Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Actually, even Odd Zhuo himself didn’t realize how far his reputation had spread.
It didn’t just have to do with his relationship with Secretary Dakang; it was also because of the major events that had happened around him.
It had started after he officially became Deputy Director of the General Administration of 100 Schools following the Gate Between Worlds incident six years ago. Then there was the incident a few months ago when Jiang Liuying, the younger sister of the Master of Shadow Stream, was arrested, escaped, and recaptured. The most terrifying thing was that even the arrest of the old devil had had something to do with him.
It could be said that after Odd Zhuo had chosen this path to serve the people, he had experienced a meteoric and smooth rise in his professional career, and had been involved in several major events, something that some people might never be able to achieve their whole lives. Just thinking about it could make a person’s hair stand on end.
So when the police uncle saw Odd Zhuo’s face, his reaction wasn’t as simple as just his hair standing on end; it felt like his head was going to explode.
“Zhuo… Zhuo… Director Zhuo? Why are you here?”
The police uncle was so shocked that he was incoherent. “I’ll call the chief over!”
This was a big shot. Although he was a leader in Songhai city, which was several cities away from Winter city, the police uncle didn’t dare offend him at all. This was a legendary figure who could bring down even the old devil… he couldn’t afford to provoke him.
Odd Zhuo was startled by the police uncle’s reaction. “…” He felt that this police uncle had misunderstood something…
Seeing the police uncle go up ahead to get his chief, Odd Zhuo pointed to his face and asked Victory Zhao, “Am I so scary?”
Victory Zhao couldn’t help snickering. “Since the old devil’s arrest, the rumors about shifu are different in each city. As for public opinion… where there’s truth, there are lies, and some news have deliberately exaggerated facts to draw attention.”
Odd Zhuo: “…Then what do they say about me?”
Victory Zhao: “I don’t know about the situation in other cities, but a widely circulated version in Winter city is that shifu assisted General Yi and set up the Five Elements Great Array together, and then used the Mouth EscapeTechnique 1 to make the old devil cry on the spot and surrender.”
Odd Zhuo: “…”
“This is all gossip, shifu , don’t pay any attention to it.” Victory Zhao scratched the back of his head.
Odd Zhuo looked at him. “Then… what do you think the truth is?”
“I think it’s half true and half false.” Victory Zhao laughed out loud. “If it was all true, given how awesome shifu is, then shiye must truly be so outstanding!”
Odd Zhuo: “…”
As they were speaking, the police uncle who had run off earlier had already brought his chief back with him, a middle-aged man who looked very upright; from his well-ironed uniform, one could tell that he was a very organized person.
Out of courtesy, Odd Zhuo directly got out of the car without putting on any official airs. The middle-aged chief was stunned and hurriedly went forward to greet him by shaking his hand as he smiled. “I’ve long heard of Deputy Zhuo’s reputation. It was truly hard on you to travel all this way to Winter city. Is Director Zhuo here this time for work or personal reasons?”
Odd Zhuo thought it over for a bit before directly saying, “For work.”
It was impossible for him to give his shifu up, and he had told Victory Zhao before they had arrived at Sanyuan Road to say absolutely nothing about Ling Zhenren and his gang being here.
His shifu had always liked to keep a low profile. If the media happened to take pictures of this incident, shifu would be very unhappy!
After thinking about it, Odd Zhuo cleared his throat and continued, “That, I’m overseeing this operation across cities… I didn’t have time to report to the higher-ups beforehand.”
After listening to Odd Zhuo, the police officers were all bewildered. “Huh?”
“Not long ago, our Songhai city’s General Administration of 100 Schools received reports about criminals suspected of kidnapping students, so our General Administration immediately launched an investigation. In the end, following the clues led us here to a massive dark force organization…” Odd Zhuo had thought of this in the car — it was just something that he had simply made up. “The spatial wall you see here was actually destroyed by our people.”
“…”
The police officers, including the chief, all gasped.
Odd Zhuo flashed a glance at the name and police number on the chief’s chest, and discovered that the chief’s surname was Yu and his first name was Yue.
“Chief Yu Yue! I must reflect on myself! I… I’m late!” Suddenly, Odd Zhuo stared at the chief and went forward to clasp his hands with a remorseful expression.
Chief Yu: “…”
“This is a secret operation which our superiors assigned us, and Secretary Dakang personally signed off on it. As the commander of this mission, it’s my fault that I didn’t contact Winter city’s government beforehand!”
“…It’s fine, it’s fine, don’t worry, Director Zhuo. It’s also my fault for not understanding the situation in advance.” Chief Yu felt greatly overwhelmed.
Then Victory Zhao and the rest of the police officers saw the two leaders bow and apologize to each other as they shook hands, as if there were at a wedding ceremony.
This was just common courtesy, but it changed Yu Yue’s impression of the rumored Odd Zhuo. Gripping Odd Zhuo’s hands tightly, he said resolutely, “Whatever Director Zhuo needs from us, don’t hesitate to let us know!”
“Very well!”
Odd Zhuo nodded solemnly, and then made his request in neither a hurried nor a slow manner.
“First of all, this is a secret mission from Secretary Dakang, so before we obtain any results from the investigation, we must ensure that the media does not get hold of any information.
“Second, we need to protect the identities of everyone in the investigation team that’s entered the den of this dark force this time… Well, that’s all for the moment.”
Chief Yu immediately looked at his subordinate on the side as soon as Odd Zhuo finished speaking. “Did you hear that? Call the tech team immediately and have them contain the media. Turn down all the previous calls that were asking for interviews.”
The little police officer straightened and immediately nodded his head and saluted. “Yes, Chief!”
After that, Odd Zhuo stared at the broken spatial wall not too far away and heaved a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, he had arrived in time to keep the situation under control, otherwise if just one media outlet caught wind of this, things would have become a lot trickier.
Victory Zhao parked the car and followed behind Odd Zhuo. There was something he was curious about, so he asked Odd Zhuo in a very low voice, “Shifu … when did Secretary Dakang approve this?”
Odd Zhuo had nothing to hide from his own man, so he directly opened his mouth and replied, “Well… to be exact, it was probably just now.”
Victory Zhao was stunned. “Just now?”
“Yes, I texted Secretary Dakang on my way here ten minutes ago,” Odd Zhuo said.
Victory Zhao was stupefied. “…”
He had never thought that Odd Zhuo and Secretary Dakang would already be on such familiar terms, to the extent that the latter would immediately approve Odd Zhuo’s text message.
Ignoring Victory Zhao’s flabbergasted expression, Odd Zhuo looked at the time and said, “I sent shifu a text message previously, and he replied with an ellipsis.”
“What does that mean?”
“You’ll know once you start coming into more contact with him. You’ll have to learn how to understand the different types of meaning from his ellipses.”
“…”
“I reckon they’re going to be done soon. Now I’m giving you a task. Go and welcome them later.”
“What do I have to do?” Victory Zhao was suddenly a little nervous.
“I’ll drive later on. Go get a national red flag with its five stars from Chief Yu Yue and wrap it around your arm. Then get on the top of the car and have two people support you. As soon as they come out, we’ll drive over…”
Victory Zhao: “…”
