Chapter 12 is a pity, but I'll accept it with a smile. Please delete it within five minutes...
"Although it arrived faster than I expected, its accuracy was terrible..." After estimating the airship's landing point, Fu Zeli stood on the edge of the terrace of the rest stop's sightseeing cafe, taking a big gulp of iced ginger ale to calm his inner turmoil. "What a pity that such a great opportunity to take the initiative was wasted like this."
The moment the airship exploded, the radar at the transfer hub detected the anomaly, and staff there contacted the adjudication bureau while broadcasting evacuation notices.
If all goes well, the executive officer should be able to reach the transfer hub within twenty minutes.
Twenty minutes...
Fu Ze subconsciously bit down on the straw.
If this were in L City, the people from the Kangming Group would probably have plowed this land three or four times and then spent eight boxes of bullets firing at the executive officer.
But this is V City, where the Trial Bureau and the former Mikiko are located.
Thinking about it this way, it's likely that the current outcome was achieved through Wells Lee's best efforts in negotiating with local smugglers and middlemen.
Hmm, that won't work if we think about it that way.
This unexpected outcome was so surprising that it couldn't be easily detected.
This request was extremely difficult, and others might have racked their brains trying to find a solution, but fortunately, Fu Ze was prepared.
If we were to rank his vast and numerous life principles, those that would rank after "the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits" would surely be—
It's better to rely on yourself than on others; only you can take responsibility for and care about your own affairs.
Fu Ze tossed his half-finished chilled ginger ale onto the top of the handrail pillar, then grabbed his phone to activate the secret weapon on the Demon Lizard 757 parked on the top floor of the nearby multi-level parking garage.
However, just before officially starting the operation, Fu Ze habitually checked the surrounding situation.
Although his current location is very clever, with an excellent view, ordinary people would not be able to detect him at all.
But as the saying goes, better safe than sorry.
In the instant he looked up, Fu Ze's gaze locked onto a familiar figure among the evacuating crowd—the same Da San Xi executive who had taken him away with the tracking device earlier.
What a stroke of good fortune!
Fu Zeqiang suppressed his elation, took two steps out from his hiding place, and greeted them:
"here!"
*
PL27 looked at the person he had been searching for and asked quickly, "What's going on? What did Yuan Jianxing say?"
“He probably doesn’t know about this yet.” Fu Ze crossed his arms and looked up slightly at PL27. “But I don’t plan to tell him for the time being.”
PL27 was interrupted by Fu Ze before he could finish his "why" question.
“That’s the chief, you know. If every little thing has to go through his hands, do you want to work him to death?” Fu Ze’s tone revealed 90% protectiveness and 10% bluffing.
What trivial matter?
PL27 looked at the situation outside with a mixture of shock and confusion.
It had only been five or six minutes from when he got off the escort vehicle to when he found the guy with the orange hair.
But in such a short time, the airship crashed near the edge of the hub, igniting a raging fire that spread to several buildings.
Dozens of emergency robots carrying water guns rushed in from all directions and surrounded the area.
A powerful jet of water gushed from the pipe onto the blazing flames that distorted the air, turning into a mist that evaporated away.
Although the scene looked somewhat intimidating, everything seemed to be under control.
Fu Ze turned his gaze away from where PL27 was looking. "Do you think this accident was aimed at Snake Eyes?"
"This possibility cannot be ruled out."
“In that case, that person offers a humble opinion for your consideration.” Fu Ze raised a finger and tapped it twice in the air in front of PL27.
"Violating the rules is a small matter, but losing the snake's eye is a big deal."
"Furthermore, put yourself in their shoes. If you were a leader, would you be more willing to promote a subordinate who breaks the rules but completes the task, or a subordinate who is cautious and doesn't cross the rules but causes the task to fail?"
"Furthermore, given that Hara Kensei has received your favor, and based on my understanding of him, he will definitely put in a few more words in defense of you in his report."
Despite all that Fu Ze said, PL27's core message was still, "Violation is a small matter, but losing a person is a big deal." Everything else was just empty talk.
