Full-Time Mage: Starting with Gengar, selected for the National Tournament

Chapter 130 There's Still a Long Way to Go

"Is there something urgent that you need to see him about? Perhaps I can help."

Lin Junxian looked at Ai Jiangtu and Mo Fan with cold faces and asked curiously.

They should be happy that they've wiped out the sea monster.

But everyone present looked angry.

This puzzled him.

"Do you know what we discovered when we wiped out the Crimson Demons? We found a large number of infants inside the bellies of many of them..."

After listening to Ai Jiangtu and Jiang Yu's explanations.

Lin Junxian's eyes widened, and his fists clenched tightly.

He never imagined that Asuka City was hiding such a horrific tragedy!

But these things.

Li Jingming never mentioned it to him.

Utterly disappointed!

He was utterly disappointed with the Asuka City government!

"This kind of thing is unforgivable!!"

"I'm calling Li Jingming right now, I have to get to the bottom of this!" Lin Junxian said angrily.

Chu Ming frowned and sighed, "Chairman Lin, please don't worry. We don't know yet who is deliberately covering it up. To be honest, Li Jingming, as the vice mayor, is to blame, but if the lower levels are deliberately concealing things, even he would probably not know the truth."

"Yes, I was too hasty." Lin Junxian nodded.

About ten minutes later.

Li Jingming walked into the conference room with a big smile on his face. He saw Chu Ming, Ai Jiangtu and others and was about to praise them.

But then Ai Jiangtu said coldly, "Li Jingming, are you aware that a large number of children have gone missing in Feiniao City?"

"What do you mean?"

Li Jingming frowned.

At this moment, he also sensed that something was off about the atmosphere in the meeting room.

What do these young people mean?

A scrutinizing gaze was fixed on him.

What kind of criminal am I?

Why bring up the missing child issue all of a sudden?

Is it related to sirens?

Even if there is a connection.

The siren's mischief in Asuka City isn't just his problem.

Li Jingming was immediately annoyed.

He's the deputy mayor, after all.

Why should I be unreasonably questioned by these younger generations?

His expression turned serious, and he was about to put on airs and ask a question in return.

At this moment, Lin Junxian walked up to him with a cold face and said in a low voice, "Li Jingming, I advise you to answer their questions properly."

"Our national team players were finalized recently, and now is the time for the national team to gain experience."

Hearing Lin Junxian's advice.

Li Jingming's pupils dilated.

What... do you mean?

He began to carefully observe the group of young men and women in front of him, and soon sensed an extraordinary aura in Guan Yu, Mu Tingying, Zhao Manyan and others.

My heart skipped a beat.

Yes!

This indifference and arrogance.

Only those from prominent families, the children of officials, and the children of the wealthy are often seen.

No wonder they were able to defeat the Siren tribe!

So they're members of the Nationalist government!

They are all scions of top-tier Chinese powers backing them up.

As far as he knows.

The spots on the National Team are basically something that only powerful and influential families can compete for.

For those top-tier aristocratic families...

Many of these spots are practically guaranteed or pre-selected.

Because mages are a profession that requires a lot of resources.

Unless it's a particularly talented mage with outstanding achievements.

He would never even get a chance to join the National Team.

Only the top families have enough resources to train future generations of mages, and enough connections to win over voters.

As a seasoned veteran.

Li Jingming's gaze instantly cleared, and a flattering smile appeared on his lips.

He understood perfectly.

The young man and woman before me, with their status and influence, truly have the power to get rid of me from my position with just a word.

"Ahem, what you just said about a large number of babies disappearing, I really didn't know..."

Li Jingming defended himself.

"Impossible! With so many things happening and such frequent disappearances, how dare you say you know nothing about it?!" Ai Jiangtu glared angrily, his tone becoming more forceful.

"I... let me think." Li Jingming's face paled, sweat beading on his forehead. He slowly recalled, "Missing cases seem to be quite frequent... but those cases are just fishermen disappearing at sea. However, with the rampant sea monsters in recent years, there's nothing I can do about it!"

Chu Ming waved his hand: "You don't need to explain. Take us to the archives. A check will tell us whose problem it is."

Li Jingming sighed inwardly, "Alright."

……

An hour later.

Municipal conference hall.

Jiang Yu converted the data into a USB drive and projected it onto the conference room projector.

"There have probably been more than a hundred cases since three years ago, and there are especially many in the spring."

"Furthermore, I discovered that a sorcerer had found the skeletal remains of a child in the lair of the Crimson Demon, which means that this should have been classified as a demon case long ago... But someone within the municipality deliberately tampered with the information, deleting and altering the case details, changing the child to an adult. I found the deletion and alteration traces in a backup document."

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

"Cases involving missing children are attributed to human traffickers."

"One case was split into two files."

Jiang Yu said helplessly.

Cases are generally divided into two types: human-caused cases and demonic cases.

Human-caused cases are handled by the police, while demonic cases are handled by the Magic Association and military mages.

"So it was an inside man? No wonder none of the missing persons cases related to siren that I know of involve children!" Li Jingming even made a point of defending himself.

"snort."

Ai Jiangtu sneered.

At this moment, Chu Ming, Jiang Shaoxu, and Nan Jue walked in from outside the door.

"Has that guy been interrogated yet?" Ai Jiangtu asked hurriedly.

"We have a lead." Chu Ming nodded and explained, "Those guys who tampered with the infants' hearts are members of the Bad Guys Guild, but this case involves a very wide area."

"The Bad Guy Guild?"

Everyone looked surprised.

They thought they could catch the mole within the Black Vatican.

I never expected it to be another evil organization.

Bad Guy Guild.

Members are located all over the world.

Although its sphere of influence, level of evil, and combat power are far inferior to the Black Vatican and the Assassin's Hall.

However, it is still one of the world's three major evil organizations.

"Asuka City is just one of them. According to that guy, they have accomplices who are carrying out similar operations in other countries."

"We need to continue our training and can't keep up. We can only hand this matter over to the five mentors."

Chu Ming said helplessly.

"A mere siren incident has unearthed such a complex matter!" Mo Fan was also quite surprised.

"It's already considered an international incident, isn't it?" Zhao Manyan stroked his chin and sighed.

"But in any case, we will resolve the hidden dangers in Asuka City."

Jiang Shaoxu seemed to see the regret in Chu Ming's eyes and comforted him.

Chu Ming nodded.

It's a pity that the clues have gone cold.

But at least the problem in Asuka City was solved.

In addition to the group of Crimson Demons that were killed.

I earned a total of 2 points, which is pretty good overall.

in fact.

When I realized that all the children's hearts had disappeared.

Chu Ming had a premonition.

There must be a big fish behind this.

Based on the information available, and his intuition.

The mastermind behind the heart collection can be confirmed to be the head of the Bad Boy Guild.

Perhaps it's some high-ranking, top-tier mage.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to infiltrate cities in various countries so easily.

If the culprit is found and killed.

He definitely has hundreds of thousands of points.

But he still needs to train with the team, so we can only keep a close eye on him and wait for the future.

(End of this chapter)