Chapter 804 - 683: Evenly Matched

Chapter 804: Chapter 683: Evenly Matched

If anyone present continues to fixate on this point, insisting on using it as an excuse to attack Wang Xinfa, then it would be tantamount to simultaneously attacking the Bright Group.

The reasoning is simple, if one side is suspected, then the other side present in the same room at that time must inevitably bear equal suspicion.

The members present might not fear the Bright Group, but would they offend the powerful Wang Xinfa and the huge Bright Group just for the "Invisible Knife" that Zhang Deming holds, which is still temporarily unseen and untouchable?

From the perspective of risk versus reward, it’s somewhat not worthwhile.

There was a brief silence in the conference room, and no new parliament members jumped up to make difficulties on this point.

Zhang Deming felt a little disappointed in his heart, but he didn’t expect to directly rely on an "Invisible Knife" to completely overthrow Wang Xinfa.

That would be too unrealistic.

This was merely his appetizer, used to test how thick the opponent’s armor was, and to see which members present were easier to recruit and win over.

Zhang Deming thought silently to himself:

"It doesn’t matter, if one Invisible Knife isn’t sharp enough, then prepare a few more, with different tricks. One stab isn’t enough, just try stabbing a few more times."

Though Zhang Deming was old, he was still patient. With an innocent smile, he glanced at the few parliament members who had actively cooperated with him just now.

Coincidentally, those members now reverted to a calm expression, though their eyes faintly glanced back at him.

Everything was understood without words, a short-term offensive and defensive alliance contract had been "reached" silently.

The next attack might be more coordinated and fiercer.

Zhang Deming squinted his eyes with satisfaction, like a napping old cat.

He turned his body back toward the Chief Member, his tone becoming exceptionally respectful and formal:

"Chief, now, who is responsible for the Jade Garden case?"

The Chief Member glanced at Zhang Deming and then turned to look at the door of the meeting room.

His secretary was already quietly waiting at the door, immediately understood, nodded slightly, and turned to leave.

A moment later, the meeting room door was pushed open again, and Zheng Geng, dressed in the Mechanical Department’s uniform, walked in with a stern expression.

Only then did the Chief Member speak in his usual calm tone:

"The matter is sudden, the case has extremely adverse effects, and is temporarily managed by Special Commissioner Zheng Geng from the Mechanical Department."

He slightly turned to Zheng Geng and instructed:

"Briefly explain the valuable clues currently discovered, so the members can be informed."

Zheng Geng walked into the core meeting room of Zone 9’s power, quickly glanced around at the members seated around the mahogany round table.

His eyes showed no trace of reverence or tension, his back was straight, and his tone was as if speaking to subordinates, calm enough to make several members frown slightly.

He opened his briefcase, took out a few thin pages of documents, and without any pleasantries or preamble, directly began reporting:

"Honorable members, regarding the attack on the Jade Garden Commissioner’s residence, the preliminary investigation results are as follows..."

Soon only Zheng Geng’s voice was left reporting in the meeting room, the reporting time was not long, and many complex investigative processes, technical details, and questionable inferences were intentionally omitted or briefly mentioned.

After all, he was just a special commissioner from the Mechanical Department, investigating cases was not his specialty.

However, he felt no panic inside, instead, he had a strange calmness because investigating cases was not the specialty of the members present either.

Everyone was amateurs in this regard, it’s appropriate for a fair match.

Moreover, Zheng Geng asked himself, he was highly skilled in making "PPT" presentations, he was extremely professional at it.

As Zheng Geng analyzed various "clues" and "inferences" of the case step by step, despite most of these clues being questionable and the inferences filled with assumptions.

The members present each refused to show weakness, with frowns or nods pretending to be enlightened... Everyone looked like a thoughtful detective.

To be fair, they weren’t pretending ignorantly; although they weren’t skilled at investigating, they were too familiar with detective work.

Investigating and solving cases, only a word apart, yet a thousand miles away.

Thinking they are the same? Means you’re suited for work at the Patrol Office.

Precisely distinguishing they aren’t the same? Means... you should have a seat in Zone 9’s roundtable meeting.

minutes later.

Zheng Geng completed the investigation report and concluded:

"... In summary, based on comprehensive judgment of the existing clues, I believe the Jade Garden incident is not accidental or a crime of passion, but an organized, premeditated malicious attack targeting the Commissioner, of extremely vile nature, severely undermining the security and stability of Zone 9.

No corpse of the Commissioner was found on-site, so it’s highly likely the Commissioner was abducted by criminals.

I personally tend to judge that the Commissioner is still alive, criminals wouldn’t bother taking a worthless corpse; they must have another purpose, wanting to use the Commissioner’s special status to achieve a certain unspeakable goal."

He paused, scanning the members, and continued:

"Therefore, I believe a temporary lockdown should be imposed across the zone, strictly inspecting inbound and outbound personnel and vehicles.

Meanwhile, mobilize all available forces, including but not limited to the entire Patrol Office force, the Arresting Bureau, and even consider urgently deploying elite Investigation Corps soldiers into the city to assist in comprehensive searches and cooperation."