Chapter 365: The Lowest Class
"It’s pointless to blame anyone now," Shi Yang said in a deep voice. "I need you to find out where the fifty stolen relics are. I will send people to retrieve them!"
"Yes!" Zhuoda Village nodded repeatedly.
"If you can’t find them within a week, don’t blame me for being ruthless!" Accompanying Shi Yang’s words, the knife in his hand flashed silver in front of Zhuoda Village’s eyes.
"Understood!" Zhuoda Village nodded again.
Suddenly, he felt that these words sounded familiar. Weren’t these the same words he had just said to Kawakami?
Indeed, one thing subdues another...
"I’m leaving now!" Shi Yang fiddled with the knife in his hand as he left. Having lost fifty relics, he couldn’t sit idly by any longer. It was time to switch from passive defense to active offense.
"Take care, Mr. Shi Yang!"
After Shi Yang left, Zhuoda Village realized he was drenched in sweat from head to toe.
After the battle that night, everyone was resting, using sleep to heal the scars on their bodies and souls.
Time rewinds to two days earlier when the Celestial Dragon Continent Daily published a piece of news!
The front page of the newspaper featured Zhuoda Village with a very arrogant demeanor and expression!
When people of Celestial Dragon Continent saw this news, their first reaction was, damn, this foreigner has a big mouth!
Following that was anger, wild anger, towards this foreigner’s arrogance!
It was the anger that arose from seeing their most proud nation despised and looked down upon!
"These were the fruits of victory our ancestors achieved. Why should we hand over these relics to Celestial Dragon Continent?"
"There is no ’but.’ These relics are about to be displayed in your country. If you have the ability to steal these relics, then they belong to Celestial Dragon Continent. If you can’t, then shut up immediately!"
"I’ll say this today: if these fifty relics are stolen in Celestial Dragon Continent, it’s solely because my people aren’t competent. I won’t hold the thieves legally accountable. It’s not that I like boasting, but there’s truly no one in Celestial Dragon Continent capable of stealing from me!"
Every word pierced the heart like a needle!
"This guy is so arrogant. Celestial Dragon Continent is vast. Surely a master thief will show him Celestial Dragon Continent’s might!"
"There definitely will be! This time, you’ll surely suffer a huge defeat!"
Everyone was buzzing with chatter!
Zhuoda Village’s brazen attitude was truly infuriating!
And this outcome was precisely what Mr. Chen and others wanted to see most.
They couldn’t reward this team openly, so they could only offer some support behind the scenes!
The public might be the most oblivious, but they are also the most discerning!
They know who treats them well and who doesn’t, and everyone saw Zhuoda Village’s arrogance and disdain!
This team was working to restore Celestial Dragon Continent’s dignity, so they wouldn’t be met with full-blown criticism!
At the very least, they wouldn’t be criticized so severely!
Within a day, this matter kept expanding in publicity.
Eventually, everyone in Celestial Dragon Continent knew!
This could be considered a free, straightforward advertisement for the exhibition.
At Kanyue City Cultural Center, Zhuoda Village looked gloomily at the gathered journalists.
Not long ago, he had confidently bragged and shown off to these journalists!
But now, Zhuoda Village had to seek help from them!
The loss of fifty ancient relics couldn’t be blown up without the help of these journalists!
Without that, the Celestial Throne Continent Governance Institute wouldn’t sincerely help!
No matter whether this theft was carried out by Celestial Dragon Continent’s military!
Zhuoda Village just needed an excuse and a reason!
Sakula Country’s methods have never been inferior to others!
As long as he got acknowledgment and permission from the Celestial Throne Continent Governance Institute, Zhuoda Village had ways to track down those two groups from the early morning!
"Dare to challenge a lion’s mane, you’re bound to pay the price!"
Zhuoda Village’s expression was calm, showing no sign that he had been furious not long ago.
"Mr. Zhuoda Village, about the venue situation?"
A journalist opened the first question.
Zhuoda Village hadn’t had anyone clean up after last night’s battle and all that happened!
He wanted this result!
The words said earlier could be put aside, but he must arouse the sympathy of these blockheads!
So Zhuoda Village hadn’t let anyone tidy up the scene; instead, he made it even messier, creating a chaotic scene as if it had been through a great battle, which was indeed the case.
"I’ve heard every profession produces its top experts," Zhuoda Village dodged the question. "And there are high, middle, and low classes, with theft being the lowest!"
"In my eyes, Celestial Dragon Continent was supposed to be a civilized great nation, one worthy of admiration and respect!"
"But I hadn’t expected this country to have such parasites!"
"It makes me feel disgusted and laughable!"
"Is the thousand-year civilization of Celestial Dragon Continent merely this?"
"Or did the thousand-year civilization erode its original virtue over time?"
"Mr. Zhuoda Village, what do you mean by this?" Zhuoda Village’s words were harsh!
He immediately demeaned Celestial Dragon Continent as the worst in the world!
Though these journalists thrive on public opinion, that’s only when it doesn’t concern them!
Zhuoda Village’s words had insulted them as well; how could they be happy?
"I am just very disappointed in Celestial Dragon Continent!" Zhuoda Village righteously said, "I chose Celestial Dragon Continent back then because it was a civilized great nation with a long background, but after getting in touch, I suddenly realized the reality is different!"
"In such a country, banditry is rampant!"
"Last night, a large number of bandits stormed into the Grand Museum, carrying heavy weapons, yet the Celestial Throne Continent Governance Institute didn’t intervene!"
"This makes me suspect, could this be deliberate by the Celestial Throne Continent Governance Institute, or were the people sent by them!"
"Mr. Zhuoda Village, such groundless accusations aren’t gentlemanly." Chen Moxiang appeared.
She was the captain of the special action team at the Security Management Institute. Such a big incident at the Kanyue City Cultural Center required her immediate presence.
Of course, it was more about appearances, to dispel Zhuoda Village’s suspicion of the Security Management Institute.
"From the beginning, we knew nothing about this incident!" Chen Moxiang said expressionlessly as she came to the journalists. "We’ve also increased the necessary support!"
"Failing to protect the relics in the venue wasn’t due to a lack of our assistance!"
"To blame, you can only blame your people for being too incompetent!"
"Well said!" The journalists from Celestial Dragon Continent present were internally cheering!
Zhuoda Village’s attitude had long disgruntled them!
Chen Moxiang had voiced their feelings. If not for the considerations of their identities, they would have already mocked him openly!
Of course, that’s only wishful thinking.
Zhuoda Village had a complicated identity, not someone these journalists could provoke.
Only someone like Chen Moxiang, who held high power, had the authority to confront him.