CHAPTER 597: 366 CHAPTERS, FIRE!_2

"The case was handled by that Tang Fei, can we even find someone? Even if we find someone... will they bother with us?"

"I don’t care what you all think, I’m just squatting here and not leaving. Whenever the General comes out, I’ll go back with him... If the General doesn’t come out, I’m not leaving either."

"Right, if the General doesn’t come out, we’re not leaving either."

"If anyone wants to harm our General, they’ll have to ask if our Mechanical Group’s brothers agree or not..."

"Protect the General, if he lives, we live..."

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Under Wang Chao’s instigation, other members of the Personal Guard also expressed their resolve to live and die with the General.

Seeing these people unwilling to leave, Zhao Zhenji’s face showed extreme embarrassment, and he shouted, "Are you challenging my patience?"

"We’re not trying to challenge anything, we just want to take the General home."

"Do you believe I will arrest you all?"

"Go ahead," Wang Chao extended his hands forward and said, "Let’s just join the General in jail."

"And me."

"And me."

"Catch me too..."

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The others also stepped forward and stretched out their hands to the security officers in front of them.

"How audacious!"

Zhao Zhenji, burning with rage, pointed at Wang Chao and the others and roared, "You are provoking... You think I don’t dare to arrest you?"

Chen Ping stepped forward and pleaded, "Director Zhao, please understand our plight... We are also desperate, if there were any other way, we wouldn’t have to do this, right?"

"Please convey our brothers’ prayers upward, let the upper leadership hear our voice... This, too, is a form of protection for our General..."

Zhao Zhenji was silent for a moment and then turned towards the door to the security office.

Wei Jun followed and said anxiously, "Chief, these guys are stubborn... Are we really going to arrest them all?"

"Where will we lock them all up?" Zhao Zhenji said irritably.

The Monitoring Bureau’s jail had enough space, even if all these people were arrested it would still fit.

But by doing this, he would completely offend the Flame-Bathed Legion and the Qin Family.

It didn’t align with his personal interests.

"So what do we do now?"

"You have to have the bell ringer untie the bell. Whoever caused the trouble should clean it up himself."

Wei Jun immediately understood Zhao Zhenji’s meaning and said, "Should we call the warden’s office?"

"Go ahead, report the situation truthfully, ask Director Tang to come down and help disperse the crowd. Be polite, and have a requester’s attitude."

"Yes," Wei Jun replied respectfully.

Soon, Tang Fei received a call from the warden’s office, asking him to come downstairs to help the Security Department disperse the crowd and resolve the issue.

After all, he was directly responsible for the case; nobody knew the details of Qin Jianyi’s involvement better.

Tang Fei arrived at the entrance with some people, Zhao Zhenji approached him with a sorry face and said, "These rogue soldiers know no better, If it were up to me, I’d lock them all up in the dark cells. After a full procedure, I can’t believe they’d still be so tough."

"Fine," Tang Fei nodded in agreement, "That suits me."

Zhao Zhenji’s expression stiffened slightly, and he forced a smile, saying, "If we make this a big fuss, it really wouldn’t look good... Could you please explain to them, Mr. Tang, and try to coax them away?"

Tang Fei smiled and glanced at Zhao Zhenji, saying, "I’ll talk to them. If they really don’t want to leave... I think we should do as Director Zhao suggests."

"If our Monitoring Bureau has to handle so many cases every year and each time people come to make a scene, can we still handle cases anymore? Should we work according to their will? What do you say?"

"Yes, yes, yes..." Zhao Zhenji nodded repeatedly, inwardly cursing Tang Fei’s ancestors.

What does it mean to handle it my way?

Trying to pin the blame on me? No way.

As Tang Fei walked to the front of Qin Jianyi’s Personal Guards, he looked around the crowd and soon identified the leaders.

He looked at Chen Ping and Wang Chao and asked, "Are you all Qin Jianyi’s Personal Guard?"

