Striving for Science C107 pt2

A man who dares to defy the Heavenly Dao naturally also dares to defy ghosts. After Shen Chang'an beat Dog Brother's soul into a ball, the members of the action team rushed in.

They were greeted by three corpses.

"Captain, there are no gunshot wounds on the bodies. It looks like they fell from the building and broke their necks." The team member observed the bodies and reported to the captain. "Based on the distribution of the gunshot bloodstains, it seems like he was shot after falling from a height."

The captain nodded silently. They didn't need to guess who had fired the final shot.

The hostages had been rescued. They still didn't know what was going on in the broadcasting room, but judging from the expressions of the three children and Deputy Director Gao, Shen Chang'an should be safe.

They rushed to the fifth-floor corridor and saw a body lying at the end of the hallway. The director of the Civil Service Department was holding a peachwood sword, waving it in the air and muttering to himself, as if he were actually stabbing something with the sword.

Seeing them approach, the slightly overweight Director Gao smoothly twirled his sword, saying, "You're here?"

The Action Team: "..."

That tone... it's like he's asking them if they've eaten.

The captain walked over to the corpse and took a look. He noticed the deceased's wrist was bent at an unnatural angle, the wrist bones seemingly crushed alive.

He knew how many major crimes this criminal gang had committed. He could tell that the person who took them down had a certain amount of hatred towards them.

He stood up and turned to look at Du Zhonghai.

But at this moment, Du Zhonghai was unusually calm, not saying anything useful. The captain noticed that Du Zhonghai was holding a purple-gold rope in his hand. The rope was floating in the air in a U-shape, the other end seemingly attached to something.

His expression changed slightly. In his younger years, he had heard a rumor about a special team within the security department that handled things science couldn't explain. He had never really believed in such things, but this floating purple-gold rope made his head spin a little.

The members of the Action Team had surrounded the broadcast room's doors and windows. The captain listened carefully to the sounds inside, but there was nothing, as if there were no living beings inside.

The captain gestured to his team, signaling them to find good positions for a raid and charge in.

But when they burst through the door, they saw Shen Chang'an holding a pair of handmade scissors, found from somewhere, and he was diligently cutting the fuse of the custom-made bomb.

"Wait! Mr. Shen..." The captain's face turned pale. He was about to say that the fuse shouldn't be cut carelessly, when he heard a snap. The fuse was cut.

"Hit the deck!" The captain didn't have time to order his men to retreat, so he could only choose an emergency self-rescue position, falling to the ground. However, to his embarrassment, he lay on the cold floor for almost half a minute, but he didn't hear any explosion.

"It's okay, this one won't explode." Shen Chang'an seemed to sense the awkward atmosphere in the room and tactfully changed the subject. "I've figured out the identities of these criminals. But they refused to be apprehended and even tried to endanger my life, so I had to take defensive measures. They just happened to die."

The Action Team: "..."

Just happened to?

Facing three vicious armed criminals, you charge in unarmed, and you don't even lose a hair, and the criminals all fall to their knees. Did you turn into Nezha?

"Ahem." The captain coughed dryly and walked over to the corpse of Dog Brother. This criminal's body looked better than the other two, at least there were no obvious external injuries.

He vaguely felt something was wrong. This criminal had no obvious wounds, so how did he die?

Was he killed by Shen Chang'an's mental power?

The captain wouldn't even dare to bring up such an unreliable guess. He straightened up and saluted Shen Chang'an respectfully: "Comrade Shen, you've worked hard!"

"Not at all, not at all." Shen Chang'an smiled modestly. "Protecting the future flowers of our motherland is a responsibility we must shoulder.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Shen Chang'an, the captain felt that Shen Chang'an's left hand seemed a bit unnatural, as if he was holding onto something, preventing it from leaving.

Thinking of Du Zhonghai in the corridor, clutching the dangling rope, the captain felt a chill run down his spine. As a staunch materialist, he suddenly felt that some things were best left unexamined.

He instructed his team to carry the three bodies away, then said to Shen Chang'an, "You've done a lot, let's go down together."

"Please wait for me for a minute, I need to talk to my friend."

"Friend?"

The captain glanced at the empty room, suddenly feeling a chill in the air. He silently retreated from the broadcast room, thoughtfully closing the door behind Shen Chang'an.

"You go home first and wait for me, I'll be back later." Shen Chang'an disliked the way Dog Brother's spirit was twisting and turning in his hand, so he asked Dao Nian to use a spell to compress it into the size of a plate. He held it casually and said to Dao Nian, "The mortal world is a society of human relationships. I'm afraid that if people know your identity, they'll ask you to help them all the time because of me. It'll be a lot of trouble."

"My man, I'm the only one who should be bothering you. I wouldn't want you to change your principles for others." Shen Chang'an kissed Dao Nian's cheek, "Be good, go home and wait for me. We'll have dinner with my colleagues and friends this weekend."

Dao Nian sighed helplessly and took out a pill, stuffing it into Shen Chang'an's mouth, "Eat this to fill your stomach first. Not eating on time will hurt your stomach."

"Okay." The pill had a faint scent of herbs and sweetness. Shen Chang'an swallowed it like a candy, "Then I'll go downstairs."

Reaching out to pat Shen Chang'an's head, Dao Nian nodded, "I'll wait for you at home."

Watching Dao Nian disappear before his eyes, Shen Chang'an turned and walked out of the broadcast room.

