Chapter 513: Section 300: Your Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps is finished
Upon hearing the command of their own captain, the members of the Snow Elf investigation team each took out the locks and shackles for imprisoning criminals.
The expression on the face of the investigation team captain was fierce, yet his heart was filled with smug satisfaction.
He himself had long been corrupted by the Saber Gang.
With the Saber Gang exerting pressure, they sought to use schemes to make things difficult for the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
The investigation team members were not acting individually; they were following the orders of their superiors, arriving with a special mission in mind.
Their mission was to provoke trouble whenever possible, to detain some members of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps. To take them away and imprison them, thereby exerting control over the Mercenary Corps.
The investigation team had checked several ships but hadn’t found a suitable target until the team captain noticed these Water Pigmen.
The moment the investigation team captain saw the Water Pigmen, joy surged in his heart: “The composition of this Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps really is a total mess. They even include Water Pigmen! Well, they can’t blame me then.”
Afterward, he deliberately provoked these Water Pigmen, and sure enough, they took the bait.
The investigation team captain finally accomplished his mission.
He suddenly felt a weight lift off his shoulders.
The investigation team members continuously advanced toward the Water Pigmen.
The Water Pigmen bared their teeth and glared at the manacles and chains, instinctively wanting to resist, stirring restlessly.
A fight was about to break out.
Thump, thump, thump.
The leader of the Water Pigmen, with heavy steps, burst into the cabin at that moment.
He saw the sorry state of the investigation team captain and immediately felt a twinge of foreboding in his heart, knowing that something terrible had happened.
“Don’t fight!” he shouted at the Water Pigmen, “Have you gone mad? Do you know the consequences of fighting? Don’t cause trouble for the Mercenary Corps!”
Gang Lie roared lowly, “I was the one who struck him. If anyone is to be arrested, arrest just me, it has nothing to do with the others!”
“Shut your mouth. You idiot, you’ve caused a huge mess!” the leader of the Water Pigmen stomped his feet in fury.
After hurling a few curses at Gang Lie, he squeezed out a smile on his face and approached the investigation team captain, bowing and smiling obsequiously, “Esteemed captain, this was all a misunderstanding.”
“Misunderstanding?!” the investigation team captain shouted. He pointed to his own reddened cheek, and to a broken tooth spat onto the floor of the cabin, “You call this a misunderstanding?!”
Enraged, the investigation team captain stretched out his hand and slapped the face of the Water Pigman leader, causing his cheeks to smack with a loud noise.
At the same time, he demanded, “If I were beaten to look like this, would you think it a misunderstanding?”
“It is a misunderstanding, of course, it is!” the Water Pigman leader insisted.
A vicious smile appeared on the face of the investigation team captain, who suddenly exerted force, sending out a slap.
Smack!
A crisp sound.
He fiercely slapped the Water Pigman leader across the face.
“Leader!” Gang Lie’s eyes bulged with fury, about to erupt again and thrash the investigation team captain.
The investigation team captain initially cowered, but then puffed out his chest and shouted at Gang Lie, “Come on. You dare to strike back? I’m letting you hit me!”
The Water Pigman leader roared at Gang Lie, “Stop it right now! Isn’t the trouble you caused enough? You fool, Gang Lie!”
The Water Pigman leader then glanced over at the other Water Pigmen, with rising anger, “Everyone stand still and don’t move! Can you afford the consequences of fighting?”
The Water Pigmen were all halted by his command.
Seeing this, the investigation team captain became even more arrogant.
He peered at the Water Pigman leader with a pair of gloomy eyes, grinning and revealing bloody, broken teeth, “I didn’t realize you were so amusing.”
The Water Pigman leader continued to bow and scrape, “If it pleases your honor to relieve your anger on me, then by all means continue to hit me.”
The investigation team captain laughed heartily, “Those were your own words!”
Smack, smack, smack!
The Snow Elf slapped his palms forcefully, each hit landing hard on the face of the Water Pigman leader.
To ensure the strikes had full effect, he even mustered the Fighting energy of the Black Iron Level.
The leader of the Water Pigmen’s cheeks quickly swelled, with a trace of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.
But he stood firmly in place, silent, serving as a vent for the Snow Elf’s rage.
The surrounding Water Pigmen were filled with sadness and anger, yet they also fell into a deep sense of helplessness.
The scene was painfully familiar to them.
It was as if they had returned to their recent lives as slaves.
As slaves, they had to endure insults in silence, accepting any form of oppression without protest, and those who dared to resist would suffer severe punishment or even death!
“You creature…” The investigation team captain had grown tired from the beating, looking at the silent Water Pigman leader, his face full of disgust and boredom, and stopped.
He ordered his team members, “Take these Water Pigmen away.”
Upon hearing this, the Water Pigman leader panicked.
He quickly stepped in front of the investigation team captain, almost begging, “Captain, surely you’ve vented your anger!”
The investigation team captain laughed loudly.
“Yes, I’ve vented all my anger.”
“You did well.”
“But I still have work to complete. These Water Pigmen have resisted violently, and as the investigation team captain, I must enforce the law impartially! It’s not I who want to take them away, it’s the Kingdom’s law that demands it. I want to remind you very importantly, this is Snowbird Port! This is the Ice Sculpture Kingdom!”
