Chapter 24 Notice, Bait, Please give me your guidance, Brother Xing, you like...

Thanks to Fu Ze's previous "citywide broadcast," many of the leaders of the adjudication bureau, who should have been home long ago, remained in the bureau to discuss how to minimize the impact of the incident.

Then they were all caught red-handed by Yuan Jianxing, who had returned.

The senior officials of the arbitration board are very divided in their attitude toward this chief adjudicator.

With the support of Deputy Director Xu Xiezhi, the party adhered to the views that "heroes are not judged by their origins" and "it doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat." As long as it did not violate fundamental principles, they turned a blind eye to all of Yuan Jianxing's actions, and even occasionally encouraged him to open back doors.

The other opponents were very dissatisfied with Yuan Jianxing's barbaric practices, which he had inherited from Xu Xiezhi. However, given Yuan Jianxing's undefeated record, they couldn't say much, and could only secretly complain that their trusted executives were useless and kept causing Yuan Jianxing minor, harmless setbacks.

However, after hearing Harami's account, both his supporters who had previously defended him and his opponents who had taken the opportunity to kick him while he was down were shocked.

Moreover, the level of shock was even greater than when Yuan Jianxing reported what Snake Eyes had said on the rooftop.

“Based on my previous report, I believe that the Kangming Group can no longer be simply regarded as an entity that can be barely coexisted with.” Yuan Jianxing drew a circle on the tablet screen with his stylus, circling the expected state of social disorder in L City that he had calculated on the spot.

Although the strange things the Cummins Group has done in the past two months have been within the jurisdiction of the Adjudication Bureau, their future actions are unpredictable when combined with the "key" mentioned by Snake Eyes.

“If the CEO of L City is unable to handle the Kangming Group due to various chronic illnesses, then I am willing to be the first to take the plunge.” Taking a half step forward, Yuan Jianxing stood facing the leaders of the meeting and said loudly, “I will submit the specific implementation steps in the form of a confidential document in two hours, and I hope that the leaders will approve them.”

Although Hara Mihoshi said it was "approval," given his style of doing things, it was essentially equivalent to "notification."

However, even Xu Xiezhi couldn't give him a definite answer right away this time.

"Wait a moment, I have a few questions." She gestured for Yuan Jianxing to look in her direction.

"First, in my personal opinion, Snake Eyes's claim about the 'key' is entirely a fabrication based on the Charon Crossing incident, made up to delay his trial. Forget about assigning an executive officer to investigate; even listening to him would be a waste of resources. So why did you actually believe his nonsense?"

"Secondly, I greatly admire your courage in taking the lead. But have you considered why, over the years, the L City Adjudication Bureau has been unable to do anything to the Kangming Group? It can't be because they are all incompetent cowards, can it?"

"Third, you're acting alone. No matter how meticulous your plan is, how much trouble can you possibly cause?"

Xu Xiezhi's questions basically encompassed the thoughts of all the leaders present.

After exchanging glances, they turned their attention back to Yuan Jianxing, awaiting the CEO's reply.

At this moment, Yuan Jianxing resembled Prometheus, who had stolen fire from the heavens and was being scrutinized by the gods.

“Regarding the first question,” he began, answering each point in detail.

"The sealed files uploaded to L City characterize the Charon Crossing incident as a vicious incident in which the Kangming Group planted a certain amount of explosives on the bridge in advance to secretly kill someone, and detonated the explosives while the target was crossing the bridge, blowing up other vehicles on the bridge at the same time."

"However, the identification results of the vehicle salvaged from the bottom of the reservoir below contradicted this characterization. At the same time, there was no damage on the bridge caused by the explosion, and the surrounding residents did not notice any loud noise. This is unreasonable."

"However, Snake Eyes' explanation perfectly explains the above doubts. Based on this, I have decided to treat his statement as fact."

Although the case of Charon's Crossing was extremely important, many of the leaders of V City had only heard of it and did not know how Yuan Jianxing could take time out of his busy schedule to understand a case so clearly in L City.

"As for the second question," Yuan Jianxing continued, "admittedly, the historical legacy of L City is far more complex than that of any other city, and the Kangming Group is like a tumor deeply buried in the veins of this city, forming a strange coexistence between the two."

