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Chapter 76 Legal Gaps

The moment the call connected, Deng Jiale didn't hesitate for a second and calmly reported the entire situation.

They have just successfully rescued a group of illegally detained children from a secluded estate in Los Angeles. The youngest was only seven or eight years old, and the oldest was no more than fifteen.

Including the four lone individuals who will be sent over to join us, there are a total of eleven or twelve people who may be from the East. Whether this is true or not needs to be verified later.

There were also seven or eight Japanese and Korean children, making a total of nearly twenty children, all of whom were secretly abducted and imprisoned at Edward Manor.

Upon hearing about the case, the authorities at the consulate quickly became serious and cautious, and immediately reported it to higher authorities.

Soon, a voice came from the other end of Deng Jiale's phone, asking if the child could be sent to the consulate immediately, or if a completely safe place could be found for them to wait, and the consulate staff would arrive as soon as possible to take over.

This is a major transnational child trafficking case, and it's extremely sensitive; no one dares to take it lightly.

Deng Jiale was certainly not sure about such an important coordination matter, so he immediately turned to look at his father, Deng Chun, beside him.

Deng Chun had been away for so many years, but he had never dealt with any officials from his hometown and dared not express any opinions.

Moreover, he knew that he was never the one in charge of this operation, so he quickly looked at Chen Ping'an, waiting for his instructions.

Without a second thought, Chen Ping'an said directly, "Tell them that we will personally escort the remaining four children over for handover after we have them all."

However, you should tell them that we went through a fierce gunfight to save these dozen or twenty children.

Let them prepare themselves to face this.

From the moment he decided to intervene, his goal was to safely hand the children over to the authorities.

These children, whom he had rescued after a harrowing ordeal, were now a real hot potato for him.

It's important to understand that a large-scale shooting involving assault rifles, stun grenades, and dozens of people engaged in a high-speed car chase on an interstate highway is enough to make international news and attract the attention of many parties.

Every extra minute we hold on increases the risk of unforeseen complications; we must get rid of the stake as soon as possible and completely sever ties.

Although he knew that the methods of the Fuqing gang might not be able to fool those who were interested, the FBI still had many talented people.

The person on the other end of the phone calmly said, "Don't worry, they will be prepared."

Then they clearly informed them that preparations for receiving and settling these children had been made.

Los Angeles is not a large city, though it is not small either. As one of the top cities in the United States, the Los Angeles Police Department is certainly not lacking.

It would be a real letdown if they didn't get the news of the fierce gunfight that just broke out beside the intercontinental highway.

The sound of sirens grew louder as police forces across the city began their search and manhunt.

Wan Xingfu's gang is experienced and meticulous in its operations. Before the operation, they had already planned a complete escape route, prepared modified and disguised vehicles, diversion routes, and evacuation plans. The whole process was smooth and efficient.

After the gunfight ended, everyone quickly cleared the area and secretly withdrew, leaving no trace and perfectly avoiding the police's encirclement and search.

In contrast, Mark and Andrew, while considered tactical masters in Afghanistan, were there in Afghanistan.

This is Los Angeles, and for these two tactical masters who are completely unfamiliar with the city's law enforcement system, Los Angeles is more dangerous than Afghanistan.

The two had almost been exposed and surrounded by the police after the chaotic fight. If the Fuqing gang had taken pity on them and secretly offered advice and covered for them, they would not have been able to escape at all.

This battle, involving dozens of people wielding guns, stun grenades, and multiple vehicle damages, was an extremely intense scene that would be considered a shocking event even in the entire United States.

Inside the car, Deng Chun looked at the street scene rushing past the window and spoke in a low voice, his tone carrying a touch of the composure of someone who had been through many trials: "After this deal is done, I'll arrange for my men to take a boat to Brazil, lie low for six months to a year, and then come back when the opportunity arises."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ping'an felt a slight stirring in his heart, and inexplicably had a sense of being in another world.

This scene is just like a scene from an old Hong Kong movie.

When江湖 (jianghu) figures take on dangerous tasks, get involved in major cases, or face the risk of their identities being exposed, they never hide in one place. Instead, they travel overseas, cross the sea to avoid trouble, and drift away by boat. This is a risk-avoidance instinct ingrained in the bones of the older generation of江湖 figures.

To paraphrase a line I learned from a movie when I was a kid, we're going to Thailand by boat!

Or I might have a route in Thailand, but that's a bit risky.

He suppressed his emotions and focused his gaze ahead.

