So if I've read all this right, someone sent out a message pretending to be Ekko trying to recruit Soul, and this message was convincing enough that it led to both of them dying?
First of all, my boy Soul would not stoop so low as to accept such a shady proposal, or to impersonate someone else. Second, Ekko is not a dumbass that would send a secret message in the exact same posting style he always uses. He would at least switch it up with caps lock or something.
Maybe it's good I wasn't here to point all this out, since Ekko may have lived which could've been bad for town.