Chapter 151: Explosive News

A young girl in the bloom of youth assisted the Sun God Cult in capturing a Mutated Octopus; the ordinary girl did not use any other special powers, but instead used a fishing net, gave it a dashing toss, and then took care of the Mutated Octopus that had killed quite a few people.

This kind of heroic act was simply worth writing volumes about, so after that film negative was brought to the newspaper office, the Federal Daily Evening News of that day issued a special edition update.

Originally, this newspaper was sold every afternoon, so this urgent update of the newspaper soon appeared on streets and in alleys.

"Explosive News! Young Girl Captures Mutated Octopus With Bare Hands!"

"Shocking Trap at Shipwreck Auction! Mutated Octopus Devours Thirty Lives!"

"Countless Injured! Hospitals Full, Why Has the Sun Church Concealed This Until Now!"

Mutated marine creatures had already been the subject of heated speculation recently.

However, all the major churches were trying their best to cover this up, not to mention that most churches had specialized personnel to handle such matters.

It was just that the Sun Church was different; its internal management was relatively loose, and it was said that this was because the Sun God himself was relatively laid-back.

Seeing the newspaper, the Police Captain in the room next to the conference room, Kainong Kuke, looked even worse; he was only an ordinary Third-Class Police Inspector, and he had never thought he would encounter such a problem before.

Originally, it was just about taking some money and getting things done, but now the matter seemed to have blown up.

"What, no words? We now have eleven police officers receiving treatment in the hospital. I told you to maintain order at the scene and also told you to contact the major churches in advance to avoid any further accidents, but you? You actually only notified the people from the Sun God Cult. Do you have no idea about the capabilities of those guys? I must have been blind to leave the dock area for you to manage." Chief Kraut Finch slammed the table hard, so loud that even the conference room next door could hear it.

Luolita held a "watching the show" attitude, listened to the commotion next door, and then whispered, "Captain, what is the situation with today's events?"

"I am no longer a captain," Feng Brown said embarrassedly. "This is not a problem that only appears in the Royal Capital, but a problem that has appeared in many cities recently, especially in places with ports near the sea. Mutated marine creatures have affected most ports, causing casualties in many places. By comparison, your matter is just a small interlude. Of course, I will report your bravery to the church so they can give you enough rewards."

Feng finally got to vent his anger today; the person who usually acted overbearingly toward him was now being scolded outside.

There had been quite a few Awakened appearing in the dock area recently, and it might be due to the influence of Mutated Creatures; these guys had been very active lately.

Besides the Awakened gatherings in the open, there was no telling how many there were in private. Feng could go and claim more than ten Awakened in a week, but none of them were true believers of the Wealth Church.

Almost every Awakened would claim to be a believer of the Wealth Church, and they would all have proof.

These days, it was perfectly normal to be associated with a chamber of commerce.

Having a seal from a chamber of commerce or some certificate was simply too easy.

However, not many people awakened as Fortune-tellers; in fact, most Awakened were in a state of poverty, and there were quite a few charlatans.

For example, actors who had awakened; the Beauty God did not manage the formulas within her church very strictly, and since there were not many restrictions on becoming an actor, there were quite a few actors among them.

Many times, the church needed to use specialized tools to verify whether the other party was a true Fortune-teller.

"I knew there would be a reward, but shouldn't the Police Station also give me a reward? And the Sun God Cult too." Luolita did not care whether she would become an enemy of the Sun God Cult; her main area of activity was not the Royal Capital anyway. After she returned to Tana City, how many people would even recognize her?

At worst, she would just die once, change her appearance, and change her name. Hmm, the system should handle this name-changing thing too; I wonder if the dog developer has a corresponding solution.

In short, Luolita's mind was already racing like a carriage, preparing to demand Shide from those NPCs.

Feng Brown did not expect Luolita to be so repulsed by the Sun God Cult. It was said that in Tana City, there were quite a few followers of the Sun God Cult, and there were even many Xiahui People who worshipped the Sun God Cult.

