Release him? Why did they want him to be released?
Warden Liang and Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal both felt that this was very strange. Tonight, True CCTV had broadcast the news of Cohen impersonating Numinous Mother as an emergency to the whole nation. War Sect had Huaxiu Alliance's General Alliance as their backer, and Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal had looked for people from the General Alliance to arrange the news tonight in order to announce to the other branches that this matter would soon be taken over by the General Alliance.
But now, a mere branch actually dared to stand in their way; this was simply unimaginable.
"How interesting. Wasn't our operation authorized by the General Alliance?" Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal asked.
"The General Alliance's procedures are complicated, and the relevant documents haven't been approved in time … Although War Sect is affiliated with the General Alliance, the truth is that it doesn't have the authority to enforce the law." Warden Liang patted the table. "This branch is very close to us, so we got here first. Although I don't know who instructed it, it's in line with the rules and procedures. "
When Warden Liang said this, Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal felt that the situation was starting to become interesting. Knowing that the General Alliance was about to take over this matter, a branch had actually jumped out in advance to obstruct them.
"A branch president wouldn't have the guts to do this. Someone must have instructed this behind the scenes."
"Who's the president of Songhai city's branch?"
"He Erman."
"Why does it sound like a foreigner's name?"
"He's an overseas Chinese to begin with, and it was only this year that he was transferred to Songhai city's Huaxiu Alliance branch to be the president."
Warden Liang showed him the communication talisman he had just received, which had the double stamp of Songhai city's Huaxiu Alliance branch as well as President He Erman's name on it. There was no mistaking it.
"What level is a president?" Loopy Toad asked.
"About the same level as the headmasters of major cultivation schools. The strong ones are already half a step into True Immortal stage, but most of them are Itinerant Immortals. Furthermore, they basically have no hope of breaking through in their lifetime. "
Loopy Toad couldn't help laughing when it heard this. It turned out that this was just an Itinerant Immortal. After all, True Immortals were now written about by authors!
However, from Warden Liang's tone, he was still worried about this matter. "From the attitude of this letter, He Erman must have been instructed by someone behind the scenes. Otherwise, a captain like him wouldn't have the guts to do this."
"What do you think?"
"Right now, Union Commander He Erman is standing on the opposite side of us. Even if he is removed from his position and imprisoned, he will still put in all his effort to stop Keown's capture. It seems that the secrets Keown possesses have already touched the cake of some big shot. In our Huaxiu nation, there are only a handful of people with such power … "Warden Liang frowned deeply.
The key point was that Battle Sect wasn't a law enforcement organization. If Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal clashed with Songhai city's branch at this time, it would be the branch that would ultimately win.
Furthermore, the overall strength of the branches was not weak. Each branch had 20 teams, and even the weakest of them was at the Nascent Soul stage. The Office of Strategic Deception had only just been established, and while it looked like it had a lot of people, it had very few elite soldiers. Many of its disciples were Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators who did odd jobs. If a conflict really broke out, even if there were a few big shots keeping watch, it would be a self-destructive move.
If a light sect dared to make a move against the law enforcement department, they would be able to find a reason to kill them in a matter of minutes! In this era of peace, battles between sects would no longer be the same as before, where disciples would meet in front of the mountain gate to fight if they didn't like each other.
A trade war, an information war, and a public opinion war … these were all ways to crush an opponent.
If Battle Sect made a move now, and the other sects added fuel to the fire, it would definitely be at an overwhelming disadvantage in terms of public opinion.
A tall tree attracts the wind, and there were too many sects that wanted to suppress Battle Sect now.
Warden Liang even suspected that this matter might be a plot against Battle Sect.
It could even be said that Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal's Battle Sect had been in the limelight recently. Even if it attached itself to Huaxiu Alliance's main branch, how could this mountain hold two tigers?
The complexity of this matter was already a little beyond Warden Liang's imagination. "I'm sorry, Senior Immortal, this matter has already been ordered by the branch. It's not good for me to disobey a superior's order. Unless the main branch sends out a notice, I won't be able to continue to detain Klein … "
"I understand."
Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal frowned. "Then how much longer can Warden Liang keep him?"
Warden Liang was silent for a moment before he replied, "The order says to release him immediately, but going by procedure, I can keep him for another hour at most."
