Assessment Team Arrives

Han Dang's arrival in Da Teng City wasn't particularly surprising.

It was something he was capable of doing.

Without even needing to think, he was definitely here to dig deep into the Fire Disaster Case, trying to use the Amnesty Decree to his advantage, to bring down and impeach their teacher.

"He really did come. This is a truly dangerous person." Zhong Wei repeated the phone call's contents, "Senior Sister said he might visit Gu Shen's residence."

Senior Apprentice Sister Luo nodded.

"Interesting... Han Dang is a notorious mad dog. Anyone targeted by him, even if they don't die, will lose a chunk of flesh." She said calmly, "Yet Gu Shen met him face-to-face and came out unscathed. How can there be such coincidences in the world, such lucky people?"

Gu Shen was an unbelievable fellow.

Starting from the A-009 incident, his path had been full of ups and downs. Just looking at his file, one would get the impression that 'how could this kid be so lucky?' Every time he faced danger, he could always turn peril into safety with his dog-like luck.

But in reality, there was no such thing as absolute luck.

"There must be a secret on Little Gu's body." Zhong Wei said softly, "You could tell during the special training that the scene of the fire disaster on the rooftop didn't seem like it was created by his Transcendent ability."

"Yes. But secrets... who doesn't have them?"

Senior Sister Luo smiled, her gaze fixed outside the umbrella, on the layers of dark rain clouds. "Those who can enter the Tribunal, no matter how ordinary, all harbor Transcendent secrets... at least that's how it is in this era, isn't it?"

"Let's put the mad dog's matter aside for now."

Senior Sister Luo took a light breath and looked up at the sky. "After much anticipation, the most troublesome bunch has finally arrived."

There was a tough battle to fight tonight.

The distant sky echoed with the low rumble of propellers.

Lightning flashed in the rain.

A heavy helicopter cut through the rain, slowly approaching, its rotor blades piercing the clouds and rain, like a hideous monster bathed in lightning. This helicopter was three or four times the size of a regular civilian one.

"This flight came from the Great Capital District. It really is different." Zhong Wei stared at the helicopter as it slowly landed, mocking without expression, "So damn rich."

The thick cabin glass was wiped clean.

Someone was sitting by the window, wiping the glass while waving at the two waiting, looking very enthusiastic, but the rain was too heavy to see their face clearly.

This surprised Luo Er and Zhong Wei somewhat... logically, this Assessment should be very strict.

The meeting to determine the Assessment Team, along with the meeting to impeach their teacher, were being held together. Judging from the complex situation within the East Continent Council and the power struggles, the people ultimately participating in the Assessment should all be cold-faced individuals known for their iron-blooded ruthlessness!

Those close to the teacher, with friendships or vested interests, were likely to be excluded by the Council to avoid suspicion.

Who was this enthusiastic fellow wiping the rain off the glass?

"Senior Sister... I'm a little nervous."

The helicopter landed.

Watching the helicopter cabin door slowly open, Zhong Wei said in a low voice, "What if these guys are impervious to reason and just ignore us?"

"We can only adapt to the circumstances." Luo Er stood up straight, calmly saying, "Our mission is simple: to extract the Council's Assessment trends from these guys' mouths, and reduce the resistance for Gu Shen as much as possible. If we can uncover the final Assessment content, that would be a great victory. If these guys don't give us face, can they not give our teacher face? Don't forget... the big shot who issued the Amnesty Decree has been closely following this matter, and his assistant is also on the plane."

The wind and rain howled.

The two figures stood tall and straight as pines, ready to await the arrival of the iron-blooded Assessment Team.

However, after the helicopter landed, the rotors whirred, the cabin door opened, but no one appeared for a long time.

No one showed their face.

A stretch of silence.

"What's going on..."

Luo Er frowned, utterly perplexed.

The cabin door was open, signaling them... to go over?

Zhong Wei stared at the helicopter, his expression turning strange.

