Tan Xin passed through the dim Black Prison corridor and arrived outside the main gate. Chu Shiduo had already been waiting in the car at the doorway for a long time.
"Teacher, what did you two talk about? Why did you come out so quickly?" Seeing Tan Xin come out, Chu Shiduo hurriedly got out of the car to open the door for the other party, while asking in confusion.
"He got my promise, and I got his answer, it's that simple."
Tan Xin sat down in the back seat of the car, answering unhurriedly, "Tell Gu Yuan over there, for tomorrow's trial, let Han Meng be acquitted and released."
"Acquitted and released?" Chu Shiduo was somewhat surprised,
"Teacher, this isn't very easy to operate... Back then when Han Meng went against orders and took action, all the masses present saw it. How can we find a reason to release him? And letting the media report this out would also be slapping our own faces..."
"Prepare a letter for Gu Yuan. Just say that Han Meng's behavior at the time was under my secret orders, and let him hand it over to the defense lawyer."
Chu Shiduo was startled. "But Teacher, this reason is also a bit far-fetched, right? The media's side..."
"What the media says isn't important." Tan Xin waved his hand. "Just do as I said. For this kind of small matter, Gu Yuan can handle it well by himself."
"However, Teacher, I still have one point I don't understand... If you didn't want to let Han Meng accept trial from the very beginning, when he took action at the time, wouldn't it have been fine if you just directly ordered the gate opened? Why must you let him be locked up in the Black Prison for so long, and also offend all the Enforcers in Aurora City?"
Tan Xin glanced at Chu Shiduo's confused face in the rearview mirror, speaking slowly:
"If I had opened the door at the time, he might not necessarily be able to feel my goodwill; but now that he has been thrown into prison, it is me who saves him from the disaster of imprisonment on the eve of the trial... Which kind of action do you think can make him trust me more?"
"Moreover, a Han Meng who is ostracized by all Enforcers has far more utilization value than an ordinary Enforcer Han Meng."
Chu Shiduo carefully savored the difference between these two, and understanding surfaced in his eyes.
"This student understands."
Tan Xin's gaze looked out the window. After pondering for a moment, he still spoke, "We're not going back to headquarters. Go straight to the Aurora Base. Yesterday, they sent someone over to say that the Lord of the Aurora suddenly has signs of awakening, I have to go see for myself... During this period of time when I'm away, the affairs of the headquarters are fully handed over to you to manage."
"Yes, Teacher."
...
"Tan Xin!!"
"Damn it!! Where is Tan Xin? Let him come out for me!!"
"I have continuously sponsored you Law Enforcers for so many years! One-third of your building here was built using my money! Now that something has happened on my end, you guys want to play dead?? For the matter of the chamber of commerce, you must give me an explanation!!"
At the main doorway of the Law Enforcer Headquarters, Yan Shang's angry roars echoed consecutively, and the entire hall was messed up into a state of chaos by him.
A group of Law Enforcers looked at each other helplessly, silently lowered their heads, and pretended nothing had happened...
Yan Shang had already been making a fuss here for an entire afternoon, and the entire hall couldn't work normally. But hindered by the fact that the other party had after all sponsored the Law Enforcers for so many years, although the crowd was displeased, it was not good to offend him, so they had just been wasting time here all along.
However, with Yan Shang making a fuss for so long this time, that Deputy Director-General Tan Xin still didn't have the slightest movement.
Yan Shang seemed to be tired and sat directly under the Law Enforcers' flag. While wiping the sweat from his forehead, his fierce gaze looked as if it could eat people... Although superficially he was still furious, after an afternoon of probing, he was already clear in his heart that he and the entire Stars Chamber of Commerce had already been abandoned by the Law Enforcers.
"President, let's go back." The Squinting Man stepped forward and spoke in a lowered voice,
"That Tan Xin probably won't come out again... Continuing to make a fuss like this won't have any results either."
Yan Shang took a deep look at the dead-silent Law Enforcer hall. After staying silent for a long time, he still got up and walked toward the door;
Seeing that this person had finally made enough of a fuss, the crowd of Law Enforcers breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Are there any results from the on-site investigation?" Yan Shang walked out the main gate and spoke in a deep voice.
The Squinting Man opened his mouth, but ultimately didn't say a word.
"Speak!"
"President, I have never seen such a scene... All the buildings and trees in the chamber of commerce have shifted bizarrely, and most of the corpses were suppressed around the buildings, or lying torn to pieces on the stairs. It's simply as if..." The Squinting Man paused for a moment, and still said,
"It's as if all those things came alive, and then ate everyone. Even the Paper Puppet Master fell victim."
"A Calamity's Domain?" Yan Shang's brows knitted tightly.
"It's highly probable."
"What about Pu Shu? Have you found him?"
"...No, his corpse wasn't at the scene. He might have deserted on the eve of battle."
"This coward... don't let me catch him, otherwise I will let him know what the end result is for someone who betrays the Yan family!" Yan Shang snorted coldly, "What about that Path of Force? Was he activated?"
"He was not. It seems the scene was extremely chaotic when the incident occurred, and no one had the time to set up the ritual to activate him... It might also be because of this reason that he escaped a calamity."
Right at this moment, the black-haired Female Operative walked over from afar and spoke calmly:
"I have already connected with those few hidden pieces in the Enforcement System. Currently, they also have no clues about the annihilation of the chamber of commerce. Tan Xin now seems to be busy with the Lord of the Aurora's matters, and simply has no time to deal with these... We have been thoroughly abandoned."
Yan Shang took a deep breath and looked back at that toweringly standing Law Enforcer Headquarters, cold killing intent flashing madly in his eyes.
"That kid Tan Xin throwing stones at someone who fell down a well can be considered completely tearing his face with us... Could it be that he thinks that with one son dead and one manor destroyed, I, Yan Shang, have nothing left??"
The black-haired Female Operative fell silent for a moment. "There is one more matter."
"Speak."
"Half an hour ago, Tan Xin went on a trip to the Black Prison to meet the Enforcer Commander-in-Chief of District Three, Han Meng... The Court of Judgment over there immediately sent news, saying Tan Xin wants to acquit and release Han Meng."
"Han Meng?!" The anger in Yan Shang's eyes burned ever brighter. "Good, very good... Not only did he fail to save the chamber of commerce from death, he even wanted to release that Enforcer who killed A-Bin at the first instance... What a case of killing the donkey after it has finished milling!"
"President, we..."
"He wants to kick us away like dogs, then he needs to be prepared to be bitten back." Yan Shang sneered as he spoke, like a ferocious jackal forced into a corner. "I can't destroy the Enforcement System, but trampling a Han Meng to death is not a problem... I will let him know that even without that manor, the energy my Stars Chamber of Commerce has within Aurora City is not something he can casually manipulate."
"Contact the media, as well as those few hidden pieces in the Court of Judgment... Their vulnerabilities and lifelines are all in my hands. This time, it's our turn to give Tan Xin a surprise."