Sometimes, the cooperation between sorcerers does not require any oaths to heaven or cooperation contracts, but is based on the like-mindedness and trust in life and death among the heroes of the world.
Chen Hanxing said, "A few months ago, a demon escaped from us. We spent a whole month but couldn't find any trace of it. Later, people started to build temples in the mountains, and I thought it was that demon that was causing trouble, but I couldn't find him. I think he should be hiding somewhere and controlling everything behind the scenes. If we want to destroy Shenmu Temple, we have to find that demon first."
While Chen Hanxing and I were talking, I heard Captain Xing's voice coming from outside the door: "Mr. Wu, hurry up, someone is here to arrest you!"
While Shi Heshang and I were staring at each other, Chen Hanxing suddenly disappeared from our sight. Chen Hanxing was a heroic spirit, just like a ghost, he could come and go as he pleased, without any worries. But Shi Heshang and I couldn't do that, we couldn't disappear out of thin air, so we could only go out through the door, except by jumping out the window.
When Shi Heshang instinctively wanted to jump out, I waved my hand and said, "No need. The police want to arrest us, we can't run away, just wait."
As soon as I finished speaking, several policemen pushed the door open and walked in. One of them looked down at the head on the ground and said, "Wu Zhao, right? Guan's Group formally accuses you of intentional injury. Please cooperate with the investigation."
I said in a deep voice: "Guan Shi accused us of wounding someone? Who did we hurt?"
The police officer's face darkened and he said, "Please cooperate with the investigation."
My face darkened. I didn't have any problem with the police, after all, that was their job. The anger in my heart was directed at Guan Qingyan. Was she planning to kill me
I said coldly: "If you can't explain why, I won't go with you."
The police officer held out his hand and showed the subpoena: "Now, we are formally subpoenaing you, please cooperate."
Before I could say anything, I felt a hidden murderous aura spreading around me and quietly sneaking towards the policemen at the door.
Chen Hanxing, he wants to kill someone!
I said in a deep voice: "I can cooperate with you. Where do you want to take me?"
"Go to the interrogation room first." As the police waved his hand, someone came up and handcuffed me. As soon as the other party tightened the handcuffs, Chen Hanxing's murderous aura had already reached behind the police. I clearly saw a dagger stretched out from the void without any warning, quietly approaching the other party's artery.
I quickly said, "Wait a minute!"
"What else do you want to say?" As the policeman spoke, the dagger behind his back retracted.
I opened my mouth and said, “What I want to say is that each world has its own rules, and the rules of different worlds cannot be interchanged.”
The policeman didn't know I was talking to Chen Hanxing: "You are right. The rules of different worlds are indeed not interchangeable. In the world you live in now, the law is the rule. I hope you can cooperate."
Seeing that Chen Hanxing didn't make any more moves, I followed the police into the interrogation room. The other party questioned me for more than an hour, but I didn't say a word. I was always thinking about how to break the deadlock.
But I found that apart from fighting my way out, I couldn't think of any other way to escape.
My plan was correct. First, I would turn myself in, lead the ghost to the criminal police team, tell the police that this was a ghost murder case, and clear myself of the charges; then, I would find a way to seize the head, wait for Chen Hanxing and the others to show up, and then cooperate with Chen Hanxing.
If Guan Qingyan hadn't reported the case, I would have left the criminal police team smoothly by now. But she added fuel to the fire at the most critical moment. From the words of the policeman, I could tell that the intentional injury he was talking about was the sorcerer that Shi Heshang and I beat up.
At that time, the two of us beat him up pretty badly. If you really count, he must have been seriously injured. It doesn't need to be much more. As long as I am detained by the police for one night, we will definitely lose this competition.
As time went on, I started to get more and more annoyed. I moved my Xuanming Qi to my wrists several times, trying to break the handcuffs, but I pulled them back.
Even if I get out, what can I do? If I want to win the ring, I have to rush to Guan's company after I get out. No matter who makes a call, the police will come soon, and the final result will be the same.
Just when I was about to run out of ideas, someone suddenly walked in and whispered something in the policeman's ear. The policeman was startled and asked, "Any evidence?"
The person who walked in said with certainty: "The higher-ups have given instructions, there is absolutely no mistake."
The policeman stood up and said, "Advisor Wu, I'm so sorry to have kept you for so long. You can leave now."
Consultant Wu
I was stunned for a moment, then I suddenly remembered that Lu Xiaoying once said that he would get us the identity of special consultants of the National Security Bureau's Sixth Department, which would make it easier for us to travel in the future.
I never took it seriously. The fact that the police said this only meant one thing: Lu Xiaoying was out of trouble. Apart from her, no one else would have gotten me such a "talisman".
