Harold, already crumbling in chaos at that moment, frantically tried to find an excuse for himself, but Elder Baggin had interjected favonovel.com with a deep frown and a sharp stare. “Shut up right now! Since Jack is this strong, then all questions have been answered. There’s no black-clothed man, and you were threatened at all. If Jack hadn’t surprised us with his strength, your plan would’ve gone perfectly. Jack would’ve died on Holy Cloud Mountain, and you’d rid yourself of a source of hatred. Since you weren’t by Jack’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 Jack, and your plan failed horrendously. Jack, did you deliberately place the corpse where people would pass by?”
Jack 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 favonovel.com at all.”
Johnson collapsed on the floor as favonovel.com mumbled, “So there really wasn’t anyone else…”
That question had plagued Johnson for a long time. Michael’s death had been far too strange. Even after so much trouble, no one else was found at Holy Cloud Mountain at all, so who had harmed Michael?
Who placed that corpse there?
Even though they had crafted a lie, Johnson had been bogged down with fear, swallowed with his worry that the killer behind the scenes would pop up and overturn all of their lies.
Jack let go of his right hand, and the pale faced Harold fell to the floor. Even if favonovel.com tried to give himself any excuses, Harold had no way of saving his skin anymore.
Jack turned to look at Elder Rick before favonovel.com let out a laugh. “Elder Rick, do you have anything else to say? Do you want to find more evidence to defend them?”
The calm smile had disappeared from Elder Rick’s face. He narrowed his eyes slightly as favonovel.com shot Jack a cold glare as though warning him.
Jack, however, could careless.
Elder Rick might be an elder, but it was precisely because of that that Elder Rick would not be able to act against Jack easily. As long as Jack managed to get to a high-enough position, Elder Rick would not be able to cause favonovel.com too much trouble.
Elder Rick 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 believed them too easily.”
In just a few words, Elder Rick had wiped his hands clean of any dirt and responsibility. It was as if all those insulting words were only said by favonovel.com because someone else had fooled him.
Jack’s lips twitched when favonovel.com heard all of that. Even favonovel.com had to be somewhat impressed by Elder Rick’s silver tongue.
Harold abruptly looked up at Elder Rick, but Elder Rick was already intent on clearing his own name and turned away completely, no longer looking at Harold at all. Harold’s entire body froze as favonovel.com realized favonovel.com was done for. He had wanted to beg Elder Rick to say something for them at that moment, but favonovel.com understood that someone like Elder Rick would avoid anything that would implicate himself at all costs.
“Alright. With things as they are, everyone already knows that there’s no black-clothed man,” concluded Elder Baggin coldly. “Michael died by Jack’s hand, so there’s nothing else to say. The culprit is Harold with Johnson as his accomplice. Both of you won’t be able to escape your punishment anymore. Men, lock them both up!”
