Enforcer Manual
Chapter 942 - 874: Turmoil_2

Chapter 942: Chapter 874: Turmoil_2

"He still owes me an explanation, his behavior is abominable!"

Nothingness simply intensified his tone, and the surrounding scenes began to distort under the influence of the surging Spiritual Energy, while Vadim’s prized mansion finally collapsed under the heavy burden.

Friend or not, every time he thought of it, Nothingness would denounce his actions, "How is this any different from playing hide and seek with a friend and then just going home when it’s your turn to be the ghost?"

...

This peculiar analogy from the Deity made Vadim prudently hold back his opinion.

Another question also emerged in his mind.

He understood the rationale, but why did Nothingness have to demolish his house?

His villa had never stood anyone up, and all his valuables were still inside. Despite the uncertain future of the cockroach fighting contest, what if?

According to Vadim’s beat-around-the-bush inquiries, quite a few participants from past cockroach fighting contests had survived.

Moreover, if the house hadn’t been demolished, he could have comfortably spent the night in his spacious bedroom. Ever since the plan to assault the investigation bureau fell through, he had been making do in cramped and simple quarters. A visit back to his villa was also to savor the pleasures of material life one last time before the competition.

What Vadim hadn’t expected was that those demolishing his home were not his enemies, but Nothingness.

Since he could no longer return to the villa, Vadim simply found a place to sit down at the entrance.

"Suppose, I mean just suppose, that the deities of the higher realms have already fallen?"

Gazing at the wreckage on the hillside, Vadim couldn’t help feeling desolate.

However, this was the result he deemed most likely: the history of the Dark Ages had been altered, the traces of the Church had been eradicated, and not even the military technology behind "Blue Eyes" knew anything about the truth of that era.

"Even your friend might be the very cause of all this, and this encounter might be quite different from what you have in mind."

The mere few words from Nothingness sufficed to make Vadim suspect his friend all the more.

Following the deductive reasoning provided by "Doubtful Case Pursuit," it was no problem at all to consider him the prime suspect before a new one emerged.

"What do you think our meeting will be like then?"

Nothingness scoffed, "I haven’t fallen so low that I need you to worry about me, I have already made the necessary preparations."

"Since there’s nothing else to do now, and we’re both idle, what preparations have you made?"

"I told you the first time we met, didn’t I? I’m no longer in this city. Even if the upcoming meeting is tense with swords drawn, it won’t affect me. But you..."

"Ah?"

"If the atmosphere turns sour, you’re most likely beyond help."

Nothingness said in a jesting tone, "No matter what our personal grievances, it’s always you who ends up getting beaten."

???

Vadim’s emotions were complex.

On one hand, he appreciated Nothingness’s honesty, at least it wasn’t like the military technology that plants a bomb in your body and then keeps mum; on the other hand, he felt like throwing the match.

...

Meanwhile, on the other side, Song Lan and Lu Xiang were facing an unprecedented crisis.

"Is this the world you spoke of where Spiritual Energy has resurged?"

Lu Xiang glanced at the Investigators of the crumbling bureau outside, uncertain if they were alive or dead, as his eyes twitched violently. While they had been delving into the ruins, the agents watching from above were attacked.

The attackers didn’t leave, but instead, remained at the scene, flaunting their power.

They were dressed in bizarre attire, wielding strange, archaic weapons in an era dominated by firearms, looking like performers who had just fled a circus.

"May I ask, are they members of that Spirit Troupe we encountered before?"

"No."

Song Lan shook his head, "They’re most likely just ordinary lawbreakers."

"Ordinary lawbreakers would attack the Investigation Bureau’s agents?"

Lu Xiang felt that few people understood the psychology of criminals better than she did, even the desperadoes had traceable reasons behind their actions.

For wealth, beauty, or fame, but attacking the public officials of the United Government not only didn’t grant them these things, but it also led them down a path of no return.

"Vadim’s power has fallen, and now is the time when the Fourth District’s criminals are carving out territories for themselves, a rising of numerous warlords."

Song Lan stood off against these criminals who popped up from nowhere, clearly, these people shared the same dreams as Mr. "Rat".

In the end, he added, "Moreover, that era was just chaotic."

So chaotic that you could meet a plain-looking passerby on the roadside who might be a hidden master remaining incognito.

"Warlords? They’re just small-timers who can’t make it to the big stage."

Lu Xiang didn’t like this term; as a high-ranking official of the Law Enforcers, her stance naturally stood in direct opposition to these criminals.

The tall man carrying a giant hammer on his shoulder stepped forward, a cold laugh breaking the silence as if he was afraid to miss any characteristic of an expendable "trash fish", "You, you must be a senior agent from the Investigation Bureau, right?"

"It’s not too late to turn back now."

Song Lan advised.

As an impartial judge, solely based on their dress style and weapons used, these people were a step ahead of average street thugs, and they might even get a line or two in a Kolo Film Industry movie.

But their choice of timing and attack route could only be described as terrible.

Attacking the judge was obviously a wrong and foolish decision.

"The one you’re facing now, Director Lu, has unfathomable strength, she has reached the level of being ’Invincible Universe’..."

"Too late."

A faint voice interrupted Song Lan.

It might have been an illusion, but he saw a fleeting red glimmer in Lu Xiang’s pupils.

If he remembered correctly, Old Lu always said she never had cybernetic eyes implanted.

In an instant, flesh sprouts broke through the ground and pressed the leading criminal into the wall; the seemingly indestructible giant hammer in the hands of the sturdy man crumbled like a plastic toy.

One after another, grotesque eyes sprouted from the trunklike flesh sprouts, and even the sunlight seemed obscured by clouds and fog, as a terrifying atmosphere descended upon the world.

And when Lu Xiang’s gaze swept over the criminals behind them, all the mechanical equipment sprung to life at that moment.

Weapon after weapon revealed its fangs, spitting hot beams of light.

The entire back alley had turned into a hell woven of flesh and machinery.

"Publicly attacking a public official of the United Government is a violation of the public security law of the United Government, and your attire is also...disturbing the public order."

The criminals didn’t manage any resistance; the flesh sprouts and machinery were so fast they exceeded their imaginations. They couldn’t even manage to take a step before they were suspended by this tree of flesh. During this time, Lu Xiang seemed to show a strong antipathy towards the weapons they were holding, every cold weapon twisted and damaged under the flesh sprouts’ crushing force.

"Now you understand, right?"

Song Lan crossed his arms, the beginning of the "Fighting Cricket Competition" also signified the arrival of a new version in the Fourth District.

Historically, it was called the Vadim Turmoil.

This was due to the massive turbulence caused by the change of the underground emperor of the Fourth District.

Even the criminals of the Fourth District fully displayed their traits as dream chasers under these troubled times.

But here, Song Lan still needed to remind all entrants to be sure to get the lowdown on their opponent before launching an attack, and not to challenge those whose level showed "???" and also had a skull icon so readily.

The "Oddly Dressed Group" he had high hopes for had been completely annihilated for choosing the wrong opponent.

As for Old Lu, she was now increasingly exuding the aura of a Bug Swarm leader.

"This is not an opponent you can challenge now, her strength is Cosmic Level..."

"You talk too much!"

Lu Xiang glared at Song Lan fiercely, the red glow in her pupils becoming even more pronounced, "Or are you saying you want to be tied up too?"

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