Bibi Dong: Who Dared Lock My Trusted Elder in a Place Like This?

"My lord, please come out and welcome Her Holiness the Pope with us."

Director Li bowed and scraped as he pleaded with Li Mubai.

He was certain the man before him had heard that voice just now.

But after secretly watching him, he had discovered that the man's expression had not changed in the slightest. He had no intention of going out at all, and that was very bad indeed!

If Bibi Dong came in and discovered that this man had been locked up in a dungeon with such filthy conditions...

Would he still be director of the City Guard Office then?

"Whoever wants to go can go. I'm not going."

"I want her to see just how much power the City Guard Office has, that it can even arrest an elder."

"That would be one thing, but you've also colluded with private interests, tortured people for confessions, and threatened and intimidated them, forcing innocent people to suffer wrongful imprisonment."

Li Mubai remained perfectly at ease. No matter how Director Li pleaded, he sat cross-legged on the ground without moving an inch.

At last, when Director Li knelt and kowtowed as he begged, Li Mubai went so far as to close his eyes and rest.

He chose to put it out of sight and out of mind.

At this point, seeing that no amount of pleading could persuade Li Mubai to move, Director Li could not help feeling deep regret.

All he could do was keep blaming himself for being too greedy for money.

Otherwise, something like this could never have happened.

When he took his first payment and committed his first misdeed, he had already thought of this outcome.

He just had not expected retribution to come so quickly, or be so severe.

He had originally thought that, at worst, the higher-ups in Spirit Hall would order him to put things right, and that would be the end of it.

But now, the idiots under him had gone and arrested an elder of Spirit Hall, and worse still, the matter had even drawn in Pope Bibi Dong.

Wonderful.

There would be no need to put things right. Whether the entire City Guard Office could continue to exist was now in question.

As for himself, there was no need to wonder. He would certainly be stripped of his position on the spot.

If things were more serious, his cultivation might even be crippled on the spot.

After all, a level-forty Soul Master was nothing much to Pope Bibi Dong.

She could find tens of thousands of such people in Spirit Hall. He was far too easy to replace, not unique in the slightest.

Beside him, Xiao Li, his head bowed, was just as shaken.

When he heard Li Mubai say that whoever wanted to go could go, he knew Li Mubai had to be someone of an extremely exalted status.

So exalted that he could speak disrespectfully without restraint!

Xiao Li himself had never dared say anything like that.

If he did, someone with an agenda would surely overhear and secretly report him.

Even if he did not die, he would still have to shed a layer of skin.

And now, the man he had personally arrested and brought back had actually said those words with a perfectly casual air.

It showed that the man truly had no fear of Pope Bibi Dong at all!

Heavens! What on earth possessed me? What kind of person did I arrest and bring in here?!

Xiao Li could not help wailing inwardly.

Director Li, meanwhile, saw that he truly could not persuade Li Mubai to move. He let out a long sigh, then rose with a helpless expression, left the cell, and stepped into the corridor.

Seeing Xiao Li standing in the corridor, looking even more humble than before, his face immediately fell.

"What are you standing there for? Why aren't you coming with me to receive Her Holiness the Pope?"

Director Li spoke in a deeply displeased tone. Once he had finished, he paid Xiao Li no further attention and walked toward the dungeon exit alone.

How could Xiao Li dare say anything now? Like a mute, he could only keep his mouth shut.

Only when Director Li's footsteps were nearly out of earshot did he belatedly straighten up and follow.

"Welcome, Your Holiness."

In the City Guard Office hall, Director Li and Xiao Li bowed and called out in unison.

At this moment, Director Li felt even more apprehensive.

The somewhat noble and cold figure before him truly was Pope Bibi Dong.

He had a portrait of Bibi Dong at home, so he recognized the slender figure standing before him at a glance.

Beside him, Xiao Li kept his head lowered, his face filled with fear.

Could Her Holiness have come because of that fellow in the cell?

That shouldn't be very likely. Even if the fellow in the cell has an exalted status, it can't be so exalted that even Her Holiness would have to come in person.

So Her Holiness is only here to inspect the City Guard Office's work.

That's right, it has to be!

Xiao Li remained bowed, making careful calculations in his heart.

At the same time, he wondered how he could get Bibi Dong to look around briefly and leave without going to the dungeon.

Those bastards in the dungeon would surely shout at the top of their lungs that they had been wronged.

If he were questioned about it, it would be hard to explain.

After all, many of the people inside had been locked up by him without going through the normal case-handling procedures.

If Pope Bibi Dong discovered that, he would surely be unable to escape punishment.

Bibi Dong did not give the two bowing men another glance.

Standing in the center of the hall, she surveyed her surroundings and slowly asked, each word distinct, "Where is Li Mubai?"

The hall was utterly silent.

Though Bibi Dong's voice was not loud, it reached every corner.

It struck Xiao Li squarely on the head like a thunderbolt from a clear sky.

Th-this... how is this possible?!

Her Holiness... she really did come because of that fellow in the cell!

The towering waves that surged up in Xiao Li's heart instantly overturned the thoughts that had still been racing through his mind.

His eyes widened, and his face was full of shock and disbelief.

Had he not heard those words with his own ears, he would have thought he was dreaming!

Just who was Li Mubai? He had actually drawn the Pope's attention and made her come in person to a godforsaken place like the City Guard Office.

Xiao Li's expression turned exceedingly ugly.

All the possibilities he had imagined moments before were smashed to pieces by that one question from Bibi Dong.

Now only four words remained in his mind: I'm done for!

Director Li's expression also changed slightly.

He badly wanted to deny it, but a bitter smile soon appeared on his face.

The matter could no longer be concealed, and there was no need to keep hiding it.

Since Her Holiness had already come in person, it showed that she surely knew everything.

His best course now was to honestly lay everything out and shift all the blame onto his subordinates.

Perhaps then he could still escape a beating.

"Your Holiness, Elder Mubai is in the dungeon at present."

Director Li bowed even lower.

Although his head was lowered and Bibi Dong could not see the changes in his expression, he still kept a respectful look on his face, not daring to let his guard down in the slightest.

"The dungeon?"

Bibi Dong's expression grew colder still.

"Who had the audacity to arrest my trusted elder and throw him into the dungeon?"