Chapter 66 He was taken away
The next morning, Shan Qiu suddenly came to see them, and the first thing she said was, "Zeng Fei from the plundering organization is dead."
"Who is Zeng Fei?" Sui Cheng and Lu Zhi asked in unison, as if they had given each other prior notice.
Shan Qiu looked at Lu Zhi and frowned, saying, "Someone I know told me yesterday that you went to see Zeng Fei?"
Lu Zhi's eyes were icy as he said, "It seems Captain Shan has had quite a few people watching us."
"We can't let you off the hook," Shan Qiu said bluntly. "After all, you're not from our base. We're keeping an eye on you because we're afraid you'll cause something serious that we won't be able to handle."
"I did go see Zeng Fei, but why are you asking me about him now that he's dead?" Lu Zhi asked casually, legs crossed. "How did he die?"
"I heard that he insisted on leaving the base last night, and ended up encountering a mutant on the road. He ran into it without any resistance and was killed instantly." Shan Qiu's eyes held a scrutinizing look as he asked, "Is this really unrelated to you?"
The passenger countered, "Does Captain Shan want this to be related to us or not?"
“Regardless of whether there’s a connection or not, the people over there will investigate the law enforcement. I’m here just to advise you to be mentally prepared,” Shan Qiu explained, rubbing his temples.
With a hint of curiosity, Lu Zhi asked her bluntly, "Your superior is supposed to be a leader at the base, so why are you so afraid of a small organization? Do you know who's behind them?"
A hint of displeasure flashed across Shan Qiu's face as she forced back her emotions and said, "If I knew who it was, I wouldn't have wanted to cooperate with you in this investigation. Besides, this whole thing is..." She almost blurted out something she shouldn't have, but thankfully she shut her mouth in time.
Lu Zhi gave a cold laugh.
The passenger said, "Does Captain Shan know what constitutes effective fishing?"
Dan Qiu frowned, quickly realizing the meaning behind Sui Cheng's words, and said with a shocked expression, "Are you deliberately shifting your predatory gaze onto yourself?"
"Not too stupid."
Shan Qiu glared at Lu Zhi. The man had a pleasing appearance, but his words were anything but pleasant.
“To catch a big fish, you have to cast a big bait.” Lu Zhi clenched his fists and rested them on his chin, his deep green eyes unfathomable. “The death of a member of the raiding party isn’t important; what matters is how he died. I entered Zeng Fei’s room so openly yesterday, everyone will suspect me first, and they might even send members of their elite organization to investigate me. Isn’t that like a fish delivered to their doorstep?”
After saying this, he got up and walked to the window, opened it, looked down at the crowd, and said in a lazy tone, "Captain Shan, if you don't want to be discovered to have anything to do with us, you'd better leave now."
Dan Qiu also looked out the window and noticed that there were many more people outside than when he arrived. Her expression changed drastically, and she said incredulously, "You had all of this under your control?"
“You’ve misunderstood.” Lu Zhi shrugged and explained, “I just found out myself.”
Shan Qiu felt that the current law enforcement officers looked even more terrifying than their initially harmless appearance.
She glanced at the passenger and asked, puzzled, "You dare keep someone like that around?"
"Trust those you employ, and don't employ those you don't trust." Sui Cheng's tone was unusually calm. "Besides, he's one of my men."
Dan Qiu rolled her eyes, feeling like she'd been force-fed a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection), and left their room without looking back.
She swore that if she ever cared about whether these two lived or died again, she would be a dog.
After leaving, Shan Qiu went directly to the base center to find Bai Su and Bai Xuefeng and told them about Sui Cheng and Lu Zhi.
Regarding the law enforcement, Bai Xuefeng only said one sentence: "Some people are like that. They seem harmless on the outside, but they are actually crazy and perverted on the inside."
He was quite interested in the man accompanying him and hoped to meet him if the opportunity arose.
Meanwhile, at the hotel...
After Shan Qiu left, Sui Cheng and Lü Zhi packed their things.
Yesterday, they asked the shop owner to rebook two rooms. They put their belongings in the two rooms separately, and then went upstairs in one room and downstairs in the other.
The ride took us to the rooftop of the hotel. Although the hotel was only four stories high, we could see everything that was happening below.
Meanwhile, the lawyer happened to run into the looters as he was going downstairs.
"It's him." The leader was Amo, after all, he and his few underlings were the only ones who knew Lu Zhi.
With a disgruntled expression, Lawyer said, "Didn't I already tell you? I don't want to join your lousy organization anymore. Why are you coming to me again?"
Now that Amu had someone backing him up, he was incredibly arrogant. He put his hands on his hips, pointed at him, and said sternly, "You've gotten yourself into big trouble. Is our boss's death related to you?"
"Oh, who did you say died?" Lu Zhi's acting was so good that no one could tell he was acting.
"Who else could it be? My boss, Zeng Fei, the one you met yesterday."
"Oh, it's him. Well, that's good that he died." Lu Zhi even clapped his hands at them, saying cheerfully, "But what does that have to do with me? You must have the wrong person."
"You're from Jiangxi, right? Come with us, our Brother Long wants to see you." A fierce-looking, burly man in black stepped out from behind Amo and gestured for Lü Zhi to come forward.
Jiangxi was the name of the identity that Shan Qiu had assigned to them.
Lu Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "If you want to take me away, you should at least give me a reason."
"Before Zeng Fei died, the only stranger he ever saw was you." He waved his hand, and two more superhumans appeared behind him, seemingly ready to force their way into Lu Zhi's presence.
They had already done some research before they arrived. The research showed that Lu Zhi had only been at the Qinglong base for a short time, had not yet joined any organization or team, and had no powerful backers. Dealing with such a person was extremely easy.
The man's attitude was relatively polite; he didn't try to be forceful from the start.
Seeing that Lu Zhi still refused to back down, he said coldly, "You need to think this through. You have no one to rely on in the Azure Dragon Base. We can take action against you anytime, anywhere."
Upon hearing this, Lu Zhi showed a hint of fear and said somewhat stiffly, "Fine, let's go."
He was taken away by the plunderers.
Sui Cheng watched them leave from the rooftop, then touched the vines on his wrist and whispered, "Be careful."
The vines nuzzled his palm affectionately, as if in response.
——
Just as Zeng Fei said, the plundering organization's base in Qinglong Base was located on Xin'an Street.
When Lu Zhi was brought here, many people looked at him with surprise and doubt.
He roughly observed his surroundings and could sense the energy fluctuations around him.
They can't be considered very strong superhumans; they're just average.
But he never thought that this was just so-so; only he thought so. Compared to other superhumans, he was considered to be in the upper-middle class.
On either side of Xin'an Street are the two large groups Zeng Fei mentioned; the one on the left belongs to Zhang Yuanlong, and the one on the right belongs to Qian Hu.
Perhaps because they were like oil and water, the relationship between the two regiments was not good, especially the two regimental commanders, who would fight and argue as soon as they met.
"Commander, the person has been brought."
The lawyers were led to their office building. After reaching the third floor, they turned a corner and walked to the door of the last office.
This is Zhang Yuanlong's office.
I never expected him to catch such a big fish as soon as he arrived.
Lu Zhi had already figured out how to go back and claim credit with Cheng.
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