Xiao Chen has been busy since this afternoon. Under Guo Qian's encouragement, he was quickly appointed as a member of the Imperial Assassin Incident Emergency Committee. Accompanying him to deal with the matter was Metatron, who hurried back to the city.
They went to check on Chang Lin's "corpse", which was more like a pile of ashes than a corpse. This man, who had gradually gained considerable power in the committee since he traveled through time, and had repeatedly stirred up waves within their group, ended his life simply like this, without even having to cremate him.
Xiao Chen looked at his ashes and realized that if Chang Lin was really arrested, perhaps a battle with him would just begin. With his allies in the committee and the preparations he had made in advance, it would not be easy to convict and sentence him. Perhaps by then, Hewan New City would stage a series of reversals, and even tear apart the entire team of travelers. Perhaps Chang Lin himself did not have that kind of power, but those who were connected to him for various reasons might have supported him openly or secretly because of past cooperation, similar positions, or even a feeling of grief for the loss of the rabbit.
And all these possible subsequent troubles were wrapped up in the flames by Peng Ziyi and burned away completely.
Similarly, Peng Ziyi did not leave himself behind and became the focus of criticism. His counterattack of mutual destruction and the ending of once and for all made it impossible for those who wanted to counterattack to find their target.
From this perspective, he sacrificed himself and solved many problems for those who came after him.
"It burned so thoroughly. I'm afraid the soul would be burned out as well," Mei said.
"I have investigated and there is no way to find any trace of the soul. Otherwise, I might be able to find some information by using soul interpretation." Xiao Chen said.
"Do you think so much information is really a good thing? By then, there will be more than one person to investigate and record the contents, right? Maybe some people will give different interpretations?" Mei said.
"Yeah."
"So maybe you should thank Peng Ziyi."
Xiao Chen snorted without comment, but he felt more and more that Peng Ziyi had done all these things on purpose.
After they inspected the conference center, Xiao Chen became more certain of this.
He discovered a secret that chilled his heart but could never tell anyone. Several committee members were burned to death at the scene, but with the keen perception of the great magician Xiao Chen, he found that the committee members who were burned to death at the scene died from two different magical flames, one of which was naturally from the imperial black guard mage Oni, and the other was exactly the same as the residual fluctuations left by Chang Lin. These people were all Chang Lin's allies, both openly and secretly.
It is obvious who killed these people. On the other hand, this also shows that the killing of the imperialists is targeted. If the survivors are all members of Chang Lin's faction, there is no doubt that the new committee will not be able to maintain the original balance, and even cannot continue the usual route. The subsequent work will fall into a quagmire.
At this time, Xiao Chen finally understood that the wrong thing that Peng Ziyi said was not only killing Chang Lin, but also killing many more people. The revenge he mentioned was not only revenge on Chang Lin, but also destroying the power of their faction.
He looked up at Mei, only to see her looking thoughtfully at the charred bodies.
Seeing Xiao Chen's nervous expression, she said, "There are still residual fire magic fluctuations here. I think we should use magic to clear it up. Otherwise, it will affect your soul reading magic."
Without waiting for Xiao Chen to answer, a circle of light burst out from Mei's hand. After sweeping across the entire room, the different fluctuations just now suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Seeing Xiao Chen staring at her blankly, Mei said, "I don't know if what he did at the time was right or not. But if you don't do it now, it will definitely be wrong."
Xiao Chen was silent for a while, then said, "You're right. I would never do the same as him, but I also don't want to let him down for what he has endured."
Mei said: "What people do has a lot to do with the timing. Saying something like this with too much confidence will make you look immature."
Xiao Chen didn't want to continue this topic, and said: "Eight members of the committee were killed, seven special agents of the intelligence department, and nine people were injured, most of them were seriously injured. I can hardly imagine what the consequences would be if such news spread. It is almost the same as the defeat at Hei Muguan."
"Aren't you Chinese very good at looking at things from both sides? I think this is an opportunity. It's time to renew the committee," said Mei.
"You mean..."
Mei raised her eyebrows and said, "We, the outsiders, have always had a question that we don't quite understand. In this world where strength is respected, why are you controlled by a group of old men and women with no strength? And you, who are very talented and powerful, are relegated to being deputies, or even not members of the committee at all."
Xiao Chen explained: "These people are in these positions. It is a system left over from our world. No matter what, it stabilized the situation in the early days and it has been running well until now.
I always think that the level of martial arts is not the factor to judge whether a person is suitable for leadership. How to handle things and how to lead everyone forward are the key. Just like in this world, the king or the city lord is not necessarily a person with strong strength. "
"But if there were a group of strong people leading this organization, stupid things like today wouldn't have happened. Have you ever imagined sending a few high-ranking officials to assassinate Emperor Alfred? No one has ever thought of that, because that would be suicide." Mei refuted with an example. "If you were holding this meeting here today, would the four imperial assassins have any chance? I guess they wouldn't even have a chance to open the box. But it was your previous choices that made the head of your organization so fragile that it could collapse at any moment."
"It will collapse at the first touch..." Xiao Chen fell into deep thought as he watched the bodies being carried out by the staff.
Mei was not ready to let him go. "Besides, isn't there anyone who has both military power and leadership? Are you, Luo Ling, or Mao Kai not good at handling problems? Or are masters like me, Gabriel, and Anar not qualified to discuss issues
Do you still remember who the enemy you will face in the end? Do you think it is really appropriate to let those ordinary people who will die at the touch lead this team? Is this responsible or irresponsible to everyone? "
"This..." Xiao Chen had to admit that what Mei said made sense.
"Or are you happy to take over their jobs after they collapse like today?" (To be continued)