The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?!
Chapter 1377 - 837: Garbage Street
"Salmon, load the fish tank onto the car."
Liu Zheng ordered.
"Got it, meow."
Salmon transformed to the size of a lion, and quickly loaded the fish tank into the car.
At this moment, someone shouting from afar had already rushed over, surrounding Liu Zheng and the spirit car.
They wore blue uniforms, just like the ones Silver Wolf wore before, clearly they were from the City Supervision Department.
"Hands on your head, squat down and don’t move!"
The smuggling team leader commanded sternly, his short-handled Magic Wand slightly shaking as it pointed at Liu Zheng’s head.
You could see he was a bit nervous too.
"Don’t shoot, boss, I’m one of yours."
Liu Zheng squatted down as instructed, then pointed to the City Hall family badge on his chest.
"Hmm?"
The smuggling team leader glanced at the badge, his expression relaxed a bit.
"Being a family member of City Hall staff, breaking the law, it’s a more serious crime."
He reprimanded.
"You’ve misunderstood. Actually, I knew there was going to be an illegal transaction here, so I pretended to be the buyer to disrupt this deal and fight crime."
Liu Zheng said seriously.
"You think I’m stupid?"
The smuggling team leader chuckled angrily, looking at him with increasing disdain.
"Really. Look, this is the smuggled goods meant for the transaction. Infinite Heavenly Venerable."
Liu Zheng took out the box given to him by Jiang Weisheng from the Qiankun Ring.
"What’s inside here?"
The smuggling team leader initially planned to say he saw the transaction item was a fish tank, but he paused and asked.
"Open it and you’ll know."
Liu Zheng said with a smile.
"How do I know it’s not a trap inside?"
The smuggling team leader remained cautious.
"What’s going on, what’s going on?"
Just as he was about to respond, Lie Chang called out noisily as he ran over.
"Food Inspection Department, what are you doing here?"
The smuggling team leader recognized Lie Chang’s identity from his uniform.
"Just passing by, saw you all here, thought I’d come by and see if I can help."
Lie Chang said enthusiastically.
"Thanks, no need, everything is under control."
The smuggling team leader replied indifferently.
"I’m Lie Chang, what’s the team leader’s name?"
Lie Chang took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to the smuggling team leader.
The cigarette box was made of gold, with a snake biting its own tail engraved on the surface, and its eyes set with two red rubies.
This was a "Ring-tailed Snake" brand cigarette, considered one of the finest among Metropolis’ many cigarette brands.
Lie Chang didn’t buy this himself, it had been confiscated during an operation by chance.
All these years he hadn’t dared to smoke it himself, only bringing it out for important occasions.
"Wow, Ring-tailed Snake, does the Food Inspection Department treat you this well?"
The smuggling team leader knew its value, startled by it.
"We’re all part of one department, how much difference can there be in treatment? I saved up for years just to buy this, don’t even smoke it myself. Just felt it was an occasion for the team leader."
Lie Chang’s dog-like face was full of flattery.
"I’m just a deputy team leader, don’t flatter me so much."
The smuggling team leader said, but accepted the cigarette.
"Is this kid a relative of yours?"
He asked quietly.
"It’s complicated, team leader, could we speak privately?"
Lie Chang replied quietly too.
"Alright. Watch the people and the car closely, if there’s any hasty move, fire without hesitation, dead or alive."
The smuggling team leader instructed his team, then followed Lie Chang to a distance of about ten meters away.
"So what exactly is going on?"
The smuggling team leader asked.
"He’s the brother-in-law of our deputy team leader."
Lie Chang replied.
"Your deputy team leader’s brother-in-law? Why work as a delivery person for the Bloody Restaurant? Even being a temporary worker would be better than that, wouldn’t it?"
The smuggling team leader asked curiously.
"He first became a delivery person, then met our team leader’s sister."
Lie Chang explained.
"Oh. And your deputy team leader just accepted it? If my sister dated a Bloody Restaurant delivery guy, I would break her leg."
The smuggling team leader expressed confusion.
"You don’t know, even though he’s a delivery person, his identity is not simple."
Lie Chang said in a low voice.
"What’s so special about him?"
The smuggling team leader lowered his voice as well.
"He’s new blood in the ’Refuse Pet Faction,’ and also a close friend of Security Department’s Bill Homme. You remember the operation to take out the Round God Sect?"
Lie Chang reminded him.
"I do."
The smuggling team leader nodded.
The crackdown on the smuggling gang was the smuggling team’s responsibility. Although his team wasn’t involved, he was aware of the situation.
"The person who finally took down the Round God Sect High Priest was him. The Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Security Department tried to claim credit, but he overthrew their ’setup,’ leaving them embarrassed."
Lie Chang revealed mysteriously.
"Setup" was a slang among City Hall employees, referring to the departments’ clandestine businesses.
"Is that really true, why would someone so capable still work as a delivery person? And he’s not even City Hall staff, what does he need credit for?"
The smuggling team leader was skeptical.
"Convenience, he uses his identity as a Bloody Restaurant delivery guy to go wherever he wants, do what he wants. The credits aren’t for him, but more like distributed. Our deputy team leader got a sizeable amount."
Lie Chang chuckled wickedly.
"Given that, I did hear recently about a Bloody Restaurant delivery guy causing quite a stir, could it be him?"
The smuggling team leader said.
"Exactly, it’s him."
Lie Chang nodded.
"Oh, I heard he even killed the hospital’s orthopedic department head, and the deputy director couldn’t stop him."