Chapter 75 Young people have to do this
When Li Xiaogou saw Wang Bo's face in the team, he felt relieved.
He knew that Wang Zheng must be safe. Only in this case would Wang Bo follow the team back.
Wang Zheng is safe, and the situation in Ji Gu will probably not be too bad.
However, Li Xiaogou was only half right.
Supporting Wang Bo who had fallen into his arms, Li Xiaogou looked at Jiang Yao.
The latter's face was mostly covered in dust, leaving only a glimmer of light in his eyes. "It's been a tiring journey. Let's help him rest. We should also get some sleep first. We can talk about everything after we wake up."
I slept for a whole day and night.
Li Xiaogou looked at the two huge bags under Jiang Yao's eyes: ...
Jiang Yao seemed a little more energetic only after drinking a whole pot of strong tea.
"How long have you been awake?"
"We were ambushed on the way back. I barely slept a full night trying to get away from them. The longest I've ever gotten is seven days."
Jiang Yao is a psychic and the team leader, but he can't handle it...
"Who ambushed you?"
Jiang Yao glanced at him and said, "Why don't you ask about Wang Zheng and the others' situation?"
"Looking at Wang Bo's condition, Captain Wang Zheng should be fine."
Jiang Yao nodded: "Indeed, he is fine, but his IQ is still a concern."
Li Xiaogou's lips twitched, and he was not in a position to express any opinion on his elders' IQ.
Jiang Yao: "But if we had gone two days later, he might have really ascended to heaven."
Li Xiaogou raised his eyes.
"What's with that surprised look on your face? They've been trapped for so long, so anything that happens is to be expected, right?"
"I thought... this was some kind of ruse."
"How could he have so many schemes? With Wang Zheng's personality, he's not trapped. Even if the Special Investigation Bureau's headquarters has been destroyed, how could he remain indifferent?"
"Several captains have always known that there's a rift within the bureau. They've been feigning discord on the surface, while secretly searching for this person. They just didn't expect..."
Jiang Yao sighed heavily, and Li Xiaogou's brows furrowed. "Did the agents over there... suffer heavy casualties?"
"Not really. Only one person died. Thanks to him, the others were able to hide in time."
Li Xiaogou was silent.
"You guessed it? I'm quite surprised too. After all, he's usually like that... He doesn't seem like someone who would sacrifice himself for his teammates."
"Is it really Captain Du?" Jiang Mu asked in a hoarse voice.
"Yeah." Jiang Yao's voice gradually faded, his expression confused. "Wang Zheng told me that they followed the information from the Yuchi family's informant and were about to arrest someone, but they were ambushed. Those people had the advantage of being on high ground, and instead of rushing down to fight them head-on, they just used their weapons to deal with them from a distance."
"The situation was extremely unfavorable for the Special Investigation Bureau. If they had continued to fight like this, no one in their group would have survived. Du Tu launched a surprise attack, knocking Wang Zheng unconscious. He then covered the rear while the others rescued Wang Zheng."
At this point, Jiang Yao laughed, full of sarcasm.
"How shady of a person am I? After hearing what Wang Zheng said, I still can't believe that Du Tu could be such a... person. So I ask, did you try to find Captain Du later?"
"Wang Zheng was a rare case of being thoughtful and attentive. He immediately jumped up and punched me."
"Wang Zheng said he woke up in an underground cave. Not wanting to implicate others, he returned alone. The ambushers had already left, and there was nothing on the ground except blood, as if the ambush had never happened."
"He walked all the way to Jigu, afraid to reveal his whereabouts, relying only on his own feet. Then, he saw Captain Du's body... lying in the wilderness."
"They gouged out his eyes and nailed his limbs to a broken iron plate, then placed it on display on the main approach to the city."
"He died because all the blood in his body was drained out."
The room fell silent, and everyone was moved.
Li Xiaogou didn't know when his fingertips sank into the flesh. He heard himself ask in a hoarse voice, "Is it because of me?"
Jiang Yao looked at him, as if confused about how Li Xiaogou had brought the matter to his head.
"Yuchi, they have always been at peace with the Special Investigation Bureau and have even been cooperating with them privately. Du Tu..."
Li Xiaogou recalled the old man sitting in the room of Yuchi Deng's old house.
"Du Tu and the Yuchi family have a very good relationship."
"A good relationship?" Jiang Yao seemed to have heard something out of the blue. "How is that possible? Jigu is not in Daxia, so the Special Investigation Bureau can't interfere too much. They only send people to warn the Yuchi family when they go too far."
"I don't know the personal relationship between Du Tu and the Yuchi family, but what is certain is that if the Yuchi family had the power, the first one they would destroy would be the Special Investigation Bureau."
