Fox Demon: Heaven rewards diligence; I will eventually achieve divine mastery of martial arts.

Seryu sighed, feeling utterly useless. Such a good opportunity, yet because of her recklessness, the biggest criminal might still go unpunished.

Seryu sighed repeatedly whenever she thought of this.

Little Bi stuck out his little tongue and licked Seryu's face.

Seryu, meanwhile, slowly fell asleep under the gentle licking of Little Bee.

She didn't know how much time had passed when Seryu suddenly woke up. She looked out the window and saw that the sky had darkened. A few faint stars shone into her room.

It was already late at night.

Just then, Seryu heard an extremely faint sound.

"...When will we make a move against Europa..."

"...It'll be a few more days. Something happened today, and it seems like Euca went to deal with it..."

"...It's too slow. If it still doesn't work, the higher-ups will be dissatisfied..."

"...Are the revolutionary army in such a hurry? Assassinations also require an opportunity..."

Seryu's eyes widened immediately upon hearing this.

Someone was plotting to murder his master right in front of his room?

This time, however, Seryu didn't act rashly. Instead, she quietly crept to the wall, pressed her ear against it, and listened carefully to their conversation.

This time, when he pressed himself against the wall, Seryu could hear him even more clearly.

"Did Europa go there again tonight?"

"Yes, I have found out his whereabouts over the past few days. However, this afternoon, because his apprentice Seryu destroyed one of his partner's hideouts, Oka went to that oil merchant's place early this afternoon."

Why did his apprentice destroy the enemy's hideout?

The voice became somewhat surprised.

At this moment, Seryu's eyes widened.

However, if someone could see both the scene inside and outside the room at the same time, they would find that there was no one outside Seryu's room, and the sound seemed to come from the wind, which was extremely eerie.

"It seems to be Ouka. He never said anything like that to his apprentice. Moreover, that girl is just a bargaining chip in Ouka's eyes, after all, she is also a Teigu user."

"Teigu users? We should pay close attention; our Revolutionary Army desperately needs this kind of power."

"Hmph, I know what you guys are like. Don't worry, I'm already keeping an eye on things. Seryu's room is right next door."

"Won't our conversation be overheard by the other party?"

“It’s alright. I’ve already inquired. Oka has been put in solitary confinement for desertion. There will be no one in her room for seven days, which means it’s safe here. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have chosen this place for our conversation.”

"Alright, alright, then I'm relieved. You continue to monitor Oka. In a few days, I'll send an assassin to kill Oka."

After saying this, there was no sound at all, and Seryu was filled with shock.

Because she heard that someone actually wanted to assassinate her master?

Moreover, it seems that this assassination was not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but rather a premeditated plan.

But what struck her as odd was that she learned from the other party that his mentor, Ouka, actually had a so-called business partner.

Moreover, that partner happened to be the owner of the hideout she had sabotaged that afternoon.

How can this be?

Seryu immediately felt that the two people were lying to her during their conversation.

However, subsequent conversations revealed that they believed he was on guard duty and were completely unaware that he was actually already in the room.

In other words, they don't actually need to deceive themselves.

Does that mean that everything they said before was true?

Seryu's heart began to waver.

She was eager to ask her master, Ouka, for advice.

At the same time, she also wanted to convey to her master, Oka, that someone wanted to assassinate him.

Seryu listened to the wall for a while longer, and when she found no sound, she quietly led Kobi out the door.

This time, she didn't rush to leave. Instead, she waited until she found that there was no one around before leaving the camp under the cover of night.

However, after leaving the camp, Seryu felt somewhat lost.

Because for a moment she didn't know where to look for Euca.

In a daze, she recalled the conversation between the two who had tried to murder Oka.

"That oil merchant..."

Seryu murmured to herself, even though she didn't want to believe what others were saying was true, but a demon seemed to be urging her to go back to those places to check.

After calming down for a long time, Seryu still couldn't suppress the whisper in her heart.

So she decided to verify it, hoping that this would allow her to know for sure whether the other person was telling the truth or lying.

Seryu found her way into the wealthy district and, relying on her memory of the list from that afternoon, traversed the city.

She soon approached her destination.

Instead of rushing out the door, she climbed over the courtyard wall.

As soon as she landed, she noticed two guards, one tall and one thin, patrolling in her direction.

Startled, she quickly hugged Xiao Bi tightly and hid in the bushes nearby.

However, when the guards approached, she realized that they were not patrolling seriously at all, but were complaining to each other.

The guard looked distressed.

"Tell me, that captain of the Imperial Capital Garrison actually said there was a traitor among us. Which one of us isn't making a fortune under the boss? Why would we betray him?"

"Sigh, just bear with it. Who told them to have so much power? As long as neither of us has anything to hide, it'll be fine."

The short guard also looked helpless.

"Honestly, I don't know what the boss believed in him. Even though he said all of us who started from scratch together were dragged into the interrogation room for questioning..."

The two guards, one tall and one short, quickly walked away, while Seryu stood there, stunned.

She hadn't expected that Oka would actually be here.

Moreover, according to the guard, Oka was actually helping that evil oil merchant find a traitor?

In an instant, Seryu felt a slight crack appear in her impression of Eucharista.

She shook her head. She still didn't quite believe what the guards said. She wanted to see for herself whether Oka was really as they claimed.

After Seryu continued to venture deeper and evaded several groups of guards, she finally heard a faint sound coming from the air.

That was the sound of a person screaming in agony.

Seryu's heart skipped a beat; she knew she was getting close to the interrogation room.

After dodging several guards, she finally made her way to the interrogation room in a corner of the courtyard.

Pressed against the corner of the wall, she finally heard the voices coming from inside the interrogation room.

"Tell me, are you a traitor or not? Who are you trying to tell this information to?"

The angry voice, like a thunderous roar, shook the entire interrogation room.

Meanwhile, from the other side came screams of agony and the crack of whips lashing through the air.

At this moment, Seryu's mind was in complete turmoil, because she recognized her master Ouka's voice as his angry voice.

She was momentarily at a loss, and the image of her master as a bright and noble figure crumbled in her mind.

But as if she didn't believe in superstition, she wanted to see inside to see if the person being interrogated was indeed her master, Ouka.

She found an opportunity and slowly walked to the towering window of the interrogation room.

Then, with a sudden burst of force from his feet, he leaped into the air.

Through the bars of the towering windows, she could immediately see what the interrogation room looked like.

Her pupils suddenly contracted. (End of Chapter)