Chapter 21: Boss, this "escaped criminal" is too cunning
Biting on a cigarette in his mouth, Long Zhanye"s dark pupils shutters down slightly, a strange glimmer flickering in his eyes. This particular countenance is one the soldiers within this military district fears the most, for the moment their Lord Captain reveals this expression, it means they have been met with extreme bad luck. Only this time, they are fortunately not the target of his ire.
Slender fingers move across the keyboard at a rapid pace, images flashing constantly at high-speed on the computer screen. Very soon, a map of all the cities from A to Z appears on the display, together with five blinking red dots.
"Boss, this "escaped criminal" is really too cunning. He unexpectedly separated in five different directions to escape." A soldier standing to his left stares at the moving dots, face dark with fury.
"That"s right ah, that"s right ah. Boss, what should we do now? Shall we send some men out to capture those five people back?" The soldier on his right has the same angry expression.
All because of this "escaped criminal", the soldiers of this district have faced a whole lot of beatings in these six months.
"Un, he is fairly crafty." Sucking in a mouthful of smoke, he slowly exhales the white smoke, lifting his hand to wave a negative. "However, amongst these five people, none of them are him."
"Ah!!" The soldiers on his left and right exclaim in shock.
"The information I received from the train station in V City shows he used his ident.i.ty card once to buy a ticket for U City." A finger taps on the keyboard, bringing the station"s ticket records up on screen.
"Then he has gone to U City!?" The soldier to the left cries out, concluding in his hear that this criminal is indeed cunning to the extreme.
Hearing the man"s words, a corner of Long Zhanye"s mouth curls up, again tapping his slender fingers across the keyboard. Now, the station"s departure hall of V City is shown on screen, the feed taken from the CCTV there.
"He didn"t buy W City"s ticket, instead getting U City"s. What does this represent?" The images flash past on fast-forward, quickly reaching the point he is looking for. A slim figure wearing a black baseball cap, a backpack that they are so familiar with on his back appears on screen.
"Er…ahh! He went and bought the ticket only because he wants access to the departure hall! Really too crafty." The soldier on the right shouts, understanding the situation.
"Uh-huh, I want to depart from here immediately. You all stay to investigate V City"s train station records. Once you discover which other City"s ticket he bought, contact me at once." Taking the cigarette out of his mouth, he taps the ashes into the ashtray next to the computer. Long Zhanye retrieves the coat draped on the back of the chair and heads out.
"Yes sir! Have a safe journey, boss!"
"Roger that! This one will do as you command."
The soldiers that were at his left and right stands to attention and salutes Long Zhanye, holding that position until his silhouette vanishes from the Command room. In their hearts, they sigh with relief. Oh, gosh. The demon king has finally left the military district. There no need to worry about our personal safety for a little while! (Author"s note: This little gong is really demonic huh ~ )
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Z City is a coastal town, and is the smallest amongst the twenty-six cities. Although the dock itself is always busy with ships docking and departing, its population is the least. Huo Zaiyuan chose this city for two reasons, as well as one other factor: the housing prices in Z City is the cheapest.
In this past half a year, the gathering of necessary supplies has nearly depleted his seven million dollars, leaving only eight hundred thousand in his s.p.a.ce.
After a two days journey, he arrives at Z City. The first thing he does is find a suitable house to stay and handing over exactly four months" worth of rental fees on the spot. Although the rental price is a little expensive, but Huo Zaiyuan is filled with satisfaction because this large building is nowhere near the business district or downtown area, making it a quiet and peaceful place. The apartment unit is on the third floor, which isn"t very high, and directly opposite is a relatively large supermarket, which is convenient.
Previously, when he was staying in the small mountain village, his meals were always delivered by the villagers. Although he has learned how to cook a few dishes, he hasn"t tried actually making them himself. Now that he is living alone, Huo Zaiyuan plans to try his hand at cooking today. In any case, he has all sorts of fruits, vegetables and meat sitting in his s.p.a.ce. As for seasoning and the like, he obviously needs to make a trip to that supermarket and naturally, all that he buys will be placed in his s.p.a.ce too.
Putting the house in order, he takes a bottle of gas and a gas stove out of this s.p.a.ce and places them in the kitchen before leaving the house. Entering the supermarket, Huo Zaiyuan goes looking for the manager and asks for twenty boxes of soy sauce, twenty boxes of salt, twenty boxes of chicken salt and fifty bottles of fish sauce and oil each, as well as other a.s.sortments of seasoning. He arranges for the manager to send his order to his rented house.
Facing such a huge client, the supermarket"s manager, of course, feels really happy, immediately handing over the receipt and agrees to send his order to the provided address as soon as it is ready.
Leaving the supermarket, Huo Zaiyuan strolls around his house"s vicinity before realising that a family of carpenters actually resides nearby, making his heart leap in joy. Although the pieces of peach wood (round ones of various sizes) and peach wood tiles (long and short ones of varying sizes) is not little, he used up quite when he practised carving talisman in the village, so now there"s not a lot remaining. Even if there is a huge pile of trunks and sticks taken from a peach tree next to the bamboo house, it would be hard work for him as he has no idea how to cut them down into tiles and pieces. Now that he has found a carpenter, it really is heaven"s blessing.