Once, I wanted to be a good person

Chapter 221 33. Dominate the Slums! (10,000 words to subscribe!)_2

The coded message was very simple, but the information was already sufficient.

It had instructed Fang Ze to head to Qingfeng Ancient Street at three o'clock to meet the contact person.

It appeared that Hua Jian must have been hidden there by him.

As he thought about this, Fang Ze picked up an iron basin, then set the letter and its envelope on fire and threw them into the basin.

After ensuring that everything had turned to ashes, Fang Ze crumbled them further, then went outside and scattered them in different directions.

In this world, there were all sorts of bizarre magical abilities. Who knew if someone could reconstruct ashes? So, being careful wasn't a mistake.

After dealing with the ashes, Fang Ze returned to his room.

He checked the time; it was 9 pm now.

There were six hours left until the meeting time.

Deducting the travel time, there were five and a half hours left.

Therefore, for Fang Ze's plan to come full circle, he must make sure that within five and a half hours, Hua Jian was either asleep or unconscious, pull him into the Late-Night Investigation Room, and extract enough clues.

And the key to grasping this timing was Mei.

Because of the faint connection between the master and the Shadow Warrior, the two could convey simple signals to each other.

So, as long as Mei waited outside and Fang Ze signaled her to wake him up once the interrogation in the Late-Night Investigation Room was over, he could seamlessly return to the real world. (This setting was mentioned in Chapter 49)

This would save a great deal of time that would otherwise be spent sleeping and leaving.

With this in mind, Fang Ze allowed Mei to leave his body and, after giving her instructions, lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep...

He didn't know how long he had slept. Experience tales with My Virtual Library Empire

When Fang Ze slowly woke up, he was already in the Late-Night Investigation Room.

After quickly surveying the room, Fang Ze was surprised to see that the [One] on the iron door seemed to have brightened up a lot.

Even without contacting Miaomiao, Fang Ze guessed that Miaomiao must have won tonight's battle. And most likely, it was a rousing victory. That would explain why his followers' faith was so devout.

And if he had won this battle, his Devil Sect would also have established its first foothold in this world, laying the foundation for growth and expansion.

With his servants being so effective, he couldn't allow himself to be outdone.

While thinking this, Fang Ze sat down in the chair, summoned the call list, and prepared to start tonight's investigation.

After flipping through a few pages, he saw Hua Jian's three-dimensional image.

Normally, to keep captives quiet and avoid attracting attention, most organizations, apart from official ones, choose to knock captives unconscious.

And being unconscious also happened to be a condition fit for summoning, which suited Fang Ze's plan perfectly. (This setting was mentioned in Chapter 54)

Thinking this, Fang Ze turned on the desk lamp. He pondered for a moment, slightly rearranged the layout of the room, and began tonight's summoning...

Accompanied by the summoning, in just a moment, Hua Jian, who was gagged with a legal injunction and tied up like a crab, appeared in the middle of the room.

Fang Ze approached, removed the legal injunction from his mouth, and placed it close to his body inside his clothing. Then he picked up Hua Jian and put him on a large chopping block in the center of the room.

Then... Fang Ze donned the pig-head mask, picked up the pig-killing knife beside the chopping block, and stood beside Hua Jian, holding the knife to his neck...

...

When Hua Jian woke up from his sleep, he was greeted by this horrifying sight: the Pig-head man, wearing the mask and brandishing the pig-killing knife that had abducted him, was standing in front of him, knife poised at his throat.

He was terrified and said, "Your Excellency! Please, don't get excited! As long as you don't harm me, I can satisfy whatever you want!"

Perhaps not expecting Hua Jian to act so cowardly, the Pig-head man looked him over thoughtfully and said ominously, "I want money, do you have it?"

Hua Jian hurriedly nodded, "Yes, yes, yes! I've saved up five to six million Lini over the past few years! You can have it all!"

"Five to six million Lini?" the Pig-head man exclaimed, "Are you trying to fob off a beggar?"

"As a department head in the Security Bureau and equivalent to the Deputy Director of the Investigation Bureau, you're telling me that's all you have to show for it?!"

With tears he could not shed, Hua Jian said, "Your Excellency. Although I am a department head, I am the head of the Case Affairs Department. Besides, the Security Bureau doesn't have much to begin with. Most of this money is what others have given me."

"Others?" the Pig-head man latched onto this detail, asking, "Who are they?"

Hua Jian clearly hesitated before he reluctantly chose not to say.

But the Pig-head man didn't give him a chance and went straight to the point, "It's the Municipal Councilor Jiang Cheng, isn't it?"

Hua Jian's pupils contracted slightly, but he kept a smile and said, "Your Excellency. How could that be?"

"I have no relation to Jiang Cheng. It's just the subordinates paying their respects."

Upon hearing his words, the Pig-head man laughed and said, "Stop pretending."

"Your dealings are now common knowledge throughout Emerald City."

"You still think I can be deceived?"

Hua Jian was taken aback.

However, the Pig-head man asked back, "You didn't know? Then why did you run away?"

"After you fled, the Security Bureau went straight to raid the Supervisory Department and City Hall. They captured Qianfeng and Jiang Cheng, bringing them all back!"

Hearing what the Pig-head man said, Hua Jian shuddered, still trying to maintain a forced smile, "Your Excellency, I really have nothing to do with them."