My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 74 Manipulating in the Palm of Your Hand

"Huh? Oh," Zhang Hai realized what was happening, immediately stopped what he was doing, and looked at Chu Zhu. "Alright, you can ask now!"

Chu Zhu: "..."

I didn't expect you to like playing Aisiaimo.

Chu Zhu's feelings were complicated. To be honest, this was the first time he had ever heard this information.

“I know you are extremely loyal to the Lord! The Eleventh Apostle also believes in your loyalty to the Lord.” After calming down, Chu Zhu spoke directly, putting pressure on Xue Laosan right from the start. “However, that person doesn’t trust your intelligence!”

Xue Laosan: "???"

Originally, Xue Laosan had already prepared himself for a period of torture. Only then did he reluctantly reveal the false information he had carefully crafted…

But something feels off right now?

"……you!"

"Hmph! Don't you know yet? The news that Captain Qi of the Second District is a follower of the Almighty Church has already been discovered by the upper echelons of Jinghai City!" Chu Zhu gritted his teeth. "As soon as Captain Qi attends Mass next time, the Commandery will mobilize all its forces to wipe out all the followers and key members of the Almighty Church in the Second District!"

"No...no way! You...I can't believe it!" Xue Laosan's brain went blank. He vaguely sensed something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Was the other side threatening him? That doesn't make sense. If the other side really was from the authorities, why would they reveal to him that Captain Qi had been exposed?

If Captain Qi is exposed and the enemy manages to get here... then why not just send a large army to invade?
Could it be... that they really are one of us?
Xue Laosan began to question the meaning of life.

"Furthermore," Chu Zhu narrowed his eyes, "the Eleventh Lord is extremely dissatisfied with the shantytown redevelopment incident you instigated!"

"That's impossible!" Xue Laosan panicked at this moment, his eyes turning red. "What does this have to do with me? The shantytown renovation project was clearly done by the Eleventh Lord's envoy, and the Eleventh Lord has already gone to heaven... No, wait!"

Old Xue belatedly realized what was happening and broke out in a cold sweat. He stared at Chu Zhu in disbelief, "No, that's not right, you're not Eleventh Master at all... No, then why are you...!"

If he really is the Eleventh Lord's second envoy, how could he not know about this? But if not, then what were those things before...? Xue Laosan couldn't understand, and he completely lost his composure.

Zhang Hai: "..."

He felt a lump in his throat and didn't know how to spit it out.

This has already been confirmed, and the core members of the All-Round Society in the second district are most likely still core members... just like that, Chu Zhu is playing them like puppets?
This is... it's not just outrageous, it's downright outrageous!
But soon, Zhang Hai began to think about another very serious problem.

Considering everything he's experienced since he met Chu Zhu—is it possible that, in the eyes of others, he was also being manipulated by Chu Zhu?

"Stun him." Chu Zhu's eyes flashed with understanding as he turned to calmly look at Zhang Hai. He spoke so matter-of-factly that Zhang Hai instinctively made his move before suddenly snapping back to reality.

Wait a minute, wasn't it said at the beginning that he was there to protect Chu Zhu from the clutches of the All-Powerful Society's assassins?
Why would he inexplicably end up in this Pleasure Street, at the Masked Ball, at the Almighty Society's Mass location, and now inexplicably be obeying Chu Zhu's orders?
He's not Chu Zhu's subordinate!
"Take him with you and leave now." Chu Zhu turned around.

Instead of heading towards the door that had been kicked open and caused the problem, he went into the inner hall and quickly found another hidden door.

Zhang Hai's face contorted, his lips trembled for a moment, and in the end he could only follow closely behind Chu Zhu.

……

After a while.

Entrance to the Third District Police Department.

"Thank you, Zhang Hai, for leading the cracking of this major shoe cult case. You have made a tremendous contribution to the peace and tranquility of our city!" Li Kang gripped Zhang Hai's hand tightly, shook it vigorously, and smiled broadly.

On the other side, Ning Linglong raised her public phone and filmed the scene.

"Alright." The moment Li Kang finished filming, he pulled his hand away, his smile vanishing completely, his face expressionless—a true Sichuan opera face-changing act. He took out a wet wipe and vigorously wiped his palms, as if he had touched something dirty.

"..." Zhang Hai remained expressionless, but after rummaging in his pocket and finding that he had no tissues, he looked around, walked to a tree, rubbed his hands together vigorously against the bark, and then glanced at Li Kang.

The scene fell silent for a moment.

Chu Zhu remained calm. These two were relatively mild; when the Cardinal of the First District met with the old governor, the atmosphere was truly tense.

