"Then she..." Fade's expression changed.
Before he could ask again, Jaguar continued, "Tiana has left the country. We don't have any leads for her."
"What? She escaped!" Fade gasped. The other team members were surprised too. They then looked at Jaguar with puzzled expressions.
Everyone remained silent but their thoughts were shown on their faces clearly. Didn't the higher-ups have clues about the Long family? Why did they let Tiana escape?
Jaguar noticed the crowd's confusion and said, "Tiana is not on the same side as her family. It could even be said that she contributed to a big part of the Long family's early attack."
"What? Why is that?" The members of the team were all dumbfounded.
Jaguar continued, "Hamilton stated in the interrogation that it was Tiana who had persuaded him to strike in advance after Tarlo's death. Moreover, she was the one who had offered to help him in contacting those foreign forces, including Ogosto and the Altis family who had attacked all of you."
"It was Tiana who deliberately arranged all this. I-Is it..." All of a sudden, Fade figured out something and he looked up at Jaguar.
Jaguar merely nodded, "You're right. Tiana had always wanted Tarlo dead, and you had done her a favor by killing him."
"When she heard that Tarlo fell for Joey, she purposely offered to help him. She then caught her herself and led you to finding this out so that you would kill him out of rage," Jaguar added.
Upon hearing this, Fade felt a chill in his heart as he recalled the past incident.
Now that he thought back to it calmly, it was indeed quite strange.
At that time, Joey and the others were caught by Tiana. She didn't go far, yet she didn't show up until Fade injured someone.
Moreover, the original surveillance video in the private room was found complete. With Tarlo's status as the Crown Prince, how could they make such a mistake to leave behind such a surveillance video in his own private room?
There could only be one reason. Tiana had intentionally left the surveillance video behind to provoke Fade into killing Tarlo. This was to initiate a conflict between him and the Long family. As a result, the Long family had no choice but to move their rebellion plan forward.
Upon linking all of these points together, the incident finally made sense to Fade.
Still, he had a question. "But, Tiana is Hamilton's daughter. Why did she do this?" Fade asked.
Jaguar's face was serious as before as he said in a low voice, "That's because she is an illegitimate daughter."
"An illegitimate daughter?" Fade and the others were shocked.
Gregary added, "Tiana is the daughter of Hamilton and one of the servants in the Long family. Since Hamilton was a member of the royal family, he values the rules of status. As Tiana is only the daughter of a servant, he certainly doesn't like her. Additionally, Hamilton's father told them that the throne could only be passed down to a boy and soon after, Tarlo was born."
"After Tarlo was born, Hamilton neglected Tiana even more. What's worse, he often scolded and beat her."
"When Tiana was five years old, she was chosen by the people of Lindsay Hall and was brought back to their clan to practice martial arts. After a couple of years, she had achieved success in cultivation, and her strength and status were quite good. Only then did her relationship with Hamilton improve." "However, it was just an act. Deep down, Tiana still resented Hamilton and the Long family."
"As such, she wanted to avenge the Long family, she wanted to destroy them all. That's why she did all these things," he concluded.
Fade couldn't help but gasp. His expression stiffened and he couldn't speak for a brief moment.
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