Ch 329: Slay Demons In Dongzhou, Cleanse In Yizhou

Yi Zhou.

Transportation Bureau.

With troops massed at the city gates and a storm brewing, well-equipped soldiers surrounded the entire Transportation Bureau. Simultaneously, numerous public officials in pure white uniforms were present at the scene.

They all bore the same insignia on their chests. Upon closer inspection, the words could be seen.

“Washing Dust Six Departments”

The Washing Dust Six Departments—completely unknown to ordinary people. The onlookers chatted and laughed, some discussing what this department was. Unlike their carefree banter, a captain of a certain law enforcement detachment at the Yi Zhou Transportation Bureau trembled at the entrance, because…

The Washing Dust Six Departments is an organization that purges internal vermin from the Nation. It is directly commanded by the Nation’s Supreme Leader; no one else has the authority to mobilize it. Currently, the Investigation Team Leader dispatched by the Washing Dust Six Departments is Lu Buping, the Vice Minister of the Washing Dust Six Departments, who is the most outstanding and the most ruthless individual within the organization.

Many people laugh upon hearing this name, but those caught by him cannot laugh, because it’s truly “If you’re not capable, don’t blame Lu Buping.”

Some say Lu Buping isn’t his real name, but even if he guessed correctly, so what?

Try saying that to his face.

This man, in his forties, dares to speak ill of the Supreme Leader directly. In his own words:

“If you don’t like me, fire me. If that’s not enough, kill me. If you’re not going to do anything, don’t waste your breath. How I handle things is my business. Outsiders should keep their mouths shut.”

The poor Supreme Leader was both amused and angered by this, ultimately saying nothing.

Capable people being a little arrogant and proud—what’s wrong with that?

Inside the Transportation Bureau Director’s office, the Yi Zhou City Transportation Bureau Director was pinned to the desk. Not far away on the floor lay a discarded knife. Had they arrived a moment later, he might have successfully committed suicide.

Just kidding. From outside the window directly facing the office, three snipers aimed at his head, his knife-holding hand, and his chest.

Want to kill yourself? I’d rather kill you.

“Slap him twice.”

Lu Buping sat on a chair brought by his subordinates, legs crossed, and said to those around him.

No one was surprised by this unreasonable request; it was already quite restrained. Before, he directly stripped the suspects’ pants and clamped their thighs with a clamp.

What’s wrong with slapping him twice?

Of course, some still objected.

The Transportation Bureau Director’s eyes widened. He knew Lu Buping was ruthless, but he didn’t expect him to be so despicable. For the sake of his personal dignity, he still cursed:

“I—! Lu Buping, what are you doing? At most, I’m merely a suspect, I still have dignity. How dare you…”

“Slap! Slap!”

The slaps were real, devoid of any personal feelings; one left, one right, two red handprints, perfectly symmetrical.

The two slaps stunned him. Lu Buping remained expressionless, then sighed and said:

“Have we apprehended everyone?”

The Comrade who slapped him said, “Team Leader, all six have been apprehended. Awaiting your instructions.”

Upon hearing that everyone had been caught, Lu Buping stood up decisively, without hesitation. He turned around and said coolly, “Take the five normally, lock them up and guard them strictly. Drag this one away—and I mean drag him. From the sixth floor to the first, then to the car. Understand?”

“Crystal clear.”

The Comrade who slapped the man was Ye Xingzhou, Lu Buping’s Assistant, the illegitimate son of a powerful family in China, the Ye Group. Since this young master joined the Six Departments, the Ye Group has been unable to contact him.

He is only twenty-seven years old. Before him, there were two assistants: one suffered from excessive psychological pressure and applied for a transfer; the other was “fire-roasted celery”, though that fire also affected hundreds of people, directly causing a group to collapse.

Why did the Washing Dust Six Departments appear in Yi Zhou? Simple. The Many Gods Cult’s operation at the Yi Zhou Hospital certainly required an inside man, indicating that a traitorous vermin had infiltrated the organization. The Washing Dust Six Departments’ purpose here is to eliminate these vermin one by one.

