Chapter 2501: Chapter 2501: Return to Fengxing City
Because the equipment in the Medicine Field was repaired in time, the fire didn’t spread, and a large number of aircraft quickly followed up to control the blaze. Although some herbs were lost, it wasn’t to the extent of being critical.
The Law Enforcement Team chased Xu Huo all the way to the edge of the forest next to the Medicine Field. After he arrogantly threw out a provocative remark and left, the team could only watch him escape.
Law Enforcement team members found a "lost" prop of Xu Huo nearby, and said through gritted teeth, "These bastards are tired of living, daring to openly provoke the Law Enforcement Team!"
The team captain came over and took the prop, glanced at it, and said, "Take it back for testing, check if any biological characteristics are left, compare them in the database, he killed my brother, I must bring him out!"
One member accepted the order and left, but at this moment another hesitated and said, "Captain, among those people, the one whose characteristic allows space to stall should be an Advanced Player raised by the Bu family, their influence is not small, someone from their family is an official in the District Government..."
"So what?" The team captain turned around, his already not-so-friendly features became more ferocious due to his murderous aura, he said, "He killed my brother, I don’t care who he is. What’s an official from the District Government? Even if he’s the Supreme Governor, I’ll risk my life to drag him down!"
"District 001 is the realm of players, they are players, and we are also players!"
Hearing the captain’s words, the remaining team members no longer hesitated, their expressions turned serious, two were sent to negotiate with the Medicine Field management, while the rest scattered to collect evidence traces.
The usually unvisited Medicine Field became busy even before the medicinal harvesting season began.
Meanwhile, leaving the Medicine Field, Xu Huo successfully reunited with Bubble Bean, Wen Xin, and others.
"Next, the Law Enforcement Team will probably send a lot of manpower to investigate the burning of the Medicine Field," Xu Huo said, "The players in this district should be the main investigators, but we might end up taking the blame, for safety’s sake, you’d better leave here first."
"They’ll have to find a way to verify identities, and deal with local player factions, they won’t have the energy to find us for a while," Wen Xin said nonchalantly, "We have time to see the fun before leaving."
Xu Huo respected their thoughts but he still needed to clear the level, therefore he had to return to Fengxing City to find the cat the Old Lady Gui mentioned.
Wen Xin was determined to stir up trouble, so he parted ways with them here.
Xu Huo and his three companions headed back.
Bubble Bean worried that the politicians still had their eyes on Fengxing City. Having finally shaken off the trackers, returning together would be too conspicuous and make it easy to be targeted again.
"How about I go check the way first?"
Xu Huo glanced at him, "Going alone? Aren’t you afraid of being caught?"
"You underestimate me," Bubble Bean said, "If I can’t beat them, can’t I at least run away?"
"Do you know how you got into trouble in Pharmaceutical City?" Xu Huo asked instead.
Bubble Bean had thought about it several times already, the only uncertainty was the overly frequent medicinal fog in Pharmaceutical City. But strangely, only he among his companions was affected, and even others who came and went weren’t troubled.
"The meal we had," Xu Huo said, "Something must have been added to it. I checked the Medicine Fragrance Lamp’s spray times, very irregular, no fixed number of times per day, just once every three or five days, it sprayed very frequently for half a day or a day. The disappearance of players in Pharmaceutical City might be related to this."
After all, Bubble Bean was sleeping like a dead pig, and after being given a shot of Potion, he probably wouldn’t even feel it if they opened him up.
"Quite cunning, I thought Pharmaceutical City was another force range, I didn’t expect they were actually in cahoots," Bubble Bean said, "The person looking for the cat is fake, meaning the cat search notice is bait, was the cat caught or did it get away in time?"
"Hopefully, it got away in time," Xu Huo said, "Otherwise, we’re in for some trouble."
The two clear targets of the Old Lady Gui have already disappeared, the cat could be considered the third target, but her ultimate goal is to pass on the information she holds. According to the Long-haired Player, there are politicians involved in this matter. Regardless of how big the specific incidents involved are, it must be done before the Council elections. If there’s no third target, they’ll have to follow this line upwards.
Making them sift through the politicians’ stances and knowledge is like finding a needle in a haystack, so the ideal situation is to find the cat.
Earlier in Pharmaceutical City, he deliberately used military gear to confuse the opponent. Whether or not the opponent believed his identity, they should at least worry if the military is involved, prompting them to act more cautiously.
Naturally, more caution doesn’t mean they’ll act with their tails between their legs, it’s more likely they’ll enhance control in their range of influence. So this time going back, they must disguise themselves even better.
Not sure if any trackers remain, Xu Huo and his three companions disguised themselves as Law Enforcement Team members they met at the Medicine Field, and also bought a fake investigation certificate on the Collection of Information Terminal, entering Fengxing City under the guise of accompanying a witness with the Old Lady Gui.
They only slightly covered their equipment, as Law Enforcement team members have no strict regional restrictions. Therefore, they didn’t need to report to the local government upon entering. Even if they needed to report, it would be under circumstances requiring local personnel cooperation, so their entry was unhindered.
But they couldn’t avoid being watched by someone.
"Who are they?" Bubble Bean asked in a low voice.
"Ignore them, make the most of our time," Xu Huo said as he took an automatic aircraft inside the city directly to the place the Old Lady mentioned, where the hotel manager originally worked.
They definitely couldn’t go directly to the hotel. Once they reached the nearby block, they got off and, while using the disguise information of players in the gambling game, conducted some investigations related to the Medicine Field’s burning, also sifting through the surrounding areas.
With Xu Huo’s spiritual power, aside from some specially reinforced areas, other places were almost like being transparent, allowing for a quick carpet search.
Unfortunately, they searched around the hotel but couldn’t find the cat described by the Old Lady.
The Old Lady was visibly disappointed, but she couldn’t think of anything else to do, so she kept silent.
"After searching all morning, let’s find a place to rest for a while," Xu Huo chose a teahouse with little business.
"Could it already be dead?" Bubble Bean speculated. Honestly, a cat, if its owner’s identity was exposed, it would have been hard for it to survive. Killing it on the spot; if the opponent knew enough about the related personnel’s information, they’d certainly know the cat’s particular significance.
Xu Huo didn’t say much, sat for a while then asked them to leave, repeating the search for news around the hotel, but this time more meticulously, targeting several key locations.
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