"Chang'an, are you okay?" Du Zhonghai leaned in, seeing Shen Chang'an playing with a black and gray soul ball in his hand, "This is…"

"Oh, it's the criminal's soul." Shen Chang'an casually grabbed the rope from Du Zhonghai's hand and tied the soul to it, "The other one was taken away by the White Impermanence. We'll ask the ghost messengers to take these two away tomorrow."

"Got it." Du Zhonghai nodded, "These two things have done so many evil deeds, even their souls are black. We can't let them go to hell so easily."

The captain, standing beside them listening to their conversation, "..."

He couldn't take it anymore. The serious expressions of these two from the Civil Service Department almost made him believe that they were actually holding something.

Shen Chang'an followed the group downstairs, and was surrounded as soon as he reached the door.

"Shen Chang'an, how are you? Are you hurt?" This was Yao Huailin.

"Chang'an, are you alright?"

"Those thugs are all crippled, rotten-eyed bastards, scumbags, cowardly dogs..." The one cursing was Chen Panpan.

Even Xu Ze, who didn't like to talk much, was flustered and crowded over, his glasses were knocked askew and he didn't even notice.

"I'm fine." Shen Chang'an smiled at the people surrounding him, "Those criminals were really unlucky. One fell down the stairs and died, another suddenly had a heart attack and died. I only dealt with one of them."

The people surrounding him: "..."

"Don't be so modest in such a dangerous situation." Xu Ze reached out to support Shen Chang'an, "It's good that you're okay. The parents of the three students were kneeling and crying outside, and we had a hard time persuading them."

Xu Ze remembered the grateful expressions on the faces of the three children when they mentioned Shen Chang'an, and the way they seemed to be holding back a secret, "I know a secret, but I won't tell you." He guessed that Shen Chang'an must have done something that challenged their worldview.

However, in front of outsiders, Xu Ze would unconditionally defend his own people in every way. He pushed aside the others, supporting Shen Chang'an to the Civil Service Department's official car and helped him sit down.

"Shen Chang'an..." Yao Huailin was about to go over when he was stopped by Du Zhonghai, who was beaming.

"Fellow police officers, our Chang'an was frightened and needs to go home to rest. Please be understanding." Du Zhonghai blatantly lied, "Regarding this rescue operation, our department will issue a detailed report tomorrow. Don't worry."

He didn't care what others thought, and nimbly slipped into the driver's seat, slammed the door shut, and drove away.

Everyone, still dazed, was left speechless.

They remembered that Gao Shujuan, who had followed them upstairs, hadn't left yet. They were about to ask her when they saw her from afar, wearing high heels, pedaling her bicycle like a whirlwind, disappearing without looking back.

Everyone looked at each other, wondering what was going on with these people from the Civil Service Department. They were usually mild-mannered, but now they had suddenly made a dramatic entrance and then disappeared at lightning speed. How were they supposed to think?

As for the other three Civil Service Department employees who remained at the scene, they all wore innocent expressions in the face of everyone's scrutinizing gazes, as if to say, "I know nothing, don't ask me."

Everyone: "..."

Their hearts sank.

After driving away from the school, Du Zhonghai slowed down the car and grimaced, "Ouch, I'm getting old, my waist can't take it anymore. Just a little while and my back and legs are aching."

"Director, should I take care of this?" Shen Chang'an pulled the two criminals' souls over and placed them on the ground, stomping on them.

"No need." Du Zhonghai shook his head, feeling a chill on his head. He remembered he had forgotten his wig. "Sigh, I'll give you half a day off this afternoon. No need to come to work. Stay home and rest."

"Then I'll take care of this while I'm at it." Shen Chang'an picked up the criminal's soul.

"Sure." Du Zhonghai nodded. "You're more efficient at handling this than I am."

"Mhm."

The car fell silent. After a moment, Du Zhonghai asked, "Are you really Tianyou?"

Shen Chang'an nodded. Remembering that Du Zhonghai couldn't see his movements, he said, "Yes."

"Now that this matter has come out, what are your plans?" Du Zhonghai had a faint suspicion in his heart. Shen Chang'an wouldn't be able to stay in Wuming City for long.

Whether it was for Shen Chang'an's safety or for public opinion, Shen Chang'an couldn't stay in Wuming City to work anymore.

"I don't know." Shen Chang'an turned to look at the scenery outside the window. Wuming City wasn't a bustling metropolis, but it was full of life. "Maybe... I'll go back to the capital."

He liked the peace and tranquility of Wuming City, but as long as Dao Nian was with him, any place would be his home.

"That's good." Du Zhonghai said, "Gao Shujuan and I have already been exposed. We might be transferred to other places too."

Shen Chang'an stared blankly at the back of Du Zhonghai's head. Since he came to Wuming City, Director Du had always taken good care of him. The entire Civil Service Department had a relaxed working atmosphere. If Director Du was transferred, his colleagues...

'There are no feasts that last forever.' Du Zhonghai said, 'You're still young, don't start living a retirement life prematurely. Wuming City is good, but it's not suitable for you.'"

Shen Chang'an thought carefully: 'I think... it's quite suitable.'

Du Zhonghai: 'Young man, can you have some ambition in your career?!'

Shen Chang'an: "..."

He was a man who lived off his boyfriend's generosity. What ambition did he need?

He could have ambition, but it wasn't necessary.

World peace is enough.