The Night Rakshasa already knew where General Hua was. Their priority now was not to regroup with General Hua, but to retrieve the Healing Scroll.
Their priority was to heal General Hua's injuries. After all, the whole of Hawaii was filled with the sea monsters' spies. The humans also had the sea monsters' puppets. The slightest mistake could cost them General Hua's life!
"That's impossible … cough cough, cough cough!" Pang Lai suddenly woke up. He was in a rush to speak, but ended up coughing violently instead.
Song Feiyao quickly gave him a herb and asked him to keep it in his mouth.
Pang Lai finally stopped coughing after some time. However, it was obvious that he did not agree with the Night Rakshasa and Jiang Yu's judgment.
"Do you think Jiang Yu is overthinking it?" Mofan asked.
"Mm, he's overthinking it. As a matter of fact, every one of us received a Spiritual Cleansing before we set off. It was done by a Forbidden Mage. It can help us find those who are being controlled mentally. Even though the method isn't suitable for a large-scale investigation, it's very accurate for a team of a dozen people. No one in the team is being controlled by the Protoss Prophet, and no one is a puppet, "Pang Lai said confidently.
Mofan subconsciously looked at Apas when he saw Pang Lai's reaction.
Apas knew what Mo Fan was trying to ask. She said, "If it's a Forbidden Mage like you, it's possible to find out if it's a spell that's controlling the puppets. I can even find the puppets if you let me interrogate them."
Mofan was not familiar with Psychic Magic. If Apas was so sure about what Pang Lai said, what was the problem?
Pang Lai said there were no puppets.
But Jiang Yu was being cautious.
Was there something wrong with Pang Lai and Jiang Yu?
Mofan shook his head in disagreement.
It was unlikely that the two were suspicious. First, Jiang Yu's Night Rakshasa was the key to finding General Hua. If he was suspicious, he could simply find General Hua and pass the information to the sea monsters. There was no need for him to go through so much trouble.
Secondly, if something was wrong with Pang Lai's plan, he would have killed Yamata no Orochi. His acting was way too good. If Jiang Yu did not come back to save him, he would be dead for sure. Besides, Jiang Yu had purposely asked the Night Rakshasa to tell them the truth, implying that Jiang Yu trusted his master unconditionally. Under such circumstances, Pang Lai could just bring Jiang Yu and the Night Rakshasa here and tell the imperial army where General Hua was hiding. Everything would be over.
"Is there a puppet or not?" Mo Fan didn't know how to make a decision.
Song Feiyao glanced at Pang Lai and Mofan and asked, "Why are you so sure that there's a sea monster's puppet in the team?"
"Are you implying that Jiang Yu is overthinking it?" Mofan said.
"That disciple of mine, I've never seen him with a brain. Why is he messing around at a time like this? It's affecting the mood of the team. Luckily, he asked the Night Rakshasa to tell us the truth secretly. If he told us the truth, the whole team would fall apart. How are we supposed to save General Hua then?" Pang Lai snapped.
Pang Lai was no idiot. He was the chief of the team, after all. He had seen all kinds of schemes and tricks at his age.
The selection process for the Royal Mages was fairly strict. Every Royal Mage held an important position in the team, so it was unlikely that the Sea God's Prophet was controlling them.
Secondly, Pang Lai had already considered the possibility of the Sea God's Prophet's puppet in the team. As such, he had already performed a Spiritual Cleansing on the team before they set off.
It was unlikely that the Forbidden Mage was the culprit. If there were so many Forbidden Mages in the human team, they would have been devoured by the sea monsters long ago. They would not have been able to resist until now.
"Old Pang Lai, let's listen to Song Feiyao's opinion. After all, she's an outsider. She might have a clearer view of the situation than us," Mo Fan said to the stubborn Pang Lai.
Pang Lai nodded and fell silent.
Song Feiyao added, "Not everyone's heart is eternal. The team might not have a puppet under the control of the Sea God, but it doesn't necessarily mean the person can't collude with the sea monsters. Maybe it's fear, or the benefits, or something else. Even without the Sea God's Prophet's Prophet, his heart has already corrupted and betrayed the team."
Mo Fan and Pang Lai were stunned by the words. They were left speechless for a moment.
That's right, why did it have to be the Sea God's Prophet's Prophet's Prophet?
Perhaps the person had colluded with the sea monsters …
It was a lot more dangerous than a puppet!
After all, the puppet was relying on its memories to carry out its plan and disguise itself by leaking information about the humans to the sea monsters. However, the traitor had his own thoughts. Not only could he leak information about the humans to the sea monsters, he could also use the humans' thoughts to come up with a better plan to destroy the humans!
Pang Lai was left speechless for a long time.
His stubbornness had been defeated by this terrifying possibility!!
"Therefore, if I'm the person who has colluded with the sea monsters, my priority is to find General Hua through our rescue team and tell the sea monsters his location, so I can kill him in Hawaii. My secondary goal is to sabotage our rescue plan and prevent us from reuniting with General Hua, leaving him alone, "Song Feiyao said.
"So you're saying the glove wasn't a trap left behind by the sea monsters?" Pang Lai said.
"Mm, it must have belonged to General Hua, but General Hua wasn't there. It's possible that General Hua purposely left it there to confuse the sea monsters," Mo Fan said.
"When the traitor realized the Night Rakshasa only found General Hua's glove, he was disappointed in us, so he asked the sea monsters to surround the valley and eliminate our rescue team?" Pang Lai said.
Mo Fan believed the explanation was a lot more reasonable than suspecting Pang Lai and Jiang Yu was suspicious!
"Then … doesn't that mean they are under the sea monsters' control all the time? The Night Rakshasa, Jiang Yu …" Mo Fan suddenly said.
As the Night Rakshasa listened to their analysis, she seemed to have suddenly realized something. She rushed back without a care for anything else.
Jiang Yu and the others were in danger!
Even if they had escaped into the rainforest, as long as the traitor was still around, the sea monsters could easily find them!
The traitor no longer hoped to find General Hua through the people of the old palace, so he had changed his target to killing everyone!
"That idiot, that idiot, how could he let the Night Rakshasa leave his side, that idiot …" Pang Lai staggered to his feet. He cursed while wiping the tears from his eyes.
Jiang Yu only learned of the traitor's existence after he escaped into the rainforest.
He knew he was going to die soon.
However, he had asked the Night Rakshasa to bring Mo Fan and Pang Lai to General Hua alone …
But it was no different than leaving him with the sea monsters' army!
(End of the chapter)
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