Chapter 1574: Chapter 1573: The Ding Family’s Counterattack

Ding Haotian buried his face in his grandfather’s chest, tears and snot streaming down.

"Grandfather, you’re finally here. You must stand up for me. This has nothing to do with me. They have falsely accused me. They want to suppress me for personal revenge."

"Take a couple of days to clear your mind and explain everything slowly. If there’s any injustice against you, I’ll surely stand up for you. No one can bully our Ding Family."

With that, Ding Haotian stood up and recounted the entire chain of events.

Essentially, it was about how Ding Haotian captured the Earth woman at the Heavenly Ladder, and Ye Wenjun then brought her back for questioning. However, the Orderers demanded the Earth woman be recaptured, resulting in Ding Haotian being captured instead. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Then, subsequent events unfolded. The matter was simple enough, straightforward as it was told.

After hearing this, Ding Zhen’s eyes widened with anger.

"Well, that Officer Jiang really dares to use public office for personal gain."

It was an obvious conclusion. Ding Zhen himself possessed power and command over numerous troops, many of which secretly assisted and supported their Ding Family. The Orderers had long intended to suppress them, something he had sensed but hadn’t expected them to execute so blatantly. The Ding Family, having made contributions, shouldn’t be reduced to being bullied.

Ding Zhen pulled Ding Haotian up with a forceful hand and walked out of the prison.

"I want to see who dares to keep my grandson locked up here."

Just as the two walked out, Officer Jiang approached.

Officer Jiang waved his hand, and two Divine Race Orderers dragged someone over and tossed them to the ground. Ding Zhen looked down and realized it was none other than Ding Zhong of their Ding Family. It was unexpected to see him here tonight.

Ding Haotian and Ding Zhen were both puzzled.

"Officer Jiang, you’re truly bold, completely disregarding our Ding Family. You detained my grandson and slandered him for consorting with Earthlings, and now you’ve injured Ding Zhong. I won’t let this pass without an explanation."

Officer Jiang had anticipated Ding Zhen would retaliate. Regardless of letting them return today, the Ding Family would eventually act against him. Their grievances were not recent, so instead of waiting for them to take action in the future, he decided to act preemptively.

"General Ding, this person is indeed from your Ding Family."

"Manager Ding?"

"This person broke into the prison attempting to rescue that Earth woman. The entire process was recorded, take a look."

With a flick of his hand, a screen above displayed footage of the fierce battle, clearly showing the clash between Manager Ding and the law enforcers.

General Ding and Ding Haotian were shocked beyond words.

Ding Zhong had always been loyal and obedient to their commands, never crossing boundaries. How could he suddenly storm into the prison to commit such acts?

"Manager Ding killed three Healers and severely injured five Orderers. To stop him from continuing his rampage, we had no choice but to eliminate him. Now that General Ding is here, how do you explain this, Young Master Ding?"

"..."

The testimony, evidence, and videos were all right there, indisputable facts. No amount of eloquence could explain it away.

General Ding was filled with rage, staring incredulously at the corpse on the ground.

"Now there’s no witness to prove otherwise. Who can assure us that your people weren’t deliberately making things difficult for Manager Ding, forcing him into a defensive position?"

"General Ding, you’re speculating. This is our prison, our territory. If we were to target him, wouldn’t it be counterproductive? Someone came to the prison, and there’s video evidence. Can you truly ignore facts and distort the truth?"

Officer Jiang no longer intended to continue arguing. He realized this General Ding planned to be obstinate, and dragging this out would only worsen the situation. He needed to report this to the higher-ups and establish the accusations clearly.

Only then could the evidence be incontrovertible.

"I’m not trying to distort the truth, just stating the facts."

At this moment, General Ding scanned his surroundings.

His brows furrowed deeply.

"I heard Orderers mark prisoners, yet you have time to sit here speaking with me. That means you can’t trace the prisoner. Earthlings have ways to remove the mark; clearly, their methods are extraordinary. Do you think my grandson could achieve that?"

"This..."

This was unexpected.

Very few within the Divine Race could remove such genetic marks. These marks were specifically designed against Divine Race genetics. Earthlings’ genetics were far more primitive than biological genetics, making it improbable for them to remove the mark. So how did they do it?

Officer Jiang suddenly felt things were amiss. General Ding had spotted a loophole. If things escalated, Ding Family soldiers might seize the opportunity to act.

"I’ve already reported this matter to the higher-ups. General Ding, please refrain from intervening."

The words had just left his mouth when Ding Zhen wouldn’t comply. Suddenly, he noticed some fluorescent powder scattered in a corner, emitting the same light.

"Wait a minute."

"General Ding, are you really going to interfere with the Orderers?"

"Even if I weren’t a general, even as an ordinary resident of Sphere Core, I have the right to report and provide clues to the Orderers, don’t I?"

"You’re right."

"That’s settled, then. Come take a look, everyone."

Everyone looked in the direction Ding Zhen was pointing, at the dust glowing brightly on the ground, quite peculiar.

They were all Divine Race and seemed to know these substances were extraordinary. Since it glowed here, it meant the energy was unusual.

Ding Zhen slightly raised his hand, and a vortex appeared in his palm. The light seemed summoned, rising to form a vortex in the air, and after spinning several times, it took on a shape.

"A mark?"

"Turns out it was the prisoner’s shed mark. The prisoner shed the mark before choosing to escape. You’re the Orderers, and I believe if you knew where they fled, you’d have found them through your surveillance, but you haven’t. This shows the prisoner evaded surveillance."

General Ding Zhen was indeed a seasoned warrior, a long-time player of the game.

"Clearly, this Earthling not only understands the internal structure of the Orderer’s prison but also knows how to remove the mark. How can you think my grandson is involved?"

"General Ding, don’t speak nonsense."

"Who’s speaking nonsense? Is that how you talk to me?"

Ding Zhen suddenly raised his hand, causing the vortex to spin again. At the same time, a red light glimmered from the mark.

"See the Earthling’s aura? It has nothing to do with my grandson!!!"

The Earthling’s aura?

Seeing the deep red glow.

Officer Jiang quickly signaled.

"Investigate immediately."

"Yes, sir."