Another ten-odd days passed.
The turmoil surrounding the Big Tycoon Group gradually died down.
With its public leader and the mastermind behind the scenes both gone, the group collapsed in no time. Executives who had once lived in splendor were either killed or arrested, until there was no one left to run the place.
Faced with such a prize, the current government displayed its usual shamelessness. One day, officials were calling the group's leaders their brothers; the next, they declared the group a blight on the nation and a disgrace to the world, one that everyone ought to condemn. Then they happily took over all its businesses.
As for Zhou You... he had always seen things through. He couldn't let those people carry on with impunity. So, with the snake demon's help, he singled out a few of the most conspicuous ones.
And then...
"Name."
The policewoman across from him asked the question in a cold, perfunctory voice.
"Uh, officer, you've asked me that at least twenty times lately. Could we skip that part?"
"I asked for your name."
Zhou You sighed deeply.
"Zhou You."
"What did you come here for?"
"...I won a prize. I came to travel."
"Then why does the hotel have a record of you staying only two nights? Where were you the rest of the time?"
"...I told you, I accidentally crossed someone and got taken to a scam Compound. Luckily, they had some kind of trouble among themselves, and I escaped..."
"Can anyone corroborate your story?"
Zhou You spread his hands, looking utterly innocent.
"Come on, officer. Those people are long gone. Where am I supposed to find someone to corroborate it?"
The policewoman ignored his explanation. As she had every other time, she lowered her head and wrote something in her notebook.
Zhou