Light Fortress-Chapter 36 - 33 Audit Group Arriving!
36: Chapter 33: Audit Group, Arriving!
36 -33: Audit Group, Arriving!
Han Dang’s arrival in Da Teng City was hardly a surprise.
It was just the kind of thing he could pull off.
Without a second thought, it was clear that he was here to dig deeply into the fire case, aiming to use the amnesty decree as leverage to bring down the impeached teacher.
“He really chased after us all the way here; he’s truly a dangerous character,” said Zhong Wei, recapping the phone’s content, “Senior Sister said he might visit Gu Shen’s residence.”
Senior Sister Luo nodded.
“Interesting… Han Dang is known as a mad dog.
Those he targets, even if they don’t die, will not come out unscathed,” she said lightly, “Yet somewhat Gu Shen met him face to face and remained completely unharmed.
How can there be such a coincidence in the world?
Such lucky individuals?”
Gu Shen was an incredible individual.
Since the A-009 incident, his journey was full of ups and downs.
Just by looking at his files, one could get the illusion, ‘How is this guy so lucky?’ At every dangerous turn, he was somehow able to turn danger into safety, leveraging his sheer luck. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
But in reality, there was no absolute luck.
“There must be a secret with Xiao Gu,” said Zhong Wei softly, “You could see it during his special training; the scene of the fire incident on the rooftop did not seem like it was created with his extraordinary ability.”
“Yes.
But secrets… who doesn’t have them?”
Senior Sister Luo smiled, her gaze however, remained outside the umbrella, lost in the layers of dark rain clouds, “Anyone who enters the Judgement Institute, no matter how ordinary, harbors secrets of transcendence… At least in this era, isn’t it?”
“Let’s put aside the matter of the mad dog for now.”
Senior Sister Luo took a deep breath and looked up to the sky, “After all the calls and summonses, the most troublesome ones have finally arrived.”
Tonight, there was yet another tough battle to face.
A deep rumbling of aircraft engines resounded through the sky.
In the curtain of rain, thunder flashed.
A heavy helicopter tore through the rain curtain, slowly approaching.
Its blades penetrated the clouds and rain like a ferocious monster bathed in Thunder Light, the helicopter was three to four times the size of a regular civilian one.
“This flight came all the way from Da Du; it really is different,” Zhong Wei watched the helicopter slowly descend with a deadpan expression, scoffed, “They really have money.”
The thick cabin glass was wiped by someone.
Someone seated by the window was wiping the glass, waving enthusiastically at the two waiting below.
They appeared very warm, but the heavy rain made it hard to see the face.
This was somewhat unexpected to both Luo Er and Zhong Wei… Logically, the scrutiny at this time should be severe.
The meeting to confirm the inspection personnel, together with the teacher’s impeachment meeting, being held in one go showed from the complex proceedings within the East Continent Council and the power struggles, that those who would finally participate in the screening were likely to be renowned for their ruthlessness and stoic demeanor!
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teacher, might be excluded by the council for reasons of conflict of interest.
Who was this enthusiastic guy wiping the glass?
“Senior Sister… I’m a bit nervous.”
The helicopter had landed.
As the doors of the helicopter slowly opened, Zhong Wei whispered, “What if these guys are tough nut to crack and outright ignore us?”
“We’ll just have to play it by ear,” Luo Er stood upright, calmly said, “Our task is simple; to tease out the council’s inspection tendencies from these guys, minimize obstacles for Gu Shen as much as possible, and if we can unearth the final content of the review, then it’s a complete victory.
These folks might not give us face, but would they not give the teacher face?
Don’t forget… the powerful individual behind the amnesty decree is closely watching this matter, and his assistant is also on that plane.”
The wind and rain roared.
The two stood tall like pines, ready to receive the iron-blood inspection team as they landed.
However, after the helicopter landed, though the blades roared and the cabin opened, no one appeared for a while.
No one showed up.
Absolute silence.
“What’s going on…”
Luo Er frowned, utterly puzzled.
