Yama Reborn-Chapter 627 - 624: [Collapse]
The traffic police immediately stated: This is a public security incident. We're not professionals in this area, so let's notify the nearby police station to send officers to handle it.
As traffic police, when we encounter such incidents, it's enough to stop the criminal behavior; how to handle it is up to the police station.
This matter was quickly passed on to someone else.
Then...
More than half an hour later, two officers from the nearby police station, who were sent out in the middle of the night, were cursing to themselves as they stood with gloomy faces in the emergency center's treatment room, coldly taking notes while looking at the few guys receiving treatment for their injuries.
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In the hall, the traffic police asked Zhang Linsheng with some confusion: "Do you know that foreign little girl? How come it's such a coincidence that right after you left the hall, they blocked you, and then you encountered this situation with the little girl?"
Zhang Linsheng immediately put on an honest expression: "I don't know her. She's a foreigner, how could I possibly know her."
With further questioning, Brother Haonan had gone outside the hall to smoke.
We don't know this foreign little girl.
I don't know what's going on either.
It has nothing to do with me.
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A female officer was also sent from the police station.
Probably because the case involved the molestation of a minor and a foreigner, the police station specifically sent a female officer to comfort the victim's psyche and take statements from the female victim.
This female officer looked to be in her thirties and seemed to have a slightly higher rank than the two officers who came with her.
After a while of amiably accompanying Fox in a temporarily vacated office in the hospital.
The female officer's expression grew increasingly grave.
Fox stated that she had a cold and had come for treatment.
The female officer immediately asked the hospital to arrange for an emergency internal medicine doctor to diagnose her.
Then she came out to the hall, and after rejoining her two colleagues from the police station, before her colleague could open her mouth in frustration, she shook her head and said: "No need to say anything, this matter needs to be reported to the chief, and it might still need to go further up."
One officer frowned: "Isn't this a bit too serious? The case isn't complicated."
"This little girl's identity is not simple." The female officer said with a wry smile, picking up her notes.
Fox.
Female.
Sixteen years old.
Nationality, Argentina.
Studying in Huaxia Jinling.
Seems very simple, right?
"Her family is not simple. According to the protocol for cases involving minors, we're definitely supposed to notify the parents.
Upon inquiring about her parents, her mother is named Sofia."
The policewoman took a deep breath: "To be precise, she's Senator Sofia. A council member of Buenos Aires City."
The male officer asked: "How big of an official is that? We don't really understand."
The female officer shook her head: "I'm not sure either, but the little girl said her mother is going to be the next mayor of Buenos Aires City."
At that, the two officers became serious!
Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina!
The head of a country's capital city...
Even though the national conditions and political system are different.
But generally speaking, if it were Huaxia, the head of the capital city...
What kind of level is that?
The policewoman thought for a moment: "I have a classmate who's a journalist at Huaxin News Agency. We don't understand the ins and outs of these foreign systems, but maybe they do. I'll make a call and ask."
So, the policewoman went out to make a phone call.
When she returned, her expression was even more serious.
The rough explanation she conveyed from that classmate was:
If it's the mayor of Buenos Aires, then this person is bound to be a significant figure in Argentina's political scene in the future.
And...
In the future, theoretically speaking, she also has the potential to run for president.
Yes, theoretically.
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That's enough!
Even if it's theoretical!!
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The next mayor of a country's capital is also a significant figure in this country's political scene!
Theoretically, she could even be president in the future—theoretically.
The fact that they are willing to send an underage daughter to study in Huaxia indicates what?
At least emotionally, they are friendly towards Huaxia, right?
A significant figure in Argentina's political scene being friendly towards Huaxia is inherently good, right?
And then?
Their underage daughter, traveling a great distance to study in Huaxia, far from home, lonely and isolated, gets sick at night and goes to the hospital alone for an emergency visit.
She gets harassed by some unsavory punks!
Molestation and harassment of an underage girl!!
How despicable?!
Emotionally speaking, they could be shot for five minutes, and it would still be too little punishment!
You say the girl fought back and injured some of the guys?
The other side was molesting a minor! Isn't the minor allowed to resist?
Of course, she must fight back with all her strength!!
Maybe she hit a bit hard!
Is that a problem?!
Besides, she's a minor! What's the harm if she injured someone?
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The female officer understood one thing clearly.
This matter, right now, seems to be a public security incident...
But it depends on how well it's handled.
If handled well, it is just a public security incident.
If not handled well...
This could become a diplomatic incident!
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There's surveillance at the hospital entrance.
