Boom!
When the first explosion rang out in the city center of the Ancient City, the entire city was still asleep.
The explosives had been planted in advance. A chain of explosions tore through the first to fourth floors, turning the medium-sized mall directly into ruins.
The incident occurred at one in the morning. The entire police department went into a frenzy at one fifteen, and Lu Mouren was dragged into the conference room at around two.
"Outsider crime? A lone wolf? Extremist terrorists? Have the remnants of the Forest Goddess Church come after me? Or is it—"
Still groggy, Lu Mouren did not actually need much sleep. But since he still saw himself as human, he maintained a routine of sleeping six or seven hours a day.
At midnight, he had still been playing games with Cat Cat. She had recently dragged Lu PingAn into clearing their backlog, while the Cat Cat next door was hurrying to finish her shows, giving Lu PingAn more free time at night.
He had only just fallen asleep when he was called up, so he was still rather dazed.
The moment he heard something had happened, countless possibilities flooded his mind, and Lu Mouren could not stop calculating.
He had only just started working, and an explosive incident happened here right away. It was hard not to wonder whether his old rival, the Forest Goddess Church, had made a move—or whether it was someone whose interests had been harmed by his reforms, or perhaps the organization of that extremist he had just thrown in prison...
"No. It was just a local criminal gang. That mall hadn't paid protection money."
In fact, if Lu PingAn had not demanded that he be notified directly of all major cases, this case would never have reached his