Four timid children were safely escorted to the car by members of the Fuqing gang. They carefully boarded the vehicle specifically assigned to escort them and were then placed under the supervision of Liu Yong, Wang Bin, and several others.

At this moment, the emotions that had been hanging in Chen Ping'an's heart finally settled down.

Fortunately, I insisted on bringing Deng Chun along back then.

Otherwise, with only him and Lin Zhiyong, two novices with no experience in large-scale operations, even if they had the ability to predict good or bad fortune and were protected by the illusory armor of the Yellow Turban Warriors, it would likely have been very difficult for them to break into the heavily guarded private manor of imprisoned children and rescue nearly twenty children.

Even if they don't die, they will most likely be surrounded and there is a possibility that the children will be injured or killed.

Fortunately, everything turned out alright.

All the children have been rescued.

Just as my mind was completely at peace, a system notification suddenly rang out in my mind.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on completing a special mission: Leading a respectable family to rescue children.]

[Additionally, the rescued children were sent to the Court of State Ceremonial.]

[Detection indicates that the original reward for the mission, "Divine Body Training Technique," has been issued ahead of schedule. Matching for an equivalent, higher-tier alternative reward is underway.]

If the host guarantees to send the child to the Court of State Ceremonial, the rewards for the two tasks will be merged, and the reward level will be upgraded.

Is the host willing to make a guarantee?

Upgrade reward level?

"I promise I will send these children to the Grand Chamber of Commerce!"

If Chen Ping'an hesitated for even a second, it would be a sign that he wasn't thinking straight.

[The host has agreed to make a guarantee, and the reward level has been upgraded. This is currently being evaluated in light of the host's current situation.]

The exclusive alternative mission rewards have been generated!

[Congratulations, host, you have received the mission reward: "Legal Autonomy Negotiation Document"]

Explanation of Legal Autonomy Negotiation Documents:

How can the private territory of the Han people be shackled by the laws of a mere foreign land!

From this moment forward, all "Peaceful Town" under the host's name will be completely freed from all American legal jurisdiction, and independent legal rights will take effect, with a 30-day grace period.

During the thirty-day period of blank autonomy, the host can independently formulate the laws and regulations to be implemented throughout Ping'an Town; the host needs to complete the construction of the court infrastructure and appoint the first judge in the jurisdiction.

If legislative publicity and judicial establishment are not completed within the specified timeframe, the territorial legal autonomy privileges will be automatically and permanently relinquished.

[Note: During the period when the Territorial Autonomy Act is in effect, even if the host violates local laws in other areas of the United States, after returning to the territory of Peaceful Town, they will not be subject to any legal prosecution, arrest, or trial by the United States.]

[Risk Warning: During the thirty-day legal vacuum period, the territory is in a state of extra-legal independence, and all forces will test the limits;]

Even if the legal provisions are subsequently replaced, without absolute and forceful suppression, deterrence, and stabilization, all legal provisions will ultimately become mere empty words, devoid of any authority.

Chen Ping'an's pupils suddenly contracted, his fingertips trembled slightly uncontrollably, and a huge wave surged in his heart.

He subconsciously focused his attention on the item space, where a thick, neatly arranged stack of official documents floated silently, each word resounding and complete with official seals.

The document's signature, the negotiating parties, and the levels of negotiation clearly indicate that it was the final draft of a formal multinational negotiation between a major Eastern consulate, the Pentagon, and the California legislature.

The document's title is striking and impactful: "Lawful Negotiation Clauses for Legal Autonomy in Ping'an Town".

In other words, before tomorrow, the Taiping Heavenly Book will fabricate a background for the existence of the document: that he was merely carrying out a rescue operation, but it actually stirred up a power struggle between the top leaders of the East and the United States, and forcibly won him the autonomy of an overseas territory!

In fact, the background of the creation of the Taiping Heavenly Book is quite reasonable.

Under immense pressure, the Pentagon, the White House, and the California state legislature compromised on multiple fronts, ultimately being forced to sign this unprecedented self-governance negotiation document.

Only then can they have legal autonomy over their own territory in the United States.

This is the Taiping Heavenly Book, a fabricated result of a compromise between the two sides.

With this document, it can even be seen as the United States tacitly allowing Ping An Town to break away from the US legal system and become its own legal territory.

Chen Pingan took a deep breath, quickly clenched his hands, and forcibly suppressed the shock, ecstasy, and extreme trepidation surging in his chest.

The Taiping Heavenly Book—you've really caused me a lot of trouble!