The cabin had opened, did that signal…
for them to go over?
Zhong Wei stared at the helicopter, his expression turning strange.
The person sitting by the window of the helicopter cabin was still waving at them through the glass.
“Senior Sister, look at that person…”
Zhong Wei pointed with a finger at the rain-blurred glass and murmured, “Doesn’t he look familiar?”
…
…
The space inside the heavy helicopter was very spacious, enough for several big men to sit comfortably.
Outside the window was the crackling heavy rain.
Inside, a soft light illuminated the cabin, lazy jazz music played, and several bottles of champagne with their corks popped rested on a folded table.
Upon boarding first, Zhong Wei was completely dumbstruck by the scene inside the cabin.
He suspected he had been hypnotized.
Zhong Wei could hardly believe what he saw.
Indeed, sitting in the cabin was a luxurious top-tier review team.
At first glance, he could see two heavyweights, one hailed by the people of Yinghai District as the “Duke of Law,” the Grand Judge, and the other a famously ruthless and cold Judgment Chief from the Redwood District.
Both prominent figures were now glaring at each other ferociously…
over a small table.
Two symbolic bottles of champagne were placed on the table, but otherwise, it was crowded with large cups of white beer, most of which were empty after several rounds of fierce drinking.
What was most unbelievable was that, sitting at the very center of the ruthless audit team, was a man dressed in an unremarkable Zhongshan suit with his hair meticulously upright.
“Sit.”
Mr.
Shu laughed heartily, gesturing for his beloved disciple to come in and squeeze in.
“What the hell… what is this situation?”
Zhong Wei was flabbergasted, wondering how his teacher could appear in such a place?
Riding up next, Luo Er was also startled by the scene, a gathering of East Continent’s staunch legal giants drinking and tossing dice — an entirely different scene from what he had imagined.
“The impeachment hearing aimed at me had just concluded.
I caught this flight by chance and made a few friends along the way.” The teacher, with a huge pipe in his mouth, sprayed smoke around the cabin, partially obscuring his face.
He laughed boisterously, “All thanks to Mr.
Xiao Cui’s help…”
It was only then that Zhong Wei and Luo Er noticed another man, quite out of place, sitting in the most secluded corner, quietly reading a newspaper.
This man was too unremarkable.
Sitting in the corner, he was like a faint shadow.
Everyone would subconsciously ignore him.
The reason was simple.
His appearance, facial features, and demeanor were all too ordinary, so ordinary that they could be described as having no distinctiveness at all, which was not an exaggeration…
The only thing memorable on his face was a monocle hanging in front of his right eye.
And maybe also the humble smile that was always present at the corners of his mouth.
This man seemed like an ember leftover from a bygone era.
There was nothing “new” about him.
From his hair to his shoelaces, although very neat, one glance would make one think of words like ‘old’ and ‘retro’…
and a few more glances would convince you that he must be a very dull person.
But at this moment.
The title “Mr.
Xiao Cui” seemed to have magical power, making the bigwigs of the review team all lift their heads, and even the drunken haze in their eyes seemed to dissipate somewhat.
All eyes fell to the back of the cabin.
“Gentlemen, no need to look at me like that, and don’t be nervous…”
Mr.
Xiao Cui smiled, seemingly unaffected by those gazes, engrossed in his newspaper as always, but now he softly said, “Thanks to Elder Zhao, we can work together.
It’s difficult to meet since we’re from different places.
Before discussing business, having a drink and catching up isn’t unreasonable.”
With these words, the atmosphere in the cabin finally relaxed.
“Thanks to Elder Zhao…
”
Luo Er and Zhong Wei exchanged glances, seeming to understand something.
The teacher landing in Da Teng City with the audit team meant the outcomes of those two meetings were already finalized.
The East Continent Nine Districts had a total of twenty council seats, occupied by individuals who each held significant power, and among those twenty seats, there was a hierarchy of influence.
The Dadu District was the core area of the Jiangnan Four Districts.
And “Elder Zhao” was the one standing at the highest echelon of Dadu District.
