Soul Trigger

Chapter 125: Doubts (Part )

Yan Xiyu's pupils were startled for a moment, and then quickly returned to normal:
"That doesn't make sense. There's an outposted Flash Street operator following him the whole time..."

"Let's not talk about whether there will be any cover-up among them, but where are the people sent abroad now?"

"She is currently seriously injured and in a coma. She will be able to testify when she wakes up."

"Do you think you can delay time like this?! I don't care whether my explanation makes sense or not. As the number one suspect, he must come with us. Get out of my way..."

"Film."

The sudden interruption made both parties pause, and they all looked towards the source of the sound.

It was Ji Li who had remained silent.

He looked at the officer and said coldly:

"Except for going after the film witch behind me, I really can't think of any reason to frame me."

"Is this your confession?" the officer continued to sneer.

"You can think whatever you want, but even from the perspective of the guards, it's a bit stupid for you to rush up and arrest people like this."

Ji Li gently pushed aside the member of Yan Xiyu's team who was blocking his way and walked to the front:
"Let's not talk about whether you will affect the relationship between the Guard and the Special Management Bureau, or even the relationship with Flash Street."

"Just based on the fact that I just saved one of your teams and destroyed a gluttony train, your actions cannot be considered as considering the overall situation when all three parties are working together."

"If I were the leader of the guard, I would think you are an idiot who is deliberately contradicting me."

"you……"

"Besides, with an idiot like you holding an important position in the army, I might even feel uneasy sitting in my position as general. I have to find a way to get rid of this bad apple."

A hint of anger rose in the officer's eyes: "You bastard..."

"Why are you so anxious? Don't you think you are on the side of justice? Or have you realized with your smart brain that your behavior is a little inappropriate, and you have to say something harsh to save the image of your mentally retarded superior in the eyes of other soldiers..."

"You bastard, I think you are looking for death!!!"

The officer instantly burst into a surge of spiritual energy, accompanied by a terrifying spiritual pressure that swept across the entire venue. A large metallic hand appeared in mid-air and grabbed Ji Li in an overwhelming manner:
"I'm going to take you back right now and see if you can still be so stubborn in jail!!!"

The speed was so fast that Yan Xiyu and others were suppressed by the opponent's spiritual pressure and could not move just as they were about to take action.

But when the officer noticed what Ji Li suddenly took out, a hint of shock flashed in his eyes:
"you……"

The pistol-like launcher turned in Ji Li's hand and lightly pressed against his jaw. He made a "bang" sound with his mouth.

Personality shadow burster!
The officer immediately withdrew his hand in a hurry:

"You crazy man?! Are you going to die?!"

Let’s not talk about whether he can beat Ji Li after he bursts out. If he goes berserk here, this guy will die once and for all, but he will not be able to bear the blame for the blame that comes one after another!
At this moment, a loud noise suddenly sounded in the air.

A group of people stepped back, only to see a flash of golden light burst out from the rising smoke and dust:

"An Zhixiong, I think you are itching for trouble."

The golden lion man who instantly appeared on the scene was several meters tall. He collided with the officer's attack, which had not yet stopped. The powerful golden spiritual essence swept it away, and a circle of golden spiritual essence spread out.

The officer named An Zhixiong took a while to step back before steadying himself. He solemnly pressed down a soldier beside him who had raised his gun:

"Han Xiaofu..."

The golden lion man in rock armor looked back at Yan Xiyu, who understood and stepped forward, informing Han Xiaofu of the situation in a brief and quick whisper.

The latter burst into laughter:
"This is sheer nonsense! I would say that this is because your mayor's guards failed in their duties and wanted to find a scapegoat, so they could only grab two handfuls of soda from the refrigerator to fool people!"

"I don't think you, the Mayor's Guard, can find anyone to blame, so you can only resort to these little tricks!"

An Zhixiong shook his hands with an unpleasant look on his face:

"We respect you, Director Kosuke, but the assassination of the Third Mayor is a serious matter! It is not something you can cover up alone..."

"Bullshit, I'm standing right here today, who dares to touch my Special Management Bureau?!"

The lion's roar shocked the whole audience. An Zhixiong's face changed again and again, and he still wanted to argue.

At this moment, the people around have obviously divided into three groups.

Except for those in the center of the conflict, those standing on An Zhixiong's side were all members of the guard, while those standing behind Ji Li were all agents of the Special Management Bureau, including those transferred from the Special Investigation Section from Shan Street.

On the other side, there were some operators who were completely affiliated with Flash Street, but their number was relatively small.

Seeing that Han Xiaofu was overwhelming the whole audience and was about to let Yan Xiyu cover Ji Li's departure first, a voice floated from above again -

"Director Han, An Shangling has all the evidence. Although the formalities were a little rushed, it's just a small investigation. Why bother my school officer?"

It was an old lady with silver hair and in military uniform, who walked out from behind the crowd of guards.

She stood straight and was dressed in military uniform. The style of her guard uniform was different from that of all the soldiers around her.

The person following her was Zhao Zhecheng, the elegant middle-aged man who had watched Ji Li's employment assessment with Han Xiaofu before.

