First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!

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"We're not afraid of you!!!!"

"749, get out of Black Phoenix Gathering!!"

"Get out of Black Phoenix Gathering, get out of Black Phoenix Gathering!!!"

In this place called Black Phoenix Gathering, there weren't just registered citizens of Great Han, but also unregistered refugees, citizens of Baoji Kingdom, and citizens of the country that originally governed this land.

Before this, the area where Black Phoenix Gathering was located did belong to a country.

But it was later conquered by Great Han, and its territory was annexed into Great Han.

To rebuild order after the war, the policies implemented were somewhat preferential.

For example, those who found it troublesome or simply didn't want to change their nationality were allowed by Great Han to keep their original nationality. Great Han wouldn't make things difficult for them.

But naturally, they couldn't enjoy all the benefits that Great Han citizens received.

This difference might have a significant impact on urban residents, but for an area like Black Phoenix Gathering, it had absolutely no effect at all.

Of course, they had also been spoiled by the friendly attitude of those 749 investigators from Fengkou City.

Monks from afar recite scriptures better; Lu Ding wasn't about to coddle them.

He landed on the spot.

Standing directly between the two groups of people.

Seeing someone arrive.

The investigators immediately stood at attention in unison, saluting and shouting, "Grand Duke Lu!"

This scene instantly revealed to the locals of Black Phoenix Gathering that this was a leader.

An old man leaning on a cane immediately stepped forward.

"Let me ask, are you the chief here?"

Lu Ding looked at him: "I am. And you are, sir?"

The old man straightened his chest, preparing to speak with righteous indignation. At his age, whenever he went to the city, the Fengkou investigators always treated him with the utmost respect.

In other words, they were genuinely afraid he might drop dead right in front of them.

If that happened, endless complications would arise.

So whenever Black Phoenix Gathering had any issues, he was the one who went to the city to negotiate.

This time was no exception.

"I am the village head of Black Phoenix Gathering. I want to ask the chief, Black Phoenix Gathering has always governed itself; we have no need for 749 to be stationed here. Now 749 investigators have barged in without permission, causing destruction, casualties, and property damage to Black Phoenix Gathering. Shouldn't the chief give us some kind of explanation about this!!!"

As soon as he said this.

The locals of Black Phoenix Gathering behind him.

Immediately chimed in: "We want an explanation!!"

"You must give us an explanation!!!"

"My house has collapsed!!!"

The old man strained to straighten his chest: "Also, I heard that many people in Black Phoenix Gathering were evacuated. I want to ask the chief, why weren't we notified? Why weren't we evacuated? Aren't our lives just as valuable? Now lives are in danger - who's going to take responsibility for this!!!"

Lu Ding looked at him: "Sir, do you have an ID card?"

The old man was very confident. He reached into his chest pocket, pulled out a temporary ID card, and flashed it!

In an instant, he perked up, completely shedding his previous half-dead demeanor, and shouted with full vigor: "I do!!!"

The locals of Black Phoenix Gathering behind him also pulled out their temporary ID cards: "We have them too!!!"

Yan Feifan stepped forward from the side and said: "Brother Lu, I've confirmed this with Fengkou 749."

"Their temporary ID cards are just for show. Back when subsidies were being distributed to Great Han citizens in Black Phoenix Gathering, only those with ID cards were eligible."

"At that time, those without ID cards got jealous, so they had this old man go make a scene at Fengkou 749, even bringing coffins."

"The reception staff at Fengkou 749 had no choice. After consulting with their superiors, they issued these temporary ID cards as a formality, and Fengkou 749 used their own funds to give them subsidies as well. Only then did the matter settle."

Lu Ding understood.

He reached out.

Took the ID card from the old man's hand, glanced at it a few times.

The old man said: "Chief, please look carefully. This is..."

Before he could finish.

Lu Ding raised his hand to cut him off.

Then turned his head to look at his own investigators.

"What the hell are you all for!!?"

The old man smiled, adopting a spectator's attitude, waiting for Lu Ding to reprimand these investigators.

But he didn't expect.

What Lu Ding said was nothing like what he had imagined.

"Are the electric batons at your waists just for decoration!!?"

Lu Ding raised the ID card in his hand: "The Great Han citizens were already evacuated long ago!"

As he spoke, he spun around violently.

Kicked the old man square in the chest, sending him tumbling into the crowd, knocking over a whole patch of people.

"Damn, these are just a bunch of refugees and rebels! Who do you think you are, refusing to cooperate!!!"

Lu Ding gave the order: "Beat them!!!"

Instantly.

The investigators' expressions shifted from serious to grinning.

They pulled out the rune-carved expandable batons from their waists, all extending them at once.

Crisp 'clack' sounds echoed in a series, runic power activating, electric charge flowing through.

Raising batons, striking heads.

"Refugees!! Refugees!! Refugees!!!"

"Let's see you curse! Curse!! Curse!!!"

Every swing from the investigators carried personal emotion.

The electric batons used for maintaining order worked exceptionally well - hitting hard and numbing, yet not lethal.

A harmonious scene unfolded.

As the saying goes: fists with force, batons with angles, actions with style, words with grace.

Lu Ding was an investigator of Great Han's 749, so naturally, those he could look out for were Great Han citizens. These people weren't.

Their nationalities weren't even with Great Han.

Yet they dared to strut around and cause all that nonsense in front of him.

If he didn't teach them a lesson, they truly wouldn't know that Black Phoenix Gathering belonged to Great Han. Did they think it was their own home?

Lu Ding directed: "Damn it, hit them!! Don't kill them, but beat them within an inch of their lives!!!"

"A bunch of ungrateful bastards."

Even Lu Ding was getting fired up as he spoke. He reached out and snatched the electric baton from Yan Feifan's waist, extending it.

Baton rose, baton fell, baton rose again...

He cleared a path, walked up to the old man.

Then unleashed a storm of blows - first hitting his mouth to prevent begging for mercy, then hitting his legs to prevent escape.

Bam!

"Acting like an elder, huh!!"

Bam!!

"Leading the charge to cause trouble, huh!!"

Bam!!!

"Using a chicken feather as a command arrow, trying to fool me with a temporary piece of crap!!"

Finally, he lifted him up and slammed him hard onto the ground.

BAM!!!!!

Beaten until the old man had more breath going out than coming in. Lu Ding reached out, channeling Spiritual Energy into him, barely keeping his sorry old life alive.

He pressed the baton against the old man's face.

"Is this explanation enough? Still want one? Still want someone to take responsibility?"

The old man waved his hands, his eyes filled with lingering fear and overwhelming pain: "No... no more, officer... I don't want any more... I want to go home... Please spare these old bones, let me go home..."

Only now did he understand that his tactic of throwing his age around only worked on those proper Fengkou City investigators.

Not on this man before him.

Lu Ding was from New City, and New City had New Governance. His rules were the only rules.

Lu Ding smiled: "Where's your home? Point me in a direction."