"Yes," Wang Chao replied.

His eyes fiercely glared at Tang Fei, wishing he could tear him apart.

When Qin Jianyi took people to Luoxia Lake to look for Tang Fei, he hadn’t been present.

But he recognized him from the later videos and online information.

This guy was the mastermind behind the abduction of the General.

"Who ordered you to surround the Monitoring Bureau?" Tang Fei continued to ask.

"No one ordered us, we came on our own..."

"Oh," Tang Fei nodded, uttering, "So you surrounded the Monitoring Bureau of your own volition..."

"Tang Fei..." Wang Chao grew anxious and shouted, "Don’t try to pin this accusation on our heads, we never thought of surrounding the Monitoring Bureau, we just wanted to retrieve our General..."

"Your General is implicated in a case, he can’t leave," Tang Fei mentioned emotionlessly.

"You say implicated like it’s a fact? What evidence do you have? If there’s no evidence, then release our General immediately..."

"You say he’s not implicated and that’s supposed to be true?" Tang Fei stared at Wang Chao and retorted, "Are you the Monitoring Bureau’s case officer, or am I the Monitoring Bureau’s case officer? Should they listen to you or to me?"

"You..." Wang Chao felt a tightness in his chest, his anger soaring.

This guy was truly despicable.

It seemed he wasn’t here to solve the problem, rather...

He was creating problems.

Chen Ping, worried that Wang Chao would suffer a disadvantage in front of Tang Fei, stepped forward and said, "Director Tang, we’ve met before... You know, there are a lot of rumors on the internet lately, saying that our General is in critical condition, potentially facing grave danger..."

"I don’t know," Tang Fei uttered, "I’m busy handling cases, I don’t have time to read that messy news."

"...Director Tang, we just want to know the condition of the General."

"He’s fine, very well indeed. I just had coffee with him," Tang Fei said.

"We want to see the General."

Tang Fei shook his head, stating, "If you had come alone, I might have let you see Qin Jian Yi. But you came as a group... I do not agree."

If everyone used this method to threaten the Monitoring Bureau’s case management, they wouldn’t be able to proceed with their work.

"Tang Fei, don’t push us too far," Zhang Jinhai, who had been silent, angrily pointed at Tang Fei and exclaimed, "Our General’s character is well known... You just want to harm our General, just like you did to Yu Huoshui..."

"I’m telling you, if anything happens to our General... the brothers and I will fight you to the end..."

Tang Fei looked at him gravely and asked, "What’s your name?"

"Vice-captain of the Personal Guard, Zhang Jinhai."

"Lock him up," Tang Fei said, "publicly threatening an Empire official..."

Snap!

Wang Chao drew his pistol from his waist and pressed it directly against Tang Fei’s forehead, shouting angrily, "We want to see the General, do you agree or not?"

Woosh!

Seeing Wang Chao draw his gun, the people with Tang Fei also swiftly aimed their guns at Wang Chao and the other Personal Guard members.

The Security Department, seeing both sides draw guns, also hurriedly raised their guns aiming at the Personal Guard members.

Regardless of whatever schemes the higher-ups had, they were all part of one department, and in critical moments, they had to support their own people.

Tension escalated, gunsmoke filling the air.

Chen Ping, anxious, yelled loudly, "Wang Chao... put the gun down."

Seeing that others were also about to draw their guns, he immediately halted them, "No one else move."

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Wang Chao’s eyes were bloodshot, veins bulging, his voice roaring from deep within his belly, "I’ll ask you one more time... do you agree?"

"I do not agree."

"Do you believe I will kill you?"

"I believe."

Bang!

Shen Yan fired a shot into Wang Chao’s chest.

The bullet’s powerful penetration dragged his body backward; despite being shot, Wang Chao still gritted his teeth, attempting to pull the trigger.

Swoosh!

A shadow flickered, and his head suddenly flew up into the air.

Decapitated.