Chapter 318: Bullying Beyond Measure
"Do you remember the last time with Wang Ba?"
"Yeah!" Lin Tian nodded. How could he forget such a memorable event?
"In the following investigation, ten of my colleagues have died, five in the Sakula Country and five related to this matter..."
"I think this issue isn’t simple, so I need an outsider to help!"
Lin Tian’s face darkened: "So you thought of sending me to die?"
"I’m not sending you to die, I just want to retrieve what’s ours for our country, that’s all!"
Chen Moxiang gripped the steering wheel tightly, his determined eyes looking forward, and his expression suddenly became fierce.
"I understand!"
Lin Tian nodded and stayed silent, deciding to wait a bit before expressing his opinion, to see what the matter was first.
The two of them arrived at the Kanyue City Cultural Center, and saw that the usually quiet and deserted cultural center was bustling today, with workers constantly going in and out of the front door, the sound of clanging everywhere, completely turning into a construction site.
Besides that, there were also reporters with cameras rushing inside, running wildly towards the cultural center.
"What’s this?" Lin Tian looked at the bizarre scene before him, puzzled.
"Go inside and you’ll see!" Chen Moxiang, possibly for self-protection, put on sunglasses first and walked in.
Upon entering the cultural center, Lin Tian finally understood why there were so many workers and reporters.
Inside, workers were busily constructing, one after another temporary exhibition booths were being erected.
Next to the construction area, there was a small venue with a red banner hanging above: Kanyue City Cultural Artifacts Exhibition!
"So these reporters are here for an interview about this!" Lin Tian realized, finally understanding why the reporters were there.
However, he still didn’t quite understand why Chen Moxiang had brought him here.
The two of them quickly squeezed into the crowd of reporters, silently watching this small venue.
Shortly after, on stage, an elderly man with white hair suddenly appeared, first smiling faintly at the group of reporters below: "Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon, Kanyue City is truly a beautiful place, I’m very happy to be here!"
"Clap clap clap!" A timely applause erupted from the crowd below.
Lin Tian glanced up at the elderly man with white hair, yellow skin, and black pupils; apart from being a bit short, his demeanor was quite aristocratic.
"At this Kanyue City International Cultural Relics Exhibition, our Sakula Country Museum is displaying 50 precious artifacts from the Celestial Dragon Continent, many of which are invaluable, a treat for some artifact enthusiasts!" The elderly man with white hair on stage spoke proudly, a look of superiority in his black eyes, as if he was above everyone else, none of the attendees could match him.
"So he’s a Sakula Country person!"
Lin Tian muttered to himself, no wonder the feeling was so uncomfortable, as if a city person was looking down on country people.
"Mr. Nomura, can I ask you a question?" suddenly, a young male journalist raised both hands, holding a microphone, and asked.
"Of course!" The elderly foreigner with white hair on stage nodded gentlemanly.
"As I understand, the 50 precious Celestial Dragon Continent artifacts displayed by the Sakula Country Museum are all cultural relics that Sakula Country plundered from the Celestial Dragon Continent back then, will your museum return these artifacts to the Celestial Dragon Continent after this exhibition?" The young male journalist asked a very pointed question.
In fact, this question was what all the journalists present wanted to ask.
Celestial Dragon Continent artifacts, and the exhibitor wasn’t from the Celestial Dragon Continent but a foreigner, one can imagine that there’s a reason these artifacts ended up in the hands of foreigners.
"This question from the journalist is really amusing!" Mr. Nomura first laughed loudly on stage, then shook his head and said: "These are the victory tokens our ancestors acquired back then, why should we return these artifacts to the Celestial Dragon Continent?"
"But... these artifacts were stolen by your ancestors..." The young male journalist tried to continue.
But Nomura suddenly interrupted him: "There’s no but, these artifacts are about to be displayed in your country, if you have the ability to steal them, then they belong to your Celestial Dragon Continent, if you can’t steal them, just shut up!"
"This is just too much!"
Everyone present was infuriated by Nomura’s words, their faces flushed, necks thickened with anger. Although these artifacts were stolen from the Celestial Dragon Continent back then, now the Celestial Dragon Continent police have to protect them, which is truly frustrating.
The anger among all the Celestial Dragon Continent people present stemmed from Nomura’s arrogance and words.
These artifacts are like a wound on the heart of the Celestial Dragon Continent people, originally forgotten, but Nomura’s appearance made this wound reappear before everyone’s eyes.
"Mr. Nomura, don’t you think your words are highly irresponsible?"
The young male journalist continued, sneering: "Your logic is entirely that of a bandit! If someone actually steals these 50 artifacts, they would surely face legal consequences!"
"You call this bandit logic?" Nomura couldn’t help laughing: "Today I make it clear, if these 50 artifacts in the Celestial Dragon Continent are stolen, I’ll only blame my people, I’m absolutely not pursuing legal responsibility against the thief, not that I’m bragging, but there really isn’t anyone in the Celestial Dragon Continent who can manage to steal something from me!"
These words were wildly arrogant; among the 1.3 billion people in the Celestial Dragon Continent, Nomura looked down on them all.
His words were like water drops in a pot of hot oil, causing an instant uproar.
"This Nomura seriously underestimates our Celestial Dragon Continent!"
"Damn it, is he really bullying us because there’s nobody in the Celestial Dragon Continent?"
"The Celestial Dragon Continent’s master thief must teach Nomura a lesson!"
Voices of discussion rose around, everyone pointing and criticizing Nomura on stage, yet Nomura continuously wore that smug smile, looking down over the crowd with those superior eyes.
Arrogance and pride!
That was probably the only impression everyone present had of Nomura today.
"Mr. Nomura, are you sure you’re not joking?" the young male journalist, looking very displeased, continued questioning. Being bullied so openly, the young man’s hot-bloodedness made him willing to shed blood if necessary, but facing this situation now, he was helpless and unwilling.
"This time the Kanyue City International Cultural Relic Exhibition, our big
"I’m not joking, if the artifacts I brought are stolen in the Celestial Dragon Continent, I’d consider it my people’s inadequacy. In your Celestial Dragon Continent’s words, it would be a benevolent act of returning your belongings to you!" Nomura laughed using broken Chinese and repeated to the people below.