CHAPTER 2353: CHAPTER 2353: IT REALLY IS HIM!

Now that things have gone wrong, the people behind them would naturally prioritize protecting themselves.

Since only Three had seen him, then Three naturally cannot be allowed to live!

"Was he... silenced?"

"Stop spouting nonsense."

Lin Baizhong cast a sidelong glance at the guard.

"It’s just a speculation. Go investigate immediately," he ordered.

"Yes, I’ll go right now."

The guard responded and turned away, heading to the place where the items they had retrieved from the corpse were stored earlier.

...

Soon, the guard returned, staring blankly at the mangled corpse.

"It really is him. It truly is him!"

Initially, he hadn’t fully believed it, but once he placed those items in front of the boss and the others, they instantly recognized that they belonged to Three.

When the boss and others found out that the very person, Three, who had saved them died like this, they cried on the spot.

But as for the guard, he could hardly believe it—after searching day and night for the man, he had ended up killed!

And to make it worse, his body was brazenly dumped in broad daylight on the streets, where countless citizens saw it and pointed fingers.

It was utterly despicable!

"Who could commit such a vile act? Could it really be..."

He couldn’t bear to imagine—if this was truly as the commander had predicted and Lu Tianfeng was behind all of these events—how dark and twisted Lu Tianfeng’s heart must be.

"Commander, are we really just going to sit back and watch as he runs amok in the city?" he asked.

If it were up to him, he’d march straight into Lu Tianfeng’s residence and seize him directly; why bother with all these convoluted schemes?

So many people have already died—why keep treating him so courteously?!

"That man has treasures aplenty; capturing him directly—how could it be done?" Lin Baizhong countered.

Besides, they also desired the items in Lu Tianfeng’s possession. Destroying them as much as possible was the ultimate goal they sought to achieve.

If they merely killed Lu Tianfeng but left those items intact, it wouldn’t count as thoroughly dismantling his power.

"Spread rumors secretly about the identity of this corpse. Tell the public this is the fate that awaits anyone who harms Sky City!" Lin Baizhong instructed the guard.

"Understood, Commander."

The guard complied and left.

"Lu Tianfeng, you truly dare to challenge the authority of Sky City!"

Once the mortuary was empty, Lin Baizhong gazed at the corpse and spoke coldly.

The very act of Lu Tianfeng publicly dumping this corpse was clearly a deliberate attempt to create turmoil in the city, wasn’t it? Was he hoping to seize the opportunity in the chaos to do something?

And what could that something be?

...

Soon, whispers began to leak from the Commander’s residence.

The citizens on the streets quickly learned that the corpse belonged to the sole fugitive among the alchemist killers.

The public wasn’t aware that someone else was pulling the strings behind the five men. They simply believed that a mysterious figure had grown disgusted with the five men’s behavior and acted out of righteousness to kill the one fugitive who hadn’t been caught.

In no time, the citizens clapped and cheered, painting the killer of Three as a veritable savior and spreading tales of his heroism far and wide!

"Have you heard? That corpse belonged to the fugitive killer who wasn’t caught."

"Of course! Someone must’ve been fed up with their wicked deeds and stepped in to dispense justice!"