I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 304 Give him a reason he can't refuse
"...Old boss, I can't sign this."

Zhang Guang gripped the pen and gritted his teeth as he spoke.

"Zhang Guang, this is a notice, a notification."

Wei Dongling pointed to the word "notification" with her finger.

"I'm informing you that due to a major mistake at work, you are now voluntarily resigning as the head of the Encirclement and Kill Department and will continue to shine in Nancheng."

She looked up and said.

Zhang Guang's mind was buzzing!

Because he could tell that Wei Dongling wasn't joking at all!
"It's okay if you don't sign. Just pack up and go get ready."

"Don't worry, I will personally interview the head of the Siege Department. I'll fill in for the next few days."

Seeing Zhang Guang standing still, Wei Dongling waved her hand.

But Zhang Guang raised his hand and pressed down on the notice.

"Old boss, this isn't in accordance with the rules..."

Cold sweat beaded on Zhang Guang's forehead.

For the first time, I felt a sense of powerless panic.

"Rules? The rules I set are the only rules."

"...You are...humiliating me..."

Zhang Guang clenched his fists, his body trembling slightly.

This is simply...a disgrace!

From a high-ranking minister in charge of the siege department to a street office director...

Isn't this a blatant insult to him?!

What will the other members of the committee think of him once this gets out?

He's the biggest joke on the committee!
It would be better to just kick him out of the committee!
"You're overthinking it, Zhang Guang. Who do you think you are? Worthy of my humiliation?"

"Don't waste your time, go to the finance office and collect your salary before you leave."

"I won't be short of your meager earnings."

Wei Dongling glanced at Zhang Guang, her face expressionless.

The feeling of being treated like a roadside ant and trampled underfoot made Zhang Guang feel angry and aggrieved!

"...Old leader, I, Zhang Guang, believe that I have always been diligent and conscientious in my position as minister."

“You also came from the Encirclement and Kill Department, so you know how the Coordination Department targets us.”

He gritted his teeth and took a deep breath.

"Under these circumstances, I took over the position of minister and faced the task of the Coordination Department holding firm to the last line of defense of the Encirclement and Suppression Department."

“There was a problem with my mother’s sacrificial ceremony in the south of the city, and I handled it.”

"Peach Blossom Spring has made a comeback, and I've dealt with it."

"I have been loyal to the department for so many years. What you are doing is too heartless and disheartening!"

Zhang Guang's eyes were bloodshot, and he clenched his fists as he spoke.

Wei Dongling waved her hand dismissively.

"Zhang Guang, I'm only personally delivering this notice to you because you've made some contributions."

"It's only because you helped the committee eliminate Taoyuan that I've given you some face and haven't kicked you out of the committee outright."

Wei Dongling finally flipped through all the weekly reports on the table.

He then leaned back in his chair, looked at Zhang Guang, and sighed.

"I really don't understand what you have to be upset about."

"[The epidemic] Have you controlled it or not? You haven't developed a vaccine. All the people and animals you've caught these past few days are useless people who know nothing."

"I called you to ask about the progress, and you kept saying 'right away, right away,' but what happened?"

"You actually have the nerve to be angry? What bad luck!"

Wei Dongling picked up the report on the table and threw it at Zhang Guang!

"You're a piece of trash. The entire assassination squad will die because of you."

"To be made so pathetic by a mere human or animal, you might as well atone with your death."

The sheets of paper rustled in Zhang Guang's ears as they fell before his eyes.

The anger and resentment in his heart were like a pair of pliers twisting his veins!
Why couldn't the epidemic be controlled? Because Xu Zhe, that damned bastard, kept it a secret for four days when it was most under control!
Why is there no vaccine? Because the original pathogen was sent to the shrine!
Why are all the people we catch clueless idiots? Because they've been hiding for ages!
We need to seize the opportunity in the sixteenth month, but we also can't disrupt the social ecology of the confused.

They demand results but completely ignore the difficulties!
They said he was inefficient, and they didn't assign him any tasks, just piled all the work on him!
If it weren't for the constant nagging, would Zhang Guang have willingly called to lie?

Was Zhang Guang deliberately failing to catch Shiliuyue? Was he deliberately watching so many people die of illness every day?

This group of people not only couldn't offer him any help!

Instead, he's here giving orders from a superior position, wasting his time...

