Chapter 4192 Adding insult to injury

Chapter 4192 Adding insult to injury
At the headquarters of the Anti-Corruption Department, although it was the middle of the night, most of the staff were still working overtime.

Indeed, given the current urgent situation, even Minister Hiroto Aoki is busy, so it's impossible for the subordinates to go back to rest at this time. In fact, many of them have been at headquarters for two days and two nights without going home. If the Inugami family's problem isn't resolved, they'll probably have to stay in this situation indefinitely.

Everyone was worried, knowing that if the Inugami family came looking for them, the situation would be extremely dangerous. Even those of them who did odd jobs might be affected.

The other side might just storm into their headquarters and start a massacre, since their son is missing and most likely dead. It's hard to imagine a father who has lost his son calmly discussing things with you.

Just as they were filled with worry, a loud "thud" suddenly rang out, and the alarm immediately went off.

That's right, it's an attack alarm. And everyone's first reaction upon hearing this sound was, "As expected, this is what happened."

No one knew when the Inugami family would come knocking, even though they had already set up sentries at the demon passage in Osaka to monitor whether any demons, especially members of the Inugami family, would come to the human world through the passage.

But sentry posts are obviously not that reliable, everyone knows that. If sentry posts were reliable, then there shouldn't be any other demon attacks in the human world.

However, the reality is that the appearance of demons is still quite random, which proves that there are actually many other demon passages, just not as large or obvious as those in Osaka. Some demons may even have other ways to reach the human world, or the barrier between the human world and the demon world may no longer be so solid.

In any case, it's quite possible that the Inugami family will raid their headquarters to demand an explanation.

Prior to this, all the squads had been notified to prepare for this situation, so none of the dozen or so action squads from the Special Operations Department were out on missions and were almost all on standby at headquarters, ready to deal with the most troublesome situation at any time.

You ask if they can win? Although they have a lot of people, and the strength of the headquarters team members has actually improved quite a bit, they have absolutely no confidence in facing a great demon at the level of the head of one of the three major forces in the demon realm.

Despite the fact that Zong Mingshen appeared several times in the live stream, almost always being treated like a dog by Lin Dun and even ridden like a pet by that three-year-old girl, they knew that the true strength of this great demon was absolutely exaggerated.

They hadn't seen Zongming Shen in action, but they had seen the other two fight. For example, Shuten-dōji of the Oni clan and Enma-ō of the Enma Palace had both fought Linton.

Although they were all rendered speechless by Linton, that was Linton, the God-Emperor Linton. Anyone who fought him would be utterly defeated.

Even with all the forces of the opposing department gathered, they honestly weren't confident they could win. Forget winning, even forcing the enemy to retreat was a question.

Even knowing there was danger, most of the action team members still began to take action after receiving the attack alert.

That's right, most of the elite members of this action team were originally soldiers, and they still subconsciously obey orders. A few individuals did indeed want to desert and went into hiding, but their numbers were quite small.

In short, a large number of people quickly gathered towards the main entrance of the headquarters. From a distance, they could see the original headquarters gate. Yes, this gate was, of course, an extremely sturdy gate; to break it, you would need several tons of TNT to have any chance of damaging it.

However, the severely deformed gate now lies several hundred meters away from its original location. Judging from the dents on the gate, it was probably knocked away by a punch or a kick.

This made the mood of the arriving action team members even heavier. Although they had expected the enemy to be quite terrifying, just looking at the gate, they knew that they were about to face a catastrophic battle.

Of course, if a fight were to actually break out, the best outcome would have been to stop the fight. They were already aware of the situation within the Special Affairs Department. In fact, everyone understood that the higher-ups wanted Aoki Hiroto, the department head, to take the blame and give the Inugami family an explanation. As for what kind of explanation, it was easy to guess.

These action team members didn't care who the minister was; they didn't want to die. If they could get an explanation and the problem would be solved, that would obviously be the best outcome.

Now it depends on whether the two sides can negotiate.

Everyone instinctively looked towards the administration building, which was in the direction where Hiroto Aoki was.

They now only hope that Hiroto Aoki doesn't just run away or hide, otherwise they will definitely be the first to suffer when he gets angry.

Of course, they thought about it, but they only glanced at the gate and then still headed towards it to assemble. Whether or not Aoki Hiroto ultimately appeared, they had to gather and prepare to defend themselves—these were two separate matters.

However, when the team arrived at the gate, everyone was stunned.

What appeared before them was not the enormous wolf demon or other monster they had imagined, but several people. And these people looked quite familiar, especially... the one in the lead.

"The God-Emperor... Linton?" Yes, everyone present recognized Linton, but no one knew why they would see him at this time.

Could it be that Linton was the one who just smashed through their headquarters gate? They didn't doubt Linton's ability, but... why? They could understand why the Inugami family came to them demanding an explanation, but why did Linton come straight to their headquarters?

So, did the higher-ups offend Linton? That's completely unheard of. Watching the live stream, they didn't see anything amiss with them. Their missing third squad was probably wiped out by Linton's attack. If anything, they should be the ones settling scores with Linton, right?

Could it be that the higher-ups really went after Linton? No way, no way, surely no one's that stupid. Anyone with a sound mind wouldn't go after Linton like that.

I have absolutely no idea what's going on, but this situation is far more serious than the Inugami family coming to our door. After all, the Inugami family could at least think about whether they could put up a fight, but Linton? Their reaction was, "Me, fight Linton? Are you kidding me?"