"If the executive officer were to easily take action against certain branches of the Cumming Group, it could trigger a chain reaction that causes some seemingly unrelated ordinary residents of L City to lose their jobs. Considering the entire city as a whole, dealing with the Cumming Group would actually be a losing proposition."

An opposition leader's eyes narrowed: "You know this perfectly well, don't you? Then quickly withdraw this naive proposal."

Before Yuan Jianxing could say anything, Xu Xiezhi stepped in to defend him: "Ignoring illness and avoiding treatment? How come a correct principle that even a child understands becomes a mistake in the adjudication bureau?"

After Xu Xiezhi finished playing the bad cop, it was Yuan Jianxing's turn to play the good cop.

“But this time my strategy is different from the past.” He scanned the leaders in the conference room with equal respect. “I have found a very valuable ‘bait’ and I am confident that I can use it to fish out the components of Cummins that will not affect ordinary residents.”

"By the way, to answer the last question raised by the deputy director: How much of a storm can I stir up by myself alone?"

"The focus of this storm is not on me, but on this 'bait'."

"Based on the results so far with this 'bait,' I believe it will not disappoint you."

And Harami Hoshi has never disappointed either.

Looking at the man she brought back, who had grown from a frail boy into a judge capable of shouldering the responsibility of an entire city, Xu Xiezhi felt somewhat reluctant to let him take such a gamble and venture into the dragon's den of L City.

But she was also very clear that Yuan Jianxing's plan was so thorough and meticulous that it was obvious that he had considered it for a long time before coming to this conclusion.

If he really comes across an opportunity that he feels he absolutely cannot miss, he will probably continue to hide it and hone it.

Taking a deep breath without making a sound, Xu Xiezhi offered her blessings from the perspective of being both a leader and a "mother": "Then I have no problem on my end. I wish you a successful start and a glorious return."

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Rewinding to the present, Hara Kensei pulls himself out of his memories.

According to the decision agreed upon at the previous meeting, although he has been demoted on the surface and fallen from "CEO" back to "junior executive", in reality he has gained the greatest freedom of action.

At the same time, in order to thoroughly expose the Kangming Group, the Adjudication Bureau would cooperate to meet all his needs without exposing the other party. His actual power was almost equal to or even surpassed that of the feudal lords in old-fashioned stories who "obeyed orders but not summons."

Combined, the effect that Yuan Jianxing could achieve at this time might not be much less than when he was the chief adjudicator.

Moreover, he has a "bait" in his hand, which, if used well, could potentially achieve a "two ounces can make a thousand pounds" effect.

However, to avoid alerting the enemy again, Yuan Jianxing did not tell anyone, including Xu Xiezhi, about his true plan this time. Instead, he had Mu Wangzhu extend an enticing olive branch to the "bait" as a test.

If the "bait" accepts this offer, then there's nothing more to say; I will find an opportunity to transfer him to L City to increase the chances of the other party exposing their true colors.

If the "bait" doesn't take the olive branch... then this person is quite thoughtful, and we should let it go for a while longer.

But in the end, both lead to the same result: the "bait" has to follow you.

Just as the elevator arrived at the target floor, Yuan Jianxing put his deep thoughts about the "bait" into the temporary storage area of ​​his brain and began to advance other tasks.

For example, the "picking up people" task that Mu Wangzhuo just passed the buck to.

After leaving the back door of the adjudication bureau and walking a certain distance, Yuan Jianxing booked a driverless taxi on the platform. Before getting in the car, he checked the current traffic situation in V City on the map and devised a route that would allow him to arrive at his destination before the time agreed upon by Mu Wangzhuo.

His mission has begun.

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Just as they arrived near their destination, before Yuan Jianxing could even contact Fu Ze, a figure carrying a suitcase stood in front of the car.

"Brother Xing, do you prefer coffee or soda?" The man waved a thermos bag that looked like it could hold four drinks. "Since I didn't know what your preference was, I had the shop pre-package the ice and syrup. Isn't that thoughtful?"

