"Of course not. There are too many bad people out there lately; it's not safe to be moving around." 'For them to call it 'a lot,' the death toll must have been far more than just a few dozen.'
There have indeed been many Hidden Guards in the Capital City these past two days, representing various factions. The most terrifying are the Royal Hidden Guards. Just as Qian Fanji said, the Royal Hidden Guards will strike indiscriminately the moment they sense anything amiss.
The fluctuations of Inner Strength are not something small animals can endure. To have them spy on the powerful and influential under these circumstances would be sending them to their deaths.
The little honeyeater nodded, seeming to half-understand. 'There are so many people with excellent martial arts. We never saw this many back on the mountain.'
