Seeing Eric approach, Mason briskly walked up and extended his hand. "You must be Mr. Johnson. Nice to meet you. I'm Major Mason Bailey, affiliated with the Southern Region Army."

"Nice to meet you." Eric shook hands with him and asked, "Major Bailey, what brings you here?"

"Can I have a minute with you?" Mason asked.

Eric nodded and followed alongside Mason.

After a few steps, Mason spoke. "I received relevant information from Volpolis and learned that you had a confrontation with three martial arts grandmasters there. Do you know about their background?"

Eric was stunned. He did not expect Mason to come for the Volpolis incident. It had been several days since the incident occurred, and Eric had not expected it to be mentioned by a military official.

He shook his head and said, "I don't know. We returned to Salt City on the third day after that night, and Sam Hampton handled the remaining matters."

Mason nodded, finding Eric's response consistent with what he had learned. He a