Chapter 81: Truly Lawless!
On the top floor of the Inspection Department, Zhang Hongbo, Yang Yan, and Gu Bing gathered together.
“You two can’t stay silent.” Zhang Hongbo’s face showed unprecedented anxiety as he paced back and forth. “Think of something. Large-scale screening is like fishing a needle from the sea. It’s impossible to find clues in a short time.”
“If we continue like this, the entire South Wind City will probably be ruined. Who knows how many people will become refugees!”
“Enough.” Yang Yan said angrily. “Aren’t you just afraid of getting in trouble and being punished by the Court of Justice? What refugees?”
“A Strange God Priest is at least a Fourth Order Professional with bizarre methods. Even if you keep urging us, we have no way.”
“This time only the few of us came. Who knew South Wind had rotted to this extent!”
The three fell silent, while Gu Bing had a face full of sorrow. “No one guessed Heituo would invest so much strength. We thought it was just a routine cleanup.”
“If there wasn’t evidence that the previously lost Space Crystal might have flowed into South Wind, Chief Judge Xia might not have come.”
Zhang Hongbo was also extremely helpless, cursing the Strange God Followers. He didn’t know what South Wind City had that was worth coveting enough to send a Priest.
Just as the three were at a loss, a sudden knock sounded.
“What is he doing here?” Zhang Hongbo glanced up and, through his life magnetic field, already knew who it was.
“Come in!” His expression restrained, calm as a still pond.
“City Lord, something big happened!” Sun Tai rushed in sweating profusely and froze upon seeing Yang Yan.
But he still remembered Gu Bing and guessed that these two were probably Special Envoys from Ying Feng.
“What happened!” Zhang Hongbo’s heart tightened.
“Someone attacked Su Chen!” Sun Tai said hurriedly.
Yang Yan and Gu Bing immediately looked over.
“Attacked Su Chen?” Zhang Hongbo paused slightly, thinking something had gone wrong in South Wind City.
Immediately after, he felt something off, opened his bracelet, and found no messages had come in.
“Where did you get this news?” Zhang Hongbo frowned and asked.
“Su Chen told me.” Sun Tai was anxious inside but had to explain.
“Su Chen told you he was about to be attacked?” Zhang Hongbo’s brows furrowed tighter.
Sun Tai was stunned, having rushed over in a panic right after getting Su Chen’s message. Now hearing this, he also felt it was a bit strange.
Sun Tai couldn’t help saying, “Maybe Su Chen is sharp and sensed the crisis ahead of time. Sigh… City Lord, I’ve already sent Old Du over. I hope you can send more…”
Without his orders, the Deputy Inspector Minister had gone out directly. Instinctively, Zhang Hongbo felt displeased.
“Beep-beep-“
Only then did the bracelet vibrate. Looking down, Zhang Hongbo’s expression changed slightly, a very awkward strange look appearing on his face, seeming helpless and wistful.
“What happened?” Gu Bing couldn’t help asking.
“Old Xia is at Su Chen’s place.” Zhang Hongbo sat back down and sighed.
Gu Bing couldn’t help smiling bitterly. “As expected of Old Xia. He still found out.”
Yang Yan closed his eyes and sighed.
Sun Fatty looked baffled, only to see Zhang Hongbo wave his hand. “Su Chen is fine. No need to worry.”
“Oh oh…” Sun Tai hadn’t reacted yet, muttering to himself inside.
……
“You mean the source of the mist?”
Su Chen’s mind was foggy, swaying as he stood straight, feeling a cold wind hit his face.
Looking left and right, he realized he was already on the roof of the Inspection Department and immediately drew in a cold breath. This was too fast.
Xia Hanshi glanced at him, increasingly surprised. “Someone actually curious about this kind of question.”
Su Chen felt baffled. Wasn’t it normal to be curious about this…
Uh… it didn’t seem that normal. He then realized his curiosity came from living in a world without mist in his previous life.
He naturally felt curious about this situation, but for the lives in this world, the world was always like this. Who would be curious?
If someone crossed over to his previous life, they might even be curious that this world had no mist.
“Don’t know, maybe deep in the starry sky.” Xia Hanshi answered casually too.
“Deep in the starry sky?” Su Chen couldn’t help looking up. The sky above was pitch black, with only artificial light sources emitting dim light.
These words seemed to contain some different meaning.
“Let’s go.” Xia Hanshi was already heading down the stairs. Su Chen hurried to follow.
………
“Little Brother Su!”
Restless Sun Tai, seeing Su Chen walk in through the office door, immediately let out a joyful shout and rushed up quickly.
He patted Little Brother’s body left and right. “Little Brother, are you okay? Not injured, right?”
Su Chen unobtrusively shifted aside, shaking off Sun Tai’s fat hand, and shook his head. “I’m fine.”
“Good that you’re fine.” Sun Tai immediately relaxed. “If something happened to you, I wouldn’t know how to explain to the Minister.”
Just as he spoke, he suddenly felt a chill run through his body.
Only then did he notice the skinny, hunched old man following behind Su Chen.
It was him!
Sun Tai felt cold inside. Not long ago, he had seen him, holding the Ying Feng Court of Justice emblem, coming to investigate some matters.
He still remembered the aura on him vividly.
Xia Hanshi walked straight past him.
“Old Xia.”
A chorus of greetings came from behind.
Sun Tai turned to look and realized that including the Ying Feng Special Envoy and Zhang Hongbo, all three had stood up with respectful attitudes.
So his surname was Xia, and his status seemed not low.
Xia Hanshi was expressionless, scanning the three, his gaze finally landing on Yang Yan.
Without any visible movement, the cold white-haired man’s face paled, and he spat out a mouthful of hot blood, staggering back.
Gu Bing felt a chill in her heart, sharp pain in her abdomen. She flew sideways, wailing once and spitting out a mouthful of blood.
“Scheming against the Chief Judge behind his back. This punishment isn’t unfair, right?” Xia Hanshi said indifferently.
Ch… Ch… Chief Judge?
Sun Tai’s eyes widened, feeling the world spin. He had never dealt with such a big shot.
He just attacked like that? Su Chen didn’t know what to think.
“Deserved.” Yang Yan wiped the blood from his mouth, not defending himself.
“The punishment is fair.” Gu Bing forced herself to stand, supporting her body.
Then, Xia Hanshi’s gaze turned to Zhang Hongbo.
Bang!
Flames exploded around Zhang Hongbo, sending him flying into the wall before crashing to the ground, vomiting a large mouthful of blood.
“Who allowed you to use my student as bait?” Xia Hanshi’s gaze was icy.
Student? Sun Tai next to him was dumbfounded. What student? Who?
Yang Yan and Gu Bing had expressions of “as expected,” looking at Su Chen with complex emotions, faintly with some pity.
Old Zhang, it really wasn’t me who instigated it, Su Chen thought inwardly, but seeing Zhang Hongbo’s pale face, he felt quite satisfied.
However, seeing Gu Bing and the others’ looks, he felt speechless. Why did it seem like he was half in the grave already?
Even the City Lord got hit? Sun Tai was scared silent, his mind in chaos, not daring to speak.
Zhang Hongbo propped himself up to stand, staggering. Although he was a Mental Side Professional, in his youth he had tried the Physical Profession path, but not high level, only Second Order.
This hit really injured him badly, his chest and lungs in agony, looking like he might collapse in the wind.
Zhang Hongbo swallowed the sweet blood in his mouth and gritted his teeth. “Sorry, it was my oversight.”
