Chapter 854: Success
“I don’t need to impress you upon the value of the intel you received, so I’m just going to ask you this: why did you act on your own instead of reporting this to me or the chief at first notice, Ding Shengshui?”
At the Dragonmount Manor, Xin Meiqing was questioning Ding Shengshui with an icy look in her eyes.
“I’m sorry, Vice Chief Xin. I can only beg for your forgiveness,” Ding Shengshui replied while cold sweat poured profusely down his forehead.
Xin Mieqing wasn’t yelling in anger, and her tone was remarkably steady considering the issue they were discussing. However, Ding Shengshui felt as cold as a prisoner with a guillotine hanging above his neck, afraid of drawing even a large breath.
Xin Mieqing might be a young woman, but she was the Dragonmount Duke’s chief disciple. Not only was she powerful beyond measure, she was as heartless and cruel as her name implied. She was the Dragonmount Duke’s right hand, and the things she did to expand her master’s influence and exterminate those who opposed them could only be described as tyrannical. There was nothing she wouldn’t do; no one she wouldn’t kill in order to achieve her goals. The number of people she had directly killed was countless, and the people she indirectly killed even more so. As a result, she wasn’t just feared by the enemies of the Seventy Two Water Land Alliance, she was feared by her own men as well, so much so that they called her the “Heartless One” behind her back.
Besides that, Xin Mieqing was the vice chief of the Seventy Two Water Land Alliance. He might be a Trueman and a Hallmaster, but Xin Meiqing, second only to the Dragonmount Duke himself in terms of authority, could snuff him out easier than an ant if she really wanted to.
“I did wonder if I should report this as soon as I received the intel, but I was worried that the killer would be gone if I did not mobilize immediately, and because… I was greedy. I understand that I had unwittingly allowed the killer to escape and even cause a mess in Dragonmount City, and I understand that my sins are grave. All I ask is that you give me another chance.”
“If you would allow me to redeem myself, I promise that I will do everything in my power to capture the true killer!”
“And how are you going to capture him, exactly?” Xin Mieqing asked.