Lawful Tyrant

Chapter 94 Confidence
"That's basically the situation."

At the round conference table, Gong Ming stroked his beard and said in a deep voice: "For the past two months, the super-resolution patrol satellite A07 has been monitoring the entire Lin'an City in low-Earth orbit, but the intelligent monitoring system has never found any abnormal situation."

"This means that Captain Xu Qiu's disappearance must have occurred in an indoor environment or a location with obstructions that patrol satellites cannot observe."

"However, after conducting a search based on Captain Xu Qiu's communicator location and movement trajectory, the patrol comrades in Lin'an City were able to determine that Captain Xu Qiu had been to many places before he disappeared, almost all over Lin'an City.

"Finally, he suddenly disappeared in an irrelevant place, leaving only a damaged communicator there." Gong Ming said in a low voice.

There was silence in the meeting room.

Lin Qing's heart moved, and he suddenly had a guess.

"Captain Xu Qiu went to many places?"

Hu Xianan, a martial arts fanatic, was obviously not good at analyzing and reasoning about these things. He frowned and said, "Captain Xu Qiu is just an inspector of a branch, right? Her inspection range is limited to the upper city area. Why does she suddenly want to travel all over Lin'an City?"

Lin Qing pondered and said, "To be precise, Captain Xu Qiu's communicator should have traveled all over the city, right?"

"Yes, Chief Inspector Lin is right."

Gong Ming glanced at Lin Qing with appreciation and said softly, "Based on the current situation, the expert group and think tank have speculated that Captain Xu Qiu should have disappeared earlier. It is very likely that the enemy took Captain Xu Qiu's communicator and deliberately walked around Lin'an City to confuse the enemy."

Hu Xianan was stunned, frowning even more tightly: "How dare the enemy be so ostentatious? Even if the monitoring system is defective, it is impossible to bypass every monitoring point in the entire city, right? And aren't the satellites still watching in the sky?"

"Inspector Hu."

Gong Ming shook his head slightly and said, "Although you haven't practiced the Free Body series of combat methods, haven't you heard of it? Once all the Free Body series of combat methods are practiced to the instinctive level, you can change your appearance and body shape."

"You mean, the enemy disguised himself as Captain Xu Qiu and deliberately wandered around Lin'an City?" Hu Xianan suddenly woke up.

"It's very possible."

Gong Ming said: "So Captain Xu Qiu should have disappeared earlier. The earliest time should be around 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. That was the last time Captain Xu Qiu performed iris recognition. After that, there was no iris recognition again."

Lin Weiwei narrowed his eyes slightly.

To disguise someone else's iris, one has to undergo an iris transplant and remove one's own iris first, which is difficult to achieve quickly.

Fingerprints and faces are easier to handle, although many modern facilities require 'live fingerprints', but this is not difficult to deal with.

He would be confident that he could transform himself into Xu Qiu and then use her fingerprints and facial recognition to pass normal tests.

"Inspector Lin."

Gong Ming suddenly looked at Lin Qing and said, "Captain Xu Qiu seemed to have told you that the mysterious man she met on April 4 was able to defeat her easily using the Self-Body and Divine Transformation tactics, right?"

Lin Weiqing nodded slightly and said, "Indeed, the mysterious man used the instinctive deterrence of the Divine Transformation series to defeat her in one move when she was instinctively afraid."

"It seems that the person disguised as Captain Xu Qiu might also be this mysterious person."

Gong Ming nodded slightly and said, "This person is suspected to be the No. 1 leader of Yuanhong Society, but he did not kill Captain Xu Qiu. Perhaps it was out of caution, or perhaps there were other reasons."

"What is that person's strength?" Hu Xianan frowned and asked, "I heard that he is comparable to a senior patrol chief?"

"This is just a misjudgment by Captain Xu Qiu, but it shouldn't be possible." Gong Ming shook his head slightly, "He's just the head of Yuanhong Society. If he really has the strength of a senior inspector, then Chu Tianyao wouldn't be dead."

But he knew in his heart that it was just a lie.

Although he didn't know why his superiors asked him to tell this lie, he knew there must be some plan, so he did as they asked.

"That's right." Hu Xianan felt certain in his heart and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"At least he has cultivated his own combat methods to the instinctive level." Gong Ming said softly: "And since he is from the Primitive Research Institute, he may have some genetic abilities that should not be underestimated."

"Yes, it's not bad." Hu Xianan nodded slightly, but he was obviously not as fearful as before.

"Moreover, this person is very familiar with the patrol's search operations and may also be a member of the patrol system."

