Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1840: One wave comes after another

After the city league ends, there is a one-month break for the representative teams from each city to rest and train, and also to give fans a break. A month later, the regional league begins.

This undoubtedly pushed the football league to a new climax.

People always have a stronger sense of belonging to the city they live in.

When the competition was officially upgraded to a city-to-city match, the representative teams from each city naturally received the greatest support from the people of each city.

Even the veterans' team, which had been reported many times before, was no exception. The veterans' team now represented the face of Black Moon City!
The subsequent matches proceeded smoothly, but things were far from peaceful off the field.

On this day, at the football lottery sales point, some were happy while others were sad.

With the conclusion of the latest match and the confirmation of the results, fans rushed to claim their prizes.

The ticket checker at the window was working efficiently. As he took the lottery ticket from the winner, he stamped it with his seal and handed it back to the winner, indicating that the winner should go to the next window to collect the money.

This seemingly simple operation makes the window's processing efficiency appear exceptionally fast.

"Next!"

Upon hearing the announcement and as the person in front of them left, the person behind nervously handed over their lottery ticket.

The staff, engrossed in their repetitive and demanding work, failed to notice anything unusual about the other person.

As always, he quickly took the lottery ticket from the other person and stamped it with his seal.

The moment the stamp was picked up, the staff member paused for a moment, looking at the lottery ticket in his hand. While keeping his composure, he subtly gave a wink to the guard next to him.

The guard on the side immediately understood and casually took a step toward the person standing at the window to claim the prize.

The guards were already patrolling the area to maintain order, so this step was taken quite naturally.

But when the person claiming the prize noticed, their expression changed and they ran away!

Those engaged in security and guard work in the relevant departments of Da Zhou are mostly retired soldiers.

Under this premise, they also need to train regularly in order to maintain their condition.

Basically, as soon as the person claiming the prize took a step and ran, the guard immediately rushed forward and pinned the person to the ground in less than two seconds.

In an instant, there was an uproar at the scene.

Upon seeing this, the window staff quickly explained loudly, "Don't panic, everyone! This person is cheating on the lottery; they brought a fake lottery ticket to claim the prize!"

All of this happened so fast that the people in line hadn't even had time to process it.

However, a middle-aged woman in the group realized something was wrong after hearing this and immediately backed away, clearly intending to leave.

Little did they know that while the guards in front were arresting people, the other guards had already blocked their escape route.

While the other prize winners were still somewhat bewildered and unsure of what to do, this middle-aged woman who was trying to back away and run away was quite conspicuous.

One of the officers immediately rushed forward and grabbed him.

The middle-aged woman who was caught was startled, but she had already prepared a reason for speaking.

"I...I suddenly remembered I have something urgent to attend to and I have to leave right away..."

"That's no problem, but before that, we need to check your lottery ticket. Don't worry, it won't take long, just a few seconds..."

Before the guard could finish speaking, the middle-aged woman realized she couldn't leave easily. A fierce determination formed in her mind, and she began to shout loudly…

"They're hitting people! The guards are hitting people!!" Her shout made the already chaotic scene even more chaotic.

At the same time, she was struggling to break free from the guards' grasp and escape in the chaos.

Unexpectedly, the guard's hand gripped her tightly like an iron clamp, and no matter how much she struggled, she couldn't budge.

Then, with a click and a cold touch, a metal handcuff was fastened to her wrist.

That's it, there's no escaping it now.

Realizing this, the middle-aged woman simply started throwing a tantrum.

But the guard was no pushover either. He was decisive in his attack, knocking the guard unconscious with a single chop to the neck, which finally subdued him completely.

The guard's swift and deadly hand strike was incredibly effective, and coupled with the people of Great Zhou's continued trust in the country, the initially chaotic scene was quickly brought under control.

During this process, staff members also stepped forward and explained the entire situation again.

Upon learning that someone had used a fake lottery ticket to claim a prize, the crowd couldn't help but start discussing it.

"Don't be nervous, everyone. Just continue queuing up to claim your prize as usual. As long as you bought a genuine lottery ticket, there won't be any problems! Please rest assured!"

In other words, in the short time it took to speak, they had already verified the lottery ticket on the middle-aged woman's body, and without a doubt, it was another fake lottery ticket.

But that's clearly not all...

"Huh? Where's my lottery ticket? I think I've lost it!"

Looking at the man sweating profusely and searching for lottery tickets in his pocket in front of the window, the guard simply put his hand on the man's shoulder.

"Alright, stop looking, just wait over there."

That guy clearly has something to hide; anyone who believes him at a time like this is a fool.

Indeed, with the help of the people redeeming the prize at the scene, they quickly found the missing lottery ticket in a narrow crevice.

After verification, it turned out to be another fake.

These guys with fake lottery tickets had a pretty good idea: they thought that since there would be the most people redeeming their prizes on the first day, the staff wouldn't have time to check them carefully, and the success rate would be higher.

Who would have thought that the test would be accurate every time, catching them completely off guard.

Afterwards, these guys were quickly taken to the police station for questioning.

“We’re going to question you properly now. If you don’t talk, then we’ll have to send you to the interrogation room of the Investigation Department. At that point, it won’t be a question of whether you want to talk or not.”

The interrogation room of the Inspection Department was notorious; to ordinary people, it was a place like hell on earth.

Upon hearing this, the three men turned deathly pale and dared not hide anything any longer, honestly confessing everything in one go.

They weren't exactly a large criminal gang; frankly, they just wanted to take advantage of the chaos and swindle some money.

But before they could even get started, they were caught without completing a single deal.

Of course, they weren't all of them; there were a total of eleven people, including the studio where they made fake lottery tickets, and they basically confessed everything.

Having confirmed the intelligence, the police immediately dispatched officers and raided the entire operation, seizing a complete set of counterfeiting tools and dozens of finished fake lottery tickets.

(End of this chapter)