But the camera's angle only covers the area right at the entrance; any further, it's beyond the camera's view.
This creates a subtle point:
When Fox was initially sitting by the flower bed far from the hall, it wasn't captured by the surveillance.
Zhang Linsheng went out for the first time to find Fox, then walked to the flower bed, and they had a conversation—proving they knew each other, but unfortunately, it wasn't captured on camera either.
The footage retrieved was very simple:
Zhang Linsheng was making a call at the entrance, then four young thugs came over to provoke and ambush, Zhang Linsheng dodged, they exchanged a few words, then walked away.
Then, Fox entered the picture.
The footage showed Fox walking into the frame, heading towards the entrance of the hall—you could say towards Zhang Linsheng and those people because the direction coincided with the hall entrance.
Then, Zhang Linsheng didn't say or do anything. The thugs started pointing fingers at Fox, and someone walked towards Fox.
And indeed, there was a reach-out motion.
Then, in a matter of seconds, Fox put those guys down on the ground.
A detail: during the process, Zhang Linsheng didn't speak or intervene.
He even subconsciously took a step back.
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At this point, all the doubts about Zhang Linsheng were cleared.
Because the police, looking at this case, would certainly have a doubt: in the hospital, the one who had an altercation with that group was Zhang Linsheng.
Then this group caused a scene.
No matter how you look at it, it seems a bit too coincidental.
According to the investigative process, one must first rule out any suspicion on Zhang Linsheng.
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In truth, doubts aren't impossible to find.
After all, Zhang Linsheng and Fox came to the hospital together in a taxi.
The problem is...
In this era, the Skynet system hasn't widely spread, and only a few places have camera surveillance.
The emergency entrance of the hospital has surveillance.
But there's none further away.
So there's no footage of them getting out of the taxi together.
As long as Zhang Linsheng doesn't speak, and Fox doesn't speak. If they insist on not knowing each other—it's really hard to investigate.
Unless the police focus their investigations on the taxi company, checking the taxis that went to the hospital that night, finding drivers, and questioning them...
But... things haven't reached that point, and there's no need for it.
So this was overlooked.
The most critical part is...
Even the ones beaten don't think Zhang Linsheng knows Fox.
Because from the beginning to the end, Zhang Linsheng walked into the hall alone, spoke with Ou Xiuhua, talked with those thugs, and communicated with the traffic police.
Throughout the process, Zhang Linsheng was alone.
There is no suspicion of him knowing Fox.
So...
It really seems like just a coincidence.
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In fact, Fox was, of course, bragging.
Her mother is indeed in Buenos Aires and is a rising star in the police force—but that was a reputation created for her by Seed behind the scenes.
She indeed holds some sort of council member identity.
Such operations, in the Western political system, have shortcuts.
With Seed's abilities, a little manipulation in the dark could easily help Fox's mother solve a few major cases, and after media promotion—Wow! A new star in the police force!
Plus, with Sofia's military background and the persona of a middle-aged woman raising a daughter alone.
There, she's covered in buffs again.
Military background, in the West, is called 'serving the country.'
A middle-aged woman raising a daughter alone is called an independent woman!
Then it's easy to become a media darling, gain public favor, and then become a council member focused on police affairs.
Seed once asked Sofia if she wanted to be president—for Seed, such things are not difficult.
But Sofia wasn't interested.
So that idea was dropped.
Seed's 'creating a political giant' act stopped at Sofia becoming a council member.
About running for the next mayor—Fox was boasting.
Sofia could indeed run for the next mayor, but the problem is, she has no such intention at all.
Moreover, without Seed's support, even if she goes to run by herself, she'd likely be easily crushed by those old political foxes, with all sorts of hidden hands bringing her down, leaving her shattered.
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That night, the police station was in an uproar.
The deputy director on duty was alarmed and reported to the chief.
The chief received the call in the middle of the night and ordered an immediate background check on this little girl Fox—first, to verify the situation.
The next morning, the No.8 Middle School International Division, where Fox studied, received a police request to verify student records.
So they submitted them, everything was truthful anyway.
Thus, all the documents were submitted to the police station.
The papers clearly stated in black ink.
Fox's mother, Sofia, is the current council member of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Passport copies and various identity proofs while studying abroad in Argentina...
Everything was complete.
Then, the head of the police station had a headache.
This matter, there's a nine out of ten chance it's true.
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In the morning, the district bureau leadership received the report and then thought—what kind of godforsaken problem is this that landed on my lap?!
Thought about it, it's still necessary to report this.
