City Guard Office? What Department Is That? I've Never Heard of It

"Help me, officer!"

Ye Lao'er immediately told him the whole story.

"So, someone caused trouble on your turf?"

Xiao Li summed up what Ye Lao'er had said.

"That's right."

Ye Lao'er nodded emphatically.

"What outrageous nerve! Your turf is the City Guard Office's turf, isn't it? Didn't you tell him our name?"

Having accepted the gift, Xiao Li was pleased.

Naturally, he took Ye Lao'er's problem to heart as well.

"Officer, I did! But that man relied on his strength and didn't care at all. He even said..."

Ye Lao'er's eyes darted around, and his face filled with grievance.

Stopping halfway through a sentence like that was enough to drive a person crazy.

Xiao Li immediately asked:

"What else did he say?"

Ye Lao'er seized the opening and immediately began making things up, adding oil and vinegar as he went:

"He also said those little scumbags from the City Guard Office couldn't touch him, and that if anyone from the City Guard Office came, he'd beat them up too!"

"Officer, I don't think he takes the City Guard Office seriously at all. He doesn't take you seriously either!"

Ye Lao'er's attempt to fool him actually worked.

Xiao Li was usually surrounded like the moon by stars, and he was used to throwing his weight around.

Everyone revolved around him.

Naturally, he believed that heaven and earth might be vast, but he was the greatest of all.

Hearing those words, especially after accepting the gift, he was naturally somewhat angry.

"Hmph! Since he looks down on my City Guard Office so much, I'd like to see whether his strength or my City Guard Office's authority is greater!"

Xiao Li's face was indignant as he snorted.

Got him!

Beside him, Ye Lao'er,

couldn't help secretly rejoicing when he saw Xiao Li's expression.

Heh! I'd like to see just how cocky that man really is!

I wonder if he can still act so relaxed when he faces someone from the City Guard Office!

A trace of cold malice showed deep in Ye Lao'er's eyes.

Immediately afterward,

he followed behind Xiao Li like a piece of foxtail grass.

Jingxi Street.

Li Mubai waited where he was.

He listened to the wails all around him, unmoved.

These people

bullied ordinary folk and forced decent women into prostitution. Who knew how many families they had ruined and how many lives they had destroyed?

If he hadn't come here tonight,

he still wouldn't have known there was a gang like this in Spirit City!

They really brought shame on the gangs of the other streets!

The gangs on the other streets were more like administrative departments.

But this Wild Wolf Gang

truly committed every evil imaginable.

As for people like these,

he didn't care whether they lived or died.

Now

he only needed to wait quietly for the Wild Wolf Gang's backer to show up, then blow the matter up.

The reason Ye Lao'er had managed to escape

was that he had deliberately gone easy on him.

Otherwise, a Soul Grandmaster escaping from a Titled Douluo?

How could that possibly happen?

It wasn't as though he were some protagonist blessed by destiny and possessed of great fortune!

Li Mubai believed that the people behind these small fry were definitely no ordinary figures.

They were very likely one or several elders.

Didn't Bibi Dong ask him every few days how to carry out reforms?

Then he would start right here!

As long as Bibi Dong found it difficult and couldn't bring herself to act,

he, Li Mubai, would have a reason to keep himself out of it and be a carefree little immortal.

At the thought of days without Bibi Dong disturbing him,

Li Mubai's heart immediately felt at ease.

Meanwhile,

quiet whispers rose from both sides of the street.

"The Wild Wolf Gang came out in full force, and they still couldn't beat this young man!"

"Am I dreaming? I actually saw the Wild Wolf Gang's boss, a powerful Soul Master, get knocked unconscious by a single slap from a newborn calf. That's fucking unbelievable, isn't it?!"

"He wiped out the Wild Wolf Gang all by himself. He's a werewolf!"

"The Wild Wolf Gang has been wiped out. That's wonderful."

"This young man's figure is so magnificent... Oh no, my heart's fluttering... I think I'm falling in love!"

"Sigh... I don't know whether the Wild Wolf Gang being wiped out is a good thing or a bad thing. One Wild Wolf Gang is gone, but if a second one appears, how are people like us supposed to live?!"

"One Wild Wolf Gang is gone. Surely there won't be a second one?"

Some of the whispers were joyful, others worried.

Li Mubai heard every word.

There was nothing

he could do about these things either.

This wasn't just a problem with the Wild Wolf Gang; it was a problem with Spirit Hall's system.

Unless Spirit City's system changed, things like this would never disappear.

Still,

none of it had anything to do with him.

As long as he was living well, that was enough.

Waves of cool wind

swept through the dim street.

The candle flames on both sides of the street flickered and danced, accompanied by the occasional wail.

The atmosphere really did have a hint of horror to it.

Why haven't they come yet?

Could it be that the man I let go didn't go to fetch reinforcements?

Li Mubai wondered to himself.

By now,

roughly half an incense stick's worth of time had passed.

He was already growing impatient.

He had originally planned to get nice and clean with Xiao Qian tonight, then take a stroll down a shaded path and enjoy the refreshing comforts of nature.

But

because of what was happening before him, that plan had been put aside.

He had waited for quite some time now,

yet still no one had come.

He couldn't help wondering whether that skinny bamboo pole had gotten scared and simply run away.

Just as Li Mubai was beginning to consider leaving,

a shrill voice suddenly rang out:

"Officer, that's him!"

"He's the one causing trouble here. Look at the people on the ground; they all have broken arms or legs. For this fellow to act like this, he clearly doesn't take the City Guard Office seriously at all!"

At the end of the street,

a figure was pointing at Li Mubai.

Who else could it be but Ye Lao'er?

A uniformed figure beside him now looked over in the direction Ye Lao'er was pointing.

"Kid, you actually attacked and injured people. Don't you know the rules set by the City Guard Office? Private fighting is forbidden in the city!"

After only a quick glance around, Xiao Li immediately began questioning Li Mubai.

"City Guard Office? What department is that?"

Li Mubai scratched the back of his head and asked in confusion.

He had been in Spirit City for quite some time.

But the people he dealt with were all relatively high-ranking, so he knew nothing at all about this so-called City Guard Office.

He hadn't even heard of it!

"Officer, the City Guard Office is so famous that everyone in Spirit City knows about it and knows about you officers! This kid must be saying that because he's deliberately looking down on you!"

Ye Lao'er overanalyzed the matter from the side, while also trying to set the two against each other.

Li Mubai was somewhat speechless.

It wasn't that he was doing it deliberately.

He really didn't know!

If the City Guard Office had been even a little bigger, he would certainly have heard of it.

But

he hadn't.

That meant the City Guard Office was merely a subordinate department with very little authority.

The kind that even Spirit Hall didn't care about.

Anyone with eyes could see that Ye Lao'er was sowing discord and stirring up conflict.

But

Xiao Li from the City Guard Office fell for it anyway!