As expected, this young girl was a loyal Wealth believer.

Feng comforted her: "I will fight for it for you. You must trust in the church's ability, and this time they really went too far."

As the two were talking, Chief Kraut Finch walked in from outside, wearing a smile that looked as if he had practiced it by biting on chopsticks.

Seeing that row of neat teeth, Luolita only felt it was somewhat terrifying.

However, this was a game, not real life, so Luolita still stood up politely and then refused the other party's request for a handshake.

After all, she still had to act angry.

"I am very sorry for causing you trouble. I really didn't expect that a lady who hasn't awakened would bravely take that step." Kraut rubbed his hands awkwardly. "I know our colleagues brought you to the Police Station and the interrogation was very impolite, but you must know that we were influenced by the Sun Church."

"If you are so easily influenced by the Sun Church, then I might need to consider submitting a report to the Parliament," Feng Brown said with a dark face. "According to Federal law, no religion can influence the law enforcement of administrative departments."

If the church could so easily influence the normal process of law enforcement, then the authority of the Royal Family and the authority of the Parliament would cease to exist.

This was something no power institution wanted to see, and the various sects did not want this problem to arise either, as it meant that the War of Gods, which had ended three hundred years ago, might be staged once again.

"After all, we had never encountered civilians fighting against Mutated Creatures before, especially when the police were already so severely injured. I have to say, this young lady is indeed a warrior—no, that's not quite appropriate for me to say, but she is definitely a heroine. I will praise her actions in the newspaper." Kraut clearly also knew how to negotiate with the Wealth Church. "We will also give this lady a bonus of 100 Shide, hoping..."

"100 Shide?" Luolita shook her head. "If that's the case, please return that Mutated Octopus to me. I put in at least half the effort, you should at least give me half!"

"My lady, what do you want this octopus for?" Kraut clearly hadn't reacted to this lady's attitude, and his face was full of great incomprehension.

"Do you know what price this octopus is worth? Mutated Creatures are a type of material themselves. The Spiritual Material on them is often worth more than 500 Shide. Of course, that's for less rare Mutated Creatures, so you should know roughly what price this octopus is. On the market, for the rarest Mutated Creatures, the price is often over 50,000 Shide."

Hearing Feng Brown's words, Kraut's face looked even worse.

It wasn't that the Police Station didn't have funds, but 50,000 Shide was just too expensive...

And he still had to provide medical expenses for those injured, as well as public relations fees for the newspapers.

In this way, even with the support of a great noble behind him, he might very well not be able to keep his position.

At this moment, he only felt his vision go black, but he was someone who had experienced great storms, so after pondering for a while, he said: "We cannot make such an analogy. After all, we did not hire this lady to capture the octopus. Of course, we can discuss it with the Sun Church."

"Then I hope to get news from you as soon as possible. I have already had someone send the news to the church headquarters. Everything we do is according to procedure. I don't want anyone to think I am threatening you, so I will have the church send professional personnel."

Professional personnel... those were the people who were even more heaven-defying in terms of Qi Luck.

They could even influence the Qi Luck of others, and in terms of negotiation, they could use some verbal techniques to make people feel very urgent about paying the fees.

Although the Wealth Church was not allowed to run wild in the Royal Capital, at a time like this, if the other party used this ability to threaten him, there was really no way to refuse.

"Then, then we also need to communicate with professionals. Please wait a moment..." Kraut prepared to turn and leave; at the very least, he couldn't stay in this room any longer. It was hard to say if that Awakened had used some technique to make him wish he could crawl under the table right then and there.

How shameful!

As a Police Chief, he was actually threatened by an ordinary civilian, and he had no way to deal with it.

Outside the Police Station, noisy sounds had already risen; the reporters seemed to have smelled the scent and arrived.

However, unlike outside the Sun God Cult, most of them here were reporters, and there was no crowd gathering to demand justice.

After all, the actors had no interest in causing trouble for the Police Station; they preferred to make the Sun God Cult's reputation even lower.

