Endless Sea.
Bounty Department office.
The Deputy Minister's face showed a moment of surprise.
"Electric Eel Wizard?"
The staff nodded, obviously also finding themselves in a bit of a bind.
Hundred Flowers maintained a calm demeanor, her mind seemingly preoccupied.
"We were still uncertain who the culprit behind Master Fire Dragon's assassination was… But now it seems some people just can't wait to show their true colors."
There was no doubt.
It was the Electric Eel Wizard who conspired with the Eight-Armed Demon Witch to assassinate Master Fire Dragon.
After the Master killed the Eight-Armed Demon Witch in self-defense, the Electric Eel Wizard, worried that the Master would claim his reward and grow even stronger, preemptively took the only Burning Sect oddity.
Of course, there were other possibilities, but the suspicion towards the Electric Eel Wizard couldn't be excluded.
Hundred Flowers understood all of this, yet she held back from acting.