#75 - Chapter 75: Visit Again
"Mayor Gong, why didn't you mention that there are mutants in your resettlement area?" Duan Bing questioned.
"Mutants? What are mutants?" Mayor Gong didn't understand.
Duan Bing was directly choked and speechless.
Okay, it's like playing the lute to a cow.
"Mayor Gong, it's like this. We found the person we're looking for at the Merlin Resettlement Area, and we hope you can coordinate so that he can return to Kyoto with us," Duan Bing said.
Mayor Gong's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Cao Yinghua has been discovered? Or have they found other members of the Mercenary Guild? After all, more than forty members of the Mercenary Guild have been vaccinated.
But are these people all-seeing? Can they even tell if someone is immune to the virus?
He didn't know that mutants had special abilities.
"I don't know where the person you're talking about is, what's his name?" Mayor Gong asked.
"His name is Tian Gang," Duan Bing replied.
"Tian Gang?" Mayor Gong didn't remember knowing such a person, so he shouted:
"Secretary Liu, please come in for a moment."
"Mayor Gong, you called for me?" Secretary Liu walked in.
"Yes. Do we have someone named Tian Gang in our base? Do you know him?" Mayor Gong asked.
"Tian Gang? Let me think. No, I haven't heard of him." Secretary Liu frowned, thinking for a long time but couldn't recall.
Duan Bing frowned, he thought this was just a perfunctory response. A mutant, who also possesses firearms, couldn't possibly be an unknown figure in the resettlement area.
"Mayor Gong, I hope you can seriously cooperate with our work. Although our Military and Political Department is not a directly managed local department, defying the Speaker's orders is not something a small mayor like you can afford!" Duan Bing warned.
"Absolutely not!" Mayor Gong was taken aback. With such a big label placed on him, his career would be over.
"How about this, you take me there, and I'll see who it is. I really don't know of such a person," Mayor Gong hurriedly stated.
At the same time, in the Mercenary Guild.
Dongfang Chen was sitting in the office drinking tea with Brother Zhang when Shen Wengang walked in.
"Boss, there's a situation," Shen Wengang said.
"Oh? What's wrong?" Dongfang Chen put down his teacup and asked.
Shen Wengang recounted what had just happened.
"So, the people from the Military and Political Department already know about the existence of mutants? And they invited you to go?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"Yes," Shen Wengang replied.
"This is a good thing! The Military and Political Department being able to discover mutants means that the official research work has never stopped. Besides, wouldn't going to the Military and Political Department be a good opportunity to lie low?" Dongfang Chen said after a moment of thought.
"Ah? But we didn't have a very pleasant conversation just now," Shen Wengang said embarrassedly, scratching his head.
If he had known, he wouldn't have been so reckless just now.
"These are all minor matters. I estimate that since you didn't agree, they will come over to persuade you. When the time comes, mention Luo'er as well, and this matter will be settled," Dongfang Chen said.
"Okay!" Shen Wengang agreed.
Sure enough, as expected. Half an hour later, Duan Bing brought Mayor Gong to the Mercenary Guild again.
"This is the Mercenary Guild!" Mayor Gong's heart skipped a beat.
If it was Boss Niu's subordinate, the matter would be difficult to handle. The current Boss Niu might not give him any face.
"We met him here just now," Duan Bing said.
"Oh! Good, good, good! Let's go in first," Mayor Gong didn't dare to be presumptuous and could only bite the bullet and go in.
"Hello, Mayor Gong!" The patrolman at the door, seeing that it was Mayor Gong, hurriedly came up to greet him.
"Is your guild leader in?" Mayor Gong asked.
He had met Zhang Yuankui a few times, but they weren't very familiar.
"Yes, he is. I'll take you there."
"Mm." Mayor Gong and his group followed the patrolman towards the guild leader's office.
"Mayor Gong, I didn't know you were coming, sorry for not greeting you sooner!" Zhang Yuankui appeared very polite.
"Tian Sha, these gentlemen are from the Military and Political Department, here to ask you about something," Mayor Gong went straight to the point.
Zhang Yuankui knew what it was about, so he wasn't surprised.
"Alright! Of course! Please, have a seat!" Zhang Yuankui greeted.
"Are you called Tian Sha?" Duan Bing asked.
"That's right," Zhang Yuankui admitted frankly.
"Then what is your relationship with Tian Gang?" Duan Bing noticed that the two people's names were very similar, so he asked.
"Tian Gang and I are just friends. Are you here to look for him?" Zhang Yuankui said.
"Yes. I don't know if Guild Leader is aware, but Tian Gang is a mutant," Duan Bing said.
"I know." Zhang Yuankui poured tea for everyone while calmly answering.
"Sure enough, this Mercenary Guild is not simple." Duan Bing felt a chill down his spine.
Just how many unknown secrets are there in this small resettlement area's guild?
"It's like this, we are here this time under the Speaker's orders to conscript mutants. We hope that Guild Leader Tian Sha can release him," Duan Bing said.
"Look at what you're saying. Tian Gang and I are just ordinary friends, not my subordinates, there's no question of releasing or not releasing him. As long as he's willing to go, there's no need to ask for my opinion," Zhang Yuankui said with a smile.
Duan Bing frowned, revealing a hint of displeasure.
Both Mayor Gong and the guild leader of this Mercenary Guild said they had nothing to do with it, giving him the feeling that they were passing the buck.
