On the LCD Television, the Mayor was still eloquently spouting grandiose words.
Lu Bai watched his performance while calmly calculating how to expose the other’s identity.
Ignoring it was no longer possible.
After all, he had already seen the Mayor mixing with the parasitic organism. Even if he had no ill intentions toward the Mayor, he couldn’t guarantee the other would let it go easily.
Yao Yi nervously stared at the corridor. The shock from the Mayor’s identity was too great, making him feel like soone might co knocking at any mont.
“Brother Lu, how about you ntion this to Bureau Chief Xu?”
“Okay.”
Lu Bai nodded. Yao Yi didn’t need to say it; he would do it anyway.
But saying it was one thing—whether Xu Qiang would believe it was another. He couldn’t pin all his hopes on that Bureau Chief Xu.
With that in mind, Lu Bai pulled out his mobile phone and tapped into Jiangyu City’s official website.
“Several asures to Promote High-Quality Developnt of Enterprise Investnt…”, next.
“7 Projects in Jiangyu City Win National Science and Technology Award for the Year…”, switch again.
““Harmonious Jiangyu” Grand Lecture Hall Holds Special Lecture, Mayor Shi Huai Ren Will Attend…”.
Good, good, good, this is the one.
Lu Bai’s gaze lit up, and he tapped in to view the details.
“Brother Lu, what are you looking for?” Yao Yi saw Lu Bai staring at his mobile phone and was a bit curious about what he was doing.
“There’s a special lecture next week, Mayor Shi Huai Ren will attend, and there’s a Q&A session during it.”
Lu Bai thoughtfully rubbed his chin. It seed like a good opportunity.
Hearing this, Yao Yi perked up too.
“You plan to question the Mayor’s identity during the Q&A? Make him pluck a strand of hair right there?”
……
“Nonsense!”
Special Affairs Bureau, second floor Director’s Office.
Xu Qiang’s eyes bulged. The finger he pointed at Lu Bai trembled slightly.
It was obvious he had a lot more he wanted to say but hadn’t yet.
“Do you know what kind of uproar it would cause if the Mayor really was parasitized by a monster?”
“You don’t approve?” Lu Bai asked with a cheerful smile.
Xu Qiang took a deep breath to calm his excitent: “Do you have a grasp on it?”
“No evidence, but I saw it with my own eyes.”
At this point, Lu Bai couldn’t help feeling a bit regretful.
Mainly, he truly hadn’t expected that pot-bellied parasitic organism to be Jiangyu City’s Mayor.
Otherwise, he could have photographed it with his mobile phone first. With evidence in hand, he wouldn’t be so passive now.
Xu Qiang stood up from his chair and paced back and forth in the office with his hands behind his back, as if that could help him process the shock from this news.
After several rounds, he stopped and said gravely: “We can’t rule out the possibility that you saw wrong. Don’t spread it around for now. Who else have you told this news to?”
“Probably just .” Yao Yi, who had been sitting on the sofa with zero sense of presence the whole ti, raised his hand slightly.
Incidentally, when he and Lu Bai rushed over to the Special Affairs Bureau together, he had already handled the early discharge procedures.
“Hmm…”
Xu Qiang thought for a mont: “Don’t tell a fourth person. This is no small matter; we need to plan carefully.”
Seeing Lu Bai didn’t stop him, Yao Yi followed up: “Bureau Chief, do you an it’s not appropriate to expose it during next week’s lecture?”
Xu Qiang sat on the sofa: “No, if the Mayor really has been parasitized by a monster, of course we have to expose it, but don’t be a hothead. Co up with a plan.”
“You an to build montum in advance?”
Lu Bai thought about it and felt it wasn’t quite right: “But isn’t the parasitic organism thing sothing we need to conceal from the public?”
Hearing the question, Xu Qiang shook his head: “No need to conceal it anymore. Before you two ca, we just received docunts from above. The propaganda departnt will fully popularize the matter of parasitic organisms to the civilians, and we’re required to fully cooperate at the Special Affairs Bureau.
Honestly, if you two hadn’t brought
such huge news, I’d already be organizing a eting with the colleagues right now.”
During this ti, rumors were flying all over the internet, impossible to completely suppress.
So announcing the existence of parasitic organisms was bound to happen sooner or later. The nearly hundred murder cases last night just accelerated the process.
……
After leaving the Special Affairs Bureau, it was already afternoon.
Yao Yi, who had recovered and returned to duty, was simply assigned by Xu Qiang to the Third External Affairs Team—under Lu Bai.
“Brother Lu, what should we do now?”
Yao Yi was driving a black compact sedan. While waiting at the traffic light, he turned to ask Lu Bai in the passenger seat.
“Cruise around the city, wherever we end up.” Lu Bai replied without looking up.
He was busy checking information right now.
Since exposing the Mayor’s identity couldn’t be rushed, he might as well honestly do so death fighter duties first.
Using the investigation of the murder case as a pretext, he obtained authority to access the residents’ database. Comparing it with the positioning map published by the system, he actually found quite a few residents who seed like potential death fighters.
Of course, calling them “seeming like” was a conservative way to put it.
It was eight or nine out of ten.
He silently noted down these suspicious individuals. Maybe he’d run into them on the road.
“Even though we’re using the official vehicle and don’t have to worry about fuel, isn’t wandering around aimlessly like this a bit excessive?”
Yao Yi watched the light turn green, shifted gears, and accelerated.
“Then go here, Fat Sister Noodle Shop. Wait in the car when we arrive.” Lu Bai casually gave a position.
There might be a death fighter in that shop, and it was very close to their current location—less than a kiloter.
……
No matter what type of restaurant, it was basically very quiet during off-peak hours.
Shi Fenglian wore an apron, leaning over a dining table, snacking on lon seeds while playing on her mobile phone.
Unintentionally, the corner of her eye caught a flash of green light on the road.
At first, she thought her eyes were playing tricks from staring at her phone too long, but when she looked closely, she jolted in fright: “Title?!”
She could clearly make out four suspended large characters glowing erald green—Pure Smile.
These four shiny green characters hovered above a black sedan, which slowly drove up and finally parked beside her noodle shop.
Before she knew it, fine sweat beads had ford on her forehead.
Even though the title sounded a bit ridiculous, as a death fighter, she naturally knew what it ant to have a title already in the second round of the deathmatch duel.
The car door opened.
Lu Bai got out and walked straight toward the noodle shop.
Shi Fenglian’s expression turned serious.
Oh no, he’s coming for .
Suddenly, the fried lon seeds in her mouth didn’t taste good anymore.
She forcibly shifted her gaze from those four suspended green characters and forced a formulaic smile: “What would you like?”
“One bowl of beef noodles, no green onions.”
Lu Bai acted as if he didn’t know her identity, ordered, and sat down at a square table against the wall.
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