"The Yuchi family has always felt that if the Special Investigation Bureau hadn't tied their hands, their power would have taken control of the entire country, and perhaps even extended its reach to other countries."
"Just like the major families of the past."
"Yuchi Deng's death has nothing to do with you. Besides, they already appointed a new young master. I'm afraid they have forgotten the name Yuchi Deng even more completely than you have."
"It's just... there's one thing I can't figure out, and Wang Zheng can't explain it either."
"What?"
"The Special Investigation Bureau's ability to suppress these behemoths definitely isn't solely due to the power of one individual. I've only heard that the Special Investigation Bureau holds something belonging to these families. As long as that thing exists, they will absolutely not betray the Special Investigation Bureau."
"Among those who came back with you this time, is there anyone who was there at the time? I can try to reconstruct the scene."
Only a few people came back with Jiang Yao. Li Xiaogou checked their injuries and examined each of them carefully.
Obviously, the ambush had dealt a heavy blow to their spirits. Several of them had lost trust in the people around them, but the traitor was not among them.
Seeing Li Xiaogou's worry, Jiang Mu comforted him, "If I were a traitor, I would have fled immediately after the ambush and would not have stayed with Wang Zheng and the others."
Wang Zheng already knew what happened in the bureau, and it was this incident that made him give up staying in Jigu.
No one knows where Wang Zheng's team is now. The only words he left were to integrate the Special Investigation Bureau agents lurking in various places.
With several captains dead or injured, Baili Mengde remained in Chiping to oversee the overall situation. Contacting the Anbu was indeed the only task for Wang Zheng. Understanding this, Wang Bo silently followed Jiang Yao back.
Since the traitor was not among these people, there was not much else Li Xiaogou could do. He could only ask the medical soldiers to take good care of him, and then followed Jiang Yao to a secluded place.
"You seem to be hesitant to speak, are you hiding something from us?"
Jiang Yao was actually relieved when his plan was exposed.
Before leaving, Wang Zheng forced him to agree that he could not leave this matter to a few little bastards. But Jiang Yao knew in his heart that he and Wang Zheng were people of the last era. They could not do this matter, and it would be more hopeful to leave it to a few little bastards.
"You figured it out, but I didn't say it on my own initiative." Jiang Yao muttered.
"Don't you find it strange that the Special Investigation Bureau didn't cause any major waves after the shocking incident that night?"
"fine?"
In his previous life, he was badly cheated by those powerful people who were good at hiding evidence. Li Xiaogou thought it was normal that such a horrific and panic-inducing event was covered up. On the contrary, in his opinion, it would be strange if it was exposed.
Of course, he didn't tell Jiang Yao these words.
Jiang Yao continued, "The old director hasn't shown up yet, and I'm afraid he's still trapped somewhere. During this time, Mo Shang attended several events as the deputy director of the Special Investigation Bureau. I have people in Chiping who deliberately blocked these news, so you didn't see them."
"Wait, you said Mo Shang was using the identity of the Deputy Director of the Special Investigation Bureau?"
How can such a short sentence be so full of loopholes?
"Are you indeed Mo Shang, with the nameplate of the Deputy Director of the Special Investigation Bureau on your chest?"
Jiang Yao handed over a cigarette, but Li Xiaogou pushed it back. He was anxious to hear what was to come.
"I'm going to regret telling you guys this for not being so calm."
"Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in the world."
"It looks like Mo Shang. Whether it's the effect of some supernatural power or if there are preservatives hidden in his body is unknown."
"Second question, yes, he is indeed operating as the Deputy Director of the Special Investigation Bureau. The days of the Special Investigation Bureau remaining hidden behind the scenes for so many years are over. It seems that the higher-ups are planning to use Twitter to push it forward."
"Why would they do this? It might take time, but after the collective revelry, some people will soon realize the disadvantages ordinary people face."
"What kind of idiot makes such a decision!"
After Li Xiaogou finished speaking, he suddenly realized that the Yan family also held the same idea back then, which eventually brought them fatal disaster.
But in just a few decades, the situation has changed.
"I'm not that fragile." Jiang Yao's expression was calm, which made Li Xiaogou feel a little relieved.
"Maybe if the old ancestor knew what I'm doing now, he would be so angry that he would jump out of his coffin." Jiang Yao added lightly.
Li Xiaogou took a second to react, then suddenly said, "You mean you don't support disclosure?!"
"Back then, the Yan family wanted to give the public the right to know, but they didn't consider how much of a complex network of forces this would infringe upon. I was young and brave at the time, and I didn't understand this. It was only after lurking in the organization for so long that I truly understood it."