At this moment, he had a serious look on his face and exchanged glances with Director Lion.

Seeing the old lady general walking towards him, Han Xiaofu grinned and slowly exited his evil spirit state:
"Old lady Quan... can such a small matter really trick you here?"

“This is a big deal.”

The moment they saw the old lady in military uniform, all the soldiers stood at attention.

"salute!"

They all stood up in unison to salute. In comparison, the people from the Special Management Bureau on the other side looked like a mob.

As for those who were sneaking around the street, they temporarily became bandits, after all, most of them were free and undisciplined.

After the ceremony, An Zhixiong hurriedly went up to him: "General Quan..."

The old lady waved her hand to signal the other party to step back, then took two steps forward and said:
"Why don't you give me some face? I'll take the person back first, and everything will be handled strictly according to the procedures. You don't trust my officers, so how can you not trust me?"

Han Xiaofu laughed: "Why don't we just go through the internal review process of our Special Management Bureau? I will investigate strictly and give you a perfect explanation for your dereliction of duty, how about that?"

"Humph……"

The old lady surnamed Quan smiled:
"He is just an agent sent by the Special Investigation Division. Although he is still young and promising, Director Han is so unreasonable. Isn't he afraid that someone will report this to the capital?"

"Just that? Haha, old woman, I think you are paying less and less attention to the affairs of your own army..." Han Xiaofu laughed:
"Did you know that he is a guest honoree of your guard?"

The moment the words fell, An Zhixiong's face changed, and even the old lady general's eyes flashed with a strange color:
"interesting……"

Han Xiaofu spread his hands and said, "The guest medal is a special medal issued by the Third Contact Defense Team to outsiders to commemorate their help and contributions to the Guard."

"Isn't this a coincidence? The person you want to arrest is a guest honoree. I wonder what stage of the process you have reached? Can you show me the procedural documents first?"

The old lady General looked at Zhao Zhecheng next to her. The latter immediately understood and quickly flipped through the PDA and nodded at her:
"What he said is true."

And then added:
"The guest honoree has the right of immunity from cooperating with the execution... If you want to conduct a compulsory investigation, you need to go through the compulsory execution process in the capital. If you want to arrest him, the process will take even longer. It is better for both sides to take a step back..."

"But……"

An Zhixiong next to him wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the old lady raising her hand.

Zhao Zhecheng curled the corners of his mouth and made eye contact with Han Xiaofu and Ji Li opposite him.

A smile reappeared on the old lady general's face, and she looked at Han Xiaofu:

"How are you doing?"

Han Xiaofu grinned: "Of course he is not guilty."

"This is impossible."

"The third mayor was assassinated. It would be fine if you could successfully identify the mastermind behind the assassination, but now the evidence of the murderer is in front of you and me, and you want to hand over a blank piece of paper?"

"Do you think this is possible?"

Han Xiaofu's expression also turned cold:

"This is a blatant false accusation. Don't tell me you can't see it."

"And who do you think you are throwing dirty water on? These are the strong and backbone forces of our Special Management Bureau who can face the Gluttony Train. As for the big-chinned idiot next to you, aren't you afraid of being torn alive at night?"

The old lady General glanced at Ji Li, with a flash of surprise in her eyes. She pondered and said:

"An Zhixiong's attitude is indeed a bit radical. I will deal with his punishment quickly. But right now you and I must reach a consensus."

"All members of the P6 team were killed in the same way as the mayor was assassinated."

"Captain Yan only provided communication coverage. The Black Goat, who has the ability to clone himself, has every opportunity to commit the crime."

"As for the foreign member who had been following him, he also fell into a coma."

"I have no personal opinion on this, but what do you think people in the capital would think?"

Han Xiaofu snorted coldly:
"All witnesses were wiped out, but they left physical evidence for you that could identify you. This is such a crude way of framing someone, but the people in the capital are not fools."

"Then it could be as short as a week or as long as half a month. Will you hand in a blank piece of paper by then?"

"It's not your turn to consider me."

"Of course I won't consider you, but I have to consider the people of Aurora City, the people in my guard, and myself!"

"Then find the real murderer instead of just pinning the crime on my agent!"

The old lady narrowed her eyes:
"You let the mastermind escape, and now you're brazen enough to say you're going to find the real culprit?"

At this moment, a voice suddenly interrupted the two:
"So you are in a hurry to fabricate evidence and pin the crime on me?"

Ji Li's voice made An Zhixiong on the opposite side stare:
"You bastard, you don't have the right to speak here..."

"It's just accusations. At most, they'll just accuse each other. But that will make things difficult for the people of Aurora City. Those who can do things are fighting among themselves. Who will solve the problem of the Lingwei Prison that broke out in the city?"

Ji Li didn't bother to pay attention to him and looked at the old lady general in the front:

"Besides...are you really so sure that the evidence is sufficient?"

"What do you want to say?" The old lady looked at Ji Li.

"Let's not talk about whether the black ice is mine or not. Even if it is completely consistent with my spiritual fluctuations, it is possible that it came from somewhere else."

"You know, my black ice can be stored for a long time, and there happens to be a channel on Shan Street where I can buy my black ice..."