This isn't a reward; it's practically forcing me to do something.

Of course, he was also aware of the potential consequences of this document.

So-called legal autonomy is never simply about changing the rules.

The absence of oversight during the gap period is even more dangerous.

Human beings have order because of the constraints of law, but law never relies on self-discipline, but rather on powerful violent institutions as its backing.

Without sufficient military force to maintain order, all those damn laws are useless.

Throughout history, all self-contained laws, orders, and territories, in the final analysis, can only be maintained by violence and power.

Without the backing of force, all legal principles are just empty talk.

After a brief moment of mental turmoil, the car gradually slowed down.

Los Angeles is a big city, but the roads aren't very far.

From calling for help, meeting up with the children along the way, taking a detour to avoid the scene of the shooting, and providing covert escort throughout, the solemn building of the consulate came into clear view in just a few tens of minutes.

Looking at the solemn and dignified embassy building in front of him, Chen Ping'an felt a strange sense of unease.

It's not that I'm afraid of returning home, it's that I feel guilty, because those few documents in my personal storage space are fabricated, and they're supposed to be signed tomorrow (in the future).

He immediately instructed, "Just let them take the child inside for handover. We'll stay here; there's no need for us to go over there."

Deng Chun immediately understood and nodded slightly.

Gang members like him, who operate in the gray areas overseas, are naturally in awe of and alienated from official institutions. If they were to stand in front of the main office in their hometown, they would feel extremely uncomfortable.

Although he couldn't fathom the deeper reasons behind Chen Ping'an's deliberate avoidance, he already had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on.

Although Chen Ping'an wasn't involved in organized crime, he wasn't exactly a good person either.

What's more, the religion he registered with, and its name, are anything but simple.

Fu Shui, gathering followers and establishing influence—he'd just gotten off a plane in Los Angeles, and in just a few days, he'd managed to assemble a group of men willing to follow him, armed and ready, into Edward Manor.

This is no ordinary fake Taoist priest.

Deng Chun had known all this for a long time, and he also knew that only such a person could possibly possess the magical Golden Bell and Iron Shirt techniques.

Fortunately, this is America, not my hometown, so there aren't so many problems.

That's why he felt comfortable letting his son go to Ping'an Town to learn from Chen Ping'an.

He had already made up his mind: to teach his son to be invincible, and after mastering the skills, to immediately return to school to continue studying medicine and become a doctor or a lawyer in the future.

As for the future, we'll talk about that later!

The vehicle carrying the children finally arrived at the entrance of the consulate. The iron gate opened, and soldiers went forward to check.

Upon seeing the child, they quickly made way, and the cars slowly drove in.

Chen Ping'an finally felt relieved.

However, the legal vacuum is a hurdle!

Moreover, he has many things to do, such as building a court and appointing a judge.

Most importantly, he needs to determine the legal provisions to be implemented in his territory.

Most importantly, I don't know how much trouble those legal documents in my inventory will cause tomorrow!

What kind of violent baptism will Ping'an Town, which has no legal protection, face?

Only by withstanding this baptism of violence can Ping An Town and itself have a chance to establish themselves in Los Angeles.

The second Yellow Turban Warrior spot should be filled by an individual appointment.

It turns out there were only two candidates for this spot: Hathaway, who was the first to date him, and Hanks, who was the second to date him.

Now?

Now there are a few more options.

Robert, the mysterious Robert, just as Mark and the others said, Robert has extensive combat experience and could never be an ordinary person.

Moreover, Robert works very hard!

In addition, there are Mark and Andrew, both American veterans who spent several years in Afghanistan, and they are rare good people among American veterans.

But who should we give it to?

That is a problem.

Just as he was pondering this, Deng Chun's phone rang.

When the call connected, Deng Jiale's voice came through the phone: "Dad, they want to know what happened during the rescue. What should I say?"

What can be said, and what cannot be said?

Without a second thought, Deng Chun looked directly at Chen Ping'an and said, "It's true, we can't hide it from people. Deng Jiale's international student classmates can't possibly keep it from us."

so----"

Chen Pingan had no objection to this: "Say what you see!"

Let's not even talk about whether it can be kept secret. If the Grand Secretariat doesn't even know of its existence, how could it possibly fabricate a background to advocate for them?

Inside this not-too-high walled compound, someone was notifying the Japanese and South Korean embassies of just one thing: come and pick up your child immediately.

At that moment, a piece of intelligence about Ping An Town appeared in front of a middle-aged white man.