Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?-Chapter 42 - Slay Demons Youjiao That Kills People_1

Chapter 42: Chapter 42 Slay Demons Youjiao That Kills People_1

Chapter 42: Chapter 42 Slay Demons Youjiao That Kills People_1

Ma Chenggong also looked helpless, “It’s precisely due to the gravity of this matter that things are difficult. After Wei Shi was silenced, the Fumo Zongguan would definitely appoint an entire division to be solely responsible for this case. I thought we in Mingyou City could turn things around with this case, but now it seems unlikely that we will handle it. In any case, let’s wait for Xiaowei’s results and hope she can pull through this time.”

By the time they came out, Jiang Hanyun had already gone with Lei Yun and Zhen Shenlian, the commander of the Guixiu City, to meet with the Fumo Zongguan.

But Ma Chenggong was pessimistic about the results, as they were not favored in Mingyou City anymore.

“I still think there is hope. After all, we in Mingyou City discovered this case, and we found several key clues. Fumo Zongguan always has to be fair.”

Li Xuan was also not optimistic. In reality, he hoped that they in Mingyou City could be solely responsible for this case. Considering the red demon woman was likely related to the blood sacrifice at Jiangjun Mountain, he of course wanted to control his own destiny.

But his voice doesn’t carry much weight in this matter. Plus, Mingyou City is currently responsible for the security of half of Nanjing City, which is already a heavy workload.

So Li Xuan, not holding out much hope, looked up at the sky, “Six Paths Bureau Colonel, it’s getting late. I will go back and rest first.”

From his first job till now, the thing he hated most was overtime work.

Moreover, today, Li Xuan was truly exhausted and felt both mentally and physically drained. He only wished to go home for a hot bath, finish his meditation practice, and have a good night’s sleep.

But Ma Chenggong stopped him, “Qianzhi, don’t leave yet. There are two things I forgot to tell you.”

He brought Li Xuan to the registry room of Mingyou City, then handed him a document and a suit of armor.

The suit of armor was similar in shape to the one Li Xuan was wearing, but it had more intricate and exquisite patterns, with an image of a rhinoceros at the chest.

The document was a promotion order issued personally by the Fumo Zongguan of Zhuque Hall.

“Trial Fumo Youjiao?” Li Xuan looked at Ma Chenggong in surprise, “When did this happen?”

‘Trial’ means temporary, implying that his newly acquired 7th-rank position of Fumo Youjiao is not quite secure. However, he was still promoted, which made Li Xuan very happy.

“It happened yesterday. The merits you had accumulated before were almost enough, and after repelling Tingtian Ao yesterday, you made another great achievement, and so Xiaowei applied for your promotion in person.”

Ma Chenggong crossed his arms and smiled slightly, “The other matter is related to your promotion. Starting tomorrow, you will have to start patrolling the city, specifically the area from Confucius Street to Ertou Bridge, including everything within two miles around the streets.”

Li Xuan was suddenly unhappy, thinking that he belonged to the major case team, so why did he become a patrol officer after the promotion?

“Patrolling the streets? Isn’t that a little inappropriate? Six Paths Bureau Colonel, I am only an apprentice Lingwu, not a Lishi. And when has the esteemed Fumo Youjiao ever patrolled the streets?”

“What’s inappropriate about it?”

Ma Chenggong showed his Six Paths Bureau Colonel authority. He sneered and pointed outside the window, “See that person? He has been with our Mingyou City for a long time, yet he has been patrolling the streets for three days. Even I, your superior officer with a high rank, will have to go on patrol when there are no cases. The higher-ups say we need to intensify patrol efforts to deter malefactors and suppress demons until the Prince’s assassination case and Xue Wuya’s case are resolved. Qianzhi, what can I do?”

Li Xuan gasped, then helplessly inquired, “But you have to give me some manpower. You can’t possibly expect me to be in charge of such a large area by myself, can you?”

“I can give you manpower, but we are really short-handed in Mingyou City at the moment.”

Ma Chenggong smiled slightly and pointed at Yue Qianqian, “First of all, she is one.”

Yue Qianqian chirped in disbelief, pointing at the tip of her own nose. She was just a second-level Spellcaster, Boshi of Demons, with low combat power, a civil servant. Was she also going to patrol the streets?

Then Ma Chenggong pointed outside the door, “And that one who just came in. I did not wrong you, a Youjiao with two assistants, that’s the standard lineup for the Liudao Division, and your team even has a high-level 7th-rank Boshi of Demons.”

The one who walked in was Peng Fulai, who looked bewildered, not knowing what Ma Chenggong was talking about.

Upon seeing him, Li Xuan could not help but rub his forehead, “Can I change someone? The two people you gave me are too mediocre.”

Just at that moment, Jiang Hanyun rushed in with a flushed face, “Good news, our opportunity in Mingyou City has come!”

Ma Chenggong was overjoyed at this, “Xiaowei, did the Fumo Zongguan designate our Mingyou City to handle this case?”

“Not exactly, it was Lei Yun who got the first pick. The case was assigned to Huoya City by Fumo Zongguan.”

Jiang Hanyun hummed discontentedly, but then her tone shifted, “But we in Mingyou City also have cooperative investigation responsibilities! I will definitely not be their assistant. So in the end, everyone investigates their own part, depending on their own skills.”

Li Xuan and Yue Qianqian cheered up instantly. They thought that since they were to investigate the blood sacrifice case at Jiangjun Mountain, their destiny of being relegated to patrol officers could be avoided, right?

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The next morning, Li Xuan led his two newly appointed subordinates, dressed in a newly made fumo armor, riding an agile and robust Dragon Colt, and embarked on Confucius Street in grandeur.

After taking a few steps on the street, the three of them sighed in unison.

“Sigh!”×3

Li Xuan was instantly annoyed. He was worried about his two incompetent subordinates, so why were these two guys sighing?

“Get your spirit up! You both look so gloomy. What kind of impression is that? People who don’t know might think that the Six Paths Bureau is not paying your salaries. Is it that troublesome to patrol the streets because there is a shortage of hands in Mingyou City?”

“I actually don’t mind patrolling. It feels quite novel to me.” Peng Fulai was still listless, “But it’s really not peaceful recently in Nanjing City. Do you know? Last night when my father heard that you became my superior and that we were going to patrol the streets together, he took in two extra mistresses that very night.”

“What do you mean?” Li Xuan was puzzled, “What does your father taking on mistresses have to do with us patrolling the streets?”

Was it possible that this guy was worried about the future division of family property?

Peng Fulai shrugged, “My dad said I would end up being killed by you, my superior, so he needs to have more children to carry on the family lineage. When I thought about it, it made sense.”

Yue Qianqian also looked gloomy, almost crying, “I submitted a transfer application today. I wanted to join Zhang Youjiao next door, but Xiaowei did not approve it. My sister said that if something happens to me, she will burn a lot of paper money for me. She said there’s a high probability I might die on duty.”

Li Xuan finally realized that it was not only he who disliked these subordinates as incompetent, but in the eyes of Peng Fulai and Yue Qianqian, their superior was also a pitfall.