After briefing Frostde, Billy headed to Ebony Lord’s room.


    “Commander!” A medical staff member from the Healing Hall, who was busy in the room, bowed upon seeing Billy.


    “How is Ebony Lord doing?” Billy nodded slightly.


    “Commander, your prescribed medicine is truly miraculous. The palm print on Ebony Lord’s body haspletely disappeared.” The medical staff member responded. “I believe it won’t be long before he wakes up.”


    “Mmm.” Billy nodded and walked over to the room.


    Standing by the bed, he reached out to check Ebony Lord’s pulse. After two minutes, he ced his hand on Ebony Lord’s chest and infused a stream of Chi energy.


    “Ugh…” After a while, Ebony Lord furrowed his brows and slowly opened his eyes.


    “Commander!” he eximed in surprise upon seeing Billy.


    “Awake now?” Billy smiled faintly.


    “Thank you, Commander,” Ebony Lord said, knowing that Billy had brought him back from the brink of death.


    “The palm force on your body has dissipated, but your injuries haven’t fully healed yet.” Billy said with another smile. “I’ll write a prescription for themter. They’ll make medicine for you, and after drinking it for about ten days, you should be fine.”


    “I’m sorry for causing you trouble, Commander.” Ebony Lord said, taking a deep breath.


    “No trouble at all.” Billy replied, handing a cup of tea to Ebony Lord. “Do you know who attacked you?”


    “I think that was Ink Pavilion.” Ebony Lord replied with certainty. “Dressed in Daoist robes, ck and white masks, and they wielded the perfected Ink Devil Palm. No one but the Ink Pavilion would fit that description.”


    Billy nodded and asked, “Do you have any leads?”


    “I’m not entirely sure about the specific reason,” Ebony Lord shook his head. “But there is something you might not know, Commander. The rtionship between the Riley n and Ink Pavilion is quite unusual.”


    “Oh?” Billy raised an eyebrow. “Tell me more.”


    “The current head of the Riley n, Bishe Riley, is the younger brother of the Riley n’s head. Three years ago, he got into trouble and was captured by SHADOW. During the interrogation, he admitted that he was a member of Ink Pavilion.”


    “Moreover, on the same night, members of Ink Pavilion attacked the SHADOW base, but they were thwarted by the joint efforts of the former Head and the South District Governor.”


    “Hmm…” Billy furrowed his brows. “Is there no record of this incident in SHADOW’s files?”


    As far as he knew, Frostde would have been aware of such a crucial piece of information, given her dedication to her work.


    “It should not be recorded in SHADOW’s files.” Ebony Lord replied. “If I recall correctly, after Bishe Riley was executed, someone from the capital specifically called SHADOW and asked them to erase the case file.”


    “It was likely done by the Riley family.”


    “I see,” Billy said, and a cold expression crossed his face.


    Before Billy took over SHADOW, such incidents were not umon. Some prominent families, especially those in the n system, when a family membermitted a crime and became the target of SHADOW, although they couldn’t protect the individuals whomitted crimes, they would go to great lengths to erase SHADOW’s records in order to avoid staining the family’s reputation. However, this practice waspletely eradicated after Billy took charge of SHADOW.


    At the beginning of his tenure, he received several simr phone calls, but he simply hung up without letting the other party finish their sentences. Furthermore, in response to such incidents, he added a new rule to the SHADOW regtions. Anyone attempting to erase SHADOW’s case files was considered a grave offender and would be sentenced to death. Since then, such situations gradually subsided.


    “Commander, there may be an inside mole in SHADOW in Earthford.” Ebony Lord said after a deep breath. “My schedule for today was known only to a few SHADOW team leaders here and deputy inspectors. Furthermore, I took an unusual route. If it weren’t for someone intentionally leaking my whereabouts, Ink Pavilion wouldn’t have been waiting for me.”


    “Mhm!” Billy nodded in agreement.


    After a while, Billy stood up to leave.


    “Ebony Lord, you should focus on your recovery here for the next few days. Don’t worry about other matters, I’ll take care of them.” Billy said.


    “Thank you, Commander Gardner, for saving my life once again.” Ebony Lord replied.


    “Boss!” As Billy stepped out of the room, Frostde hurried over, looking quite grim.


    “How is it?” Billy asked.


    Frostde knelt down on one knee, took a deep breath, and then spoke, “There is indeed a mole, and I failed in handling the situation. Please punish me.”


    “Get up and speak” Billy said, furrowing his brow. “Who is it?”


    “It’s a person from Team One in Earthford, named Tommy Daniel. He joined SHADOW justst year.”


    “Who did he leak the information to?” asked Billy.


    “Tan Green.”


    “Tommy Daniel did it because he was being ckmailed by Tan Green. Tommy hadmitted a few personal favors for his family shortly after joining SHADOW, and Tan Green caught him, using it as leverage.”


    “Tan Green?” Billy furrowed his brow. “The Deputy Inspector of Earthford?”


    “Yes,” Frostde nodded. “Including information about Ebony Lord’s whereabouts, he likely leaked it all.”


    “Where is he now?” A chilling intent emanated from Billy.


    “He’s at headquarters. I’ve already sent Wally over.” Frostde responded.Content (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org.


    “Let’s go check on it!” Said Billy as he turned around and headed for to the parking lot, followed by Frostde.


    “What’s Tan Green’s background?” As the car left, Billy asked.


    “His background seems clean, with no notable issues.” Frostde replied with a hint of guilt. “He joined SHADOW three years ago, and during my tenure as the governor of the Southern District, he had been rather unremarkable. I never suspected him of being a mole.”


    “Three years ago, during that incident, there were infiltrators in SHADOW’s five major districts, and most of them were carefully selected by the n systems. Their backgrounds should appear rtively clean, and many of them have remained inactive because the ns haven’t activated them yet. After this incident, work with Ebony Lord to review all the old personnel, with a focus on those who joined within thest three years.”


    “Yes!” Frostde nodded solemnly.


    Meanwhile, at the Earthford SHADOW headquarters, in arge conference room, all the Deputy group leaders and higher-ranking members were present, totaling more than thirty people. This included Wally Hammond.


    “Inspector, did you call us here for something important?” one of the Deputy Inspectors asked Wally.


    “Yes.” Wally’s face turned grim. He looked at the gathered individuals before speaking in a solemn tone. “I’ve been in the position of SHADOW Inspector for nearly two years now. I always believed that while my subordinates might not have made significant contributions to SHADOW, I could at least count on one thing, loyalty to SHADOW.”


    “However, now it seems like nothing more than a joke, a mockery of me, Wally Hammond.”


    “In the eyes of some, I am nothing more than aplete clown.”


    “Huh?” Most of the people in the room were utterly confused by his seemingly random and disconnected words, not understanding what was happening. However, Tan Green, who sat on Wally Hammond’s left, briefly shed an imperceptible look of surprise.


    “Inspector, what’s going on? Can you please rify?” another Deputy Inspector asked.