Gong Ming suddenly swept his eyes and said, "In the Jiangnan region, anyone who has learned the self-made combat methods is suspected, especially the locals of Lin'an City."

Lin Qing looked calm.

Although he pretended that Chu Tianyao killed Xiao Peidong, he is now the most innocent among all the people present.

——Because he was fighting with Chu Tianyao at that time.

Yuan Anping, who was standing next to him, was also sitting there with a calm expression.

"but……"

Gong Ming said in a low voice: "The progress of combat training can be hidden. If you don't reveal it, no one can see it. The Illuminati and the Original Research Institute can also teach the combat methods of the self-existence series, so the innocence found in the official records can't prove anything."

He paused, "According to the investigation, the only person who can be cleared of suspicion at present is Chief Inspector Lin, and Lin'an City Chief Captain Yuan Anping can also be cleared of suspicion for the time being."

Lin Qing knew this a long time ago.

Yuan Anping went out that day and left Lin'an City, but this in itself is suspicious.

He knew that Yuan Anping had hidden his strength, so he naturally suspected that the No. 1 person in charge might be Yuan Anping.

However, on the day of the incident, Yuan Anping left Lin'an City in a patrol car. Except for the one or two minutes he spent going to the restroom when passing a service area, the surveillance cameras in the patrol car could see Yuan Anping throughout the entire process. Even after arriving at the destination, there were surveillance cameras to testify.

Even if he disappeared for a while occasionally, it was still far from enough time to travel back and forth to the crime scene.

of course……

Even so, Lin Qing could still think of several ways to provide evidence of his absence.

If even he could think of it, how could so many people in the expert group and think tank not think of it?
Therefore, Yuan Anping was only temporarily cleared of suspicion, but compared with others, his suspicion was much lighter.

"There are many people who deserve suspicion. Here is a list for you to take a look at."

As Gong Ming spoke, the projection on the desktop immediately turned into simple information about each suspected target.

"This list is just for reference. I hope you can be careful."

Gong Ming said solemnly: "The key to this operation is to search for Captain Xu Qiu's whereabouts. All the places she has been since 3 pm yesterday must be searched thoroughly."

"It should be noted that——"

He glanced at the life detector next to him and said, "The enemy may have a way to hide from the life detector. There may also be an underground activity space more than 50 meters deep under Lin'an City."

Lin Qing understood what he meant.

Just because we have explored it before and found nothing, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

After all, the current underground space detection technology can only detect to a depth of fifty meters underground.

"Based on the strength distribution of the 29 patrol officers, three patrol chiefs, and one senior patrol chief, this is the most reasonable grouping method constructed by the patrol system."

Gong Ming pointed his finger, and a list of names appeared immediately. "Everyone, please take a look."

Lin Qing looked carefully.

Commander-in-chief Lian Zexu is in a single group, giving the highest priority to transportation and providing effective support at any time.

He, Yuan Anping, Hu Xianan and three other chief inspectors each led a group of inspectors, and with the commander-in-chief Lian Zexu as the center, they kept a distance and conducted the search.

Lin Qing took a look at the inspector's assignment list and realized that the AI ​​that constructed this list must have ranked him as the weakest of the three.

Because the ten inspectors assigned to him are the strongest ones.

The ten inspectors assigned to Yuan Anping were slightly weaker than his.

Hu Xianan was only assigned nine inspectors, and they were the weakest ones.

"This list is just the intelligence of the patrol system, and it is allocated according to your previous performance." Gong Ming said: "If you are confident or lack confidence in your own ability, you can also put it forward, and we will make a reasonable redistribution."

Lin Qing naturally knew that the intelligence of this patrol system was probably calculated based on the strength he showed when he killed Chu Tianyao.

But at that time he only exerted about half of his strength.

What's more, now that two months have passed, he is much stronger than he was then.

On this list, he and Yuan Anping clearly concealed their abilities, yet they were given the greatest possible protection.

Such an unbalanced distribution is indeed not conducive to the search.

Lin Qing pondered for a moment, then said, "In the list of inspectors assigned by Chief Inspector Hu, the inspectors are all relatively weak. How about assigning a few stronger ones from me? Actually, I've recently..."

"I do not need."

Before Lin Qing finished speaking, Hu Xianan interrupted him and shook his head, saying, "With Chief Inspector Lin's ability, you should not be so modest, right? In this way, it is enough to leave three inspectors as assistants for me, and the other six will be divided among you."

Lin Qing was stunned.

Yuan Anping smiled and shook his head, saying, "Patrol Chief Hu is really underestimating me, isn't he?"

Hu Xianan frowned and said, "Why don't we have a fight? You two fight together. As long as you two can hold out against me for ten seconds, I will agree with this arrangement."