In fact, his trip here was not really to seek help from V City or Yuan Jianxing, but more to gain recognition.
It's worth noting that, compared to his cautious and meticulous colleagues, the person in front of him had just recently demonstrated what it means that "rules are not something everyone needs to follow."
Snapping his fingers to bring PL27 back to attention, Fu Ze then flicked his wrist and pointed to the frameless door on the side.
"The broadcasting room is the second room after you turn right and go down the stairs outside."
"The equipment access control room is next to the broadcasting room. Please feel free to use it if needed."
Fu Ze gave a smile identical to the one he had given when he said "Welcome to V City" earlier. "Good luck."
*
With no instructions from higher-ups and no messages from PL27, the officers on duty at Snake Eye grew increasingly anxious.
Meanwhile, the strange "hoarse" sound that Snake Eyes was squeezing out from deep in his throat only made them even more agitated and irritable.
Just then, a sharp electrical whistle suddenly came from the surrounding loudspeakers, followed by a high-frequency, drum-like pounding sound that replaced the evacuation announcement that had been playing on repeat.
The knocking sounds might sound chaotic to others, but to the executive officer, they could be interpreted in a different way.
An executive quickly translated the knocking sounds, then said with a grave expression, "Is this...announcing our location?"
“That’s PL27,” the former co-pilot concluded. “From what I know of him, he probably felt that the impact of mission failure was greater than the punishment he would receive for acting without authorization afterward.”
Regardless of whether others agree with this viewpoint, even if others have opinions, their team's location has already been broadcast, and there's no going back.
Soon, a rapid knocking sound, identical in rhythm to the one that had been broadcast earlier, began to echo in the carriage where the team was located.
Other L City executive teams have come looking for us.
What's done is done; we can only accept the mistake.
“Even if we gather officers from other squads to escort Snake Eyes, our vehicles aren’t big enough,” one officer questioned after opening the door and counting the number of people. “But to transport Snake Eyes, we’d have to transport this tens of tons of powerful magnetic restraint device along with him…”
At the same moment this person raised his question, PL27's voice rang out in the communicator.
"This is the largest transit hub in V City. At least in terms of cargo transportation, no one is more professional than them."
The executive looked to one side and saw a medium-sized forklift, guided by several robots, parked beside the armored vehicle.
Meanwhile, the orders from the higher-ups arrived belatedly. The first half of the orders was remarkably similar to their current actions.
As for the second half...
"Use the largest armored truck as a fortress to protect Snake Eyes in place until the V City executives come to pick it up."
*
Looking down at the L City executives who were engaged in "large-scale construction," Fu Ze quickly grasped their current intentions.
He shook his head helplessly. He really hadn't expected that the decision-makers in L City would choose the most conservative option among all his anticipated actions.
"Indeed, it's better to rely on yourself than on others."
After expressing his feelings again, Fu Ze took out a new SIM card, inserted it into his phone, and then took a new screenshot from the surveillance footage.
However, compared to the previous picture that only captured the exterior of the transport vehicle, this picture clearly shows the snake's eyes being moved.
Below the picture, Fu Ze captioned it: "The snake's eyes are really here, hit the mark."
send.
Just as he was about to repeat the process for the previous SIM card, he paused, inserted the SIM card back in, and wrote a new text message.
"Even playing away from home, the mighty Kangming Group was so intimidated by Yuan Jianxing?"
Although Yuan Jianxing had already taken the blame for too many things, Fu Ze felt no remorse whatsoever.
Consider this the price this person paid for choking himself early this morning.
As Fu Ze stared at the line of text on the screen, his only consideration was whether this crude attempt at provocation would be persuasive enough.
That's clearly not enough.
So, for the Cummins Group, what are the most important and compelling conditions for action that would make them anxious?
The answer is self-evident.
So, Fu Ze deleted all the characters on the screen and replaced them with:
"I'll gladly accept the key."
Perfect, send!