“So, do you also want to resist violently against the law?”
The investigation team captain glared at the Water Pigman leader, veins throbbing on his forehead.
How could he possibly let the Water Pigmen off so easily?
If he didn’t take a group back to be detained, he would certainly face a severe reprimand from his superiors.
Water Pigman leader was extremely restless, yet he had no solution.
Just then, Zong Ge, Sanda, and the others walked into the cabin, one by one.
“Who wants to take my subordinates away?” Zong Ge asked coolly.
The Snow Elf investigation team leader lifted his head slightly, sizing up Zong Ge.
“So, you’re the Vice Captain of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps? Our investigation team has been here for quite some time, and finally, someone from your senior ranks deigns to show themselves. Now let me tell you, your Water Pigman subordinates have violently defied the law! I’m going to take them all away. Your Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps is in big trouble!”
Sanda asked, “How exactly have they violently defied the law?”
The Snow Elf investigation team leader glared, pointing to his own cheek, “It seems you’re not only short, but also have poor eyesight. Don’t you see? This is their handiwork, and it’s the best evidence!”
Even when faced with Silver Level figures like Zong Ge, his attitude remained extremely arrogant. Surrounded by members of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, he was still fearless.
This was because as the team leader, he had seen too many outsiders. Even if they had considerable personal strength, upon entering the jurisdiction of the Ice Sculpture Kingdom, they all had to bow down and submit.
Zong Ge glanced at the investigation team leader’s cheek and asked, “Who did this?”
“Lord Lion Flag, it was me!” Gang Lie immediately knelt down, hastily admitting his fault, “It’s all my mistake, it has nothing to do with anyone else. But this investigation team just wants to take us all away!”
Zong Ge raised his hand to stop Gang Lie from continuing, then turned his gaze to the face of the Water Pigman leader.
“And who did this to you?” he asked, pointing to the injury on the Water Pigman leader’s face.
The investigation team leader didn’t speak, only sneered.
The Water Pigman leader quickly said, “It was me, Lord Lion Flag, I did it to myself.”
Upon hearing this, the investigation team leader couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
Zong Ge’s eyebrows rose slightly, “So, you’re saying you hit yourself?”
“That’s right, my lord,” the Water Pigman leader nodded hastily.
“Hehehe.” This time, not only did the Snow Elf investigation team leader laugh, but the other investigators joined in as well.
Their laughter was filled with mockery and contempt.
Zong Ge appeared oblivious, simply nodding slightly.
The investigation team leader waved his hand impatiently, “Lion Flag, you’ve heard it, right? This is what your own people have said. Haha. Now clear the way, I’m taking these Water Pigmen. If you want to redeem your men, it’s best you come with me and have a good talk with my superiors.”
“Take them all!” the investigation team leader’s voice rose.
As the investigators were about to take action, Zong Ge suddenly interrupted, “Hold on.”
“What now?” the team leader frowned.
Zong Ge looked at Gang Lie and asked, “How did you hit this investigation team leader?”
Gang Lie was a bit stunned by the question and subconsciously raised his right hand, answering, “Just, just with this hand.”
“So you hit like this?” Zong Ge’s voice had barely faded when he took a large step forward and stood in front of the investigation team leader.
He swung his left hand violently forward.
Slap!
A crisp sound followed.
Zong Ge harshly slapped the investigation team leader with a solid smack.
The force of the slap was so great that the investigation team leader was sent flying into the air.
Then, he crashed onto the floor.
Thud.
He spat out a mouthful of blood, mixed with several broken teeth.
The investigation team leader, his face filled with shock, lay on the floor, instinctively covering his mouth and staring intently at Zong Ge, screaming in a high-pitched voice, “What are you doing?”
“You hit me! You actually hit me!?”
At this point, he finally processed what had happened.
He let out an eerie, hearty laugh.
“You’re finished.”
“Lion Flag, you actually took it upon yourself to violently defy the law! Just a mere Silver Level, daring to violently defy the law, you’re done for.”
“You’re the Vice Captain, and your Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps is finished, too.”
“Haha, everything is finished.”
“Having a Vice Captain like you, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps is truly doomed!”
Zong Ge remained composed.
The surrounding Water Pigmen and investigators were momentarily dumbfounded.
The investigation team leader, seeing Zong Ge’s calm demeanor, hesitated, misunderstanding the situation.
He continued to yell, “We all have alchemy devices on us; everything that just happened has been recorded, forming a Magic Image.”
“All of these are irrefutable evidence! You can’t deny them.”
“Hahahaha!”
The investigation team leader pointed at the first button on his collar.
“Is this it?” Zong Ge approached him, bent down, and plucked the button off.
He examined it closely, determining that the button was indeed an alchemy device.
But what was its specific function?
Zong Ge, not being an Alchemist, couldn’t immediately understand.
The investigation team leader let Zong Ge take his button without resistance.
His face wore a triumphant smile.
“Haha, you want to destroy the evidence? It’s useless! All of us have such devices!”
At these words, the faces of the other investigators shifted slightly.