The Ultimate Fire Master of Avatar

Chapter 41 New Clues, Mystery, Target

This is a storage room filled with things that Ershu used to use. Obviously, anything related to Ershu was kept here by Aozai.

Most importantly, Kori sensed that a box in the storeroom was filled with letters.

Both of them realized that, without a doubt, those letters would be the most important clue to solving the mystery!

The moment Azura discovered the clue about Ershu, her composure and pretense vanished instantly. Like someone who had been thirsty for days seeing water, she pounced on it like a madwoman, only to be stopped by Kahn.

"There are other people here, calm down!"

Kahn growled in her ear several times before he could barely bring Azura back to her senses, but she remained motionless, staring intently at the box.

Kori was startled by Azura's sudden change and looked at her with some fear, involuntarily taking a half step back.

Left with no other option, Kahn left Azura there and took Kori away from the palace through the secret passage, thanking her profusely.

"Thank you so much, you've really helped us a lot this time."

After emerging from the secret room, Koli's fear lessened somewhat. Recalling the scene from earlier, she said with some worry:

"It's alright, but Princess Azura looked like that just now... Is she alright?"

Kahn was also unsure about this:

"Are you alright? Those things were indeed very important to her, which is why she was so agitated. I'm sorry I scared you, I apologize on her behalf."

Kou Li nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite:

"I see. In conclusion, was this mission successfully completed?"

Kahn nodded and praised:

"Of course, you are absolutely a hero! I believe His Highness Azura will remember this."

"And you, will you remember it?"

"I?"

Kahn paused for a moment, but still smiled and said, "Of course I can too."

"But don't forget..."

"It's a secret! I know."

Upon hearing Kahn's words, Collie laughed happily, then waved to him, turned gracefully, and left with light steps.

"I'll be going now, see you tomorrow!"

"See you tomorrow."

After seeing Collie off, Kahn didn't have time to think about anything else and turned back. The main event was about to begin.

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Kahn didn't rush back; instead, he went to see Zuko first.

Although he hasn't had anything to do these days, he's now one of them, and he can't be absent from such an important moment.

Sure enough, upon learning about Ershu, Zuko was equally excited and pushed Kahn to the secret chamber at top speed.

After the two returned to the secret room, Kahn found that Azura had returned to normal. She walked casually on the box, holding a few letters in her hand, with her usual smile on her face.

Upon seeing the two enter, Azura waved the envelope in her hand. "Found it. A clue."

Upon hearing this, Zuko anxiously snatched the envelope and began to read it, but Azura, standing nearby, had already begun to leisurely reveal the answer:

"Although the letter did not explicitly mention the mother's whereabouts, there was a crucial clue—her hometown, Lach, an unknown and impoverished place."

"Whether she went back or not, I believe there must be many important clues there."

Although they still hadn't definitively confirmed Ershu's whereabouts, their operation had finally taken a significant step forward, and Azura couldn't help but feel a little more relaxed.

However, she immediately changed the subject, took out another letter from her bosom, and said to Zu Kou with interest:

"Alright, poor grandpa, compared to that useless letter, I think you need to read this more."

"I must say, this is truly shocking news! Haha!"

Zuko ignored her words, but Kahn was intrigued and moved slightly closer to Azura. She then handed him the letter as if she knew what he was thinking.

"Oh, this?!"

Kahn opened the letter and began to read it. His eyes widened in disbelief, and he was speechless for a moment.

Just as Azura said, this was indeed a huge news story, leaving everyone completely dumbfounded.

"What happened?"

Seeing Kahn's shocked expression, Zuko finally reacted, taking the envelope under Kahn's inscrutable gaze, and then—

"What?! This is impossible—!!!"

Zu Kou shouted in disbelief, his pupils dilated in shock, and his worldview collapsed.

This letter was written by Ershu to an old friend from her hometown. The content of the letter was very simple:

Zu Kou is not Ao Zai's child, but this old friend.

Zu Kou immediately questioned the meaning of life.

Although Ao-zai was somewhat strict with him, even excessively so, he never considered himself not to be Ao-zai's biological son, but now...

? ! ! !

Kahn thought of more. Now that Aozai was the emperor, although Zukou had not yet been named crown prince, it was practically a foregone conclusion, since Aozai only had one son and one daughter.

But now it seems that even the crown prince wasn't the emperor's biological son. Ah, that's...

"Wait a minute, something doesn't seem right!"

Kahn's mind raced, and he suddenly realized that there seemed to be something wrong with it:

"Since this letter has appeared here, I believe that given your father's character, he would have checked the contents of these envelopes, which means that he must have known about this matter."

"So here's the question: if Zukou really isn't your father's biological son, I think given his personality, you shouldn't be alive now!"

Even ordinary men couldn't tolerate this kind of thing, let alone a ruthless person like Ao Zai. If he could really tolerate this kind of thing, then there was no reason for him to choose to kill his father and usurp the throne.

"Okay, that's true. Are you trying to impress me so I'll praise you?"

Azura rolled her eyes in annoyance, as if complaining that Kahn had ruined her plan to prank Zuko.

She was quite shocked when she first saw the letter, but she quickly realized the absurdity of it. She had only taken out the letter to tease Zuko, but Kahn had messed things up.

Hearing that both Kahn and Azura had said this, Zuko's eyes regained some light, but looking at the envelope in his hand, he said uncertainly:

"But the letter says..."

Azura sneered:

"So you're an idiot, my poor grandma! All you do all day is say 'the letter said,' 'Mom said,' 'the teacher said,' 'Dad said.' Don't you ever think for yourself?"

Even the dogs on the street know they're looking for trouble!

"Don't go too far!"

Zu Kou was furious, but at least he felt a little relieved.

Kahn clapped his hands to draw their attention and concluded:

"Although there are still many mysteries, such as the whereabouts of Empress Ershu and the background of Zukou, the truth will eventually come to light as long as the investigation continues. In any case, we have already taken a big step forward."

"And the next target is already quite obvious—"

At this point, the three of them said in unison:

"Rach!"

(End of this chapter)