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Chapter 228 The Tumultuous Times in the Capital (4)

"It's just nonsense!"

Looking at the document presented to him, Zuo Qing, unusually, burst into a tirade, "We're fighting to the death here, and they're still running some kind of unlimited reality show called 'Hot-Blooded Fighting Arena'! If they have nothing better to do, they can go kill Mystery!"

But after saying that...

He then realized that it seemed most people were unaware of this mystery.

He smiled to himself.

"Ha, that's true... They don't know anything yet. What's the point of me getting angry?"

"Commander Zuo..." The secretary, seeing that Zuo Qing's emotions had finally returned to normal, tentatively spoke, trying to rouse him to his senses, "This variety show is causing quite a stir, and many people online are discussing it... Shouldn't we do something about it? You know..."

"Regulate? Regulate with what?" Zuo Qing said self-deprecatingly. "Over the years, haven't there been enough outrageous variety shows? Like... these are all scripted, just trying to attract attention and playing games. Although they are very displeasing to the eye, there is no need to show them to me on purpose."

"No, Commander, this is different," the secretary hurriedly explained. "This is not your average variety show."

"This information looks perfectly normal to me." Zuo Qing looked at the information about "Hot-Blooded Fighting Arena" in his hand. "It's just a hundred... tens, hundreds, thousands, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, hundreds of millions, billions, a hundred billion RMB in prize money!? Are you sure you didn't misspell the zeros?! Aren't these variety shows just here to make money?! When did they start handing out money?"

"Ten billion?" The secretary took the document from Zuo Qing's hand in confusion. "It's a typo."

"I knew it..."

"There's a zero missing; it should be one hundred billion." The secretary took a pen from his breast pocket and added a zero to each prize in the prize money column, starting with the first-place prize of one hundred billion.

Then he handed it to Zuo Qing, saying, "These are the correct ones..."

"You've been with me for so many years, you know I hate being lied to the most..." Zuo Qing took the documents, glanced at his secretary, and slowly began to speak.

Even now, he still can't quite believe it's true.

You should know that the compensation for the Night Watchmen who died was only three million, while the prize money for the first place winner of this variety show is ten million?

But looking at his secretary's serious face, he had no choice but to believe it was true; no wonder such news would appear on his desk.

"False advertising?" Zuo Qing asked tentatively.

“Impossible.” The secretary shook his head. “Nearly 70% of the top 100 companies in the country are endorsing them. It can’t be fake. Even the Baili family, the number one family group in the Great Xia Dynasty and the second largest sponsor of our Night Watchmen after the government, known as the Museum of Forbidden Objects, has publicly endorsed this program..... It can’t be fake.”

"What are they trying to do? Do they have too much money to spend, so they're here to give it away to the public?"

"Maybe so, after all, we don't understand the world of the rich."

"Commander Zuo, we..."

Zuo Qing casually signed his name on the document, tossed the pen aside, and looked up at the night outside the window.

After a long pause, he let out a long sigh. "Send someone to investigate what they're trying to do. Ordinary people may not know the details, but do you think the bosses of these big companies don't?"

"Over the past year, the number of 'mysterious' attacks across the country has increased again, and their strength is growing stronger. Ordinary teams stationed in cities are finding it increasingly difficult to deal with them. Xia Simeng, the captain of the [Phoenix] team, has already made over twenty complaint calls to me this month, accusing us of exploiting our workforce, being inhumane, and even saying they're planning a rebellion to take our place..."

What trouble would they possibly cause now?

"So, this investigation will be conducted by the Phoenix team?" the secretary asked.

"Emm..." Zuo Qing thought for a moment and asked, "Where are they planning to hold their show?"

“It’s in Beijing,” the secretary said.

"What!?" Zuo Qing slammed his hand on the table and stood up. "Right under our noses!?"

“That’s right.” The secretary nodded. “It will be held at the newly built Jingtao Building this year…”

Upon hearing his secretary's words, Zuo Qing remembered the company that had acquired over 700 acres of land in Beijing last year.

After all, housing prices in Beijing change every year. In this place where every inch of land is precious, who wouldn't be surprised if a company suddenly acquired such a large piece of land?

"Is that the Jingtao Group that bought over 700 acres of land from the government a year ago?"

"They bought such a large piece of land just to do this?!"

"Now it seems that this is indeed the case."

"Emm..."

"The Phoenix Squad is too busy. Let the 006 Squad stationed in Beijing handle it. This matter is also within their jurisdiction..."

"Ok."

......

The dim sunlight gradually faded, and the city lights came on.

At the top of a high-rise building in Beijing, a man in a black trench coat stood, surrounded by bats that circled and then flew into the night sky.

The darkness in his eyes faded, and he turned to the black-haired boy, saying, "I'll search the east side, you search the west side."

"it is good."

Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan split up to investigate the mystery of this mission.

However, they didn't discover their mysterious target, but they did discover... an advertisement?

"What's going on?" Lin Qiye asked through the Bat Fighter's shared vision, looking at the skyscrapers in Beijing, which were now all covered with advertisements for the variety show "Hot-Blooded Fighting Arena" recruiting contestants.

Everyone was confused.

He usually ignores these kinds of ads, since compared to the glamorous variety shows, their work as night watchmen is done in the dark.

Most people don't know them...

But this time he was frightened.

After all, he had never seen such a large scene before!

Lin Qiye was, after all, a man who had seen his share of big events.

As far as he knew, even Baili Pangpang's family business didn't have that much financial resources!

However, he's currently at work, so he should focus on finishing his current tasks first. He'll come back and inquire about this matter after debunking the mystery surrounding his target.

Jingtao Group, huh...?

I've never heard of someone being that rich.

When Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan met up, the first thing Lin Qiye asked was, "So, did you find it?"

He didn't even see the mysterious figure they were looking for.

“No.” Cao Yuan shook his head. “With Captain Shao in Shangjing City, most of the mysteries are afraid of him and have to lie low. Apart from newly emerging mysteries who don’t know the ‘rules,’ very few mysteries will come out to take action… Hopefully, we can catch it before it harms people again this time.”

"Me too. Apart from discovering quite a few lurking 'mysteries,' we haven't seen any trace of the mission's target," Lin Qiye replied.