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It is easier within the country, the mountain gate can just set up a representative office in China."
"I understand the first one, but what does the second one mean?"
"You will know when the time comes."
Ye Ming seemed to understand, and said suddenly: "This can indeed solve the problem, but... won't it be too much trouble for the mountain gate?"
"It doesn't matter."
After hearing this, the two stopped asking questions and immediately went about arranging the matter.
Zhao Qi was responsible for collecting the identity and location information of the fugitive criminals, while Ye Ming was in charge of the publicity and promotion work of the Shanmen Office.
…………
Chaofan has been in the world for more than a year and everyone knows about it.
Human beings’ fantasy about the extraordinary has never stopped, and now that it has become a reality, the topic naturally cannot be separated from it.
Those who feel it most deeply are undoubtedly the young people who are at the forefront of the times.
They found that not only were the topics of discussion among their colleagues at work focused on Chaofan, but even the major family groups no longer reposted popular science videos from marketing accounts, and instead enthusiastically discussed Chaofan.
The elders, who were once ordinary people, turned into "sweeping monks" and talked in a serious manner about the strange things they encountered when they were young. The contents were nothing more than "ancestors appeared in dreams", "there is a dragon in the well", and "green smoke coming out of the ancestral graves".
In the past, young people of the younger generation would inevitably argue about it and try their best to explain that this is feudal superstition and cannot be trusted.
Most of the time the situation ends with the latter's victory, although the former is not convinced and keeps muttering "this is what my friend told me, how can you lie?" while walking away with the teacup in hand.
After all, the stories about ghosts and gods lack strong evidence, and the photos that occasionally appear, claiming to be irrefutable evidence, are mostly blurry and unconvincing.
Just like the joke goes, "Ever since humans got high-definition cameras, UFOs have disappeared."
But the times are different nowadays, and the younger generation rarely loses in arguments, simply because the elders say, "That must be a trace of the extraordinary."
At present, the extraordinary people seem to be able to do things that are beyond human understanding, such as moving mountains and filling the sea, sending dreams, etc., and the younger generation really has no way to refute them.
Of course, it is not difficult to verify. You can just find Chaofan and ask.
Then the question arises, how to find the extraordinary?
Although supernatural beings are widely known, few people can actually come into close contact with them or even have a conversation with them.
Even in the Special Investigation Bureau, which is responsible for contacting the mountain gate, there are only more than ten people inside who have talked to Chaofan, and the rest have at most glanced at Chaofan from close or far away.
Faced with their elders’ proud leg shaking, the younger generations were very dissatisfied, thinking that it was impossible for such extraordinary people to be bored and go to dream to send messages, but they were at a loss as to how to verify it.
Fortunately, the young people who got up today habitually opened the official website of the Bureau of Special Investigations and browsed the news on the homepage, and found that a turning point had come.
"Oh shit! China is going to set up the Shanmen Embassy!" The young man excitedly sent a message in the chat group of his colleagues.
"I saw it too. Isn't it the resident office?"
"What's the difference?"
"Uh, different name?"
“Isn’t the angle you’re concerned about a little skewed?
Shanmen Embassy in China, the person in charge sent must be from Shanmen, extraordinary! Extraordinary!
Don’t you want to go and see it?”
"I saw Xuxianren from a distance near NH last year, but I've never seen him face to face.
I want to go, is there anyone who wants to form a team?"
"Team up to see the extraordinary, the current number of people is 1/100."
"I want to go too, 2/100."
“I may not have a vacation.”
"Ask for leave!"
"I'm going too. I just want to ask Chaofan whether he really does send people dreams. I'm almost pissed off by my dad's supernatural tricks."
"Get it done!"
"Don't just focus on this, did you see the second headline?"
"The one that catches the fraudster?"
"We should have taken action long ago. Those people are beasts. They even deceived a sick old man!"
"It seems the authorities have been arresting people all the time, but it's hard to do anything about those abroad."
"We can't help it. This involves national sovereignty. We are not Amei, who likes to play the rogue game."
"But I read in the news that those from abroad will also be arrested."
"It's just talk. If the nearby countries really want to take a tough stance, we can still intervene. But what about places farther away, like Amei?"
"Not necessarily. I guess Shanmen might be involved."
"Does the mountain gate care about this matter?"
"We definitely won't care about normal fraud, as it's China's internal affairs. But this time the fraudster used the name of Shanmen, so it's hard to say."
"The date is at the end of the news. We'll know in half a month."
Similar discussions were happening simultaneously in various social circles. People have suffered from fraud for a long time, and some arrogant fraudsters filmed videos to openly provoke them, but they could do nothing about it. Everyone has been holding back their anger for a long time.