Really...

"Kakaka..."

Zhang Guang squinted, his clenched fist making a cracking sound.

"What, Zhang Guang, you're not convinced?"

Wei Dongling snorted coldly.

"...Old leader, I only call you old leader out of respect."

“You’ve long since retired, and even the interrogation unit you used to work for no longer exists.”

"If you care about the committee, you should show me, the current head of the committee's siege department, respect."

Zhang Guang closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

He suppressed his anger and spoke in a relatively stable voice.

"Maintain respect? To you? Zhang Guang, in the end, you were just an insignificant director in the logistics department back then, and you didn't have much ability to begin with."

"I got to this position thanks to Jiang Rong."

"Someone as incompetent as you, who can't even handle an epidemic, actually wants to be elected as a committee member?"

"Simply making you a candidate for committee member is a disgrace to our committee."

Wei Dongling crossed her legs, stared at Zhang Guang, and spoke with undisguised disdain.

"Alright, old leader, you say I, Zhang Guang, am incompetent, then why don't you send someone more capable to handle the epidemic?"

Zhang Guang looked up and said.

"Wasn't it just to give you a chance? To see what you were capable of? And what was the result?"

Wei Dongling still spoke with disdain.

It was as if Zhang Guang's anger was insignificant in her eyes.

"..."

Zhang Guang, panting heavily, looked at Wei Dongling and only now began to understand what was happening.

On the surface, Wei Dongling was telling him to get lost and go to Nancheng.

Actually, they wanted him to withdraw from the committee election...

Because this old man also realized that finding the Sixteenth Month was only a matter of time!

Zhang Guang's election as a candidate for committee member is a foregone conclusion!
Of all the candidates, Zhang Guang has the best chance of being elected!
The hope was so great that even she seemed unsure whether to stop it.

and so……

This old man is deliberately trying to steal the credit.

Thinking of this, Zhang Guang swallowed all the words he wanted to say and the anger in his heart!

calm! calm!
Lin Xing'an will be able to pinpoint the date to the 16th month immediately.

If we break ties with this thing now, all our efforts will be in vain!
All efforts will be in vain!

"...I'm sorry, old boss, you're right, my abilities are indeed lacking."

"I was just being impulsive in refuting you, I'm sorry."

Zhang Guangchong and Wei Dongling bowed deeply.

His face was full of sincerity.

There was absolutely no sign that it had just looked like it was about to erupt like a volcano.

This surprised Wei Dongling.

"...Fine, recognize that you're trash, then get lost."

She waved her hand.

"Senior, old leader, the pursuit of Sixteen Months has truly reached its final and most crucial stage."

"There's no point in me lying to you two now."

"No matter what, I've dedicated over twenty years to the Siege Department..."

"Please, give me another chance, give me just half a day more, so I can end this epidemic completely."

Zhang Guang lowered his head and spoke with utmost respect.

"The pandemic has caused too many of our brothers to die in our siege unit. It has become a demon in my heart."

"Seniors, I, Zhang Guang, only have this one wish now."

“After learning about this, I will voluntarily step down and personally announce my move to Nancheng.” “So please, give me some more time.”

Zhang Guang bowed deeply once again.

His voice was full of sincerity.

His attitude and behavior made Qian Sen, who had been silent since entering the room, frown.

But before he could speak, he was stopped by Wei Dongling's gaze.

"Senior, now is the most crucial stage in killing Sixteen."

"No one knows Sixteen better than me now, and no one understands the current situation better than me."

"Please, give me another chance."

"If you could give me a little more time... I'll do whatever you ask me to do."

Zhang Guang spoke again.

Wei Dongling's expression darkened.

Since Zhang Guang had already said that, it would seem too unreasonable for her to refuse.

not to mention……

Her decision to transfer Zhang Guang directly was hardly justified.

However, if Zhang Guang were to receive the credit for killing Sixteen Months...

Wei Dongling's fingernails scratched at the table, making a series of piercing sounds.

Qian Sen couldn't see through it, but she could see it perfectly clearly!
Zhang Guang, on the surface, has already realized the situation.

But once he takes office, he will definitely launch a major purge against the older generation and those he arranged to join the committee!

Now is the best, or rather the only, chance to stop Zhang Guang from running for office!
"Zhang Guang, since you're willing to do anything..."