*
"You mean because of an accident at the transit hub, the escort team from L City changed their strategy and chose to wait in place for our backup?" After listening to the deputy director's retelling, Yuan Jianxing summarized it concisely.
“Although the leaders are arguing, their people in L City have indeed carried it out.” The deputy director pinched his brow helplessly. “They say it might be a special attack by the Kangming Group targeting Snake Eyes, but we insist it’s just an accident and demand that they proceed according to the original plan.”
Yuan Jianxing didn't speak, but his slightly furrowed brows already showed his personal attitude.
"I don't think there's anything to say." Seeing that the deputy director had finished speaking, Yuan Jianxing immediately stood up. "Violation is a small matter, losing the snake eye is a big deal."
"Are you trying to overstep your bounds?" the deputy director feigned anger. "Do you know what the consequences will be?"
That was exactly what she intended; otherwise, she wouldn't have taken advantage of the break in the meeting to come down and inform Yuan Jianxing about the situation.
However, the necessary procedures still need to be followed.
“This isn’t the first time. Violations are a minor issue, but problems with Snake Eyes are a major one.” Yuan Jianxing saw through the deputy director’s performance and skipped the “tug-of-war” scene in the other party’s script, starting to make demands, “Then I would like to take some of the personnel currently on duty at the General Administration with me.”
"Okay, go and come back soon." The deputy director nodded and created an approval process in the OA system.
In this way, even if someone were to settle scores with Yuan Jianxing later, they would still have to consider the deputy director's feelings.
During the period of notifying personnel to assemble, Yuan Jianxing communicated the needs with the relevant departments of traffic management in advance.
Based on past experience, Yuan Jianxing could theoretically achieve the expected result that "as long as the executive officer's convoy starts from the headquarters building, it can reach the transfer hub smoothly all the way."
But today is different...
"Chief, it's not that we're unwilling to help your adjudication bureau with this." A troubled voice came from the other end of the phone. "The data shows that all the traffic near the North District transfer hub is stuck there. With this massive traffic jam, no matter what lights we change, it won't work. Your previous team is also stuck in there."
Why is this happening?
In Yuan Jianxing's memory, the traffic planning in the North District was very reasonable and had ample capacity, so there were very few traffic jams even during the morning and evening rush hours.
"We have already sent people to investigate the cause, and we will inform you and provide a solution as soon as we have the results."
But given the current situation, Yuan Jianxing can't wait for any results from the traffic organization.
"Please wait a moment."
With Yuan Jianxing's sufficiently polite order in place, even though the office was in complete chaos and people were extremely busy, the traffic management staff didn't dare hang up on Yuan Jianxing and could only wait there with the phone hanging up.
Upon accessing Mu Wangzhuo's contact information, Yuan Jianxing asked the moment the other party answered the phone, "Are you still in the Central District?"
"Still here, what's wrong?" As he answered, Mu Wangzhuo turned the car around and started heading back to the Adjudication Bureau.
“Heavy loaders require two pilots with A6 licenses, and I remember your license is A7.”
Upon hearing "heavy loader," Mu Wangzhuo immediately realized what the situation was.
“That’s how it is, but where are you going to find another executive with an A6 driver’s license?” he said with a hint of smug concern. “You know, not all executives are like me, with such a strong interest and talent for driving.”
“You don’t need to worry about that,” Yuan Jianxing replied calmly. “Although I have no talent or interest in driving, I happen to have an A8 driver’s license.”
In the current driver's license level system, A8 and A7 are a huge dividing line, and the difficulty of the test has increased exponentially.
Not intending to listen to the entire classic trilogy of "great shock - questioning the truth - blaming others" by Mu Wangzhuo on the other end, Yuan Jianxing switched back to the channel communicating with the traffic organization.
"The previous request is null and void."
"I need you to clear the entire airspace from the central district of V City to the northern transfer hub within five minutes."
A note from the author:
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Ginger soda is actually quite delicious, even more refreshing and invigorating than mint water. You should try it if you have the chance, or you could even try ginger cola as a meal replacement. [eating melon emoji]
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