Zombie Apocalypse: Creation-Chapter 798: Investigating the Source

"They don’t want to speak up about it. But I’ll personally ask them again today to file a police report."

Xiaoyun could feel the crowd starting to be a little moved, but he needed more to fully convince them to disperse.

"I had not suffered the same trauma, but I’ll make damn sure it will never happen again under my watch.

Please, hear me out. Give us some time. Justice will be carried out against those who have acted illegally."

"How could I trust a man who’s going to shield another man against us?" One of the female protestors yelled out loud.

"Because I’m married and have daughters of my own. I’ll be the first person to shoot those people caught in such a despicable act."

As soon as Xiaoyun reached his hand down to his holster, the crowds finally seemed to have died down.

"If you don’t trust me and believe only a fellow woman could handle it properly, the deputy governor, Mrs.Yuqi, will be in charge of the process as well.

I repeat, I will not interfere with the government inspection regardless of its outcome, and they’ll have the full right to investigate the soldier’s past conduct."

The moment Yuqi’s name was mentioned, the protestors finally accepted the concession Xiaoyun had made.

"Everyone, please. Go home. Go to the police station and file the report. Let your voices be heard and put those criminals into chains."

Most of the protestors refused to move, but a small fraction of them on the outer edges began breaking apart from the center.

Soon, the small chunks of protestors turned bigger and bigger as they began to leave on their own.

The small group of stubborn protestors eventually left as well after they no longer had the crowd’s support from the beginning.

"Whew. Finally, it’s over."

As Xiaoyun entered the main lobby, he could see the soldiers who had been standing by the whole time looking at ease.

"Commander, are you really going to put the soldiers in chains?" Lingang curiously asked after saluting.

"Of course I am. What makes you think I wouldn’t?"

"I... Sorry for asking."

"You all can go back to your duty... You don’t have to worry, Lingang. It’s only going to be limited to the 4th Army Corps."

"Yes, sir."

All of the soldiers left the building at once as everything seemed to have returned to normal. However, the metal barricade in the front served as a reminder.

"Xiaoyun, you got everything resolved?"

As Yuqi emerged from the elevator and walked towards him, she was followed by hundreds of civil servants from the staircase.

"Of course I did. You’re going to have a lot of work ahead of you." Xiaoyun murmured as he thought back to what he had promised earlier.

"Mhm..."

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"Xiaoyun, you okay?"

"I’m fine... Yueyue, do you have a second? I want to talk to you about something."

Xiaoyun asked as he sat in his car all alone in the parking lot, with no one else nearby, as he started up the engine.

"I’m already on my way. Where do you want to meet?"

"Come to... the police station across from the government building."

"Okay."

As Xiaoyun hung up the call, he drove right out of the office building as he headed towards the police station across the street.

After driving for a bit, he was instantly met with hundreds of police cars all driving right past him towards the office building.

"Aren’t they a little late?"

Xiaoyun murmured to himself as he put his car into park before walking towards the police station.

Once inside, he was a little surprised to see one of the people standing behind one of the counters.

"Governor?"

"Hey Li Zhen. Your police are a little late, aren’t they?"

"We just got the report of the protest. Is everything still okay?"

"I already got it resolved. What took the police so long to react? You guys are just a few blocks from the administrative office."

As Xiaoyun raised his concern, Li Zhen awkwardly took off his police hat as he let out a nervous chuckle.

"It was just a really, really bad timing. Almost half of the police force was having a joint drill with the hospital and the firefighter units in the outer part of the city."

Li Zhen’s explanation defused some of the anger in Xiaoyun’s mind. But still, he was alerted by how slow the police response was.

"How about the other half? I didn’t see a single police officer at the protest." Xiaoyun questioned.

"The other half are already assigned in the outer-edge of the city and responsible for the rural areas as well."

"So you’re telling me, as a head police chief, your drill managed to leave the city with practically an empty police station?"

"Um... Well, the drill was only supposed to be one hour. But one of the police officers got injured, and it delayed—"

"Enough excuses. If it wasn’t for Lingang’s troop happening to be patrolling there, I can’t imagine what would have happened to me."

"The city center is usually patrolled by the military..." One of the police officers behind Li Zhen murmured.

"That’s only temporary, not permanent... Tomorrow, I want to see more police officers at Shenzhen’s administrative block."

"Yes, sir!"

As Li Zhen accepted the request, Xiaoyun couldn’t really pin the blame on him, especially when it really seemed to be just unfortunate timing.

Still, a question remained in his head. One that felt too big a coincidence for a protestor to appear right as he visits Shenzhen with Yuqi.

"Hey Xiaoyun!"

"Took you long enough. I need you to—"

"Investigate the protestors, right? I already have all the information here. I can arrest the ring leader and the planner right now.

As Yueyue interrupted him by handing the file, Xiaoyun was a little surprised by the speed and awareness of what he wanted.

"Li Zhen, do you have a private room?"

"Of course."

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"Yueyue, you know this was going to happen?" Xiaoyun questioned as the two of them entered the private room.

"Nope. But I managed to find the entire trail of connection three minutes before they gathered into a protest."

"Could have sent me a warning beforehand."

Yueyue shyly scratched her hair as she knew Xiaoyun was in the right. But still, she wasn’t going to admit fault.

"I was too busy trying to find who was behind it... Besides, they weren’t even planning anything violent at all."

"Uh-huh, how would you know that?"

"It’s in the file."

As Xiaoyun finally opened the file in his hand, he was instantly taken aback by the very name at the top.

"Pinli’s father? Are you sure he’s the ringleader?"

"I have evidence of him paying for everything from the signs to the food and water. Everything was tied to his ID and credit card."

Flipping to the next page, Xiaoyun could see exactly the evidence Yueyue was talking about, as over thousands of transactions were recorded.

It perfectly matched the composition of the protestors, which happened to be all female names, and even the actual identification of the protestors.

"Wu Min was the one who also sent the story to the newspaper last night and used his connection for Shen Wen to print it."

As the text message fully displayed the paid advertisement Shen Wen had taken, it became clear that Wu Min wasn’t hiding his intention at all.

"So Wu Min planned all this... For what?"

"I don’t know. You want me to arrest him right now? I already have agents watching him outside of his restaurant right now."

Xiaoyun shook his head, as one thing still remained unanswered as he stared her right into the eyes.

"Yueyue, how does he know I was going out to Shenzhen on October 3rd on a Tuesday?"

"Um... I’m not sure. Do you want me to investigate further? That might be a little hard to find, but I can try to—"

"It’s fine. It’s probably just having a guy outside of my house watching me... Good job, Yueyue. I’m happy with your work."

"Thank you."

As Yueyue happily lowered her head with the file back in her hand, Xiaoyun just couldn’t help but give her a little head pat.

"Ahem, when are you finished with the report on the capital?" Xiaoyun asked, moving his hands away after noticing the blush on her face.

"My agents are still gathering as much info as possible. The north is very far away, and messages take a long time to—"

"No rush. Have it done before I go on the trip."

"Yes, sir."

Just as Xiaoyun was about to get up and leave, he could hear Yueyue murmuring something underneath her breath.

"Sixth time reminding me and says no rush..."

"You said something?"

"Nothing!"

"I thought so."

With the door closed, Yueyue was now alone. She let out a small sigh of relief as she wiped the sweat from her palms.

In her mind, she was expecting Xiaoyun to yell at her. Punish her in some way for failure to prevent something like this.

Especially when considering her job as intelligence was to prevent this kind of thing from happening.

"Mrs.Yueyue, are you in there?"