Vacant Position! Second Update!

The group glanced at the wanted poster above. In truth, everyone knew that this kind of matter was not something ordinary Patrol Officers could resolve. Similar cases had occurred in the past, and they were generally handled by martial artists from the Patrol Inspection Office.

Because the wanted criminal was not an ordinary person, but a martial artist. It had to be handled by a martial artist.

This was also the reason why obtaining an official appointment was so difficult; without strength, one could not enter the official establishment.

Take Chen Xia, for example. When he was at the Seventh Stage of Ningyuan, he slogged for six years. It was only because he had been a model worker for the unit for six years that Captain Jiang put in a good word with the higher-ups, which finally earned him an official appointment and a nomination for Deputy Captain.

Even so, this was a rare occurrence. If there was even the slightest mishap, the nomination opportunity would vanish; it was very precarious.

As for the captains, they were at least Grade 1 martial artists, all part of the official establishment, and responsible for leading teams.

One only had to think about it to know that for an ordinary Patrol Officer, running into a murderous maniac who was also a Grade 1 martial artist would almost certainly mean death.

"This kind of thing will probably only interest the captains of various levels. After all, sixty thousand is not a small sum! Plus, it counts as a merit."

Zhang Feng felt a bit of fear upon seeing how strong the opponent was. He worried that if this fiend ran into their district and they encountered him, it would truly be courting death.

Seeing the document, Chen Xia frowned. He had originally thought this might be his chance to perform a meritorious deed, but facing a murderous maniac made him feel he could afford to wait a little longer.

He could catch economic criminals, fraudsters, or ordinary martial artists who committed accidental homicide.

But someone who had suffered qi deviation, committed a string of crimes, and was at the end of their rope—once pushed into a corner, the risks were too high.

After weighing his options, Chen Xia decided there was no need to choose this path for money and merit. After all, he had great potential; getting involved in risky matters too early had poor cost-effectiveness.

Yang Hua was a bit tempted, but since his strength had not yet reached the level of a martial artist, he simply sipped his tea and said nothing.

"You all take a rest, then head out for patrol. I have some business to attend to." After giving his orders, Captain Jiang Bing hurried away.

After the group exchanged a few words, one team member whispered.

"By the way, have you heard? It's rumored that the captain of our Xingou Street Team Five is retiring."

"Team Five? Captain Liao?"

Hearing this, Yang Hua was instantly interested, his expression shifting slightly: "What are the specifics?"

Normally, regarding the position of captain, there were not a few who were unwilling to step down even at sixty. After all, as long as they stayed for one day, besides their salary and benefits, there were the perks from local forces, tea houses, taverns, and merchants who offered them favors—it was a significant profit every year.

Furthermore, a captain managed nine people; it was a prestigious and high-status position.

He remembered that in their South District Patrol Inspection Office, no one was supposed to retire at sixty, right?

The man said: "Captain Liao once fought against a different race. Recently, his old injuries flared up, and he really couldn't hold on anymore. The higher-ups are taking care of him by arranging treatment at a hospital and preparing for his early retirement. He's in his fifties, nearly sixty, and with his injuries, he can retire early according to regulations."

"In that case, doesn't that mean our Xingou Street team will have a vacant position?" Zhang Feng said.

"That's for sure, but this position requires a martial artist to fill it. In our team, I'm afraid it will have to be you, Captain Yang, though..." The team member didn't finish his sentence.

Everyone looked at Yang Hua. He was a graduate of a famous school, had reached the Eighth Stage of Ningyuan the moment he entered the Patrol Inspection Office, and showed signs of breaking through to the Ninth Stage.

If anyone could get this vacant captain position, Yang Hua had the most potential, but the hard requirement for this position was that one had to be a martial artist.

Hearing this, Yang Hua narrowed his eyes slightly: "I recently purchased a batch of Grade 2 Pills. My dad bought them for me. If nothing goes wrong, I will be able to promote to a martial artist in half a month."

As soon as these words were spoken, the Patrol Officers present were stunned, and then they began to laugh.

"Congratulations, Captain Yang! Since you are about to promote to a martial artist, then this position is definitely yours!"

"Tsk tsk, Captain Yang is young, already a Deputy Captain, and soon to be promoted to an official captain. A promising future indeed!"

"Captain Yang's luck has arrived; it really can't be stopped..."

Hearing everyone's words, Yang Hua curled his lips, feeling very pleased.

Indeed, he had been worrying about not having a chance to be promoted to captain since joining the Patrol Inspection Office, and now a position had opened up just as he was about to promote to a martial artist. It could be said that just as he was feeling sleepy, someone brought him a pillow—it was a perfect coincidence.

His luck was quite good; he had to fight hard for this position.

Besides, he had some connections at home. With his own promotion to martial artist and those connections, this matter was as good as settled.