Looking at those gray-purple eyes that curved slightly with a smile, Yuan Jianxing thought: I've met a master.

However, this time Fu Ze didn't think he had to consider so much as Yuan Jianxing had. He simply didn't want to waste the buy-one-get-one-free coupon on his phone.

Walking around to the side of the driverless taxi, Fu Ze looked at the somewhat overly clean and spacious storage box and asked, "Brother Xing, is this all your luggage is?"

"The other important items have all been packed and shipped directly. We can pick them up at the courier point later." Yuan Jianxing carefully observed Fu Ze lifting the box using the rearview mirror in front of him, and tried to determine whether there were any disassembled gun parts inside by listening to the vibrations when the box fell and the sounds of objects colliding inside.

For example, Hercules AXR or something like that.

As expected, Yuan Jianxing didn't find any useful clues from Fu Ze's actions.

“This is a good idea. If the news about going to L City hadn’t come so suddenly, I would have done the same.” Fu Ze put the suitcase away, took a step back, and watched the trunk slowly close. “But I don’t have much stuff, so going through all this trouble isn’t necessarily worth it.”

Yuan Jianxing thought silently, "This person has said both the truth and the sarcasm."

"Let's get on first. If we want to get to L City before dark, we need to hurry." He turned around and operated the vehicle driving system to switch target locations.

However, before Yuan Jianxing could complete the input of the new location, Fu Ze, who was sitting in the car facing Yuan Jianxing, continued what he had just said: "Before dark... that means we'll have to go through the underground waterway. We really need to hurry. The underground waterway is currently under traffic restrictions and does not accept any form of reservation. Everyone who comes will have to queue up for inspection."

Yuan Jianxing paused slightly, subtly observing the other party.

Is this guy a little too familiar with how V City works?

However, these special cases were indeed published on the executive's intranet, and even trainee executives could see them if they were interested, so he couldn't arbitrarily judge them as something outrageous.

If any other trainee executive had reacted so quickly, Yuan Jianxing would probably have thought even more highly of the other person, believing that the other person had done their homework thoroughly and had a very good attitude.

Fu Ze accepted Yuan Jianxing's scrutiny without any hesitation, and then proceeded to open the insulated bag on his own.

"Have you decided? Coffee or soda?" He placed six cups containing coffee, soda, ice, and syrup on the small table between them. "If you don't choose, I'll go first."

Having said all that, Yuan Jianxing could only nod in agreement to the solution.

Having received permission, Fu Ze began to act.

He then took the glass containing ice cubes to his front and used a straw to dab syrup around the rim of the glass.

After doing all this, Fu Ze slowly poured the coffee into the ice cup in batches to make it fully cool, while lamenting, "What a pity, I should have asked the owner for a slice of lemon and a little salt before leaving."

Upon hearing about lemons and salt, Yuan Jianxing instantly understood the true purpose behind Fu Ze's strange actions.

He was replicating the classic coffee-making techniques from L City.

The rim of the coffee cup is smeared with syrup and then salt is stuck on the other side. For a more elaborate version, a slice of lemon with a peel that has been roasted at high temperature is also added.

To do this in front of oneself, isn't it a deliberate attempt to emphasize one's origins?

Just as Yuan Jianxing was pondering this, Fu Ze, who had finished the preparation, actually pushed the finished product in front of Yuan Jianxing.

"please."

Watching the other person's bold actions—not bothering with any fancy tricks, not even omitting the straw, and just guzzling down the soda—Yuan Jianxing finally managed to squeeze out, "...Thank you."

This guy definitely decided what he wanted to drink a long time ago.

"Brother Xing, there's no need to be so polite." Fu Ze, who had taken the initiative, put down his half-empty cup, rested his chin on his hand, looked at the other party, and said with a smile, "Please take care of me in the days to come."

"Yes, please guide me."

At this moment, the vehicle, with its planned route, slowly started moving. Driven by inertia, the amber-colored coffee and clear soda in the two people's cups swayed slightly.

Ice cubes collided, bubbles burst, as if a silent exchange of secrets and probing was taking place within a small space.

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Author's Note: GO↗GO↗GO↗, the young couple on the opposing lane are off to go! [rainbow fart]