Chapter 785

Miss Yunli: "I think it would be wisest to temporarily suspend the Martial Ritual?"

Miss Yunli: "Otherwise, if something truly goes wrong, there won't be time to fix it."

Stelle: "Calm down. I think all three Generals seem quite composed."

Stelle: "They probably already have a plan."

Brother Dan Heng: "Hu Lei is strong, but right now, his threat to Luo Fu is far less than Huan Long's was."

March 7th: "Because Hu Lei only wants to run away right now."

March 7th: "But Huan Long came here to destroy things for real!"

Paimon: "Uh... if... I mean, if!"

Paimon: "If we let Hu Lei escape, wouldn't he stop causing trouble?"

Miss Qingque: "So Miss Paimon is suggesting we deliberately let Hu Lei escape Luo Fu, so he won't threaten the upcoming Martial Ritual?"

Miss Qingque: "Hmm, theoretically, that makes sense."

Miss Qingque: "But the problem is, this is like letting a tiger return to the mountains—it would bring endless trouble to the Xianzhoulian Alliance."

Paimon: "Hehe, I was just saying that—I know this plan won't work."

Paimon: "Given Hu Lei's level of danger, even if we cancel the Martial Ritual, we'd still have to recapture him, right?"

Paimon: "Otherwise, once he goes back, the Buli people will grow stronger again."

Ying: "Once the Buli people grow stronger, it's easy to foresee countless innocent lives falling to these hateful beasts."

Hearing Yanqing: "So no matter what, we cannot let Hu Lei escape!"

Video continues.

【Miss Yunli, how should we handle the current situation?】

Hearing Miss Yunli's words,

General Huaiyan couldn't help asking in return.

【Of course... um, we should declare martial law and deploy all manpower to hunt him down.】

【As for the Martial Ritual, we should announce an indefinite postponement.】

Miss Yunli stated her own thoughts.

【That's a foolproof solution.】

【But the more ideal a plan is, the harder it is to implement.】

【In my view, at least two factions won't accept your method.】

General Huaiyan smiled and shook his head.

【Uh... which two factions?】

March 7th asked curiously.

【The first is the many merchants and tourists who came for the Martial Ritual.】

【Declaring martial law is equivalent to publicly declaring Luo Fu is unsafe—what would outsiders think?】

【They'd panic, chaos would erupt.】

【The second is the six bureaus of the Luo Fu Xianzhou.】

【The manpower and resources already spent organizing the Martial Ritual are incalculable; suddenly halting it and postponing indefinitely would likely overwhelm internal morale.】

【Of course, your method isn't entirely without support.】

General Huaiyan completely rejected Miss Yunli's proposal,

yet suddenly changed tone.

【... R-Really?】

Miss Yunli looked at General Huaiyan with hopeful anticipation.

【Yes, the mastermind behind this prison break would surely applaud your idea with both hands.】

Miss Yunli: "......"

Miss Yunli: "Grandpa, are you mocking me for being foolish?"

General Huaiyan: "Ahahaha, silly child, Grandpa isn't mocking you."

Stelle: "Silly child? General Huaiyan is deliberately mocking Miss Yunli!"

March 7th: "Uh... but I think Miss Yunli's plan isn't problematic?"

March 7th: "If it were me, I'd do the same..."

General Jing Yuan: "True. A cautious person might well do the same."

General Jing Yuan: "But have you considered?"

General Jing Yuan: "Doing this plays right into certain people's hands!"

General Jing Yuan: "Once Luo Fu declares martial law and panic spreads, chaos will arise from within."

General Jing Yuan: "At that point, Hu Lei will have far more chances to escape!"

General Jing Yuan: "Conversely, if we don't do this, Hu Lei remains on the defensive."

General Jing Yuan: "Unable to judge the situation, he'll waver and hesitate."

General Jing Yuan: "Over time, he'll grow anxious—and reveal himself."

Marani: "I get it—this is psychological warfare, right?"

Marani: "No wonder you're a General—you think so comprehensively!"

Fung Ning: "So, we're supposed to maintain the current status quo and pretend nothing happened?"

General Huaiyan: "Exactly!"

General Huaiyan: "Of course, this carries enormous risk."

General Huaiyan: "Once Hulei can no longer hold back his frenzy, the devastation on Luo Fu will be devastating casualties."

General Huaiyan: "And that all depends on whether General Feixiao, the hunter, moves swiftly enough!"

The video continues.

【Hulei escaped his cage during a visitation, and you and Hearing Yanqing discovered Buli spies at the Stargazer Navalia...】

【If you said no one was pulling strings behind this, even a newborn baby wouldn't believe it.】

【The escaped prisoner is just a chess piece. The hand that moved it took this step hoping to see a Luo Fu where everyone suspects everyone else, each fearing the next—a realm of chaos.】

【Announcing martial law and postponing the Martial Exhibition Ceremony plays right into the opponent's hands, bringing the terror Hulei brings to the surface ahead of time.】

General Huaiyan continued explaining for a moment,

letting the few of them clearly understand the current situation.

【... Then what should we do!】

Miss Yunli was a bit at a loss.

【The searches and captures must of course go on, but everything else on Luo Fu must continue as normal—at least it must look as though everything is normal.】

Ying: "Almost forgot—behind Hulei's escape is the manipulation of that Emanator, Phantylia."

Ying: "That Emanator is right now waiting for Luo Fu to fall into chaos!"

Paimon: "No wonder those Buli transformed into Foxian—this was that Emanator's doing on purpose, right?"

Paimon: "If Luo Fu announces now that there are Buli disguised as Foxian hiding among them,"

Paimon: "then you can imagine every Foxian would become a target of suspicion, feared and shunned."

Paimon: "Even between Foxian and Foxian, there'd definitely be cracks forming!"

Hu Tao: "If it's really like this, then the whole of Luo Fu really would have everyone living in fear!"

Hu Tao: "So that's why, the Generals thought it through more thoroughly—we can't let this leak out!"

Hu Tao: "Otherwise Luo Fu's probably going to turn into one big chaotic mess!"

Miss Sushang: "It really is scary. If I got this news, I'd start suspecting the Foxian colleagues around me—maybe they're Buli in disguise."

Miss Sushang: "When that time comes, even inside the Cloud Knights there'd be mutual suspicion."

Miss Sushang: "That would be the biggest trouble of all!"