Qin Yu fumed, "No, I'm reporting this to the Law Enforcement Bureau. I refuse to believe they won't even do anything about robbery..."
Soon, Qin Yu found Li Yunwei.
The female law enforcement officer commanded great respect and was straightforward, leaving Qin Yu with an excellent impression of her at school.
However, after she explained the whole story, Li Yunwei's answer was decidedly pragmatic.
"Sorry, this isn't something the Law Enforcement Bureau can handle."
"Why not?"
"There have been over a thousand cases of infighting and fighting over loot since the game merged with the world. If we had to deal with every single one, how could we possibly keep up?"
Qin Yu immediately deflated.
But there was nothing she could do. She could only swallow the grievance.
"Wait, I remember. You're Chen Nian's girlfriend?"
Li Yunwei suddenly asked.
"Y-yes. Why?"
"Have you managed to contact him lately?"
Li Yunwei continued asking.
"No... Maybe he's busy with something."
After leaving the Law Enforcement Bureau, Qin Yu grew angrier the more she thought about it.
"Xiao Yu, why are you being so stubborn? Let's just tell Chen Nian. He'll have a way!"
Deng Rongrong was beside himself with anxiety, barely stopping short of saying outright that Chen Nian was Buyu.
But he couldn't say it. That was an absolute secret.
"I'm calling in help!"
"What for?"
"To fight them and take our stuff back!"
"What... Xiao Yu, are you crazy?"
"Since the Law Enforcement Bureau said they won't get involved, we'll take it back our own way. What's wrong with that?"
Qin Yu had made up her mind and wouldn't listen to any advice.
"Sis, where are we going to find people?"
"I'll pay to hire them!"
Qin Yu immediately opened the regional trade channel and posted an announcement.
[Recruiting high-level mercenaries to help in a fight. Generous payment!]
Yes, she was going to pay people to take her equipment back.
The other guys were dumbfounded.
Women were truly terrifying when they got serious...
Meanwhile.
Chen Nian finally made his leisurely way home.
Looking back on the trip, there had been scares but no real danger.
He had met Xiao Qi offline and nearly been caught by Ye Hongling.
Why do they spend all their time focusing on me instead of working hard to level up?
Chen Nian stopped short just as he reached home.
Someone was waiting for her at the door ahead.
It was a striking woman in a crisp camouflage uniform, her hair in a high ponytail.
"Captain Li, are you waiting here for me?"
"Yes. Where did you go? I couldn't reach you earlier."
"I just got back from fighting the world boss. I'm exhausted... That thing was so hard to fight. Luckily, a powerful player stepped in at the end!"
"How come I didn't know you went to fight the world boss?"
Li Yunwei said gravely, "I know everyone who entered the barrier. When did you go in?"
Chen Nian was shocked.
Holy crap, you can remember all thousand people in there? What kind of freak are you?!
"I couldn't squeeze in. There were too many people, so I watched from outside," Chen Nian said with a smile, feigning composure.
"You didn't fight?"
"Right."
"Then why are you covered in dust and dirt?"
"..."
Just what you'd expect from law enforcement!
Her powers of observation and sharpness truly startled Chen Nian.
Li Yunwei gave him a meaningful smile.
"Enough joking around. There's something I need to tell you. Your girlfriend Qin Yu had her equipment stolen. She just came to see me."
"What equipment?"
"An epic piece of equipment dropped by the world boss."
"What?!"
Chen Nian was shocked again.
That girl's a luck emperor! The piece I was missing dropped for her!
And then someone stole it from her...
"You didn't know? It seems she isn't planning to tell you about it."
Chen Nian nodded. "She really didn't tell me. Captain Li, could you tell me who they are?"
"I checked. They're trouble. It's Chu Long's guild. He's level 70, practically the highest level in the city."
"Got it."
"I'd advise you not to provoke him recklessly and make trouble for yourself. Just let the equipment go. Anyway, I only came to let you know."
"Thanks, Captain Li. Sorry for making you come all this way!"
Li Yunwei had only walked a short distance when she received a call from a colleague.
"Captain, we found something! This young man named Chen Nian took a flight to Lu City yesterday, but we couldn't find any information on a return flight!"
"All right."
Li Yunwei smiled.
Things were getting interesting.
How had he returned without any flight records?
Perhaps there was more to this Chen Nian than met the eye!
"Keep investigating. Has anything major happened in Lu City lately?"
"Lu City... It seems quite a few important figures gathered there at the same time. Billionaires, business big shots, wealthy young heirs, rich heiresses, and so on. It caused quite a stir."
"All right, understood."
With so many important figures gathering in Lu City, and Chen Nian going there too, could he have attended some sort of gathering?
I might as well use this incident to test Chen Nian's abilities first!
If Chen Nian could even defeat Chu Long...
Then his identity... would be interesting.
The next day, Qin Yu issued a formal challenge to the other side.
That night.
At the docks in Linhai City.
Yang Yan and a group of men were waiting for their "honored guests."
"Haha, I didn't expect that little girl to challenge us to a fight. She's got some temper!"
"Heh, she did have an epic piece of equipment stolen. Anyone would have trouble swallowing that. She just might not know her own limits!"
"Yang Yan, what do you say we do later? That woman's a famous celebrity. Once we win, shouldn't we grab her and have some fun?"
Yang Yan was the man who had stolen Qin Yu's equipment.
He grinned. "I wouldn't get the first turn. No matter what, our boss goes first."
"Where's the boss?"
"Sitting over there smoking. Does the boss need to lift a finger in a fight like this?"
"Haha, true enough!"
"Oh, here they come."
Several cars stopped on the road a short distance ahead, and a group of people emerged in a loose stream. They were Qin Yu's hired help!
She had spent three million hiring fighters.
This was all the private money she had saved up. Today's goal was simple: even if she gained nothing else, she would stand up for herself!
Qin Yu's group of four, plus seven high-level hired fighters, made eleven people in total. With an average level of around 40, they had a formidable lineup!
The two groups came face-to-face.
At that moment, Chen Nian stood on an elevated structure above the docks, using Eagle Eye to watch everything below.
Li Yunwei had also quietly hidden herself in the shadows, with just one aim: to see whether Chen Nian would make a move today!