I looked at the time—it was already noon. "Let’s make sure our words add up so we don’t run into any trouble with the police later," I said.

"Why do we have to do that?” argued Dali. “It’s not like we did anything illegal.”

I coughed and explained that several aspects were difficult to explain, such as the disappearance of Two-Face and the death of the two fugitives. Although Song Xingchen acted in self-defense, he was unlikely to cooperate with the police due to his temper. It was better to remove his presence completely. That way, we could fabricate the existence of a hunter who happened to pass by.

Having concocted a reasonable story, all we had to do was make sure our statements matched when the time came. There was one other thing: the treasure!

I recited the code which drew bewildered looks all around. I highly doubted we could decipher the code within the next few hours. After all, it was...