139 Chapter 13: Waiting_1

"Then why did you save her?"

Elise Clark was very puzzled by this.

She couldn't understand Link Grande's line of thinking.

If he already had suspicions, why did he bother to save a suspicious person?

"To confirm some suspicions."

Link casually brought it up but didn't delve into it.

Once he knew of the existence of the "Sea Sail Alliance" and that a significant portion of the Southern Region Storm Sea New Blood were obsequious towards local apprentices in North District,

he realized that even those in the top 30 weren't necessarily self-reliant.

Not in absolute terms, but Link was at least 80% certain that among the other 28 people, some would secretly communicate with and even act as spies for local apprentices in the North District.

Andriya Norman's hasty action of eating a fruit seemed profoundly unintelligent.

Would someone capable of ranking within the top 30 do such a thing, if they had any brains to speak of?

There clearly were other reasons.