The Great Power Faction

Of the three major organizations, the Cleanup Team held the most power, without question. It operated from the shadows.

Cleanup Team members answered only to Situ Shibai. If Situ Shibai deemed something appropriate, then no matter how unreasonable it was, it was legal.

As for the Investigation Team and the Patrol Team,

Their responsibilities were clearly divided. The Patrol Team handled matters inside the city, while the Investigation Team handled matters outside it. Neither interfered with the other.

But Mingzhu City ran on personal connections.

If the captains of the Patrol Team and Investigation Team were close enough, they could often bend the rules.

That was how Zhou Qingbai had managed to sneak Mutated Beasts into the city.

Mingzhu City had never been a place where the law was strictly enforced.

To its residents,

There was little difference between the three major organizations.

Since Zhao Lili had no evidence to prove her innocence, Zhang Ping decided to invite her to stay at Gui Tower for a while.

Of course, "stay" was the polite way of putting it.

In truth, he was detaining her.

Back at Gui Tower,

Zhang Ping dropped onto a sofa in the lobby, rubbed his temples, and grumbled, "Fatty, next time we run into a case like this, let's just hand it over to another Cleanup Team group. We don't have the brains for this."

The more he had thought about it on the way back, the more confused he had become.

"Don't even start. My head feels like it's about to explode." Zhang Shouzhong came out of the Storage Contract and flopped down like a corpse.

Liu Sishan made an Ice Mask and put it on. "Tonight, I'll visit Zhou Dahao's neighbors and the adventurers who traded with him," she said calmly. "I might find