Chapter 464: Chapter 464: Foolish

Meanwhile, in a luxurious room.

Gentan sat on the sofa with a gloomy expression, drinking a glass of hard liquor.

Affates stood to the side, consoling him.

"Young Master, please calm down."

"How could I possibly calm down? Do you have any idea how long I’ve waited for that perfect Type III Genetic Potion?"

The muscles in Gentan’s face twitched as he struggled to suppress the rage in his heart.

Just as Affates was about to say something,

Ahlong the butler hurried over and whispered a few words in Affates’s ear.

"Useless!"

Affates’s expression changed instantly, and he blurted out the word.

Hearing Affates, Gentan looked up alertly and asked,

"What did you do?"

"It’s nothing. Something minor came up, I’ll go handle it,"

Affates quickly replied to Gentan.

"Still trying to hide it from me?"

Gentan demanded coldly.

"Well..."

"Did you send someone after that guy?"

"Yes, but I didn’t expect Mongchida to fail. After all, that guy was only wearing second-generation mecha armor."

Seeing he could no longer hide it, Affates confessed.

"How could you be so foolish? A guy who can drop 720 million—do you think he’s some ordinary person?"

Gentan picked up his glass and furiously smashed it on the floor.

"I just couldn’t stand it, and besides, you need the Genetic Potion."

"That’s still not how you handle things! Have you figured out who that guy is?"

"We know now. He’s Major Red Ghost of the Second Legion. We’re still verifying the rest of his information."

"Good. Good. Just great. Openly assaulting an officer of the Second Legion. Tell me, how are we going to clean this up?"

"Don’t worry, I’ll handle this. I’ll make sure it doesn’t trace back to you."

Affates knew he had made a mistake.

"Handle it? You think you can handle this? From now on, you stay out of it!"

Gentan warned Affates coldly.

"...Alright."

Affates replied with a sigh.

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「Omro Fortress · Defense Bureau」

Mongchida was locked in an interrogation room, under investigation.

A middle-aged man—bloated, with a fleshy face and a buzz cut—spoke to Long Ming with a fawning smile plastered across his face.

"Officer, rest assured. This thug dared to attack you; I’ll be sure to interrogate him and find out who’s pulling the strings!"

"You’d better."

Long Ming narrowed his eyes at the Defense Bureau’s Director, Cui Shan.

Just then, a subordinate ran over hurriedly and reported to Cui Shan.

"Sir, the guy refuses to cooperate. He’s sticking to his story that he attacked the Red Ghost Officer out of greed."

"A bunch of useless fools!"

Cui Shan cursed irritably.

Long Ming asked in a cold voice,

"Who is this guy?"

"He’s just a freelance mercenary,"

the subordinate said, sounding troubled.

"Interesting. Take me to the interrogation room,"

Long Ming said to Cui Shan.

"No problem."

Cui Shan led Long Ming straight into the interrogation room.

Mongchida looked up at Long Ming, his face full of disdain.

"You think I can’t do anything to you if you just keep your mouth shut?"

"Hmph. I don’t have many virtues, but being tough is one of them."

"Fine. In that case, I’ll report this to the Second Legion and have you transferred to their investigation agency. Let’s hope you’re still this tough then,"

Long Ming replied coldly.

"You!"

Mongchida’s face paled instantly.

The Second Legion was in a completely different league from the Defense Bureau. They had plenty of ways to make him talk.

"It’s too late for fear now."

Long Ming raised his wristband, brought up the Military Department system, and directly reported the assault.

A minute later,

a message popped up on Long Ming’s wristband.

"Esteemed Major Red Ghost, Second Legion HQ has received your report. Personnel from the Second Legion’s Omro planetary garrison have been dispatched to the Defense Bureau to transfer the thug. Please coordinate accordingly!"

’As expected of the Second Legion. Their response time is fast.’

Director Cui Shan chuckled and said to Long Ming,

"Sir, isn’t this making a mountain out of a molehill?"

"Are you speaking up for him?"

Long Ming replied coolly.

"You’ve got it all wrong! How could I possibly speak for him? I don’t even know this thug."

"You’d better not."

"However, Sir, transferring a prisoner requires some paperwork. I’ll have to trouble you to come with me."

Cui Shan said with a very stiff smile.

"Let’s go."

Long Ming didn’t say anything more.

"This way, please."

Cui Shan quickly led Long Ming away.

Soon, the two of them arrived at a spacious office.

Cui Shan took out a prisoner transfer document and handed it to Long Ming.

"If you would, please sign here."

"Alright."

Long Ming picked up the pen and signed it.

SLAM~

Just then, the door was suddenly thrown open.

"Sir!"

Haggsen burst in, his face filled with terror.

"Can’t you knock? Are you trying to scare me to death?!"

Cui Shan laid into Haggsen with a barrage of curses.

"Sir, something’s happened! The guy is dead!"

Haggsen stammered in panic.

"What did you say?"

Cui Shan looked completely shocked.

"Let’s go!"

Long Ming immediately left the office and rushed toward the interrogation room.

Cui Shan and the others hurried to follow.

When he arrived at the interrogation room, he saw Mongchida sitting in the chair, bleeding from all seven orifices—deader than dead.

It was obvious the man had been poisoned.

"How do you people watch over anyone? You actually let a prisoner die inside the Defense Bureau! How am I supposed to explain this to the officer?"

Cui Shan yelled at Haggsen and the others.

Haggsen and the others didn’t even dare to breathe.

Long Ming turned his head and glanced at Cui Shan.

Cui Shan flinched and quickly said with an obsequious smile,

"Officer, rest assured, I will get to the bottom of this."

Long Ming didn’t pay Cui Shan any mind.

’I’ve seen this kind of trick—silencing someone by killing them—far too many times.’

’If I’m not mistaken, this Cui Shan is in on it with them.’

’The methods of these higher-ups are as ruthless as ever.’

’Still, Mongchida’s death doesn’t really affect me. I’ve probably already figured out who’s pulling the strings anyway.’

’It’s just a shame I couldn’t transfer him to the Second Legion to have the evidence interrogated out of him. Otherwise, I could have extorted a nice sum.’

Just then, a member of the Defense Bureau staff ran in and reported,

"Sir, the people from the Second Legion are here."

"Quick, let them in,"

Cui Shan said cooperatively.

"Yes!"

The subordinate quickly complied.

Soon, a man in a captain’s uniform, with a fierce expression and a face full of tough-looking flesh, walked in leading a group of soldiers.

"Officer, I am Captain Xi Yota. I’m here under orders to take custody of the prisoner."

"No need. The man’s already dead,"

Long Ming replied nonchalantly.

Xi Yota looked at Mongchida’s corpse, his face darkening as he said,

"How does your Defense Bureau handle its custody?"

"Oh dear, we have no idea! He just died for no apparent reason,"

Cui Shan immediately cried foul.

"This isn’t over. You can all wait to be investigated!"

Xi Yota said to Cui Shan and the others in an overbearing tone.

"Red Ghost Officer, please help us, put in a good word. We’re truly innocent in this,"

Cui Shan anxiously pleaded with Long Ming.

"Innocent or not, you can tell that to the investigators. By the way, hand over that dismantled Mechanical God. That’s my spoils of war!"

Long Ming couldn’t be bothered to waste any more words on Cui Shan.

"Huh? But that’s evidence!"

Cui Shan was taken aback.

"The man is dead. What evidence do you need?"

Long Ming retorted coldly.

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