He has absolute confidence.

Even among the students outside Chaoyang Martial Arts School, he could be considered a genius in combat.

Now he has cultivated all eight beast forms of the Hundred Beasts series to the instinctive level, which is two more than the Hundred Beasts series provided by the patrol, and only the students of Chaoyang Martial Arts School can learn it.

Unfortunately, the probability of his gene awakening was too low. Although there was the bloodline evolution method provided by Chaoyang Martial Arts School, his progress was very slow. He only barely tapped out a weaker genetic ability, so he was persuaded to quit.

Otherwise, he would have had hope of entering the inner hall.

Even so, with his instinctive beast fighting skills and genetic abilities, he might not even need a few moves to deal with an ordinary patrol chief.

Even if two people go together, it doesn't make any sense.

As for these weak inspectors?

No matter how much more you have, it's useless.

"So confident?"

Lin Qing couldn't help but look at Hu Xianan, who was known as a martial arts fanatic.

Perhaps, this outstanding student among the Chaoyang Martial Arts School's external students is really extraordinary?

"never mind."

Lin Qing didn't want to expose his strength because of such a small matter, so he shook his head and said, "Since Chief Inspector Hu is confident, let's keep this allocation."

"I have never had much ambition, nor much vision." Yuan Anping said with a smile: "I didn't realize that Chief Inspector Hu actually had such strength? Thank you very much, Chief Inspector Hu."

Hu Xianan nodded slightly and said, "I only need three assistants here. Just let them run errands. The rest can be divided among you."

"Okay, we can't let down Inspector Hu's kindness." Yuan Anping smiled and nodded, "As long as Inspector Hu doesn't regret it."

"regret?"

Hu Xianan also realized that this androgynous guy surnamed Yuan was trying to play a trick on him, and his face turned cold as he said, "When Chief Inspector Yuan is in danger, just don't ask me to save you."

Yuan Anping smiled nonchalantly, "That's hard to say, Chief Inspector Hu, you have to help me when the time comes."

Lin Weiwei shook his head slightly and said nothing more.

If it wasn't for the sake of making the search mission go more smoothly, he wouldn't even want to persuade her.

"So be it."

Hu Xianan turned to look at Gong Ming and said calmly, "Captain Gong, which search area is the most dangerous? I took it."

……

"Bang!!"

Hu Xiaan hurriedly raised his arms to catch the oncoming punch. He felt astonishing invisible forces resounding wildly in his body, making him feel numb and weak all over.

The floor tiles under his feet were cracked into spider-web-like cracks by the force that penetrated into the earth.

"Who are you……"

Hu Xianan looked at the mysterious man shrouded in black clothes opposite him in disbelief, and couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

It was only the first night of his search in Lin'an City, and he won the prize?

At this moment, under the pale smiling mask of the other party, those eyes were emitting amazing life deterrence, which made his hands and feet weaken with instinctive fear, and he could only exert part of his strength.

Can the instinctive deterrence of divine transformation alone have such an effect?

This is simply the ability of a senior inspector!
"Ha ha--"

The next moment, the mysterious man opposite let out a sharp, distorted laugh, his figure flashed, and suddenly disappeared from Hu Xianan's eyes.

"Oh!"

Hu Xianan felt a black screen before his eyes, and then he completely passed out and fell to the ground.

The three inspectors around were stunned.

How can we beat him when he's so strong?
At this time-

"Whoosh!"

Along with the sound of breaking wind, a surprisingly fast phantom suddenly appeared hundreds of meters away, passing through the long street at a terrifying speed and rushing towards here.

"It's so fast."

Under the pale smiling mask of the mysterious man, a playful smile appeared in his eyes, and then he left silently at the same terrifying speed.

"call!"

The blurry phantom coming from afar was like dust blown by the wind. It took only about a second to reach the scene from the street corner more than a hundred meters away.

The figure suddenly stopped and the phantom solidified. It turned out to be the commander-in-chief Lian Zexu who received the distress signal.

"What about people?"

Lian Zexu looked grim, took out his communicator and asked, "Instructor Gong, where are the people?"

Gong Ming's deep voice came from the communicator: "We are in trouble. The enemy is much stronger than we thought. The key is that there is a portable device that hides the life field. No wonder the life detector can't find him."

Lian Zexu glanced at Hu Xianan who was lying unconscious on the ground and shook his head slightly.

"His limbs were broken by the dark force." Lian Zexu frowned.

at this time--

"Quick support!"

Gong Ming's voice in the communicator suddenly became anxious: "He went to find Lin Qing again!"

(End of this chapter)