Chapter 125: Personally Entering the Arena (3k)
Su Jiu watched her surprised expression and shook her head, raising a finger in front of her and whispering, “Shh~ Sit down, Dad will be here soon. Listen to me first.”
Zhang Xinyu understood, glanced at the onlookers behind them, squatted down, and listened to Su Jiu’s explanation.
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“Su Jiu, I didn’t expect you to actually escape, and even see Lord Liu Yue… and reach your current position.” After hearing some of Su Jiu’s explanations, Zhang Xinyu smacked her lips, continuously praising her, and the sense of distance between them diminished.
This young lady was more impressive than some storybook novels.
“Let’s postpone catching up. Don’t talk about other things. Shouldn’t you be enforcing the law in Qinghai City? Why are you here?”
Su Jiu didn’t chat with Zhang Xinyu for too long, she changed the subject.
“It’s not a transfer, is it? I’m just investigating a bloody case in a township between the two places. Nine out of ten students in a rural high school dormitory are missing, and one disappeared…” Hearing this, Zhang Xinyu didn’t hide anything and continued after a slight pause.
“Originally, this was a place under our city’s jurisdiction, but your city’s Dragon Slayer Alliance insisted on taking this case. I can only come here to cooperate with the investigation.”
“Insisted on taking it for investigation—as expected, there’s something fishy with the Hua Yang institutions. Are they afraid Qinghai will discover something? We can only wait for Dad to come over and finalize the list of civil servants.”
Su Jiu’s expression turned serious, and then she asked, “Does Xinyu-jie know the characteristics of the student who disappeared?”
“Hmm… I’ll have to check, but according to the villagers, it was a girl with great talent ⑴ĕr〡líng⒊(èr)〄lín「qì〛〜④bā—— however, this should be a matter for the government and Dragon Hunters. Why are you asking so much?”
Looking at Su Jiu’s slightly pale face, Zhang Xinyu thought for a moment before she couldn’t help but ask.
“There are some things that require your cooperation in the investigation.”
Su Jiu didn’t hide anything, took out her Night Watcher identification from her skirt pocket, showed it to her, and opened the first page, revealing a photo of her in a school uniform.
“Student ID… This, you are!”
Zhang Xinyu didn’t react at first, and was about to tease Su Jiu, but when she saw the eye symbol at the top of the booklet, her expression suddenly became serious.
“This is!”
When she looked at Su Jiu again, she found the other party looking at her with a smile.
“I didn’t expect this… no wonder you can sit here.”
After a short silence, she stared intently at Su Jiu. After a moment, she sighed self-deprecatingly, relaxed her tense expression, and said in a low voice, “If you want to understand, I can help you get detailed information later, but this is in the archive, and it will take some time.”
After speaking, confirming that Su Jiu had no other requests, she let the Dragon Hunters at the door leave together. She didn’t ask Su Jiu for the reason, as many matters handled by the Night Watchers could not be disclosed, a point Zhang Xinyu understood.
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With Zhang Xinyu’s departure, everything returned to normal. People gradually entered, and everyone lowered their voices. Su Jiu’s father entered with a woman who looked somewhat aged, chatting and laughing.
“I heard this time it’s an inspector from the provincial capital. Mayor Su, I’m still a bit nervous, afraid that the students’ matters won’t be handled properly.” The woman’s voice sounded a bit aged.
“Director Yan, you jest. You are specially sent from the provincial capital to protect the student plan. It should be that you know quite a few people from there…”
The voices of the two stopped abruptly. They both looked in surprise at Su Jiu, who was curling her legs up on the chair and playing with her phone. Su Xingguo was stunned for a moment and whispered, “Xiao Jiu, this seat is not yours. Go to the back quickly, the leaders will be here soon.”
Before Su Jiu could speak, the middle-aged woman in formal attire with wrinkles on her face and wearing round-framed glasses suddenly reflected the light from her lenses, lowered her head, and smiled, “Mayor Su, this is our leader. Perhaps you know her?”
Su Xingguo was dumbfounded. He really wanted to ask who this person was.
It was his eldest daughter!
This was a leader from the provincial capital? So what Su Jiu said about having made something of herself meant becoming an inspection team and inspecting her own father?
“Sit down.”
While Su Xingguo was in a daze, Su Jiu smiled and pulled her, turned to the woman, stood up to shake her hand, and asked curiously, “Director Yan, do you know me?”
Her own father didn’t know her identity, and this Director Yan knew her without anyone informing her, which clearly meant she had investigated the inspection team members.
Most importantly—she was from the provincial capital!
“This leader, you’re joking. I’m also from the provincial capital, so it’s normal to have heard your name.”
Yan Fang smiled, clearly not wanting to dwell on this matter. She pointed at the students below and said with a smile, “The competition is about to start. How about we watch the preliminary exam first? There are still more than twenty minutes, it’s about to begin?”
