Chapter 18: Chapter 18: Aftermath
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The curtain falls on a grand spectacle.
A fleet of ambulances line up like a flowing stream, going to the Fuqing Hotel entrance, picking up the wounded, then imdiately leaving;
Twelve convicts, handcuffed and shackled, with talisman paper stuck to their foreheads, were escorted to the prison van like zombies;
The students, stained with blood, crying and bewildered, were placed into a big bus;
Over a dozen experts sat in several business cars, surrounding the bus carrying the students. Forming a circle of business cars, enclosing the students. It’s unclear if it’s to protect them or to guard against them.
Bai Mo sat in a business car, glancing out the window, faintly hearing the crying from the students inside the bus.
"These students must be terribly frightened, aren’t they?"
"Will they be dealt with?"
They killed the dorm manager of the Immortal Technique Committee, killed several Immortal Technique Committee mbers, drove without a license, ran red lights, violated traffic regulations, and hard many innocent wedding guests, breaching many laws...
But on the other hand...
"We can’t bla the students, can we? They were controlled by the Ancient Immortal."
Beside Bai Mo, several Immortal Technique Committee mbers who had just regained their sense wiped blood from their nostrils and discussed.
"By law, the Ancient Immortal is an instigator, and they are accessory offenders?"
"Is that how the law states it?"
"Does the law apply to the Ancient Immortal?"
"Isn’t Lu Zhou’s son among those students?"
Amidst the discussions, Chairman Chen Shu was seen crossing the circle of business cars, entering the bus.
Bai Mo rolled down the car window, hearing the crying inside the bus grow louder. The students were all flustered, regardless of gender, they were crying.
"Wuwuwu..."
"Leader, did we kill soone..."
"Wuwuwu, are we guilty..."
Bai Mo and the Immortal Technique Committee mbers listened closely. How would the students’ actions be defined legally? Would Chairman Chen Shu provide a stance?
Then they heard Chairman Chen Shu’s voice, hoarse and low, with a hint of guilt in his tone.
"Children...
"What guilt do you bear?
"The guilty one is the Ancient Immortal.
"The guilty ones are us, this bunch of inept old folks."
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.
The hearts of the Immortal Technique Committee mbers felt a weight lift.
Inside the bus, the crying of over sixty students resud, but this ti with less panic and pain, and more emotional relief.
...
Follow-up work is still under way. Chairman Chen Shu and a group of committee leaders comforted the students and went to console the innocently implicated bystanders.
Bai Mo and several Immortal Technique Committee mbers were assigned the task... of post-battle material collection.
In the banquet hall, dozens of Immortal Technique Committee mbers in protective gear were using various bottles, jars, swabs, and test papers... to collect post-battle gases, spilled blood, and blood foam on the ground.
Other technical Immortal Technique Committee mbers went to the hotel’s surveillance room to check the video footage and took the hard disk.
Bai Mo and several Immortal Technique Committee mbers were tasked with walking around the hall to ensure no more accidents would happen.
Bai Mo wore a shoe cover over his newly bought sneakers, preventing disruption of the scene.
With a serious expression, maintaining a proper attitude, he patrolled around earnestly with several Immortal Technique Committee mbers.
He wasn’t worried about Flying Legs being caught on cara...the area was suburban, with few caras. Moreover, the fox apprentices had strong Spiritual Sense, able to detect caras and avoid them.
...
At noon, Bai Mo joined the Immortal Technique Committee’s working al and was then sent ho.
On the street beside the neighborhood, he bought a full two pounds of fried chicken, with so fork bones and drumsticks.
With his backpack, he returned ho, placing the backpack and fried chicken on the coffee table.
He saw the backpack being pushed open, Flying Legs poking its head out, the fox nose sniffing everywhere, already detecting the aroma of fried chicken.
Bai Mo sat nearby, laughing.
"Co on out. This fried chicken is all yours.
"But rember to wipe your mouth clean after eating, and when you return to Fox Mountain, don’t tell anyone, so no one else finds out."
Flying Legs glanced at the fried chicken, slled it, sat on the coffee table, grinned, squinting, drooling, and began to munch with gusto.
Bai Mo’s phone suddenly rang. He opened it to see a ssage from Fang Xiaoyu.
[Expert Bai Mo, thank you very much for participating in this mission]
[The committee will evaluate your contributions during the mission and within half a month, deposit the appropriate bonuses and subsidies into your account]
[The committee is currently as busy as a pot of pulp, progress is a bit slow, sorry for the inconvenience]
Bai Mo casually replied.
[What are you still busy with?]
Fang Xiaoyu quickly replied, dropping the professional attitude and switching to a complaining mode.
[There’s much death and injury needing handling, lots of procedures]
[The committee is urgently convening post-battle review etings, also need to report the battle situation to Shangjing City General Committee]
[A ss of crap, my head is about to go bald!]
...
In the West State City Immortal Technique Committee, a vast eting room, brightly lit, a post-battle review eting is ongoing.
Chairman Chen Shu sits at the head, with heads of various departnts, directors of each office, team leaders, and senior mbers, each discussing original plans, situations encountered and surprises during implentation, together streamlining work processes.
Present are internal personnel of the Immortal Technique Committee; external forces like expert advisors are not participating in this eting.
"...This ti, all electronic facilities were functioning normally. A minor bug appeared but was imdiately switched to a backup system.
"We will strengthen testing work in the future..."
...
"We made serious mistakes managing these students, neglecting the Ancient Immortal behind them. In this regard, I take the lead in introspection. Here are preliminary corrective asures to increase vigilance in future..."
...
It didn’t take long, and the local work content was reviewed thoroughly.
From initial preparation, planning, organization, to plan implentation, unexpected situations, to responsive handling... all were reviewed.
The eting room fell silent.
Continuing the review would an discussing the Ancient Immortal’s aggression, and the mysterious intervention that saved the day!
Chairman Chen Shu cleared his throat.
"...Alright, about the Ancient Immortal, about the mysterious intervention, there’s no need for us to review it any further.
"Relevant information has been reported to the Shangjing City Immortal Technique Committee Headquarters. They are researching it and, before long, will provide us with a conclusion.
"Everyone’s mood might be heavily weighed this ti, having crossed the Ghost Gate, it’s not easy to swallow, haha.
"But, please gather your emotions, do not be disheartened.
"We are just ordinary people, facing the mysterious Ancient Immortal.
"We... have done enough."
Chairman Chen Shu’s encouragent brought relief to everyone, lifting their spirits.
At the sa ti, curiosity rose within... About that mysterious intervention from the expert, what conclusion will Shangjing provide, what asures will they adopt?
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