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Warden Liang."
The two men cupped their fists and bowed to each other.
After that, Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal swiftly left the prison with Loopy Toad.
As soon as the man and the dog left, Warden Liang immediately ordered a prison guard on the side, "Go, bring me that ninety-nine question questionnaire on prison satisfaction."
"Warden, are you really going to help him …"
"What do you mean help? I'm just fulfilling the quota given to me by my superiors. This is also a task assigned by the CHM, who said that the major prisons had to satisfy the prisoners' human rights while they were locked up. I'm just following orders. "After saying this, Warden Liang left without looking back. He already felt that this matter was very troublesome.
Now, he needed to find someone to sort out his thoughts with. Whenever he felt vexed, he just needed to discuss it with this person, and his mood would immediately become better.
Returning to the warden's office, Warden Liang picked up the coffee cup on the table and took a sip, then directly connected to the office of the General Administration of 100 Schools with the communication ball. "Hello, I'm Old Liang from Songhai First Prison. Help me connect to your Director Zhuo's insider."
Although it was already time to get off work, he was well aware that Odd Zhuo, this workaholic who risked his life in the workplace, would definitely still stick to his post.
At that moment, Warden Liang stroked the communication ball and looked out the window.
His intuition told him that all of Huaxiu nation … and even the whole world was about to experience a major earthquake.
…
After Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal and Loopy Toad left the prison, one man and one dog clearly sensed that something wasn't right in the atmosphere, especially when Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal used the Battle Sect transmission token specially issued by Huaxiu Alliance to contact the main branch. That strange feeling instantly surged into his heart.
There was no response from the main branch. No one hung up, no one picked up.
This was definitely an abnormal signal.
"Is no one picking up?" Loopy Toad also sensed that something wasn't right. From the moment Klein was captured to the news broadcast on Zhenyang TV, to Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal personally accompanying Warden Liang to investigate the case, to Songhai city branch asking for Klein's release, the whole process had taken less than six hours.
Within these six hours, there was a pair of invisible hands that could blot out the sky and cover the sun. They had already made arrangements behind the scenes and controlled everything …
Who could this person be?
"Do you have an answer?"
"Without concrete evidence, I can't suspect anyone. Furthermore, there's more than one person with this kind of power. We need to figure out what on earth the other party is hiding, and what secrets Klein has that he can't say. "
"Don't worry about Klein, I've already placed a mark on him, he can't run away," said Loopy Toad.
Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal nodded. "Then let's split up. I'll take the nearest immortal warship to the main branch to look for him. You go and get in touch with Brother Zhuo first, and help him gather more people. "
"Aren't you going to look for my Little Master Ling?"
"Isn't Brother Ling still doing his homework … Let's settle this first, I don't dare disturb him."
"…"
…
Sitting in his office, Odd Zhuo felt a little uneasy. He looked out the office window at the peaceful night sky, and for a moment felt like he could see dark clouds rolling in. After he rubbed his eyes, those dark clouds that had disturbed the tranquility vanished completely like an illusion.
Ten minutes ago, he had received an internal call from Warden Liang's communication ball. Old Liang hadn't left him much, and had only talked about the new prisoner Klein.
Old Liang was one of the few friends he could confide in. Although their jobs were very different, they would usually talk to each other about whatever was bothering them.
His tone was as calm as usual, and he didn't look the least bit flustered. "Yo! Brother Zhuo! Did you see the news about Keon Duncan? "
"I didn't just see it, I also heard some information." Odd Zhuo's tone was the same as usual. He knew that Warden Liang had most likely called him to discuss some gossip about the prisoner. But because Klein, the prisoner they had arrested this time, was somewhat related to his shifu, Odd Zhuo had especially learned some information through the Office of Strategic Deception's internal channels.
"I heard this person is from the SBP Foundation. He came to Huaxiu nation twenty years ago, and has been roaming the country for secret investigations. He even pretended to be the ancestor of the world of killers, Numinous Mother, to earn money for his activities. What a strange person. " Odd Zhuo tried hard to recall the information he had read. So far, Battle Sect had only provided this much information, and it was updated practically in real time.