Now that they know that the official wants the Thunder to take action, they immediately cheer and celebrate, as if the New Year has arrived early.
The fraudsters who learned of this did not seem to be panicked. It is not known whether they were too aggressive or they knew there was no way back and simply gave up. Not only did they not return to China to surrender, but they posted more and more outrageous remarks on the Internet platform.
"There are so many of them around the world, it's like Chinese New Year. Can we catch them all?"
"Don't just talk, take some real action. Half a month, right? I'll wait. If I'm fine by then, it will be a joke."
"Hahaha, grandpa is in the Middle East, come and catch him."
Strangely enough, the authorities did not ban these accounts and took a laissez-faire attitude. Some smarter leaders realized that something was wrong.
They were not afraid of a turmoil in China, because that would usually be nothing but thunder. But the calm atmosphere at the moment usually meant that a storm was brewing.
The gang leaders began to seek a way to survive.
Some people disbanded their organizations on the spot, fled to remote small countries with money, and tried to avoid official attention. Some fabricated excuses to abdicate and chose scapegoats from their subordinates to replace themselves.
As for those who were slow to react or were fearless and thought that China could not make cross-border arrests, they did not restrain themselves and continued to commit crimes.
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May 12th, sunny.
Sioux City.
In the renovated "embassy", Ye Ming and Zhao Qi received Fellow Daoist Liu who had rushed there.
Ye Ming was a little surprised when he saw him: "Fellow Daoist Liu?"
"What's wrong?"
"Didn't Senior Brother Zhou come out of seclusion? I thought..."
“Hahaha…” Fellow Daoist Liu laughed a few times, then explained, “After staying at the mountain gate for too long, I need to go down the mountain to gain experience. So after learning about this, I asked my uncle for this job.”
Zhao Qi felt it was great to have one more person from the Mountain Gate stationed in China, and said happily, "That's great.
Last time, Fellow Daoist Liu treated us to a meal at Shanmen, this time I will be the host, let's try Chinese hot pot."
"Hot Pot?"
"Just make a pot of soup base, then put your favorite dishes in it and cook them."
Fellow Daoist Liu suddenly realized: "A hodgepodge?"
“Uh…” Ye Ming and Zhao Qi looked at each other, and the latter replied, “Not quite the same.
Hey~ Don’t worry about it, you’ll know after you taste it.”
"Junior Brother Liu." Senior Brother Zhou walked into the house.
"Senior brother."
Ye Ming took out a stack of documents from his briefcase and walked towards Senior Brother Zhou, saying, "This is the information on the fugitive criminals we investigated.
However, it is not complete, mainly because there are too many people, so we can only focus on the leaders.
There are also some who hide behind the scenes and control the organization through agents. They are more difficult to investigate. The information about these people can only be obtained from the first batch of criminals arrested and brought to justice."
Senior Brother Zhou took the document and stuffed it into the sleeve of his robe: "It's okay, I have a magic trick."
Zhao Qi looked at the long sleeves that didn't swell at all and said, "Brother Zhou, you..."
"This is the mountain gate's standard storage magic weapon." Daoist Fellow Liu said.
Ye Ming had seen similar items before, so he was not too curious. Therefore, he was more concerned about the "magic method" that Senior Brother Zhou mentioned: "Senior Brother Zhou, can you tell me more about the magic method you just mentioned?"
Senior Brother Zhou smiled, said nothing more, and disappeared on the spot.
Ye Ming was stunned, thinking that his question offended taboo.
Fortunately, Fellow Daoist Liu explained: "The mountain sect has experienced more than ten thousand battles, both large and small, and has a lot of experience in how to interrogate the enemy."
His tone was calm, but Ye Ming and Zhao Qi sensed a hint of cruelty in it and shuddered in their hearts.
Chapter 381 What is the Mountain Gate?
The Shanmen Embassy in China is officially operational.
Logically speaking, this matter is of great importance and deserves a celebration. However, apart from a brief publicity on the official website of the Bureau of Special Investigations in the early stages, there have been no other actions.
But even so, when the embassy opened, the door was still blocked by a crowd of people.
Fellow Daoist Liu seemed surprised: "The main responsibility of the office is to deal with grievances related to the use of the name of the mountain sect. Are these people here for this?
There are so many?"
Zhao Qi was a little embarrassed: "Fellow Daoist Liu misunderstood, they..."
"Ah! Extraordinary!" The little girl saw Fellow Daoist Liu in front of the door and excitedly raised her mobile phone to take a picture.
"This is Fellow Daoist Liu! I saw him in the documentary about the mountain gate!"