"There seems to be movement outside, why is it so noisy?" Luolita looked out the window curiously. The conference room was on a relatively high floor of the Police Station, just enough to see the reporters outside.

She had just appeared at the doorway when she saw camera flashes flickering at her. She felt a bit flustered, but she quickly adjusted her emotions.

This is a game!

She didn't need to feel uneasy because of what had just happened; instead, she should wear a mask and bravely look them in the eye.

So Luolita, having realized what was happening, immediately began waving at the Reporters outside the window.

Seeing this scene, Feng did not stop Luolita; instead, taking advantage of this opportunity, he stood by Luolita's side.

The Gold Tie he was wearing was extremely conspicuous, and instantly, the Reporters' instincts were triggered.

This was clearly the Wealth Church helping out at a critical moment!

Could this lady be a member of the Wealth Church?

And is she someone recognized by the Wealth Church?

Luolita had no idea what kind of uproar her actions would cause in the Royal Capital, just as Ye Laoshi had no idea that Luolita had already been demonized in the newspapers.

Things like "Goddess Descended from Heaven."

Things like "Righteous Female Warrior."

Things like "Delicate Maiden Subduing Monsters"...

In short, after the evening paper came out, those tabloids also became active, and many people, having been at the scene, began fabricating stories—some true, some false—that left Ye Laoshi speechless.

For instance, the relationship between that young girl and Queen Licorice...

"I swear, she has no relationship with Queen Licorice," Ye Laoshi shook his head helplessly and said to several history experts, "but seeing that she is still safe puts my mind at ease; at the very least, the police shouldn't do anything excessive."

"You can't say that; I will help you. We have already entrusted people from the church to go over and ask questions; believe me, we will help you all." Mazhan comforted Ye Laoshi, she brought over some calming black tea and said to the several teachers, "At least one thing in the newspaper is correct: it was indeed too dangerous at the time; we were only a few meters away from those toxins, and if we had been touched by the toxins, we probably wouldn't have been able to come back."

"The auction at least provided compensation; you can get 100 Xide in compensation with the ticket stub, thank goodness." Griffin was quite emotional; he had been thanking the auction all afternoon, as at least he and Mazhan not only didn't spend money, but actually made a profit.

Although the process was thrilling and exciting, he could see the Ship's supplies, and he had already roughly analyzed that the supplies on this Ship were from the early period of Queen Licorice.

On ships from that time, there shouldn't have been anything too valuable, because during the early period of Queen Licorice, trade was not very developed; mainly because of the God War at the time, the major churches had very strict control over the seas, usually only exporting some ordinary daily supplies and allowing fishing boats to set sail, while things like materials related to Mysticism and valuable goods were very difficult to find at sea.

It wasn't until the middle period of Queen Licorice that these supplies became more abundant, because the end of the God War was equivalent to the start of a new era for the middle period of Queen Licorice.

Mazhan was no longer thinking about the details of the auction; she was more concerned about the thrills at the auction, "In short, if any more shipwrecks are salvaged in the future, I will definitely wait until after the boxes are opened before I go to appraise them. I hope the teachers will also pay attention; after all, we are not people from the church, and we really don't have the ability to deal with these mutated creatures."

As she spoke, the phone rang; a teacher who answered the phone nodded, spoke a few words to the other party, and then frowned and said: "You mean, the Wealth Church has claimed that lady?"

"The Wealth Church?" Everyone turned their heads to look at Ye Laoshi.

In order to gain their trust, Ye Laoshi explained that he was a Believer of Wisdom.

He had previously studied at a school of Wisdom, so he remembered the doctrines of Wisdom clearly, but he just hadn't expected that other churches would go over to fish for people.

"I myself am a Believer of Wisdom, but I don't know when Luolita became a Believer of the Wealth Church, though the Wealth Church in Tana City is indeed developing better," Ye Laoshi had no choice but to bite the bullet and say.

(End of this chapter)