When he and Warden Liang had inquired about Klein, Odd Zhuo had especially flipped through Battle Sect's secret intelligence vault, and realized that there were no updates.
He immediately knew the purpose of Old Liang's call.
It was probably because the interrogation hadn't gone well, and Old Liang wanted to vent his frustrations.
"You know a lot, Brother Zhuo! But this is a little unusual. This Klein is different from all the prisoners I've dealt with before … "
"Songhai First Prison's Mahjong Trio is the weirdest of all. Is there anyone more out of line than the three of them?"
"Xi Ba! Brother Zhuo! I'm not joking! "Warden Liang almost roared. Odd Zhuo was startled by his sudden seriousness.
But very quickly, he received Warden Liang's apology. "I apologize, Brother Zhuo, I was a little too agitated …"
"It's fine, Brother Liang, I understand. If you have any difficulties, you can tell me. I might be able to help. " Compared with the previous few times they had discussed the strange prisoner, Odd Zhuo finally felt that this time was special.
Old Liang had always been a calm and daring person. Rather than saying he was agitated, that roar just now had been to boost his courage. Now, Odd Zhuo was also starting to get curious. How on earth could a foreign cultivator make Old Liang lose his composure like this?
"You and I don't work in the same unit, but when it comes to this prisoner's case, based on my experience, Brother Zhuo, it's best if you don't interfere …" Warden Liang's voice trembled a little as he spoke, perhaps even he himself didn't realize it.
Odd Zhuo didn't want the atmosphere to become even more solemn, so he could only continue to talk in a teasing tone. "I have a lot of work here. Brother Liang, are you afraid that I'll interfere and steal your credit? Don't worry, Brother Liang, I promise you that I won't do anything. "
Warden Liang's voice was clearly silent on the other end of the communication ball.
The call was cut off.
At the same time, Odd Zhuo also sank into a long silence.
Old Liang's phone call was very strange.
Normally, he wouldn't deliberately add some mood particles in his sentences, such as vulgar words like "Xi Ba".
Although they didn't work in the same unit, they usually chatted a lot, and there was always a special tacit understanding between them.
Odd Zhuo started to replay the voice recording in the communication ball and carefully read every word Old Liang had said to him. He felt that Old Liang might be giving him a hint.
Taking out his notebook, Odd Zhuo recorded everything Old Liang had said to him just now.
"Yo! Brother Zhuo … "
"You know quite a lot, Brother Zhuo …"
"Xi Ba! Brother Zhuo! "
"I apologize, Brother Zhuo …"
"You and I don't work in the same unit …"
When these sentences were put together, Odd Zhuo really found clues at the beginning of the sentence. When these words were put together in a homophone, they formed the following sentence: I have something for you …
Old Liang had left something for him?
Odd Zhuo felt a little bewildered and at the same time a little funny, because this code word was really too lame.
But as lame as it was, it was fine as long as it worked.
If it wasn't for the fact that he usually chatted with Old Liang a lot and knew the latter's habit of using words to form sentences, he really wouldn't have been able to hear the meaning behind these words.
Based on the content of the call, Old Liang probably had something for him.
As Odd Zhuo waited restlessly in the office for a while, a stream of light flashed in front of him outside the window!
With one glance, he recognized it — it was Old Liang's personal flying sword! Infinity Swords!
When the Infinity Sword stabbed someone, heavy chains would immediately grow out of the wound like weeds, firmly locking the enemy in place!
But there seemed to be something very strange on this flying sword, which seemed to be a bundle …
Odd Zhuo reacted quickly. He turned to the side and firmly caught this flying sword as it sped towards him.
The moment he caught the sword, the bundle on the hilt tumbled off, and blood instantly gushed out of the bundle to soak the floor …
Odd Zhuo looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief. He forcibly restrained his trembling body and used the Infinity Sword in his hand to pick up the bundle.
Inside it was Old Liang's head.
At the same time, several people in azure uniforms burst into Odd Zhuo's office.
The leader was precisely the team leader of Huaxiu Alliance's Team One. He stared at Odd Zhuo, then at Warden Liang's head on the floor, and sneered. "Director Zhuo, the evidence is conclusive that you killed Warden Liang. We are now officially arresting you in the name of Huaxiu Alliance! "
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