National Guardian's Gone and We're Done
Chapter 165: A Paper Tiger?
A few bloody teeth clattered to the ground.
The woman’s vision went black, and the intense pain instantly blanked her mind.
Shattered bone pierced through her flesh, exposed to the air. The severity of the injury was dumbfounding.
Many of the more timid fans shrieked in terror, scrambling backward and covering their eyes, not daring to look again.
The woman swayed, on the verge of fainting from the agonizing pain.
"I may be from the Lighthouse Empire, but I have loved the Great Xia Empire with all my heart for years.
What gives you the right to treat my wife like this?
During my years in the Great Xia Empire, I have worked diligently, always promoting positive values,
and working to combat the unfair treatment and prejudice the Great Xia Empire faces on the international stage.
I’ve even had my own child here in the Great Xia Empire. I’ve paid every cent of my taxes,
and never missed an opportunity to do charity work.
Is it just because I’m a foreign visitor?
Chu He, you must give us a reasonable explanation.
And your Great Xia Empire owes me an answer."
Daniel was seething with uncontrollable rage, his hand gripping the microphone trembling violently.
"That’s right. We may understand the reasoning behind the Empire’s and Chu He’s actions, but that doesn’t mean every foreign visitor is a bad person."
"Daniel has been in the Great Xia Empire for over a decade. He’s always been fair and just in his commentary and has never once twisted the facts."
"Even if Daniel really did something wrong, they shouldn’t treat his family and innocent fans like this."
Moved by Daniel’s emotional outburst, many of his fans mustered the courage to start accusing Chu He.
The members from the Royal City headquarters Defense Team
subtly moved into a staggered formation behind Chu He to prevent any agitated crowd members from suddenly rushing the stage.
Chu He was never soft in these matters. This would not only prevent a conflict but would also protect those people in the crowd.
"There’s no need for your silver-tongued act. I came here specifically to arrest you."
Chu He, however, just gave a faint smile, 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
seemingly unperturbed by Daniel’s attempt to be clever.
However, the calmer Chu He appeared, the more uneasy Daniel felt.
He had no idea what Chu He really knew.
Chu He waved his hand, and members of the Defense Team immediately stepped forward to handcuff Daniel.
They also called for medical assistance. An ambulance would be arriving shortly.
...
On the way, Chu He didn’t bother interrogating Daniel.
Instead, he directly used his Primordial Spirit Power to invade Daniel’s mind and extract all of his intelligence.
"Daniel is an elite operative trained by the Lighthouse Empire, proficient in various forms of combat and other skills,
but he has never practiced Martial Arts. The Lighthouse Empire was likely worried that making him a Martial Artist would attract too much attention from the Great Xia Empire."
Chu He said.
There was a person in the car specifically responsible for taking notes.
Chu He reached out and took the pen and notebook.
He quickly jotted down a few addresses and said, "These are the locations of Daniel’s factories.
However, beneath the factories are numerous secret rooms.
These secret rooms are used to store all kinds of bizarre artifacts that he’s collected, all of which are secretly transported to the Lighthouse Empire."
"Mr. Chu, I’ll immediately arrange for the local Great Sea City Defense Team members to go and seize them."
said the team captain, Yuan Jixian.
"You’d better take some of your people and go yourself.
Do you think Daniel could have successfully smuggled those bizarre artifacts out of Great Sea City to the Lighthouse Empire every time without having local connections?"
Chu He asked.
"I understand."
The team captain immediately called out the names of two members from headquarters
and began mobilizing members from the Royal City, telling them to dispatch reinforcements quickly.
As soon as the reinforcements from the Royal City arrived, they would immediately launch their operation in Great Sea City.
"The next target is in Yanglan City."
Chu He picked up a file.
On top was a photograph of a young heartthrob,
one of the hottest A-list celebrities of the moment, named Si Haowen.
...
「Yanglan City, International Airport.」
"Si Haowen! Si Haowen! Si Haowen!"
"Look, he’s out! It must have been a long trip, he has to take care of himself!"
"We’re all dying to see his concert, but it breaks my heart to see him sweating so much on stage."
The airport was jam-packed with teenage girls.
Some were so emotional they were sobbing uncontrollably,
and a few even nearly fainted the moment they saw Si Haowen emerge from the terminal.
"This guy’s influence is way scarier than Daniel’s."
As Chu He, Yuan Jixian, and the other members of the headquarters Defense Team emerged from a restricted corridor,
Yuan Jixian couldn’t help but marvel at the sight of the massive crowd of young people holding banners in the airport.
"These people are brewing a terrifying plot against the Great Xia Empire.
But whether it was the bald man we first arrested or Daniel,
the information in their minds is like a key to the real secret.
However, this key has been shattered into countless incomplete fragments.
Relying only on Daniel and the bald man is not enough to uncover the core of the plot."
Chu He swept a cold gaze over the emotional fangirls and said, "You all need to stop approaching these matters with your old mindset.
True terror is about to sweep the globe. Humanity’s hope is growing slimmer by the day."
Chu He had left a trace of his Primordial Spirit Power on Xiao Cangqing,
which allowed him to continuously gather fragmented but extremely valuable intelligence from that end.
The Vampire Clan’s power had essentially been fully restored, and they had already reached an extremely ferocious level of strength.
A single Vampire Clan like this could probably sweep through the entire White Elephant Empire without issue.
However, after being exposed, the Vampire Clan surprisingly chose to lay low, becoming even more discreet.
When things are this abnormal, there’s always something more to it. When someone has the power to flip the entire table,
but just sits there and takes the world’s mockery like a coward, it’s obviously not normal.
Chu He refused to believe that the vast Vampire Clan, which had operated on Blue Star for millennia, was just a paper tiger.
There had to be a more terrifying conspiracy hidden behind this,
one that was likely closely related to the sudden emergence of numerous ruins and cultures of Deities all over Blue Star.
"We understand."
Yuan Jixian and the other Defense Team members nodded with solemn expressions.
Then they strode forward with purpose.
At the same time, they flashed their identification as members of the headquarters Defense Team.
"Who are these people? They just pushed me aside."
"I saw their IDs—they’re from the Royal City’s headquarters Defense Team. Are there bad guys here? They have to protect him and keep him safe!"
"That’s so weird. Why do they look like they’re heading straight for Si Haowen?"