Chapter 244

"People from the Law Enforcement Bureau?"

As soon as this middle-aged man appeared, everyone in the leadership seats was startled.

Unlike the Law Enforcement Bureau practitioners from the Star Network Exchange earlier, this man wore a special uniform and carried medals on his shoulders, clearly holding a high position.

Appearing here at this time, he was clearly handling an important task assigned by the Federation, enjoying immense power that required cooperation from all localities.

Except for Mayor Meng Yanghai, everyone stood up to welcome him.

Meng Yanghai glanced at the newcomer, then swept his gaze toward Yang Lesheng on the side, his eyes flickering.

He had roughly guessed the other party's intentions.

This man was named Zou Xiong, a special agent of the Capital Law Enforcement Bureau.

His official rank wasn't high, but his power was immense.

Zou Xiong was never one for small talk; facing the welcome of the principals, he merely nodded, then looked at Meng Yanghai, who sat in the primary seat, and said politely:

"I've come to Sangyu City this time because the higher-ups issued a transfer order for me to take someone away."

"Jiangzhou, Yucai High School, a candidate named Li Yao; he's participating in the Wu Kao here, right?"

Hearing Li Yao's name,

Except for Meng Yanghai and Yang Lesheng, all the principals present were shocked.

As the chief examiner for this Wu Kao, Jin Hemao naturally couldn't play dumb at this moment.

He didn't know the other party's intentions, so he had to step forward:

"Li Yao is indeed taking the Wu Kao with us."

"However, you're a step too late; he has already entered the Trial Cube. I don't know what business the special agent has with him, but you can tell me, and I will pass it on to him later."

Although Li Yao had severely outperformed his own students,

As a principal,

Jin Hemao didn't want to see any student miss the Wu Kao for any reason.

"This isn't something to be passed on."

Zou Xiong gave Jin Hemao no face at all, refusing coldly.

Then, in an unquestionable tone, he said directly:

"Since he has already entered the Trial Cube, just teleport him out."

"This—"

Jin Hemao frowned, pondering how to handle this.

The other party came with a mission; even the Mayor couldn't block the Law Enforcement Bureau when they were executing a task.

Even if he managed to get the person out afterward, Li Yao would still miss the Wu Kao because of this.

In that case, Li Yao would be completely ruined.

The Wu Kao is held once a year; missing it means waiting another year.

One year is enough for those practitioners who can enter the rare dungeons of the Martial Academy to widen the gap with Li Yao!

If it weren't for the fact that Zou Xiong was a Law Enforcement Bureau special agent, Jin Hemao would have cursed him to death!

At this moment,

Meng Yanghai's calm voice rang out.

"I wonder what business Special Agent Zou has in taking Li Yao away?"

With the Mayor speaking, Zou Xiong naturally couldn't use the same tone he used with Jin Hemao.

"Mayor, nothing that happens in Sangyu City should escape your eyes."

"You should be clearer than I am about the things Li Yao has done."

"Now, someone has reported him through special channels to our Law Enforcement Bureau Chief, who specifically sent me to bring Li Yao back for investigation."

Seeing Meng Yanghai's expression becoming increasingly ugly, Zou Xiong explained further:

"Mayor, our Chief also knows a part of Li Yao's situation; rest assured, we won't make things difficult for Li Yao, we're just taking him back for investigation."

"Investigation?" Meng Yanghai snorted coldly, interrupting him.

"Even if there's a matter of heaven-shaking importance, it has to wait until the Wu Kao is over, right?"

"Is this an investigation?"

"Do you, Zou Xiong, not know what the Wu Kao means to these students, or does Kong Hanyuan not know?"

Kong Hanyuan was the current head of the Law Enforcement Bureau.

Meng Yanghai feigned rage, calling the Chief's name directly.

Yet in his heart, he was extremely disdainful.

If this was the method the Yang family came up with to target Li Yao, then they were underestimating Li Yao far too much.

Seeing the Mayor being so protective, Zou Xiong was displeased and argued:

"Mayor, Li Yao ignored the law and committed these acts; the Law Enforcement Bureau taking him away for investigation is already the greatest concession."

"Does the Mayor think that just because a practitioner has talent, they can ignore the law and do whatever they want?"

Meng Yanghai retorted: "Then tell me, what did he do?"

"Killing a Yan family prodigy in Nancheng, slaughtering dozens of Yang family members at the Jiangzhou border, and even killing another Yan family prodigy at the auction."

"Is the Mayor not aware of these?"

"Oh?" Meng Yanghai looked at Zou Xiong. "Why is what Special Agent Zou says different from what I know?"

"Regarding the Nancheng incident, the Yan family forced Li Yao and even wanted to keep him there; Li Yao only resisted then. At most, that counts as excessive self-defense, right?"

"As for the auction incident, he signed a life-and-death contract with the Yan family in full view of everyone."

"If their skills were inferior and they died, who can they blame?"

"And what about the border incident?" Zou Xiong's expression was already extremely ugly.

"As for that time, I believe even more that Li Yao was punishing evil and promoting good!"

Meng Yanghai appeared confident and said,

"I have a piece of evidence here that points to Yang Junfei and Yang Honglang killing several practitioners; Li Yao happened upon it and they tried to kill him to silence him. That boy Li Yao was probably forced into it at the time."

The special agent looked suspicious: "What evidence?"

Yang Lesheng's expression also changed drastically, and he couldn't help but look at Meng Yanghai.