The young girl already said she would contact the embassy.
If it were an ordinary Argentinian citizen, reaching out to the embassy might not be a big deal.
But her mother is a politician.
Who knows, the embassy might make a fuss.
This matter was eventually reported to the head of the political and legal department.
Then directives were issued:
Calm the victim's emotions!
Punish the violators harshly!
The people below interpreted the instructions, and they understood the implied meaning.
Pacify the young girl!
Don't get the embassy involved! Don't let it become a diplomatic incident!
Aren't you feeling wronged? We'll speak up for you, vent your anger for you.
No need for your esteemed country's embassy to step in again.
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Then, it's about going through the procedures.
You talk about molesting minors, indecent behavior towards minors—this matter can range from minor to serious, depending on the nature of the actions and the extent of the harm caused.
Even if it escalates from a violation to a criminal act... but the act was stopped before it started.
The young girl quickly sent them all to the emergency room.
The harm was not severe!
How to punish them severely?
The legal clauses don't support it.
The idea is: if you attempt to kill someone, charge at them, but before you strike, you're knocked down.
Can't sentence you for murder and execute you, right?
Legal punishment depends on the [degree of harm].
The young girl didn't lose a single strand of hair.
But... it's not that it can't be handled.
"Are these guys so audacious that they've only done this bad thing once? Haven't they committed any offenses before?"
A certain leader spoke.
Then...
The traffic police system got involved.
You molest women, it's within the domain of public security.
But you illegally modify vehicles, that's within the domain of traffic safety.
If taken seriously, the little brats are in deep trouble.
Is illegal vehicle modification a crime?
Is purchasing smuggled illegal parts a crime?
Traffic incidents, aren't they right there? Hou Changwei is still lying in the hospital!
As for before, did these people have fights, street racing, damaging public facilities?
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Four words: multiple offenses sentenced together!!
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The complete phrase should be like this: reported by the masses (underlined, important, exam-worthy), XX department, after investigation and battle for XX days, successfully dismantled an illegal vehicle modification and street racing group led by XXX, XXX, XXX, the gang suspected of multiple illegal activities such as XXX, XXXXX…
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Things went through the procedure, and the brats in the hospital didn't escape.
Then, with the resolution result in hand, the police representative visited Fox again to offer their regards.
This time, it was a leader, even shook hands and greeted Fox...
Fox is a clever girl, subtly hinted that she hadn't contacted the embassy.
Thus, everyone was happy.
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The brats' illegally modified vehicles were all confiscated and parked at a designated traffic police lot.
Fines, vehicle seizures, detentions...
The brats' families aren't just ordinary folks, some have money or connections.
Some tried to exert influence and were told.
Your kid kicked a steel plate, better accept it.
The decision was made by a major leader above, who dares to bail you out?
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Compensation for Hou Changwei was paid without hesitation.
Because at this time, they wanted to bail their kids out, hoping to resolve the matter quickly, not allow Hou Changwei to stir things up again.
Moreover, their attention was focused on Fox, nobody thought Hou Changwei's family, driving a minivan, could hold any sway in this.
Regarding Fox, they didn't dare to harass her.
If they dared to bother Fox again, the higher authorities would take severe actions.
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So, surprisingly, Fox resolved the issue completely with a clever, fortuitous method.
Hou Changwei got compensated, the driver was punished.
The scoundrels were also cleaned up.
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"I feel this girl named Fox is somewhat intimidating."
Zhang Linsheng expressed to Brother Lei his feelings afterward: "Her methods resemble Chen Nuo's. Using such sly tricks, leaving the other side helpless."
Brother Lei patted Zhang Linsheng's shoulder: "Whatever works, as long as it gets the job done."
That day, Brother Lei didn't receive the call because his wife Zhu Xiaojuan had a stomachache.
This scared Brother Lei, she was pregnant after all.
He immediately drove her to the hospital for a check-up, was busy for a long time, turns out it was a false alarm: Zhu Xiaojuan had a craving, ate some spicy hot pot, upset her stomach. Not related to the pregnancy.
Brother Lei was busy in another hospital, didn't receive the call.
"Speaking of which, none of Chen Nuo's friends are simple. Each one of them is extraordinary."
Brother Lei sipped his tea, and suddenly asked: "Has Chen Nuo contacted recently? Did he say when he's coming back?
"Hou Changwei could be considered his stepfather, right? This matter should definitely be discussed with him."
Zhang Linsheng shook his head: "Can't get through, the phone doesn't work, and there's no response to the text message either."