"I really don't understand, A-Zhu!" Li Kang forced himself to calm down and looked at Chu Zhu. "According to what you said before, the credit for capturing the core member of the Omnipotent Society should clearly belong to you... Why did you push it onto Zhang Hai?" Chu Zhu thought to himself, of course, it was to prevent the Eleventh Apostle's attention from being drawn to him! After all, it seemed that the Omnipotent Society assassins, although they had made a move against him, only wanted to kill him, not capture him—

Anyway, Zhang Hai is a member of the God Worshipping Society. Given the complicated relationship between the God Worshipping Society and the Almighty Church... Zhang Hai is definitely better able to handle the Almighty Church than him!
Chu Zhu wasn't afraid that the eleven apostles would kill him; on the contrary, he was afraid that they would become curious and choose to capture him instead of killing him!

If Chu Zhu really killed Zhang Hai, she could simply commit suicide to reset her game. However, if the Eleventh Apostle knocked Chu Zhu unconscious... and Chu Zhu slept for a day, resetting her game data, then things would truly fall apart.

"Fine!" Seeing that Chu Zhu didn't answer immediately, Li Kang realized something, glanced at Zhang Hai again, and said, "You always have your reasons!"

“There’s one more thing,” Li Kang paused briefly, organizing his thoughts, “regarding what you mentioned before about Captain Qi of the Second District, do you have any evidence?”

"Yes... but is it useful?" Chu Zhu asked calmly. "You don't really think that Captain Qi alone can do these things, do you? Although, judging from your situation, Captain Qi is probably also a member of the Commandery?"

Li Kang did not answer, but judging from his darkened expression, Chu Zhu could confirm that she was right.

Li Kang took a deep breath and asked, "Who else?"

“There are so many!” Chu Zhu counted on her fingers. “The Dali Bureau, as a judicial department, has been infiltrated! Even those attendees at the Jinghai City conference… tsk tsk, it’s not just one or two who have problems.”

"The most troublesome thing is that there are also the issues of the Five Poisons Sect and the Joyous Union Sect. These three sects are united in their stance against the official purge!"

The most troublesome lesions are not those that cause a huge reaction, but those that have no reaction in the early stages, but gradually become deeply embedded in the host's life cycle!

Once successfully implanted, this condition becomes incurable.

Or rather, if we really force a solution, even the best-case scenario will be a severe blow to our resources!
If Chu Zhu were a high-ranking official in Jinghai City, he might have the courage to take action... but according to Chu Zhu's understanding, the current old leader definitely doesn't have that kind of courage!
After all, he's getting old and will be retiring soon. He doesn't like to make things complicated!
There is a very small chance that Lu will come to power... but it's not a big possibility!
Chu Zhu speculated that, based on his understanding of this Governor Lu, he would most likely take action initially, but then stop when he realized the problem was too big and the consequences too serious.

Li Kang opened his mouth several times, but in the end, he didn't say anything.

"I suggest we quickly put Xue Laosan on trial and then kill him!" Chu Zhu said noncommittally, looking directly into Li Kang's eyes. "Don't tell me that the people from the Commandery don't have the right to conduct trials?"

"All I can say is that if you leave him here for more than three hours, someone will soon take him elsewhere for trial... and then!"

Although Chu Zhu didn't continue speaking, her meaning was clear—

Of course, Chu Zhu didn't mean that the authorities would release Xue Laosan. However, it was entirely possible that something unexpected might happen, causing Xue Laosan to flee to avoid punishment.

“I understand… Since time is limited.” Li Kang nodded, looked at Guan Fei, and said, word by word, “Then let’s quickly give this new friend some high-intensity gadgets!”

"Don't worry." Guan Fei smiled. But beneath his pile of fat, the smile looked somewhat sinister. "I love interrogating these superhumans. After all, their physiques are amazing, and they're not easy to kill!"

"Please rest assured." Guan Fei then turned to look at Chu Zhu, his attitude changed, his back straightened, and his voice was firm and respectful.

Li Kang: "..."

"Give me a copy of the intelligence after you've extracted it!" Chu Zhu said casually.

Watching Chu Zhu leave, Li Kang remained silent for a long time before saying slowly and deliberately, "Ning Linglong, take notes!"

Ning Linglong still looked lazy, but she still took out a small notebook from her pocket.

"After killing Xue Laoqiang, the omnipotentiary, file the intelligence obtained from the trial... Finally, report it to the higher-ups! Get a warrant from the higher-ups... I want to conduct a comprehensive search of Happy Street, across districts!"

"Yes." Ning Linglong realized that Li Kang was still somewhat provoked by Chu Zhu's words and attitude. However, she had no objection to it.

In fact, Ning Linglong is now somewhat glad that she joined the Third District—

If we were to join the second district next door... looking at what's been uncovered so far, wow! It's unimaginable.

……

"Where are you planning to raid next?" Zhang Hai asked listlessly. "Are you going to go to the entertainment district again?"

"Come to my place!" Chu Zhu glanced at Zhang Hai. "Didn't you go there a couple of days ago? I think you should know it pretty well!"

Zhang Hai paused for a moment, gave Chu Zhu a deep look, pursed his lips, hesitated for a few moments, and then spoke again: "Mr. Zhu, are you really not going to consider... joining the God Worshipping Society?"

(End of this chapter)