Chapter 12 - The Silent Genius
"The poison of a spirit has no odour. He acts when no one is looking at him. "
What a day, after the explosion of the laboratory.
Yuèyao was locked in a cell.
The city accused him.
The eyes condemned her.
But in the shadows...
Ken had not forgotten his promise.
And if he was not his ally, he was even less his enemy.
—
While everyone was looking away,
Ken acted.
Silently.
Intelligently.
Cruelly.
He had come out an old remedy, never unveiled.
A more dangerous remedy than any visible poison.
A colourless liquid.
Which, once absorbed, made it possible to slip a single order, impossible to refuse.
Order remained buried in the mind...
Until the exact moment arrives.
While people thought he was helping those injured by the poison,
Ken, on the other hand, sow orders.
A sentence here: - "At 7am, you will drop off this bottle in this alley. "A sentence there:
- "You will place this container there, without asking a question. "
One by one, the infected became... his pieces.
And at the exact time... everything tipped over.
Several citizens, yet unknown to each other,
Were caught putting poison in the four corners of the city.
The screams broke out:
— "It's them! "
"They are the ones who poisoned the streets! "
- "It's not Yuèyao! "
A wind of doubt blew over the city.
And no one... knew that everything had been orchestrated by Ken.
In the lounges of the imperial residence,
Xiyue burst with anger:
- "How is it possible?! "
- "We just wanted to get rid of Yuèyao, and this disaster is coming? "
Jinlian, suspicious, asked:
- "Is it Liyan who paid these men to lie? "
Then he corrected himself:
- "No. No one would risk his life for money... "
A silence.
- "So what? "
Xiyue whispered, almost to herself: - "Maybe... a coincidence? "
But neither she nor Jinlian really believed in this "luck".
Meanwhile, Liyan smiled.
He had never believed Yuèyao guilty.
But this turnaround relieved him deeply.
And yet...
He did not know that all this was the work of a single man.
The one who stood behind him.
Still standing.
Always silent.
Know.
When Yuèyao finally got out of prison,
Liyan was already waiting for him, accompanied by Ken.
He approached.
- "I knew it wasn't you."
- "I'm going to make those who accused you pay dearly. "
At the same time, Ken dropped a small piece of paper.
Yuèyao picked him up discreetly.
Then the two men left, as if nothing had happened.
Later, alone in her apartments,
Yuèyao unfolded the paper.
A sentence, written by Ken's hand:
"You are watched by the imperial family.
Never speak in public.
Never let them believe... that we are allies. "ー
End of Chapter 12 -