Chapter 1 Han Dang

Han Dang's arrival in Dateng City wasn't entirely unexpected.

It was something he would do.

Without a second thought, he must have come to dig into the arson case, trying to use the amnesty to make a fuss and bring down the teacher who had been impeached.

"He really chased after us. This is a truly dangerous person." Zhong Wei repeated the phone conversation: "Shimei (junior sister) said he might visit Gu Shen at his residence."

Sister Luo nodded.

"Interesting... Han Dang is a notorious mad dog. Anyone targeted by him, even if they don't die, will lose a chunk of flesh." She said faintly, "Yet Gu Shen met him and emerged unscathed. How can there be such a coincidence, such a lucky person in the world?"

Gu Shen was an incredible fellow.

Starting with the A-009 incident, rising and falling along the way, just looking at his file, one would get the illusion that "this kid is so lucky," always able to turn danger into safety with his dog luck.

But in reality, there is no such thing as absolute luck.

"There must be a secret about Xiao Gu." Zhong Wei said softly, "You could tell during special training that the arson scene on the rooftop didn't look like it was created with his extraordinary abilities."

"Yes. But secrets... who doesn't have them?"

Sister Luo smiled, her gaze fixed on the rain clouds outside the umbrella, "Those who can enter the Tribunal, no matter how ordinary, all harbor extraordinary secrets... at least in this era, isn't that so?"

"Let's put that mad dog's matter aside for now."

Sister Luo took a light breath and looked up at the sky. "After much anticipation, the most troublesome bunch has finally arrived."

There was a tough battle to face tonight.

The deep rumble of propellers echoed in the distance.

Lightning flashed through the rain.

A heavy helicopter cut through the rain, slowly approaching. Its propeller blades pierced through the clouds and rain, like a ferocious monster bathed in lightning. The helicopter was three or four times the size of an ordinary civilian one.

"This flight came from Dadu. It's different, as expected." Zhong Wei stared at the helicopter as it slowly landed and said sarcastically, "So damn rich."

The thick cabin glass was wiped clean.

Someone was sitting by the window, wiping the glass while waving to the two people waiting, looking very enthusiastic, but the rain was too heavy to see their face clearly.

This surprised Luo Er and Zhong Wei a little... logically speaking, the audit this time should be very strict.

The meeting to determine the auditors, along with the meeting to impeach the teacher, were held together. Judging from the complex situation and power struggles within the East Continent Council, the people ultimately participating in the audit should all be cold-faced individuals known for their iron-blooded ruthlessness!

Those close figures with friendships or vested interests with the teacher were likely to be excluded by the Council to avoid suspicion.

Who was this enthusiastic guy wiping away the rain from the glass?

"Shijie (senior sister)... I'm a little nervous."

The helicopter landed.

Watching the helicopter cabin door slowly open, Zhong Wei said in a low voice, "What if these guys are impervious to reason and ignore us completely?"

"We can only adapt to the situation." Luo Er stood straight and said calmly, "Our task is simple: to pry out the Council's audit trends from these guys' mouths and reduce as much resistance for Gu Shen as possible. It would be a great victory if we could uncover the final audit content. If these guys don't give us face, can they not give the teacher face? Don't forget... that big shot who issued the amnesty has been closely following this matter, and his assistant is also on the plane."

The wind and rain howled.

The two stood tall and straight like pine trees, ready to greet the iron-blooded audit team as they descended.

However, after the helicopter landed, the propeller blades roared and the cabin door opened, but no one appeared for a long time.

No one showed their face.

A silence.

"What's going on..."

Luo Er frowned, utterly confused.

The cabin was open, was this a signal for them... to go over?

Zhong Wei stared at the helicopter, his expression becoming strange.

The person sitting by the window in the cabin was still waving at them through the glass.

"Shijie (senior sister), look at this person..."

Zhong Wei held out a finger, pointed at the blurry glass in the rain, and murmured, "Doesn't he look a little... familiar?"

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The interior of the heavy helicopter was very spacious, enough for several large men to sit comfortably.

Outside the window was the patter of heavy rain.

Inside the window was a soft light, lazy jazz music, and several opened bottles of champagne on the folded small table.

Zhong Wei, who boarded first, was completely stunned the moment he saw the scene inside the cabin.

He suspected that he was being hypnotized.

Zhong Wei could hardly believe what he was seeing. Seated inside the cabin was indeed a luxurious top-tier audit team lineup. At first glance, he could see two heavyweight figures. One was the "Lawful Duke" praised by the people of Yinghai District, and the other was the notoriously cold-blooded chief judge of the prison in the Hongshan District. The two famous figures were staring at each other murderously... across a small table.

Two bottles of champagne were symbolically placed on the table, but the other places were densely packed with large glasses of white beer, most of which were already empty, obviously after several rounds of fierce fighting.

The most unbelievable thing was that the one sitting in the very center of the iron-blooded audit team was wearing a simple Zhongshan suit, with his hair neatly combed.

"Sit."

Mr. Shu laughed and beckoned his beloved disciples to come in and squeeze in.

"What the hell... is going on?"

Zhong Wei was dumbfounded. How could the teacher appear in such a place?

Luo Er, who boarded later, was also shocked by this scene. The legal giants of East Continent, who upheld the bottom line, were gathered together drinking and playing finger-guessing games. This was completely different from what she had imagined.

"The impeachment meeting against me just ended, so I happened to catch this flight and made some friends along the way." The teacher, with a huge pipe in his mouth, blew out smoke that filled the cabin, obscuring his face. He laughed in a rough and heroic voice, "Thanks to Little Cui, ah..."

Only then did Zhong Wei and Luo Er notice that there was another incongruous guy in the cabin of dancing demons, sitting in the most remote corner, quietly reading a newspaper.

This man was too inconspicuous. He sat in the corner, like a faint shadow.

Everyone would subconsciously ignore him.

The reason was simple.

His face, features, and temperament were too ordinary, so ordinary that they could be described as lacking any distinguishing features. This was not an exaggeration... perhaps the only thing on his face that could be remembered was the monocle hanging in front of his right eye.

At most, add the humble smile that never left the corners of his lips.

This man looked like the embers left over from the last era, without a trace of "newness" on his body, from his hair to the soles of his shoes. Although he was tidied up very cleanly, one could immediately associate him with words such as old and retro... and after a few more glances, one would feel from the bottom of their heart that this must be a very boring person.

But at this moment.

The title of Little Cui seemed to have magic power, causing several big figures of the audit team to raise their heads, and even the alcohol in their eyes dissipated a lot.

One after another, gazes fell on the back row.

"Everyone doesn't need to look at me with such eyes, and you don't need to be nervous..."

Little Cui smiled. He seemed unable to feel these gazes, and was engrossed in reading his newspaper from beginning to end. He only said softly at this moment, "Thanks to Old Zhao, everyone can work together. We are scattered all over the country and rarely see each other. It's nothing to have a drink and catch up before getting down to business."

With these words, the atmosphere in the cabin relaxed.

"Thanks to Old Zhao..."

Luo Er and Zhong Wei exchanged glances, seeming to understand something.

The fact that the teacher would land in Dateng City with the audit team meant that the results of those two meetings had already been finalized.

The nine districts of East Continent have a total of twenty seats for council members... those who can sit on them are all big figures who hold great power in one area, and among the twenty seats, there are still high and low positions.

The Dadu District is the core area of the four districts south of the Yangtze River.

And "Old Zhao" is the one standing at the highest point of the Dadu District.