Chapter 206 The Real Killer 1 (1/2)

The soldiers surrounded the place securely. The high ranked officials had different expressions— the home faction was furious; Xiao Jin's faction was frowning with confusion on their faces; the Red Island Faction lead by Se Qi and the Northern Faction all had surprise on their faces. No one could believe it.

”Get him!” Lagos' face was twisted.

Xiao Jin frowned and stopped him. ”There's more to this. Black Phantom visited us in broad daylight, so there's no need for him to do such thing.”

”What if that's exactly what he made us think!” one of the chieftains of the Northern Faction said.

”Then why did he have to visit us? It would have been more discreet to assassinate him,” Xiao Jin said.

”Our guarding power is strong. He wanted to get in!” someone said.

”He's the killer, and you still want to find excuses for him‽” Lagos was emotional. He took out his gun and pointed it at Han Xiao. Se Qi, who was stood next to him, hurriedly stopped him.

”Calm down. There's no motive for Black Phantom to do this—”

”Motive‽” Lagos was enraged. He stared at Xiao Jin, clenched his teeth, and said, ”Is there no motive?”

Xiao Jin frowned and said, ”You're overthinking this.”

The Northern Faction and the Home Faction agreed they should first control Black Phantom, who was the most suspicious, then go on to find more clues. Se Qi felt that Black Phantom was too dangerous and suggested to question Han Xiao on the spot, but he was interrupted by Lagos, who believed that they could not trust anything Black Phantom said. Thus, they were unable to come to an agreement.

The soldiers surrounded Han Xiao. Many strong presences in the dark were locking onto him, and the high ranked officials also had their attention on Han Xiao even as they were discussing. They were ready to engage the moment Han Xiao did anything suspicious.

Han Xiao thought to himself, The result of framing me to take responsibility for the assassination is a conflict between Alumera and the Dark Net. Only a third party will benefit from it. Could this be the goal of the people behind all this? If I start a killing spree, it would also fall right into his trap. It was planned for me to be in such a situation where my actions are very restricted.

Han Xiao could kill his way out anytime, and he didn't care about making Alumera angry. However, if he did that, it would be falling into the trap of the people behind this. Escaping would mean admitting that he was the killer, and killing bred hatred. He also could not just let them capture him. It seemed like the plan made by the person behind this had worked.

I've only been here for one day, and they could make the assassination look like I did it. There has to be someone who's an expert in assassination that has been here for a long time, and my arrival had given them the opportunity.

Unless they could find the real killer, no matter how many things showed that Han Xiao had no motive to do it, he would still be the most suspicious person without any solid evidence to prove otherwise. After all, no one can truly know someone else unless they could read their mind; logical assumptions could not be taken as evidence.

”Wait, evidence—” Han Xiao had a flash of insight. It had not been long since Darryl was assassinated, so the crime scene had not been checked thoroughly yet. The killer might have left some clues.

This time, the discussion between the high ranked officials had come to an end. Lagos yelled, ”Black Phantom, disarm yourself and surrender!”

”If you didn't do it, we will investigate clearly,” Xiao Jin added.

Han Xiao smiled. ”You know that's impossible. How about you guys disarm yourselves?”

Neither party could trust the other. There was no way they would take the risk of disarming themselves; it was a problem that had no solution. However, Han Xiao had a thought. ”There's no point of continuing this argument. I can stay temporarily, and you can send people to monitor me the whole time. I will wait till you find the truth.”

Han Xiao was very curious about who was framing him.

”Well, that is one way to do it,” Se Qi said immediately. He did not wish for conflict.

Before Lagos said anything, someone in the crowd suddenly fired his gun. Han Xiao reacted quickly and activated the Magnetically-Controlled Retractable Armor. The bullet was deflected.

However, this had made the soldiers who were all in a highly nervous state lose their control, and they all fired at the same time.

”Fire!”

Conflict broke out in an instant!

”Someone fired deliberately!” Han Xiao's eyes became serious. The scene was chaotic, but he had seen the person who took the shot clearly. It was an ordinary soldier.

Bullets emerged from every direction, Han Xiao had no choice by to deal with those shots first. The enhanced Magnetically-Controlled Retractable Armor had an outstanding level of defense, so the bullets only made sparks on the armor and could not penetrate through.

Energy flowed through his body and went into a circular metal plate on his hand—the Compounded Magnetic Chain Split Blades were activated. Seven sharp blades flew out of the pockets and shot out like a storm. Many soldiers' gun muzzles were cut off, and they backed off in horror, bumping into other soldiers.

The firepower of the enemy started weakening. Just as Han Xiao was about to go for the soldier who took the first shot, the superhuman guards hidden in the dark acted.