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"Empress, have some water."
A hand next to her passed over a bottle of drinking water.
Lu Xixi didn't look up, reached out to take it, opened it, and drank two sips.
This was still the same tunnel.
Lu Xixi sat at the spot where she had been teleported out, and she had been sitting there for two and a half days!
Ever since the last moment when Chen Nuo opened the space portal and threw all those Special Ability Users out, summoning the Gray Cat inside...
The space portal closed!
Since then, there had been no more news.
Until now, two and a half days had passed!
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In these two and a half days, the Special Ability Users who were sent out had woken up one after another and began rescuing themselves.
The injured were sent out for treatment.
Even the Wizard remained in a coma; something was clearly wrong with his consciousness space.
But Lu Xixi didn't bother with any of these matters. She just stayed in the tunnel, sitting and waiting!
As long as Chen Nuo didn't come out, she would sit there until the end of time!
And at this moment, the value of one person truly showed.
Corot!
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Sending out the injured for treatment, contacting hospitals, running errands—
all these chores were handled by Corot.
He even remembered to deliver food and water to Lu Xixi every day.
The awakened Special Ability Users, many of them emotionally charged, wanted to demand an explanation from the Octopus Monster Company...
Lu Xixi didn't even care to listen.
The Octopus Monster was dead; who were they going to demand explanations from?
Let them make a fuss, it's none of her business.
She only cared about Chen Nuo's safety.
Corot just helped get the injured and unconscious connected to a hospital.
And even paid a medical bill.
As for the commotion made by those people, Corot didn't participate.
He heard that someone contacted the Octopus Monster's website, but there was no response.
Actually, it's not hard to understand:
Nolan died inside!
The Octopus Monster's company had been run by Nolan for the past couple of years.
Or it was Kamisou Ichiro appearing in the guise of the Octopus Monster.
Now both of them were gone, and no one knew the chaos within their ranks. Those people's uproar was bound to be futile.
Anyway, it wasn't related to him.
Once Corot dealt with these miscellaneous matters, he simply stayed with Lu Xixi, waiting in the tunnel.
He would go out every day to get some food and water.
The nearby camp had largely emptied out. The Octopus Monster's team, unable to contact superiors or the company, received all sorts of chaotic orders, and they simply withdrew.
They left behind supplies in the camp, such as food and water that weren't worth taking—they couldn't even cover transportation costs.
These supplies were used by Corot.
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Lu Xixi remained silent every day, not talking to Corot, just sitting there, coldly watching the tunnel walls, staring at the spot where the space portal once appeared.
Corot didn't speak to Lu Xixi proactively either, just took care of delivering food.
Lu Xixi didn't refuse sustenance, eating when there was food and drinking when there was water.
But she remained silent.
So it went for two and a half days, until that night!
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Suddenly, the ground seemed to shake.
Corot stood there, staggering, reaching out to steady himself against the tunnel wall.
But soon, the whole tunnel felt like it started shaking!
Fragments of earth and stone chips fell crashing down.
"Earthquake!!"
Corot shouted.
Lu Xixi had already stood up, her gaze sharp as a blade, looking into the depths of the shaking tunnel.
Corot shouted, "Let's go! This place is going to collapse!"
Saying so, Corot turned to run.
Lu Xixi took a deep breath, vanished from the spot, reappeared ahead of Corot, and then disappeared again.
Corot saw Lu Xixi's retreating figure, a strange look in his eye, then took a deep breath and sprinted furiously towards the tunnel entrance...
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Lu Xixi was already standing on the clearing outside the tunnel entrance, looking coldly at the slope in front of her.
From the direction of the tunnel entrance, came continuous rumbling sounds of collapse.
The ground tremors persisted, but Lu Xixi stood with rock-solid stability as if nailed to the ground.
After a moment, a figure appeared at the tunnel entrance.
Corot, in a state of disarray, came running out; his face and clothes were covered in dust, and some places appeared to be cut by falling debris, leaving a trace of blood on his face.
A falling stone landed in front of him, and Corot quickly lunged to the side, stumbling and rolling on the ground, then scrambling to get up and continue running outside, while yelling to Lu Xixi, "Help!! Save me!"
Lu Xixi squinted at Corot, then flickered to the tunnel entrance, raising her hand.
A force wrapped around Corot, pulling him out.
Corot landed, rolling and crawling, trying to get as far from the tunnel entrance as possible.
The ground shook for a full half minute longer...
Finally, with a series of loud tremors, the slope collapsed completely!
The tunnel vanished entirely!
