Chapter 154: Nuclear deterrant

As nonchalant as Brandon usually was, even he was not smiling right now. He'd had a strong feeling that something would happen during the games, but despite all their investigations, they yielded no results. Now it seemed the answer was in front of them. It was impossible for such a massive conspiracy to be hidden from all five families, unless the members of each family were also involved in them. It seemed they had suppressed everyone's ambitions for too long.

He was sitting in a room with the other family's heads. The bloody man was present as well, and had been thoroughly interrogated. To ensure the truth of what he was saying, the family heads had sent back several of their assistants and followers back to Earth, but none of them had returned yet. That in itself was information enough.

"The fact that we return to Earth from the exact place we left is a big flaw," Richard finally said. "It lets the enemy prepare a trap for us in advance."