Chapter 100: Peace Street Neighborhood Office (8) — Blockchain Tactics

"Don't make a move, Chi Yu!" Wen Lin shouted, almost triumphantly, "Watch the phones; we have no way to make every internet user on the web lose their memory!"

Chi Yu had no time to talk to her; his clothes were being grabbed, and someone had pulled his hat off and thrown it on the ground. He was dealing with a literal mob. He could have beaten all of these people into a pulp, but just as Wen Lin said, he had no way to act under these circumstances.

"What right do you have to hit people?" someone asked him righteously under the lens of a camera.

Heaven and earth be my witness, he hadn't hit anyone at all. He was fuming, his eyes almost splitting from rage.

The situation took a sharp turn for the worse. Shi Qian was startled at first, then couldn't help but secretly laugh. He enjoyed watching Fei Wang in distress for a while until his mood had recovered quite a bit, then he walked over slowly. He raised his voice and said as sincerely as he could, "Everyone, stay calm, stay calm. This is our security guard; he's just impatient. It was only a physical altercation, not hitting anyone. Everyone, stay calm. I'll say it again: no one is hitting anyone. We are a legitimate organization and will not have any uncivilized behavior! Please trust us."

"Who are you people? Are you staff?" a male human who looked to be in his fifties asked him.

"Yes," Shi Qian said, dodging the phone camera, "We are the staff here. Don't film, please stop filming. What are you all doing? Why are you interfering with our normal office order? Please stay calm, don't hinder our work, and don't be led astray by bad people's Charm!"

"We aren't trying to interfere with your normal work," another middle-aged idler said, his tone softening significantly, as if he really took them for public officials. "But you should look at what's going on—why are all the cats in the city coming to your place? We, the masses, are scared out of our wits. We followed to see what was going on, and your security guard started hitting people as soon as he came up! We have to get to the bottom of what's going on!"

"Yes, yes, we are also investigating the specific reasons," Shi Qian said hurriedly. "But everyone can't just swarm in like this. No matter how many cats there are, our daily work must proceed normally. We will find the relevant personnel to investigate and will announce the results to everyone later."

"Is there going to be an earthquake?" someone asked from the back. "I heard animals have abnormal behavior before an earthquake."

"Where are you going to find relevant personnel? 'Approaching Science'? Is that even going to work?" someone asked sarcastically.

However, Shi Qian didn't even know where the point of the sarcasm was. Wen Lin walked to his side and whispered, "Try to disperse them. I have a bad feeling about this."

Shi Qian also knew the situation was wrong, but things were completely out of his control.

As if to confirm their premonition, a sound that Shi Qian recognized but couldn't quite place rang out urgently. Wen Lin's brow furrowed. "Police? Did someone call the police?"

Shi Qian knew it was going to be bad. First the large-scale feline anomaly, then the human onlookers, and now they had even brought human police. Just as he was feeling bewildered by this tight, interlocking chain of events, as if to ensure the three of them weren't confused enough, a police car screeched to a halt on the side of the road at their entrance. A man wearing a mask jumped out of the police car first. If Shi Qian had ever watched anti-Japanese films, he would have known how dramatic the scene before him was; the masked man was acting like a drama queen, excitedly pointing his finger at their entrance, missing only the line, "Officer, the Eighth Route Army is here!"

However, what this masked man said was, "Officer, it's them! A gang of scammers! They actually dared to renovate a house to look like a Street Office, building a fake den to deceive the masses!"

Shi Qian was completely stunned. He had never imagined there were such Mages in the world, nor had he ever imagined that Du Zhengyi would associate with such a Mage. Yes, of course he knew they were in cahoots, because although this drama queen had changed his clothes and his age and appearance had shifted, even with the mask on, he knew his mouth had to be cleft. He was the Huo Zui Nan that Du Zhengyi had brought in, the Huo Zui Nan that that idiot Chi Yu had let go!

