[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done":3,"chapter-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-221":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","National Guardian's Gone and We're Done",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1743907,2228,"Chapter 221 - 220: First, Lure Out the Real Culprit of the Paperman Incident","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-221",221,"\u003Cp>Bi Hongda and Qi Chaoyu also understood this key point and quickly arranged for people to begin investigating along those lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We need to investigate not only the teacher, Zhang Jiancheng, but also the student he drove to suicide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If our previous speculation is correct,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then this vigilante must have acted because of the student’s death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Focusing on that will further narrow the scope of our investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who can come into contact with a Mysterious Power must be someone of a special status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’re either rich and powerful or have some kind of special background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we take both of these key points into consideration, we can narrow the scope even more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu He said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This main line of investigation came from Xu Ping’an.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some cases may look like random killings, but even randomness has a pattern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the investigation report was delivered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bi Hongda looked at the report in his hands and said, \"Mr. Chu, you were absolutely right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The victims seemed to have no connection, suggesting the killings were random,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but based on a broader investigation, there’s a pattern in their home locations and the timeline of the attacks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean there’s a pattern in their home locations and the timeline?\" Qi Chaoyu asked, completely bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It means that the earlier victims lived closer to the Martial Arts Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, it’s highly likely that someone from the Martial Arts Academy is responsible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that’s the case, it would all make sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people at the Martial Arts Academy are stronger than ordinary citizens, and many of the students come from wealthy families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, we just need to investigate the students at the Martial Arts Academy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A look of delight appeared on Bi Hongda’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They finally had a breakthrough in the baffling Paperman case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that they had a lead, Chu He and the others no longer needed to remain in the terrifying, gloomy morgue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Chu He agreed to leave, all the Defense Team members, including Bi Hongda and Qi Chaoyu, couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere in there was just too oppressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though they had all dealt with the dead before, to one degree or another, these Papermen were more horrifying than any corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After they left, Bi Hongda led them to a reception room in the office building where dinner had been prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu He didn’t refuse and sat down to eat with the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Chu He’s level of cultivation, eating was no longer necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, these Defense Team members were still ordinary people who needed to eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, they hadn’t found any new clues yet, so there was no point in rushing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next investigation report arrived even later than Bi Hongda and Qi Chaoyu had anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t until after one in the morning that a hurried Defense Team member rushed in with a stack of files.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What took so long?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does it really take this long to investigate one Martial Arts Academy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bi Hongda asked with a frown as he took the stack of files.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Bi Hongda was the head of the Huamen City Defense Team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The efficiency demonstrated here would reflect on his competence in the eyes of Qi Chaoyu and, more importantly, Chu He.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The local Defense Team’s efficiency was a direct reflection of his leadership.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If Chu He were to become dissatisfied, even a slight hint of displeasure from him could probably get me replaced immediately.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The problems at the Huamen Martial Arts Academy are more serious than we imagined.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Defense Team member who delivered the file looked extremely pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke hesitantly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>casting unnatural glances at Chu He and Qi Chaoyu as if he didn’t want them to overhear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the man’s expression, Bi Hongda’s heart sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He subconsciously started to open the file, but then steeled himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed the entire stack on the table in front of Chu He.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The files are here, and Chu He and Qi Chaoyu are here to investigate. There’s no hiding it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu He opened the files.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all filled with reports of abnormal cases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu He scanned through them, reading ten lines at a glance, and a curious Qi Chaoyu leaned in to look as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bi Hongda knew he couldn’t just bury his head in the sand, so he came over to stand on the other side and read along with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he read, the paler Bi Hongda’s face became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he even finished the first page, Bi Hongda collapsed weakly into his chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Huamen Martial Arts Academy had become the Zhang Jiancheng family’s personal fiefdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the guards and janitors to the teachers and department heads, every position was filled by someone Zhang Jiancheng had appointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, all information within the academy was locked down tight, with nothing getting out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even on the rare occasion that a story did leak,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the principal of the Huamen Martial Arts Academy would use his personal connections to crush it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The academy even had signal jammers installed on campus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These issues alone wouldn’t have been enough to make Bi Hongda look so devastated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crucial part was that an Evil Spirit had appeared at the Martial Arts Academy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the entire Huamen City Defense Team had received no report of it. Even Bi Hongda, the man in charge, had been kept completely in the dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for this targeted investigation, the situation at the Huamen Martial Arts Academy would likely have continued indefinitely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Graduating students were being forced to sign employment contracts with the academy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>after which the principal would sell them off to other companies or powerful figures in need of security guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the poor, unlucky kids were even sold to criminal organizations as enforcers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, these unfortunate students all had one thing in common: they had no family background or connections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of these graduates who were sold off ended up either dead or crippled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though they were Martial Artists, they were still just green, inexperienced young adults.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could they possibly be a match for insidious men like the principal and Zhang Jiancheng? They were easily manipulated with just a few words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond that, there were other shockingly depraved acts detailed in the files.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Chu He finished reading, his expression was unreadable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Qi Chaoyu finished, the anger on his face slowly gave way to a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Bi Hongda, the familiar confidence in his eyes was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a member of the Defense Team himself, he naturally understood the gravity of the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All Martial Arts Academies were established with joint funding from the Great Xia Empire’s official education department and their local cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were meant to cultivate talent to defend the Great Xia Empire against Evil Spirits and other covetous enemy forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Defense Team’s duty was to investigate, monitor, and combat all supernatural events that could endanger the Great Xia Empire, such as those involving Evil Spirits or even Martial Artists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bi Hongda would not only lose his current job and position, but he would also have to face the most rigorous investigation from Defense Team headquarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Make all of this public,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu He said, closing the files.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Make it public? Wouldn’t that cause a local uproar? That would be a huge problem,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Chaoyu said in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I thought Chu He would suggest handling this secretly, just sending men to arrest everyone involved.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, we need to lure out the true culprit behind the Paperman incidents.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu He said coolly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Thank you to our patron Lanziyi for the 500 Book Coin donation! Thank you, you’re a legend! I wish you a brilliant future and ever-growing success!!!]\u003C\u002Fp>",1289,"2026-06-06T16:46:32.086Z",1,"novelbin.me","2cc512c450f2152abe483138e30341146fbacbd90094200f02f8a8eadfb6168d","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-171","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-220",274,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnational-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-cover.jpg"]