"Then kneel down and kowtow."

"Kneel down once, and I'll give you an hour if I hear a sound."

Wei Dongling looked at Zhang Guang and said with a half-smile.

Zhang Guang's breathing suddenly became erratic.

He stared at Wei Dongling in disbelief, his eyes bloodshot!
This is an insult to his character...

"What? Didn't you just say you were willing to do anything?"

A smile appeared on Wei Dongling's face.

"Old boss, do you really have to go to this extent?"

Zhang Guang looked at the ground, his voice trembling slightly.

For the gluttonous ghost, only Mother and angels are worthy of kneeling.

That is to say...

When you kneel before someone, it means you've placed that person on the same level as your mother.

This is extremely disrespectful to my mother!

"Zhang Guang, do you think I'm here to joke around with you?"

"Or are you lying all along, and there's no clue about June at all?"

Wei Dongling slammed her hand on the table.

Zhang Guang closed his eyes in silence. "One kowtow, one hour."

His voice sounded as if it were being squeezed out from between his teeth.

Bend your knees little by little.

Under Wei Dongling's cruel gaze, he knelt down with a thud.

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

Zhang Guang kowtowed three times to the ground!

Three hours.

He looked at Wei Dongling.

Blood flowed from his forehead, running down Zhang Guang's cheeks like a net.

It made Zhang Guang look extremely ferocious.

Wei Dongling, however, showed no sign of joy; instead, her face twitched slightly.

Since Zhang Guang actually dared to kneel and kowtow...

That means Zhang Guang really has a clue about the location of the sixteenth month.

And these are precise and reliable clues.

Thinking of this, she took out her phone and sent a few messages to someone.

"Bang bang bang!"

Just as Wei Dongling was pondering, Zhang Guang kowtowed three more times!

Six hours.

He raised his hand and pressed it against the wound on his forehead!

"Stab!"

The scorching heat from my palm instantly burned the wound!

"okay."

Seeing that Zhang Guang was about to kowtow again, Wei Dongling raised her hand to stop him.

Then her eyes darted around, and a cruel smile appeared on her face.

"Zhang Guang, I've suddenly changed my mind."

"I remember when you were in the logistics department, you were turned into a dog by a human-beast with [magic] abilities."

Wei Dongling's words made Zhang Guang's face turn even paler.

His breathing became even more erratic.

This is his most unbearable, most humiliating, and least desirable memory.

"You don't need to kowtow anymore, you can just... bark like a dog."

"Just give me a call, and I'll give you an hour."

"The one who kowtowed just now doesn't count."

As Wei Dongling spoke, she burst out laughing.

It was as if they had received a very fun toy.

"...Old boss, you've gone a bit too far."

Zhang Guang said, trembling all over.

But Wei Dongling stopped smiling.

"I may have gone too far, but what can you... do about it?"

"On the committee, I have more seniority than you, I am more capable than you, I am older than you, so what can you do?"

She said it without any attempt to hide it.

Zhang Guang felt a fire burning in his heart, heading straight for his brain!

My chest is filled with rage!
He is a minister, a minister of great stature, yet he is humiliated like this in front of these so-called "senior officials"!
What kind of environment do those passionate individuals who want to join the committee, those who are truly capable of doing so, face?

There are these old geezers!

How could the committee possibly get better!

Zhang Guang's fingernails dug deep into his flesh.

"My old boss, I will always remember this day."

He raised his head and said, word by word.

The humiliation he suffers today will be a lesson he will learn when he kills Sixteen, when he becomes a committee member, when he seizes real power…

We must make these people pay a hundredfold!
"Wang! Wang! Wang!"

Suppressing the surging anger in his heart, Zhang Guang shouted out, filled with endless resentment.

Wei Dongling looked at the message she received on her phone and smiled with satisfaction.

She answered the phone amidst Zhang Guang's dog barking.

"Oh, that Lin Xing'an, right? Has he already found out?"

"No, you don't need to stop him. Let him investigate. Come find him after he's finished."

"Have him tell you the location of the 16th month directly, without telling Zhang Guang."

What if he disagrees?

Wei Dongling looked at Zhang Guang, whose face was pale.

"Then you should seduce him, threaten him, or give him benefits."

Give him a reason he can't refuse.

(End of this chapter)