A wave of anger made him rush over, standing right in the middle of the parted crowd. People were very happy to see the police arrive and actually parted the way automatically. Shi Qian rushed to the middle and was momentarily speechless. The Huo Zui Nan's phone was pointed right at him, and only then did he realize that he wasn't actually familiar with human social life. He didn't know what was appropriate to say now, or how to say it correctly.

Chi Yu was currently being held tightly by several humans who wouldn't let go. Wen Lin realized the situation had spiraled out of control and had already developed the intent to kill. Shi Qian felt her power being channeled, while he himself was in a state of total chaos.

"Hello everyone!" Huo Zui Nan said to him, pulling his attention back. He didn't understand why his address had become plural.

But then he heard Huo Zui Nan continue, "I am livestreaming a crime scene for you all, showing how a gang of insane scammers disguised as public officials are being apprehended by the police." He was standing in front of him, but he was speaking to the phone.

"Livestreaming?" he heard Wen Lin say in astonishment.

Huo Zui Nan continued, "It's this person, and this one, and this one. Do you see them? They claim to be staff here. Do you see the sign here? That's right, Peace Street Neighborhood Office. You can search on a map; there is no such street in this city. You might have heard of scammers who renovated a community bank branch to solicit deposits, but can you imagine that someone would be so insane as to renovate a Street Office? May I ask, are these unscrupulous scammers going to renovate a Tax Bureau tomorrow to collect taxes for the state?"

"That's enough, concerned citizen. Don't block the way; we police need to handle the case." The police passed behind him, and an old officer patted Huo Zui Nan on the shoulder. He then said sternly to Shi Qian, "We received a report from a citizen that there is a strong stench of corpses in your inner room, which has attracted the stray cats in this area."

Shi Qian felt his brain couldn't keep up, but he saw the police officer's expression become extremely alert when his gaze fell on the cats in the lobby. Shock left him speechless. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that drama queen Huo Zui Nan was actually taking a selfie with the camera. "Please follow me, I am @King of Kings Great Civet Cat King Swallowing Heaven and Devouring Earth! The Great Civet Cat King will fight the scammers to the end for you! Please spread my livestream content; let us use blockchain technology to nail these scammers to the internet's pillar of shame forever!"

"Block-what?" Shi Qian asked him subconsciously.

The Great Civet Cat King, the cleft-mouthed drama queen, turned his head and smiled at him. "That's right! Everything that happens today will be seen by everyone. You'd have to erase everyone's memory for it to work. If you still want some explosive performances, get ready to work overtime for the next fifteen thousand years."

Shi Qian swallowed. "Who are you?"

"I am the King of Kings Great Civet Cat King Swallow..."

"Shut up," Shi Qian said weakly. The police had already surrounded him, more police cars were driving toward the location, and the police began to walk into the corridor. Behind him, he felt the disappearance of the force field; the Venerable inside had already sensed what was happening and had made a decision. He didn't know if he had failed his duty; everything today had left him dizzy.

Just then, his vision blurred, and a man appeared behind the Great Civet Cat King. He knew who that was. Facing the God of War of Qionglin at close range, the other party's icy gaze made him swallow involuntarily. The Great Civet Cat King was completely oblivious; seeing he had nothing more to say, he took a deep breath, ready to continue playing with his livestream. "Great Civet Cat..."

He saw Du Zhengyi's hand pinch the Great Civet Cat King's shoulder. The Great Civet Cat King understood immediately, his eyes flashing with triumph. He took off his mask and revealed a large, cleft-mouthed smile at Shi Qian that was enough to flash repeatedly in his nightmares.

If anything could make him feel better, it was that when the Great Civet Cat King turned around, he clearly saw the God of War, Du Zhengyi, get startled as well. "Damn it," he vaguely heard the God of War mutter indistinctly.

Then, those two people disappeared at the same time. He knew that once the force field was canceled, no one could stop Du Zhengyi, who excelled at Teleportation.