As the peacock was crying, the wolves were going mad.

While Boss Must and Arthur's plan to send their would-be hostages to one of the rival families to the Zhen Clan would normally be considered a good idea, unfortunately for them, one of those families was dealing with a bit of an internal crisis at the moment

As for why they were in the middle of a crisis, we're gonna have to turn back the clock just a bit...to a point in time a little after Zhen Hai had slapped Zhen Guo upside the head...

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"Alice! Jericho! Colt! Shout if you can hear me!," Gio called out, while mentally thinking: 'Those brats better not be dead...' Gio placed a palm on a nearby tree, trying to get his bearings.

'I took a left, right, two rights after that and...why is my memory so hazy right now?'