Seeing Li Xiaogou's strange expression, Jiang Yao laughed: "You don't think I'm trying to clear my name, do you? I admit that I founded the organization for the purpose of revenge, but it wasn't me who made it grow. For a long time, I was even blindfolded and deafened until Yunlou found me and threw the evidence right under my nose."
"For any organization to develop, the first thing it needs is money, and this is no different. It has recruited many potential psychics from all over the country, many of whom are businessmen. Once they have money, they begin to covet power. I think it's reasonable for such people to donate to the organization. But I still underestimated their ambitions. Many of them have long been connected to large pharmaceutical companies abroad and have been sharing experimental data on psychics with them."
"Are you trying to say that you don't know that the people under your command are conducting experiments?"
Jiang Yao sneered, "Of course I know. But before Yunlou appeared, the experimental reports I saw were all tampered with. In the reports I saw, those who participated in the experiments were all volunteers."
"But after you knew it, you still didn't do anything."
"Yeah. When I saw that the behemoth I built with my own hands was out of my control, I was scared and I retreated. I was afraid that they would hurt Jiang Mu."
"Jiang Mu is not that afraid of death."
"Yes." Two thin streams of white smoke spurted out of Jiang Yao's nose, covering his entire body and making it difficult to see clearly.
The merits and demerits of such a person will be recorded by others, and perhaps even he himself will not let himself go.
"I'm not here to listen to your confession. Let's get to the point. Why did the higher-ups want to reveal Mo Shang's identity?"
"Because those pharmaceutical groups have synthesized drugs that stimulate cell potential. This drug can stimulate human cells to the maximum extent, allowing ordinary people to develop superpowers."
Li Xiaogou frowned, he still didn't understand.
"This world is far dirtier than you think," Jiang Yao said with a smile. "Once the drug is manufactured, the next step is to market it. By then, it will surely be world-shaking news. Imagine if all the superpowered people in this world came from the same country. What do you think would happen?"
"You mean, we should take the initiative?"
"Yeah. This way, when the news comes out, we won't be in a passive position."
"Um...can I ask which country received this medicine?"
Jiang Yao was startled: "Ta Country."
"Do you think something is wrong?"
"I'm not a medical student, but I've heard that Tajikistan has always been the strongest in pharmaceuticals. It's normal for them to invent drugs, but..."
"Just what?"
"But your expression seems to be saying that Tajikistan will become the most powerful country in the future because of this."
Jiang Yao was stunned. He really thought so, and was there anything wrong with thinking so?
"Let's not even talk about how unreliable your experiments are. Even if the experimental process is reliable, this medicine has no side effects at all? Well, even if the researchers in Tajikistan were possessed by gods and really developed a miracle drug with no side effects in a short period of time, given the size of Tajikistan, how many people in the country, young and old, would become superpowers? And this is assuming that the miracle drug is not circulated to the public at all."
Jiang Yao was speechless after being asked so many questions. It took him a while to find his voice. "So how do you think this will develop?"
"I don't know. If the drug is truly powerful and can mass-produce superhumans without these people experiencing severe side effects in a short period of time, then Tajikistan will be guilty of possessing a treasure and its end will be dire. If the drug is useless, then there's nothing to discuss."
"But the existence of people with special abilities cannot be concealed anymore, and the higher-ups are right to do so."
"Is this the time to praise them? The greater Mo Shang's reputation, the more difficult it will be for us to bring him down."
Li Xiaogou patted Jiang Yao on the shoulder and said, "You're right. You two old people really can't handle this. You were right to tell me."
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"Do you have a solution now?"
"Well. Think about it, Yan Jiang is a data string. In theory, he can simulate the appearance of anyone, but he has to go to great lengths to disguise himself as Mo Shang. Mo Shang is no longer here, and just preserving his body is a hassle. So he must have a very important reason for doing this."
Jiang Yao followed Li Xiaogou's train of thought, but still couldn't figure it out.
"It's actually very simple. You also said that the higher-ups need publicity right now. Mo Shang is from the Special Investigation Bureau, comes from an ordinary family, is young, and looks good. Isn't he the best spokesperson?"
Okay, it seems so?
"If that's the case, how are you going to deal with it?"
"It's simple. The higher-ups don't have any preferences on this matter. As long as it helps Daxia establish its prestige, it doesn't matter whether it's Mo Shang or Mo Xia. And when it comes to publicity, Mo Shang will only face more constraints in official institutions. On the other hand, we have brainless people, unhappy uncles, depressed uncles, and all kinds of handsome guys. We are more down-to-earth, so wouldn't it be easy to gain popularity?"
Li Xiaogou's execution ability was quite amazing. The next day, he asked someone to make a sign of [Shushan Training Camp] and also arranged a live broadcast room.
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