"So I have every reason to believe that your guards failed to protect the mayor and you just want to find a scapegoat to take the blame for your mistakes."

"Or do you think that people in the capital really only read reports and have no brains?"

An Zhixiong was about to retort, but the old lady waved her hand to stop him:

"You mean, my guards 'bought' your black ice just to make you a scapegoat?"

Ji Li shrugged and said nothing.

After a few breaths, she smiled and said:

"A person who dares to threaten me with a burster and say such words in front of me is indeed very courageous. No wonder Han Xiaofu is willing to protect you even though he just made a big mistake..."

"If you are truly innocent, are you interested in working for my guard?"

"That depends on your price." Ji Li smiled.

"it is good."

She first glanced around, her eyes fixed on An Zhixiong:

"An Shangling, keep a copy of the evidence related to the black ice, and hand over all the others to the Special Management Bureau."

An Zhixiong was stunned: "But..."

“This will be completed today.”

She said decisively, then looked at Han Xiaofu, her eyes as sharp as a sword:
"This matter ends here. We will only keep one copy of the ice cube and return all the others to your Special Management Bureau. I will guarantee his condition in the capital."

"In this matter, you and I only have half a month to find the real culprit. Our guards will focus on tracking down and looking for clues from Chaos."

"For the Special Management Bureau, I think we should start by framing the Special Investigation Section officers. What do you think?"

Han Xiaofu's attitude was noncommittal. Seeing this, she paused and said:

"If the real murderer is found, I will hold An Zhixiong's head down and apologize to the framed agents, including myself."

"And I will keep a position as a lieutenant commander of the guards, and any item in the guards' arsenal, and hand it over to whoever finds the real murderer."

"Whether you are a soldier, agent, or police officer, as long as you find the real murderer, dead or alive, as long as the evidence is solid, you can receive a reward from me."

Having said that, she looked around, especially at Ji Li's face, where she paused for a moment.

At this point, Han Xiaofu narrowed his eyes and said:

"I naturally have no objection to such an arrangement, but it would be better for the three of us to have a meeting."

"But what if the 'real murderer' is never found?"

His subtext was, old woman, are you still trying to push my agent out to take the blame?

The old general sighed:

"Then you and I should both wait to be dismissed. You and I are the only ones who will bear the blame..."

……

"Humph... this damn old woman."

"What do you think, Director?" Ji Li asked.

"What else can I say? The bosses are reasonable, but the minions are just trying to find a scapegoat. Either someone is targeting you, or..." He suddenly shut up, as if he had thought of something else.

"Either I have been implicated, and someone wants to use the incident of framing me to achieve some result, or they are deliberately confusing the public." Ji Li said.

"Don't worry." Director Lion grinned, "Boy, I'm still waiting for you to take over my job."

"At least that old woman is reasonable. Neither the Special Management Bureau nor the Guards will use you as a scapegoat. Just do what you need to do next. Even if the sky falls, we in the upper echelons will support you."

"Also, you'd better put away that little pistol of yours. No matter if it's a model or the real thing, if it accidentally goes off, the consequences will be disastrous..." Han Xiaofu was referring to Ji Li's explosive.

Ji Li turned the gun and put it away indifferently.

The pilgrimage day ended in chaos and farce.

The third mayor was assassinated, and Aurora City lost its human anchor, which led to a temporary riot in Limbo. If there is no new human anchor to take over, Limbo and abnormal phenomena will increase rapidly in the future.

In the end, in a head-on confrontation with the mastermind, Han Xiaofu failed to keep the other party, and thus took the biggest blame and will face accountability from the capital.

Of course, things weren't going well for Flash Street and the Guards either.

Throughout the entire incident, none of the three parties gained any advantage in terms of power. Only the mastermind behind the creation of the black fog achieved his goal and killed the third mayor.

If anything, Flash Street's business volume should have skyrocketed recently.

According to Han Xiaofu, the attacker was shrouded in chaos and had some strong men with him, who held him down.

It was not until the news of the third mayor's death came that the other side quickly retreated.

Being able to tie with Han Xiaofu means he is at least at the level of a peak master.

Judging from the Gluttony Train and other people who rushed into the scene, it was clear that there was more than one force raiding the pilgrimage route.

Coupled with Luo Hu who inexplicably triggered the riot, the situation behind this is several times more complicated than it seems. It is still unknown whether the magic mirror has a direct relationship with this incident.

After returning to the Special Management Bureau and reporting to his colleagues amidst various looks, Ji Li was too busy to think about who was putting the blame on him. He had to see how Bunny Girl was doing.

On the way, Ji Li also tried to contact Feilin, but perhaps because of the big commotion today, neither Da Lei nor the head maid were there for the time being.

The Blue Label Hospital is the largest public hospital in the city center. Behind it are three hospitals designated as exclusive hospitals for public officials in the official awakening system. It also has a hidden hell for medical use.

Inside the Blue Label Hospital Lingbo Prison.

Through the visitor window, Ji Li saw Jin Misha lying on the bed in the room in a deep coma, her whole body wrapped in bandages.

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