The person sitting by the window in the cabin was constantly waving at them through the glass.

"Senior Sister, look at this person..."

Zhong Wei extended a finger, pointing at the blurred glass in the rain, and murmured, "Isn't he, a little familiar?"

The interior of the heavy helicopter was very spacious, enough for several burly men to sit comfortably.

Outside the window was a pattering heavy rain.

Inside the window was a soft light, lazy jazz music, and several opened bottles of champagne on a folded small table.

Zhong Wei, who boarded first, was completely stunned the moment he saw the scene inside the cabin.

He suspected that he had been hypnotized.

Zhong Wei could hardly believe what he was seeing. The people sitting in the cabin were indeed a top-notch Assessment Team lineup, and at first glance, he could see two heavyweight figures. One was the judge praised by the people of Yinghai District as the "Law Duke," and the other was the notoriously cold-blooded Tribunal Head of the Prison Institute in Red Cedar District. The two famous figures were glaring at each other murderously at this moment... across a small table.

Two bottles of champagne were symbolically placed on the table, but other places were densely packed with large glasses of white beer, most of which were already empty, obviously having gone through several rounds of fierce battles.

Most unbelievably, the one sitting in the very center of the iron-blooded and ruthless Assessment Team was wearing a simple Zhongshan suit, his hair meticulously upright.

"Sit."

Mr. Shu laughed loudly, beckoning his beloved disciple to come in and squeeze in.

"What the hell... is going on?"

Zhong Wei was dumbfounded. How could his teacher appear in such a place?

Luo Er, who boarded the plane later, was also taken aback by this scene. The law giants of East Continent, who adhered to the bottom line, were gathered together drinking and playing finger-guessing games, which was completely different from what she had imagined.

"The impeachment meeting against you just ended, so I took this flight and made a few more friends by the way." The teacher held a huge pipe in his mouth, the smoke he exhaled swirling around the cabin, obscuring his face. He laughed in a rough and heroic voice, "Thanks to Mr. Cui for his help..."

Only then did Zhong Wei and Luo Er notice that in the chaotic cabin, there was also an incompatible guy, sitting in the most remote corner, quietly reading the newspaper.

This man was too inconspicuous. He sat in the corner, like a faint shadow.

Everyone would subconsciously ignore him.

The reason is simple.

His face, features, and temperament were too ordinary, so ordinary that they could be described as lacking any distinguishing features. This was not an exaggeration... perhaps the only thing on his face that could be remembered was the monocle hanging in front of his right eye.

At most, add the humble smile that always lingered on both sides of his lips.

This man looked like the embers left over from the last era, without a trace of "newness" about him. From his hair to the soles of his shoes, he was clearly dressed very neatly, but at a glance, one could associate him with words like old and retro... and after a few more glances, one would feel from the bottom of one's heart that he must be a very boring person.

But at this moment.

The title of Mr. Cui seemed to have magic power, causing several big figures from the Assessment Team to raise their heads, and even the drunkenness in their eyes dissipated a lot.

One after another, gazes fell to the back row.

"Everyone doesn't need to look at me with such eyes, and don't need to be nervous..."

Mr. Cui smiled. He seemed unable to feel these gazes, and from beginning to end, he was engrossed in reading his newspaper, but at this moment, he said softly, "Thanks to Old Zhao, everyone can work together. Usually, we're all over the place, and it's not easy to meet. Before getting down to business, having a drink and catching up is nothing."

With these words, the atmosphere in the cabin eased.

"Thanks to Old Zhao..."

Luo Er and Zhong Wei exchanged glances, seemingly understanding something.

The teacher and the Assessment Team landed in Da Teng City together, indicating that the results of the two meetings had been finalized.

The East Continent's nine districts have a total of twenty Council seats... those who can sit on them are all big figures who hold power in one area, and among the twenty seats, there are still high and low distinctions.

The Great Capital District is the core area of the South River Four Districts.

And "Old Zhao" is the one standing at the highest point of the Great Capital District.