“Do it as a favor to me...”
Long Jianguo’s voice was still echoing.
Yue Shi didn't give her any face. He simply crooked his finger.
The mirror suspended in mid-air let out a faint cracking sound. Cracks spread rapidly, and identical cracks appeared on Yan Chongshan and his team members.
Finally, the mirror shattered and vanished. The people trapped inside disappeared along with it, leaving not even a trace behind.
Long Jianguo’s face instantly turned incredibly grim. Her lips pressed into a thin line, the corners of her mouth twitching in extreme irritation.
The office doorway was packed with players. Some were on their tiptoes, some were leaning against the doorframe, and others were livestreaming.
Hundreds of messages were already flooding the chat channel. Players were asking who this woman was and maliciously speculating about her relationship with the boss.
【Nightshade】 took a relatively clear photo of Long Jianguo and posted it to the public chat.
“Does anyone recognize her?”
Soon, a player working at the Investigation Bureau recognized the face: “Holy crap, that’s the Mayor of Liming City. I saw her photo in the Bureau’s internal system before.”
The chat screen exploded instantly.
“The Mayor? For real?”
“I always thought the Mayor was some old guy. My bad for the stereotype.”
“The plot is getting more and more ridiculous.”
“The Mayor personally came to bail them out, but the boss killed them anyway. Is that really okay?”
“Will the boss be wanted now? Will we be implicated?”
“I’m more worried about who’s going to pay my salary if the boss gets arrested.”
Long Jianguo heard the whispers. Her ears were sharp, and she clearly heard the players badmouthing her.
Her expression darkened further. She already had a prejudice against these otherworldly visitors, and now that prejudice had escalated into pure loathing.
She raised her right hand, fingers splayed, and gave a light push toward the hallway.
An invisible force surged from her palm, wrapping around the players in the corridor and shoving them back.
The players were knocked over by the force, drifting through the hallway and tumbling down the stairs. They were all cleared from the floor.
With the trash removed, the scene became silent in an instant.
Only Long Jianguo, Yue Shi, and Ghost remained in the office.
Long Jianguo sat unceremoniously in the chair opposite Yue Shi. She glared at Ghost, her gaze making it very clear: What are you still doing here?
Ghost looked at Yue Shi. After receiving a nod, he tactfully withdrew, vanishing into the corner.
Only the two of them were left.
Long Jianguo crossed her legs, resting her hands on her knees with a somber expression. “Yan Chongshan was from Bureau headquarters. He died in Liming City. You really know how to cause trouble for me.”
Yue Shi’s eyebrows arched slightly. “He was really from headquarters? Has the leadership there changed? Is the place being run by a bunch of useless idiots now?”
This wasn't an insult; it was genuine confusion.
When the Investigation Bureau had surrounded him back then, what kind of powerful lineup had they sent? Every single one was a powerhouse capable of standing on their own. Their formations were exquisite, their treasures were formidable, and their coordination was seamless. That one arrow had nearly cost him his life, and he had been hunted by a True Immortal afterward.
Now, headquarters had only sent Yan Chongshan and four disposable subordinates, none of whom could even withstand a single move.
Was it a slight against him, or had the Bureau headquarters degenerated to the point where someone of that caliber could be a Special Operations Team captain?
Long Jianguo’s mouth twitched. She heard the mockery in his voice but didn't address it. She simply said, “Yan Chongshan was likely set up.”
Based on her knowledge of headquarters, they shouldn't have any current plans to deal with Yue Shi.
Right now, all of Jinlong Continent was plagued by internal strife and external threats. The danger from the sea was growing more urgent by the day, and Reincarnators were swarming everywhere like locusts.
The personnel and resources at headquarters were already stretched thin. Just maintaining the existing safety zones consumed most of their resources.
They wouldn't proactively provoke an evil god from thirty years ago at a time like this. As long as the evil god didn't cause too much of a stir, the officials would turn a blind eye.
After all, the primary conflict right now wasn't with an evil god, but with the threats from the sea and the Reincarnators.
Yue Shi showed a hint of interest. “Oh? Set up? How, and by whom?”
Long Jianguo rolled her eyes and said impatiently, “How should I know? I’m not a secretary at Bureau headquarters, nor am I Yan Chongshan’s nanny.”
“However, I’ve heard that Yan Chongshan was usually arrogant and overbearing, offending many people. This might be internal infighting at headquarters—giving him a fake order so they could use your hand to eliminate him.”
Of course, it was also possible that Yan Chongshan had been set up by outsiders, such as Reincarnators.
Reincarnators loved to sow discord, letting local powers exhaust each other so they could reap the benefits.
But Long Jianguo didn't mention this to Yue Shi.
For a captain of a Special Operations Team to be fooled by such a crude tactic and walk into an evil god’s lair to die—it was too embarrassing to even talk about!
Yue Shi rubbed the snow leopard’s ears. “So, why did you make a special trip here?”
Long Jianguo said helplessly, “I originally wanted to stop you from killing Yan Chongshan, but unfortunately, it’s too late.”
Although Yue Shi hadn't given her any face, those who achieve great things don't sweat the small stuff. Since Yan Chongshan was dead, she wouldn't dwell on a trivial matter like her ego over a dead man.
Her attitude toward Yue Shi was similar to the headquarters' attitude.
This evil god was a landmine. Having returned after thirty years, he clearly had some sort of scheme. But for now, the mine was buried; it was safe as long as it didn't explode. No one wanted to step on it. In the current situation, no one wanted to proactively provoke an evil god. They would delay the confrontation as long as possible.
But Yan Chongshan’s death had shattered that fragile balance. The nature of the situation had changed.
Previously, Yue Shi was just an evil god active in Liming City. As long as he didn't do anything too outrageous, the Investigation Bureau could turn a blind eye to his existence.
But now it was different. He had killed a Special Operations Team captain. This was a direct challenge to the Bureau’s authority. The Bureau could no longer pretend to be blind—at least, not on the surface.
Headquarters would definitely send more people. They had to react. If they continued to turn a deaf ear, the Bureau’s prestige would suffer even more.
Long Jianguo understood the logic of that bureaucratic system all too well. Appearance was more important than substance, and posture was more important than results.
Her current concern was that once Bureau headquarters clashed with Yue Shi, the flames of war would spread to Liming City.
The cautionary tale of Forging City was right there—it had been reduced to ruins overnight.
Liming City had over ten million people, far larger than Forging City back then. If this place turned into a danger zone like Forging City, she would be a criminal, and her political career would be severely affected.
She was considering how to get this god of plague out of Liming City.
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