Lu Buping coldly glanced at the Transportation Bureau Director before leaving. With the Team Leader gone, the others followed, but not to their base…

Yi Zhou Ghost Gate Investigation Bureau, Ghost Object Management Department.

Like the Transportation Bureau, it was also surrounded. The Investigation Bureau’s higher-ups were waiting for the storm in their respective offices. The center of this storm was the Ghost Object Management Department.

The Many Gods Cult’s attempt to activate that fantastical Summoning Formation would require resources. Who could Yi Zhou turn to for rare Ghost Objects?

Lu Buping first thought of the Ghost Gate Investigation Bureau, then the various Guilds. Coincidentally, under the investigation of the Washing Dust Six Departments, the Ghost Object Management Department Director was indeed found to have problems.

Why did he insist on personally apprehending them one by one? Because he wanted to see if anyone would be desperate enough to make a move, thereby revealing undiscovered elements. Unfortunately, the ideal was beautiful, but reality was harsh. Until all the already-identified traitors had been apprehended, no one else appeared.

Among the organizations investigated, those with a relatively large scale included the Yi Zhou City Government, Yi Zhou Hospital, Yi Zhou Transportation Bureau, Yi Zhou Million Foods Co., Ltd., and the Yi Zhou Wang Dao Guild…

Surprisingly, the Blood Road Guild had no problems, but the Wang Dao Guild did, and it was their Vice President!

They didn’t know what they didn’t know; once they investigated, they were shocked. More than fifty people were arrested in Yi Zhou in a single day. Lu Buping wasn’t satisfied with this result because some people still escaped.

Moreover, those people were all Many Gods Cult Cultists; Ghostified Cultists. Those caught were still human, not Ghostified—in short, they were abandoned.

At the same time that Xuan Yuan Yu presented Yun Shu with that Spear, Lu Buping was still holding a meeting with his team. He was particularly unhappy and wanted to find a suspect to slap twice.

Then Ye Xingzhou stopped him.

“Team Leader Lu, please don’t rush. Since everyone has been arrested, there is plenty of time to slap… interrogate. Let’s let the Comrades have dinner first. They haven’t eaten all day, neither have you. With good physical stamina, we can slap… uh, better interrogate, right?”

Lu Buping quietly watched Ye Xingzhou’s performance, and after a while, he laughed. “Alright, alright. The Comrades have worked hard. Tell the kitchen to work overtime, get more meat. Don’t even think about sleeping tonight. Finish your food, and then be energetic. We have to interrogate dozens of people; if we don’t sleep, they can’t sleep either. By the way, did you do what I asked?”

Ye Xingzhou nodded and said, “Reporting Team Leader, the Yi Zhou City Government Secretary-General has been dealt with as you instructed: a dead chicken stuffed in his mouth, nettles wrapped around his body, water flowing beside him, and an alarm clock constantly ringing.”

“Good.”

Lu Buping leaned back in his chair. Everyone watched him quietly. Why?

Because dinner wasn’t ready yet.

Soon, Lu Buping opened his eyes, snorted coldly, and said, “Secretary-General? A National Public Official dared to act as an inside man for the Many Gods Cult? Who will compensate for the lives of those five thousand people? To allow the overseas Many Gods Cult Cultists to enter, dozens of our fellow countrymen were buried alive to obtain false identities. Heh, if it weren’t for that Young Comrade appearing, five thousand people? The entire Yi Zhou would have been overturned!”

Lu Buping knew that if that gate hadn’t been blocked, the deaths of those five thousand people might have been just a fraction of the casualties. He couldn’t do much; he was just an ordinary person, not even a Player. But there was one thing he could do…

In Dongzhou, some went through fire and water, sacrificing themselves to slay the Ghost King.

In Yi Zhou, all he could do was burn all the vermin to ashes and restore peace to Yi Zhou.

This time, it didn’t matter how many people died or how many officials were replaced.

The higher-ups had instructed that even if a provincial-level official was involved, he could act first and report later.