Just after Qian Wendao claimed that the Administration Bureau's Disc Carapace had been stolen by the Reincarnation Church, the news spread rapidly across the forum, and people began speculating about what the Reincarnation Church wanted it for.
Meanwhile, branches of the Reincarnation Church throughout the Safe Zone suddenly went quiet, vanishing without a trace.
That night, Qian Wendao took a private car from Area No. 7 to District 2 to "beg forgiveness," making a conspicuous show of the journey. He stopped repeatedly along the way and even hung a sign reading [Qian Wendao, Bureau Chief of the Area No. 7 Administration Bureau] outside the car, as though terrified someone might not know who he was.
Yet no one from the Reincarnation Church tried to assassinate Qian Wendao.
Qin Siyang was puzzled. "Fine, those Reincarnation Church rats smelled a cat and hid, but now they don't even dare come out to steal a little something?"
Zhao Longfei asked, "What do you mean by stealing a little something?"
"Assassinating Old Qian!"
Zhao Longfei gave a disdainful laugh. "You call assassinating Bureau Chief Qian stealing a little something? That's dancing right in front of the cat! Qian Wendao left Area No. 7 in plain sight, practically painting a target on himself for the Reincarnation Church. Even an idiot would know someone must be protecting him from the shadows."
Qin Siyang grew anxious. "Even if someone's protecting him, they should at least try! What if they manage to kill Old Qian? How can they give up so easily?"
"Try? Who would they send? Wan Tongwei, Zou Yuan, Lin Cheng-several Sequence Level Six Reincarnation Church officers went down here, and it didn't even make a ripple in Area No. 7. To have any confidence in assassinating someone under as much public scrutiny as Qian Wendao,