Chapter 562

He angrily demanded: "Wang Qianming, General He trusted you so much—why did you betray him and poison him?"

As He Gang's deputy officer, he had certainly undergone rigorous identity verification before joining.

Not even his ancestors three generations back were left unexamined.

Zhou Wanshan couldn't understand why Wang Qianming had betrayed the military.

Su Yang said to the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly: "Let him go!"

Wang Qianming was merely a Gold-Rank Beast Tamer; Su Yang wasn't afraid he'd cause trouble.

Once the control was lifted, Wang Qianming collapsed to the ground in a seated position.

Wang Qianming lowered his head and asked: "It seems General He is unharmed, right?"

Zhou Wanshan roared: "Do you think you can still harm General He?"

"Good! Good!" Wang Qianming repeated, head bowed, "Since you've found me anyway, it's good that General He is safe—I'm going to die anyway…"

"Wang Qianming, you haven't told me why you betrayed General He!" Zhou Wanshan demanded again when Wang Qianming ignored him. "Don't forget—if General He hadn't recognized you, you'd never have gotten this far. He valued you so highly—how could you repay kindness with betrayal?"

As one of He Gang's trusted aides, Zhou Wanshan frequently interacted with Wang Qianming.

Their personal relationship was actually quite good.

When He Gang suspected Wang Qianming and asked Zhou Wanshan to find him, Zhou Wanshan still hoped.

He hoped Wang Qianming wasn't involved!

But when Wang Qianming vanished, he became utterly furious.

Yet Zhou Wanshan never showed his anger—only buried it inside.

Now that he'd found Wang Qianming, it erupted again!

No one could tolerate betrayal!

"It's not my fault! Blame that damn woman—she dragged me into this!" Wang Qianming cried out desperately. "If not for her, I'd never have ended up here!"

"I didn't want to be a spy!"

"I didn't want to betray General He!"

"It's all that damn woman's fault—she ruined me!"

"…."

Zhou Wanshan asked: "Which woman?"

"That damn Bai Qi!"

"Sister Bai Qi?"

"Who else could it be?" Wang Qianming shrieked hysterically. "I'll tell you—the real spy is Bai Qi! She's from the Shoushen Sect! She approached me, married me, bore me two sons—all to drag me down!"

Zhou Wanshan murmured: "Sister Bai Qi… how could it be her?"

"Hah! Sister Bai Qi? At this point, you still call her Sister Bai Qi!" Wang Qianming laughed maniacally. "Don't be fooled—she's Shoushen Sect! If not for her, I'd never have reached this point!"

"I just never thought it possible," Zhou Wanshan whispered.

In the past, when they had group meals, Wang Qianming had brought his wife Bai Qi along.

Zhou Wanshan had even visited Wang Qianming's home.

In his mind, Bai Qi was a virtuous, gentle, beautiful woman!

Many of Wang Qianming's friends and colleagues envied him for marrying such a wife!

Wang Qianming sneered: "I'll tell you—five years ago, when the Sixth Emergency Squad was ambushed by Shoushen Sect members and wiped out, their squad leader Chen Long died—it was all Bai Qi's doing!"

"What?"

"I just carelessly mentioned it once," Wang Qianming muttered, rubbing his face. "After hearing the Sixth Emergency Squad was wiped out, I suspected her. I confronted her at home—and that damn woman just laid it all out… hah!"

"Then why didn't you expose her?"

"Expose her? If I exposed her, I'd be finished too!" Wang Qianming continued. "The Sixth Emergency Squad was wiped out—am I not responsible? All these years, I've leaked so much intelligence—don't I bear responsibility for the damage? I tell you, she threatened me with our two sons!"

"If I die, she dies—what happens to my parents and my two sons? Tell me!"

"One wrong step, and every step after is wrong—I have no path back!"

Wang Qianming turned to Su Yang: "Su Lieutenant, you truly live up to your reputation. In just one day, you found me. If you hadn't moved so fast, I wouldn't have dared to poison General He!"

Su Yang smiled: "It was only a matter of time—you were bound to reach this point."

In his view, Wang Qianming was a complex, selfish man.

He couldn't sympathize with such a person.

He claimed it was for his sons, for his parents—but look what he did?

He still poisoned General He, abandoned his sons and parents, and ran away.

Su Yang guessed that if Wang Qianming had succeeded in poisoning General He,

his next step would've been to defect to the Shoushen Sect and demand rewards.

Wang Qianming asked again: "I'm curious—how did you know I was here? I was so careful."

Su Yang smiled: "I guessed."

His smile was truly asking for a punch.

His trump card? Of course he wouldn't reveal it.

Even if others guessed, Su Yang would most likely not admit it!

"Enough—this conversation is over."

Su Yang looked at the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly.

Seeing Su Yang's gesture, Wang Qianming immediately cried out: "Wait! I'll confess—fully and truthfully! I was forced into this!"

He had read Su Yang's file—he knew what the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly could do!

Unfortunately, Su Yang flatly rejected his request to confess: "Sorry, I don't trust you much. I find information I dig up myself more reliable."

Make Wang Qianming confess; perhaps to lessen his own guilt, he will conceal some critical intelligence.

The Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly is more reliable.

This selfish, hypocritical worm—Su Yang found it hard to trust him, and had no time to waste on him!

"Zhou Wanshan, tell Su Yang to stop this—I'll confess, I'll confess!"

Su Yang looked at Zhou Wanshan; Zhou Wanshan turned away and walked toward the distance.

That was an admission!

A few minutes later, when Zhou Wanshan learned what intelligence Wang Qianming had leaked, his face turned pale.

No wonder Zhou Wanshan reacted this way—the intelligence Wang Qianming leaked included the marching routes of seven emergency squads from the Western Army, the operational routes and target cities of the Emergency Corps' Special Operations Team, and partial data on the beast companions of Starlight-ranked Beastmasters in the Special Operations Team…

These classified documents, if properly exploited by the Shoushen Sect, would absolutely cause the Western Army's Emergency Corps to suffer heavy losses, thereby affecting the entire battlefield.

The biggest problem was that those emergency squads… had already departed!

They couldn't locate them; they couldn't even recall them.

"Damn Wang Qianming! I should've killed him myself!" Zhou Wanshan said quickly. "Lieutenant Su, let's go find General He!"

This time, Zhou Wanshan himself summoned his flying-type beast companion.

He no longer cared about Yilan City's stupid regulations.

The group returned to the military headquarters, and Zhou Wanshan burst open the conference room door.

All senior officers of the Western Army turned to look at Su Yang and his party.