922 - The Interrogation That Wouldn't End
At ten o'clock that night, overtime was a certainty. More than a dozen Public Security Bureau officials who had rushed to the hotel gathered for an emergency on-site meeting.
Trouble had broken out at the Chinese Martial Arts Conference, and nearly two-thirds of the leaders in the Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area had rushed to the scene to take charge.
If the martial arts world fell into chaos, that would be a major incident.
If there had been enough time, leaders from the province might even have come.
It was the same Small Conference Room as before. The attendees included not only the questioning officers from earlier, but also the Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area Public Security Bureau leaders who had rushed over in the middle of the night.
"Doctor Li, you were involved. Tell us what happened."
Li Bai had been called in as well. He was one of the people involved and an unofficial Interrogation Consultant. He might know more than the officers who had arrived later and started investigating.
As it turned out, he did.
Setting down the freshly completed investigation report, Li Bai said, "Based on what we know so far, I suspect someone has been secretly inciting trouble and manufacturing incidents to provoke a split between the northern and southern factions of the Chinese martial arts world. The conference organizers probably weren't involved, but they can't escape responsibility for negligence and poor management."
The report had been revised several times. Its author had nearly been driven to distraction by the constant stream of new developments. Cursing under his breath as he frantically made changes, he had finally managed to produce a barely acceptable version before the meeting began.
After all, he was a clerical officer, not a professional writer. Producing this tedious,