were not completely sure about the identities of the culprits, thus knew that it would be best to remain cautious.

"That's fine, you did well." Hei Wan replied as she kept on looking at the items.

one of the bars. He pointed at the engraving on it and showed it

this is?" Lin Mu questioned, feeling

instantly

gold bars which are issued by the kingdom to

suspicions within his mind were confirmed as he gritted his teeth and clenched his other hand. Faint traces of anger appeared in his eyes as his aura

noticed this change and knew that something had gone wrong. Hei Wan particularly felt the faint

wrong?" Hei Wan

took a deep breath and silently chanted the calming heart sutra to suppress the rage that was rising from within him. He knew that this was not the right time, and he needed

showed its effects and Lin Mu returned

problems. But the town head never did that here. The

Wan understood his words and knew what

of this

would just keep

matter was left up to him. He feared that he may end up doing something that he would perhaps come to regret later. Thus he decided that it would be better for him

Hei Bao's brows furrowed with confusion. He turned to Hei Wan and looked at her.

fine, is he?" Hei Bao

Wan shook her head

will be, I know it. Whatever he's dealing with right now, he needs to get through it himself. From the short time we have been acquainted, I've understood one thing, and that is

quickly and doesn't enter a dark place.

eyes went wide as

felt it too?!"

you mean the change in his aura?" Hei Bao

aura has indeed changed. Before only I could feel it because it was faint, but now that you can too. That just means that his killing

met him, though. He only changed after he met the town head and killed him." Hei

just means that I need to investigate this matter even more closely. After all, I've given him my word."

Bao then went silent for a bit and rubbed his chin, before

the lord will be fine with such a large expense? Just the sheer quantity of weapons in that list is troubling, not to mention that some of them will have to be custom made."

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