I exchanged a few polite words with the other party and quickly walked out of the criminal police team. The sky outside made me feel a little nervous: "Oh no, it's almost eight o'clock. Monk, go find a car and go back quickly!"
As I turned around to greet Monk Shi, Captain Xing ran over in a jeep and said, "Get in!"
Monk Shi and I jumped into the car with Chen Lei. We ran through several red lights along the way before we got back to Guan Group. As soon as we got out of the car, we saw Nangong Ling and Duan Yunfei walking out together. Nangong Ling said, "You are late. The competition is over. You lose!"
I said in a deep voice: "You seemed to have only told us five days, but didn't say when the handover should take place, right?"
Nangong Ling said with a serious face: "It's already bright now..."
I said calmly, "It's bright daylight, but not yet noon. You calculated wrong!"
The way of counting in Taoism is to count days by midnight and noon, and a day is counted when midnight passes noon or noon passes midnight. If I don't show up at 1:00 this afternoon, I will lose.
I know in my heart that even the people who are now practicing Taoism no longer use the meridians to calculate the number of days, but I can only shirk my responsibility like this now.
Nangong Ling sneered: "Is Mr. Wu an ancient person? He still uses the meridian system to tell time?"
I asked back, "Miss Nangong is a sorcerer, isn't she? How can you not know how to tell time? If you think what I said is wrong, we can just apply for arbitration."
I don't know whether there is any request for arbitration in this competition, but I am sure that the top leaders of the magic world will definitely not want to pay attention to such a verbal lawsuit, and the final result will be to follow the ancestral method of the magic world to use the midnight and noon timekeeping method.
Nangong Ling said coldly, "No need! Since you are so intent on seeking death, I will grant your wish. Senior Brother Duan, take your men to hand over to him!"
Duan Yunfei bowed and said, "I am ashamed. I have lost 90% of my employers in the past five days. Now there are only Miss Guan and Assistant Ji left. I wish Brother Wu success!"
When I looked at Duan Yunfei, I couldn't help but feel a chill in my eyes.
With Duan Yunfei's manpower, even if he couldn't protect everyone, he could still protect most of them. He deliberately didn't try his best and sacrificed Guan's employees one by one.
If I had thrown out Guan's employees one by one like he did, I could have at least delayed the process for three days. He was afraid that I would deliberately use human lives to fill up time, so he sacrificed those innocent people before me.
Dozens of lives were sacrificed in vain, just to prevent something from happening
I said in a cold voice: "I have experienced the methods of General Duan. After this battle, I will seek justice for more than a dozen wronged souls."
Duan Yunfei smiled faintly and said, "When the time comes, I will be waiting for your visit. Now, I will leave this place to Brother Wu."
Duan Yunfei was about to turn around and leave, but Nangong Ling stepped forward and grabbed Duan Yunfei's hand and said, "Brother, can you stay and accompany me?"
Duan Yunfei hesitated and said, "I'm afraid this is not a good idea. After all, it's against the rules for me to stay."
Nangong Ling shook Duan Yunfei's arm, almost leaning against him. "What can Wu Zhao and the others do? If a large number of ghosts attack, who will save me? Can you stay and help me? Don't worry about others, just take care of me, okay?"
"This..." Duan Yunfei said, "This is indeed not in accordance with the rules."
Nangong Ling whispered in Duan Yunfei's ear: "Brother, you didn't interfere with their mission, so how is that against the rules? Besides, can you bear to watch your junior sister fall into danger and do nothing?"
Duan Yunfei looked at me and said, "I still need to ask Mr. Wu what he thinks about this?"
I didn't answer Duan Yunfei, but looked at Monk Shi. The latter seemed not to notice Nangong Ling's pretense: "Just make the decision for you, don't worry about anything. I've already said that when the heart is empty, the eyes will naturally be empty. The human world and all living things are nothing more than the word 'empty'. Once you see through it, it doesn't matter."
I nodded and said, "Then stay! As long as your love affairs don't interfere with our mission, you can do whatever you want."
I clearly saw that Nangong Ling's face turned pale, and her hands that were holding Duan Yunfei's arms slipped down unconsciously.
I pretended not to see anything and walked into Guan's meeting room with Shi Heshang and Chen Lei. Ji Liping, who was still in the meeting room, saw Chen Lei and stood up in fear, then timidly hid behind Guan Qingyan.
Chen Lei gnashed his teeth and cursed "bitch" and wanted to chase Ji Liping. I reached out to stop him: "Listen to me, I don't want to ask any more about the grudge between you two. After this is over, you can solve it any way you want, but now you'd better stay still. If anyone moves, don't blame me for punishing them."
Chen Lei nodded with a grim face, and sat down far away without even looking at Ji Liping.
Guan Qingyan said, "Wu Zhao, can we talk?"
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Thank you Doudou for the reward! (To be continued)