Because Yang Hua showed signs of promotion, it was only natural for the ordinary patrol officers present to say a few nice words.

It was a fact that the man had good fortune. They were older than him but lacked this kind of destiny.

Just then, Yang Hua suddenly looked at Chen Xia: "Previously, your nomination for Deputy Captain was taken by me. Once I am promoted to captain, I will inform the higher-ups to let you have this Deputy Captain spot."

Watching Yang Hua wave his hand triumphantly as the others followed him away, Chen Xia sat where he was, smiled slightly, and then stood up to head to the patrol car outside the plaza to complete the day's patrol mission.

Although the higher-ups had issued the document, the people in their team only patrolled around and performed routine checks, sometimes scattering to different parts of the street.

Seeing nothing unusual, they would return to the car to continue cruising and head to other places; they weren't particularly worried.

If that murderous maniac still had a shred of reason, he wouldn't commit crimes in front of the Patrol Inspection Office; that would be too easy to expose.

Currently, they hadn't encountered any suspicious murderous maniacs. If they could discover a suspicious person and report it to the main team, and it was confirmed to be true, they could even receive a bonus of ten thousand yuan.

As far as everyone was concerned, they were quite diligent in observing their surroundings, as long as they didn't come into conflict with the person.

However, no one had such good luck. The people on the street were all normal; they couldn't just pick someone at random and call them a murderer, could they?

Chen Xia performed his duties as usual. Although he didn't find any news about the murderous maniac, the next day, they accidentally discovered a corpse in an alleyway.

After a preliminary judgment, the man lying on the ground, covered in knife wounds and bleeding, was the leader of the Blazing Fire Mercenary Group.

He had been murdered.

There was no need to investigate; they knew it was the work of the Gathering Justice Mercenary Group.

"It seems the Blazing Fire Mercenary Group has completely disbanded. With their leader beheaded, their fortune has run out... Sigh!"

Zhang Feng let out a sigh. Recently, they had learned that the Blazing Fire Mercenary Group had scattered in all directions, with hardly anyone left. He hadn't expected that the Blazing Fire leader would fail to escape this calamity and die right here.

Witnessing the decline of a mercenary group, even if it had nothing to do with them, was not a pleasant feeling.

Regardless, they had met the people from the Blazing Fire Mercenary Group on this street before and had exchanged greetings. They also knew this leader; at the very least, he seemed like a decent person on the surface. To see him gone just like that—one could only say that the ways of the world are fickle.

It was foreseeable that the Juyi faction would completely take over Xingou Street in the future; the only question was whether they would set their sights on other streets as well.

In any case, such Local Forces came and went, and conflicts were nothing out of the ordinary.

Leaning over to observe from within the alley, holding his nose with a look of disgust, Captain Yang rolled his eyes at Zhang Feng's sigh. "Old Zhang, these people were no saints. Who knows how many people they harmed in the shadows? Who are you sympathizing with? If you weren't with the Patrol Inspection Office, they might have been riding on your head by now. You're a veteran of the Patrol Inspection Office, how can you be so soft-hearted?"

"Uh... Captain Yang makes a fair point." Zhang Feng rubbed his nose and gave an awkward laugh.

"Look at this wound; it's showing signs of rot again. It seems it's confirmed that the Juyi people are practicing an Evil Technique!"

"Damn them, I feel like this bunch is far more brutal than the Blazing Fire lot. These Knife Wounds are dense, at least a hundred of them. How much hatred could there be?"

Captain Yang glanced at the gruesome corpse of the Blazing Fire leader and said, "I don't think that Juyi bunch will be easy to deal with. We need to be careful from now on! I'm about to become a martial artist, so it doesn't matter much—they wouldn't dare offend me—but you all need to be cautious."

Just as Captain Yang was preparing to deliver a speech to his subordinates to show concern and win them over, his expression suddenly shifted as he looked at his electronic watch.

"What's wrong, Captain?" someone asked, then looked down to see their own watch flashing with a red light.

Beep, beep, beep...

Everyone present, including the watch on Chen Xia's left wrist, began emitting a red light alarm, accompanied by a vibration mode and beeping sounds.

After tapping it open, a 3D projected map appeared, along with a flashing red marker. Seeing this, the expressions of everyone present turned grave.

As members of the Patrol Inspection Office, once they received a red alert notification, everyone on duty within the vicinity had to immediately rush over to provide support.

"The location is Wanxing Square. It seems something has gone wrong over there!"

"Let's go, get in the car, quickly!"

Upon receiving the news, the group hurriedly walked out of the alley, quickly boarded their vehicle, and rushed toward the marker on the watch's map.

It was Captain Jiang Bing's location... Chen Xia expanded the virtual 3D map on his electronic watch and immediately saw that the flashing red heart icon displayed Jiang Bing's name. Seeing this, a hint of worry stirred in Chen Xia's heart.