Grey Line

In an abandoned port in the middle of the night, a group of men dispersed into different strategic positions.

They are waiting for the opportune moment to trap the syndicate who had been starting to creep into the heart of the Imperial City.

Just a minute before midnight, several cars were seen arriving in a low-key manner.

Apparently, there are two parties involved in the negotiation.

They were still a bit cautious since they checked the perimeter before starting the negotiation, unfortunately, they are not thorough enough to discover the elite team hiding in the dark.

Just before the negotiation had been finalized, the group hiding in the dark already closed the net.

"Report!"

"Go on"

"We have confirmed that they're the group that keeps injecting fake sapphires in the capital. According to the report, after this they are planning on bringing in a big shipment of fake stones together with some firearms for trading. As for whom they're going to trade it with, the information was apparently kept in a tight lid by their upper management" Assistant Yi provided the breakdown of their investigation on their recent operation.

The sample of fake sapphires and the report were both placed on Yyan's table. Later on, he would have to comb through the details.

"Keep a closer look out on the Heather Family especially their second son" since the last time they had an encounter with North Wolf, Yyan continues to track their whereabouts and collect evidence on their connection with the Heather Family.

"Yes Young Master"

"Continue to monitor the market for the fake sapphires and send the samples to the lab for analysis" at first Yyan was still able to easily determine the difference between the fake and the genuine ones, but he noticed that the stones brought later on are more refined than the earlier ones. Had he not known that those stones are fake, he might also be deceived.

A few more discussion commenced before Yyan dismissed Ruyi.

The activity of the syndicate is getting larger and the country is beginning to be affected. And since it also involves the interest of the nobles so the case can be handled by the police alone.

The Crest Family takes care of the matters that can't be punished by the law. They also often clashed with the law enforcers since they tend to take matters without much consideration to human rights. But that's the reason why they existed, for the rights of men can even protect the criminals and limited justice is served.

Unfortunately, the law sometimes can't also reach the nobles and the royal family, that's the reason why they, who are also nobles, hold the power beyond the power of the royal family.

This placed their family in an awkward position.

They're supposed to be prestigious but because they held too much power they're being feared and hated by other noble families especially those that encountered their share of retribution.

The same goes with the royal family.

They use the Crest Family to eradicate evil but they themselves are wary that it might backfire against them.

It had been written of the oldest of law that once the Royal Family failed to serve the people that the head of the Crest Family has the right to choose another banner family except for themselves to rule the country.

These things are all to check the balance of power but still, the ambition of man is unpredictable.

Even so, their family will continue to bear this weight as long as they exist.

In line with this thoughts, Yyan was also worried about Yue.

The more Yyan didn't want Yue to get involve in the dispute concerning the royals, the more fate is letting her touch those things.

The Crown Prince, the Fourth Prince, and now the chance to become the Royal Designer.

Of course Yyan will not hinder Yue for the things that she wanted to achieve, so he needed to gain more strength in order to protect Yue during these turbulent times.