Chapter 616: Fixing the Damage

Book Chapter 616: Better Late Than Never (Update 4)

“You mean…”

Wang Dong’s eyes constricted sharply. Lin…

“Is there any chance?”

Xiao Yu squinted, “Could it be that something happened in Capital City, forcing the other side to deliberately toss us a bait to divert our attention to Magic City?”

Wang Dong’s heart skipped a beat.

He suddenly recalled how the suspect, Yuan Junda, was first discovered by the metal ball and memory card extracted from his stomach.

That memory card contained a video.

The video was outrageously arrogant, even confrontational.

Everyone who saw it thought the other side had lost their mind.

Why?

Because such provocation is equivalent to taunting an entire country.

“Do you really think there’s no one left in that country, that they can’t catch you?”

The video’s intent was crystal clear.

“580” – Bring your best fighters, come test your mettle in my Chamber of Panic Maze.

Anyone would be outraged by that.

That insolent little Brother criminal must be taught a lesson – to see why flowers blush red.

Right?

So, Xiao Yu dashed to Magic City.

He bulldozed his way, tracking down the Anxiety Formula.

That’s when Xiao Yu noticed something off: after taking over the entire Anxiety Formula, there was no system task completion prompt.

He felt the whole process was far too… smooth.

Even without his personal presence, any National Security operative might have taken down that Anxiety Formula.

Now, considering that bait and that video back then…

Suppose you were the one who built the Anxiety Formula.

Would you dare to provoke a country?

Maybe you were drinking bootleg wine to act like that.

If you’re that arrogant, you must be supremely confident, right?

Daring to provoke a country – even a fool knows you’d need some serious firepower to match it.

Yet, your Anxiety Formula is nothing – so easily found and cracked?

Does that make any sense?

That’s the moment Wang Dong realized something was terribly wrong.

Whether it was tracking down the Anxiety Formula, locating the two suspects, or capturing the mastermind Zhou Caijian – everything felt too effortless.

So effortless that it was as if someone deliberately delivered Magic City’s Anxiety Formula right to their doorstep!

“Let’s review the case from the start,”

Xiao Yu frowned, “So we located the suspect Yuan Junda, which led us to Magic City? And through Jinjiang, we pinpointed the Anxiety Formula?”

“Exactly,” Wang Dong nodded.

“We never considered this before, but now we must ask another question.”

Xiao Yu said coldly, “Assuming that suspect Yuan Junda escaped from the Magic City Anxiety Formula Maze, how on earth did he end up in Capital City?”

It wasn’t that the question hadn’t occurred to us – it was just that the metal ball from the suspect’s stomach had so fiercely captured our attention.

So no one really thought about it further.

Moreover, the suspect Yuan Junda insisted that the first place he saw after escaping was a reservoir in Capital City.

At the time, Xiao Yu judged that the suspect’s mind had been deliberately ‘misled’.

But no matter how much you mislead someone, it should still take time to go from Magic City’s Anxiety Formula to Capital City, right?

Unless you possess supernatural abilities… teleportation?

Otherwise, how do you explain it?

Xiao Yu considered one possibility and said to Wang Dong, “Contact Team Eight. Ask if something unusual has happened in Capital City or if they’ve uncovered anything. I suspect someone is intentionally trying to shift our focus to Magic City’s Anxiety Formula.”

Why think so?

Because an incident like the Anxiety Formula is just too explosive.

Once it appears, it inevitably attracts too much attention.

With everyone fixated on it, they could easily overlook events unfolding in Capital City.

So another question arises.

What else could be as explosive as the appearance of an Anxiety Formula?

“Holy crap!”

Wang Dong cursed, his face showing sheer horror, “Are you suggesting that there’s also an Anxiety Formula in Capital City?!”

Xiao Yu had already given so many hints – it was easy to guess.

For instance,

Could it be that the suspect Yuan Junda didn’t escape from Magic City’s Anxiety Formula at all?

Maybe Capital City already had its own Anxiety Formula?

The very thought nearly numbed Wang Dong’s brain.

Damn it, if someone managed to set up an Anxiety Formula in Capital City right under National Security’s nose…

Do you know how serious that would be?

It would be beyond a slap in the face.

One might even say National Security is utterly useless!

They let crimes happen right under their watch – what use are they then?

Wang Dong looked on the verge of tears.

“Don’t you already have the answer in your heart?”

Xiao Yu, a bit frustrated, added, “I always said that if you spot a cockroach in your house, it means your house is infested. But… better late than never!”

……

Without delay, Xiao Yu and Wang Dong immediately returned to Capital City.

At the National Security meeting room.

A dense haze of smoke pervaded the room, punctuated by the sound of heavy breathing.

Normally, as the only female among the ten team leaders, Shen Mei would have likely unleashed a tirade by now.

How hard is it to show some respect for a woman when you smoke?

Yet here, even the leader of Team Five had a cigarette dangling from his mouth as he glowered at the sweat-drenched, uneasy Team Eight leader, Wang Haonian.

Team Eight and Group Nine were both rather special.

There’s no need to elaborate on Group Nine – they’re the armaments.

Team Eight is responsible for the security of the entire Capital City.

The capital is, after all, of utmost importance.

That’s why they have an entire team dedicated to it.

But now, it seems Capital City is on the brink of a major crisis.

At that moment, not only Shen Mei was watching the leader of Team Eight.

All the other team leaders were anxiously eyeing Wang Haonian.

3.9 – With all nine sharp eyes fixed on you, even the most confident person would feel on edge.

Moreover, if the ‘deduction’ that Xiao Yu just shared with everyone holds true,

then this Team Eight leader will be out of a job for good.

Not only will he be dismissed, but he might even face punitive action.

Negligence to duty could well land him in National Security’s internal prison.

Indeed, National Security does have an internal prison for certain special cases.

For those who aren’t of the proper rank, gaining entry is simply impossible.

For a while, all eyes shifted to Xiao Yu.

With Big Boss still in recovery, Xiao Yu was the one holding the reins.

Under everyone’s watchful gaze, Xiao Yu wasted no time.

“Investigate it – first determine if Capital City also harbors another… Anxiety Formula!”

Wen

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