Su Jiu nodded, looked down, but nudged her father with her elbow.
Looking at his daughter, Su Xingguo said nothing. His ability to accept things was quite strong, but he still felt like he was dreaming, his eyes filled with an unparalleled sense of pride amidst complexity.
Su Jiu had truly soared!
Glancing at Director Yan, who was watching the trial, Su Jiu used her phone to send the list to her father, asking him to search for newly hired provincial staff.
[Dad, it’s very important – it might involve an Ancient God Sect mole infiltrating the government!]
[I need to confirm if the names on the list match the two-way civil servant population! And confirm if those who disappeared previously have safely returned to the provincial capital!]
Seeing the text message from his phone, Su Xingguo’s expression turned serious. Facing his daughter, he did not ask for reasons and immediately used the text search. His own remembered names, slowly, a trace of shock appeared on his face—they didn’t match!!
The names of those who disappeared did not match at all, they had disappeared out of thin air. No wonder some people had conflicts with these newcomers before. It seemed like a misunderstanding before, but now…
[They don’t match at all, but we have no evidence that these newcomers are members of the Ancient God Sect. Their identity cards are all correct.]
[What do you want to do now? I have a few trusted guards who can help you.]
“Mayor Su, many talented students are participating in this exam. The organizers have specifically added more referees, and the referees are all local Dragon Hunters. You shouldn’t have any objections, right?” Yan Fang’s voice sounded.
“How could I? It’s all for the students.”
Su Xingguo glanced at Yan Fang, who was seriously watching the exam next to him, and typed on his phone without changing his expression. In his words, he had already treated Su Jiu as an equal.
[Protect yourself, Dad… If they decide to act against the city, you will undoubtedly be the first to bear the brunt.]
Su Jiu replied, then her phone buzzed with a message from Zhang Xinyu. She lightly swiped it open, her eyelids trembling—
[No special skills, but her bloodline seems to be an ancestral S-class Lightning Kite. But is this reason too far-fetched?]
Looking at the information on her phone, Su Jiu’s pupils tightened. She suddenly thought of the Ancient God Sect members she had encountered before, and then the plot from a novel flashed through her mind—
[…In the sacrificial array, Bai Ming looked at the corpse that was as big as a small mountain. He didn’t understand why the Ancient God Sect had a pathological obsession with high-level bloodlines…]
[He speculated that it was related to those “Masters.” It seemed that the higher the bloodline, the more generous the blessings received, but with such a large quantity, those Masters would not object.]
Chewing on the bubble gum that had lost its flavor, Su Jiu’s gaze fell on the students preparing to enter the arena. The scene of the forced activation of the alchemy array during her previous competition flashed through her mind.
If they were to activate the alchemy array, these students would not be able to escape. Moreover, her faction’s greatest reliance—Principal Huang Fusheng—was missing!
Now, there was no evidence, and the Night Watchers from Youyou’s side would not come just because of her guess, so she could only deal with things as they came.
“What if some bad people suddenly entered the exam, like last time during the practical training?” Su Jiu feigned ignorance, but she stared intently at Yan Fang’s eyes.
“Oh, how could that happen! Our identity verification here is very strict. If someone who doesn’t meet the requirements enters, the alarm will go off.”
Hearing this, Yan Fang was stunned. She narrowed her eyes as if to speak, seemingly deliberating what to say. A judge behind her suddenly spoke up. He seemed to be the administrator of this place.
“As this person said, it is very safe here. Even if strangers enter, aren’t there still those referees? They are all War General level.”
Yan Fang suddenly relaxed, chuckled, and said lightly, appearing very confident.
Su Jiu took a deep breath, looking at the aged face, and had a hunch that there was definitely something wrong with the exam.
It was impossible to stop the exam. Now, she could only…
“Excuse me for a moment, two.”
[Dad, keep an eye on the person next to you. If something happens later, she will definitely not be able to escape blame.] Su Jiu typed on her phone as she walked away.
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“Boss!”
Su Jiu left the judge’s seat and came outside, running into Lu Xin and three others who were looking for her. She said lightly, “Follow me, change your clothes and badges, and we’ll enter the examination hall together.”
“Something might happen later!”
The investigation into the blood sacrifice in the nearby township would have to be postponed.
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[Are you all ready? This is a good opportunity. Bishop Si used the fake news of the new relic to lure out Huang Fusheng!]
[We must succeed! Otherwise, they will become vigilant later!]
A man inside, wearing a referee’s uniform, lightly tapped his phone to send a message, his eyes revealing a hint of madness. As long as he succeeded, he would receive blessings and reach the High-Rank Battle General realm!
Among the four bishops’ shadows, if he became a full member, he might even become a bishop!
“Beep beep!”
[The students and referees can be dealt with casually. The Alchemy Array has already been set up under Director Yan’s arrangement!]
[When the students gather in the central area, we will activate it directly!]
