With the reoccupation of the town hall by the Third Orbital Airborne Brigade, this farce of independence finally came to an end.
Mayor Xue and his staff, Gao Ruiming, as well as the senior members of the town hall who survived the assassins sent by The Spirit of the Universe, were all taken to the cruiser Qinling and went to the Tianzhou spaceport in the Earth-Moon system.
As the main war criminals of this war, they would be tried in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei city group, the political center of the Pan-Asian Cooperation.
In order to urge the colony to restore order as soon as possible, the Third Orbital Airborne Brigade stayed.
The town hall had been taken over by the administrative commissioner appointed by the Pan-Asian Cooperation. At the same time, the public facilities damaged in the war had also begun to be rebuilt.
When the administrative commissioner appointed by the Pan-Asian Cooperation investigated the accounts of the town hall, he "accidentally" discovered something very interesting …
It was a fund account.
As the former mayor Xue Hong explained in his confession, the Alpha Centauri Colonial Exploration Foundation indirectly sponsored this uprising through the transfer of benefits …
Tiangong City residential area.
The entrance of the single-family villa in the wealthy area had been surrounded by heavily armed special police.
When Wang Peng rang the doorbell, Gladstone was doing morning exercises in the front yard.
When he heard the doorbell ring, he walked to the entrance and opened the door.
Looking at the unfamiliar face standing in front of the door, Gladstone's face showed a confused expression.
"Hello, who are you …"
However, this confusion did not stay on his face for too long, because soon the person in front of him flashed a holographic card.
Looking at the badge on the card and the line of text printed below the badge, Gladstone's expression was slightly stiff.
Obviously, he was no stranger to the thing in Wang Peng's hand.
"Wang Peng, agent of the Security Bureau." Wang Peng put the holographic identity card back into the personal terminal. He looked at Gladstone and continued blankly, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Gladstone."
"Nice to meet you too … You know, in this special period of turmoil, nothing is more pleasant than seeing the badge of the Pan-Asian Cooperation." The expression on his face was obviously not happy. Gladstone pretended not to know anything and said, "Of course, I believe you are also here on official business. Then, may I ask … what business do you have with me? "
Without talking nonsense with this guy, Wang Peng went straight to the point. "Mr. Gladstone, don't you think there are some things you should explain?"
"Sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean."
"Don't play dumb." Wang Peng pushed a holographic screen in front of him and continued with a blank expression, "This is the financial account of the town hall. There is a fund of five billion credit points transferred directly from your company's account to the account of the town hall through multiple transactions. This money was used to purchase security equipment … You should understand what I mean. "
Looking at the form used on the holographic screen in front of him, Gladstone's face stiffened.
But very quickly, he hid his unnatural expression behind a self-righteous wry smile.
"Have I really been discovered? Actually … we had no other choice. "
Wang Peng raised his eyebrows and looked at him with interest, signaling him to continue.
The thoughts in Gladstone's mind turned quickly as he defended himself.
"You know, the entire Tiangong City is under Mayor Xiao's control. Since he was elected mayor, it has become worse. Powerless businessmen like us have no way to deal with his unreasonable demands. If possible, of course, I don't want to use investors' money to pay for the debts of the town hall … "
"Powerless?" Wang Peng raised his eyebrows slightly. "Mr. Gladstone, aren't you being too modest?"
"Modest? No, I'm talking about — "
"Okay, stop acting. I know you are from The Spirit of The Universe Foundation." Wang Peng was too lazy to continue listening to his story. He interrupted him and said straightforwardly, "Hand over Academician Lu. This is your only way to survive."
Hand over Academician Lu?
Isn't Academician Lu protected by you a long time ago?
Hearing these words, Gladstone was stunned subconsciously, but he soon realized that this might be a trap.
"Sorry, I don't understand what you mean …"
"I will make you understand."
Wang Peng waved his hand and said only one word to the SWAT officers behind him.
"Search."
The moment his voice fell, several heavily armed SWAT officers rushed into the house.
"Wait, what are you doing!"
Gladstone hurriedly reached out to stop them, but he was pushed away.
"Hey, you have no right to do this!"
In the face of this guy's angry shouts, Wang Peng ignored him at all. He didn't even look at him.
Soon, the SWAT officers rushed in and turned the house upside down.
However, to his surprise, they did not find any valuable clues in Gladstone's house.
In particular, what he was most concerned about was the clue about the whereabouts of Academician Lu …
"Report, Academician Lu is not here."
Wang Peng furrowed his eyebrows as he listened to his subordinate's report of the search.
"Have you seen the basement? Is there a secret door or something? "
"We have checked it all. I can assure you that we did not miss a single corner."
Looking at the investigator in front of him, Wang Peng couldn't help but frown slightly.
The building of the Alpha Centauri Colonial Exploration Foundation had been searched, including the companies that had worked with them. However, forget about Academician Lu, he couldn't even see a trace of him.
Could it be …
That he was moved outside Mars?
But this is impossible …
After all, the spaceport in orbit was still under the control of the Third Orbital Airborne Rate. Even a fly wouldn't be able to fly out of the colony, let alone such a big living person.
Looking at the two people whispering to each other, Gladstone stepped forward and spoke in a dissatisfied tone.
"I don't care what foundation you have, and I don't care about Academician Lu. I don't know anything about them! All I know is that we broke into my home without a court warrant, and you made a mess here … Listen, I need an explanation for what happened today! "
Wang Peng glanced at him and was about to say something. However, at this moment, an agent from the Security Bureau walked over with something in his hand.
It was a virtual reality helmet. The style was quite retro. Judging from the traces of paint on the surface, it was passed down from his grandfather's generation.
"Report! In his study, we found this thing. "
Hearing these words, Gladstone subconsciously looked in the direction of the man. The moment his eyes fell on the helmet, his face instantly turned pale.
That is the key to pass through the "conference room"!
The ticket to the high-level meeting of The Spirit of The Universe!
But this …
How could it be here?
Impossible. He clearly remembered that he hid it in a very, very secret place. This place was in the secret compartment of his office, so it was impossible to appear in his own home.
What the hell is going on?
Wang Peng keenly captured the change in his expression. He raised his eyebrows.
"This is yours?"
Gladstone squeezed a smile on his face and explained stiffly.
"This is just a game helmet … I like to play games, so I collected this first-generation infiltration device. This thing is not cheap, you guys be careful … "
"I will be careful. After all, this is important evidence."
Looking at Gladstone, who was extremely nervous, Wang Peng smiled faintly. He was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore. He reached out his hand directly to the agent.
"Give it to me."
After that, he took the helmet. Wang Peng weighed it in his hand, then put it on his head without hesitation.
Because the action was so sudden, even if Gladstone wanted to stop it, he had no time to react. He could only watch his secret being exposed under the sun …
After a long time, Wang Peng took off the helmet again and threw it back into the hands of the agent.
After looking up and down at Gladstone for a while, Wang Peng suddenly smiled.
"You are arrested."
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