“We just want a peaceful life, but Biyuan wants everything. Tell me, if Biyuan asked you to kill someone you don’t even know, would you do it?”

Zhang Ze shook his head, his head down, seemingly lost in thought.

I released him and said, "I can let you go back to Biyuan because you have never killed anyone, and I am not someone who kills innocent people indiscriminately, but you have to agree to one condition."

Zhang Ze looked at me with surprise and fear, "Really?"

I said, "If you agree to my conditions, I can let you go back."

"W-what conditions?"

I said, "To be my mole, I want you to tell me everything that happens in Biyuan in the coming days. If you agree, I will let you go; if you don't, I will kill you."

"I..." Zhang Ze's face showed hesitation and inner conflict.

My gun was pressed against his head again.

Startled, Zhang Ze blurted out, "I promise you!"

I said, "Are you sure?"

Zhang Ze nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, I'm sure, but I have a condition."

"you say."

Zhang Ze swallowed hard and said, "If—and I mean if—my identity is discovered, you must save me!"

I was taken aback. Did this kid really want to be my mole, or was he trying to escape?

I nodded and said, "As long as your information is true, I will definitely save you."

"Okay!" Zhang Ze nodded. "Then, I'm leaving."

I didn't stop him and let him leave. Whether what the kid said was true or not, it didn't really matter.

I returned to Su Mu's side. Su Mu seemed to have overheard my conversation with Zhang Ze and asked with a bitter face, "Is there any point in what you're doing? That kid definitely won't be your mole."

I said, "I didn't believe he would be my mole in the first place, but letting him go back is like releasing a smokescreen. So many people have died, what do you think people will think if we save him?"

Su Mu was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "You're still the best."

(End of this chapter)