However, next, as an agent stood on the conference room podium, his speech made everyone understand what was really going on.
"This supermarket hostage situation by spies has now been classified as a state secret event. You need to sign this top-level confidentiality agreement."
"No information inside this event is allowed to be disclosed to anyone outside, not even the closest family members such as parents, wife, and daughter."
"Otherwise..."
"It will be treated as treason!"
...
Just as they were signing the confidentiality agreement.
Under the protection of the security bureau agents.
Lin Beichen had already walked out of the city bureau.
At this moment, outside the city bureau.
The place was crowded!
Although the topic was gradually fading from the hot search list, it had indeed existed.
The news media that smelled the scent of a sensational news event naturally wouldn’t miss this opportunity.
Journalists wanting to obtain first-hand news information were all waiting at the entrance of the city bureau.
Seeing Lin Beichen walk out.
Having received intelligence long ago, they immediately recognized him!
He really had been brought to the city bureau!
So, does this mean...
The rumors online might all be true?
Pondering this, the journalists were more than excited, swarming towards Lin Beichen, but with security bureau agents protecting him, they couldn’t get close to him no matter how hard they tried.
"Lin Beichen, hello, I’m a reporter from Tao Video. Online sources say you resolved five armed spies in the supermarket, is this true, can you tell us how you did it?"
"Hello, Lin Beichen, I’m a reporter from Xiaoxiang Net. Many people online are saying that you managed to extract the bullets from your body without using any external force, is this true, how did you do it?"
"..."
Overwhelming questions.
Lin Beichen had experienced such scenes countless times, starting from the college entrance exam, he knew exactly how to handle the current situation.
Completely ignoring them would cause big problems, potentially leading to a disturbance at the scene that could be reported unfavorably.
But he couldn’t say too much either; saying too much would make it impossible to get away.
Simplified answers were the best.
Lin Beichen immediately stated: "Because of traditional martial arts..."
Before he could finish.
An agent hurriedly stopped him from continuing, whispering in a voice only they could hear: "Lin Beichen, the director said it’s best not to talk about this publicly."
The agent had initially thought Lin Beichen wouldn’t respond to these reporters.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly.
Stopped him in time.
Meanwhile.
Other agents addressed the reporters: "Sorry, we’re not accepting interviews, please make way!"
Having said that, they firmly protected Lin Beichen and walked away.
"Lin Beichen, please wait!"
"Lin Beichen, you mean you acknowledge the online claims, and you indeed dealt with the five armed spies using traditional martial arts?"
"So, Lin Beichen, did you truly expel the bullets from your body using traditional martial arts?"
"..."
The journalists tried hard to stop the agents, aiming for Lin Beichen to confirm their assumptions.
But...
How could they stop the security bureau agents, they could only helplessly watch the group disappear from their sight.
Even though they didn’t get any further response from Lin Beichen in the end.
But...
This didn’t affect them from editing the news!
Soon, on Weibo.
#LinBeichenSaysBecauseOfTraditionalMartialArts# became a trending topic.
Clicking into the topic, there were short videos of various news media interviewing Lin Beichen at the city bureau entrance, with sensational captions.
[Tao Video]: "Lin Beichen responded to online rumors with just four words."
[Xiaoxiang Net]: "Clear and concise, four words explain everything!"
"..."
For a while, numerous netizens who had seen the previous hot search clicked into the topic out of curiosity.
"What? Because of traditional martial arts? Traditional martial arts are so impressive?"
"Explain everything? What does this explain? It’s no different from saying nothing!"
"These news media are just messing around, making me think Lin Beichen actually admitted to something."
"I think Lin Beichen is purely leveraging his own popularity, trying to take this opportunity to rebrand himself, deliberately making people misunderstand him!"
"What is he talking about, boasting without even drafting, how could traditional martial arts be so powerful? If it were that strong, how come it gets beaten by modern combat techniques month after month?"
"No, did he check the topic before leaving the city bureau, seeing many people discussing traditional martial arts and combat techniques, deliberately saying this to create a topic for himself?"
"Ah, taking out five armed spies bare-handed, expelling bullets from the body, could traditional martial arts achieve this?"
"..."
In the comment section.
Netizens were all criticizing.
Among them...
A single comment stood out.
[Forest Deer]: "Traditional martial arts are indeed very powerful, don’t doubt it. Just a few weeks ago, I went yachting in the deep sea with my daughter, accidentally she fell into the sea, about to be attacked by a shark... Lin Beichen saved her. At that time, he used traditional martial arts, he could even stand in the sea and punch through the shark’s head!"
Yes, the owner of this Weibo account was the mother in the red dress from the yacht. Seeing so many people doubting Lin Beichen and traditional martial arts, she couldn’t help but speak out.