Chapter 1256 - 1253: Filing Complaints

"What's all this about foot baths, a legit service—I just used my discount card..."

Old Chen, slightly sheepish, muttered quietly, rubbing his forehead and saying:

"Regarding the tools in the barn, that's easy. I can just add a lock to secure them. But the fat leopard in the living room, Master Fuli, you really need to take care of it."

"The New Year hasn't even properly ended yet, and having such a large Golden Leopard lying on the sofa eating ice cream is genuinely a bit intimidating."

The year might be over for visiting friends and family, but Xia Dong's real New Year peak actually occurs during the Lantern Festival, with villages and towns launching programs like lantern temple fairs, lion and dragon dances, god-summoning parades.

The New Year celebration can last for more than forty days.

Suddenly having a Golden Leopard at home, Old Chen is worried about scaring the friends coming to visit him.

"Alright, alright, let's go have a look." Ansheng said, both amused and exasperated, as he looked at Old Chen.

"Let's go!"

Old Chen heard this, immensely delighted, twisted the throttle on his electric bike, and sped towards his home.

"Ziii—"

The electric bike, reaching a speed of 45 km/h, screeched to a stop in Old Chen's yard, the whole bike drifting to a halt.

When Old Chen went out, he didn't close the door, so the situation inside can be seen from the courtyard.

A giant golden fat leopard languidly reclined on a stately redwood sofa, its long tail curled around a family-sized ice cream tub, bringing it to its mouth. In front of it, the TV plays a variety show.

"Hmm?"

The Golden Leopard, sensing something, turned its eyes to see Master Fuli sitting in the bike basket, raising a paw to greet Master Fuli:

"Master Fuli, the climate around your place is quite nice. There's Häagen-Dazs in the fridge—want to grab a couple of tubs?"

"How did you end up in Xia Dong?" Ansheng flipped out of the bike basket into the house, not standing on ceremony, pulling a family-sized ice cream tub from the fridge, sat on the coffee table digging in with a spoon, looking curiously at Leopard Head:

"Is the General Bureau conducting an operation? How come you've been transferred to Xia Dong?"

As the core Defender of Chang'an Town, even steadfast in the belief that there are no Spirit Beast threats in the city, it's rare for the Golden Leopard to leave its assigned area, instead staying put.

Should any sudden event occur around the city, Leopard Head must go for violent suppression.

"Is there any trouble in Xia Dong?" said the Golden Leopard, as it paused from licking ice cream, shaking its head: "I haven't received any transfer orders; I'm just delivering a message."

"Li Xiao's research lab has made new breakthroughs—a letter to be delivered to the Imperial Capital General Bureau, and one to be handed directly to Li Xiao. I'm not very familiar with the dealings in Xia Dong."

The Golden Leopard arrived in Xia Dong close to dawn, delivering the mail to the garden villa.

Also in the villa was the Landlord of Longevity; to avoid suspicion, the Golden Leopard didn't rest there but had Li Wenkang find a place to stay, waiting for Li Wenkang to respond personally to the mail.

"Originally, Li Xiao said to let me go to your home, but now, during the New Year period, I'm rushing in and don't want to just come empty-handed to mooch on food and drink."

"They said to casually find a safe house, Li Xiao arranged for me to stay at the village chief's house."

"Said the village chief has a big heart, well-traveled, and won't report you for suddenly having a half-ton leopard appear at your house."

The Golden Leopard wagged its tail, simply informing Master Fuli of its affairs: "You really are bold."

"When he saw me, he was dumbfounded but still went calmly to the toilet to urinate, later taking five pounds of beef from the fridge and grilling it with satay sauce for me..."

"Uh..."

Ansheng looked bizarrely at Old Chen sitting on the sofa and said: "The fat leopard you're referring to, you can simply understand as the Spirit Beast Mayor of Chang'an City."

"It says you are very courageous, ranking at the top among Xia Country people."

"I don't accept deferred retirement or re-employment!" Old Chen said vigilantly, looking at Master Fuli.

While being praised by a leader is good, at the age of collecting a pension, suddenly being praised by a big leader makes Old Chen feel like the leader wants to coax him.

"Leopard Head doesn't handle personnel transfers..."

Ansheng sneered at Old Chen, borrowing the Golden Leopard's phone to call Feng Wenyu.

The call connected, Feng Wenyu remained silent until Master Fuli spoke, then greeted with good morning.

"Is something major happening in Changxi Town? I woke to see the logistics support team distributing weapons," Ansheng asked, puzzled.

And from the other end of the phone, after a brief silence, Feng Wenyu began speaking:

"In fact..."

"Even we don't know what's occurring, we only detected, based on a surge in flight volume compared to the previous period, that in these past days, many unrelated foreigners have been coming to Xia Country."

"They landed at different airports, then coincidentally traveled by various means toward Jiule City."

Old Feng, speaking of this, had a trace of frustration in his tone:

"We randomly arrested more than twenty people, questioned them to varying degrees, all received the same answer. Their families either have Beast Warriors or have served in enterprises under the Landlord of Longevity."

"Upon seeing Ah Qing's livestream, claiming a fan meet-and-greet at the Fox Immortal Temple, they're preparing to come complain."

"They're going to accuse the Landlord of Longevity of arbitrary layoffs, and not only without compensation, they are owed millions of dollars by their previous company."

"Coming to find me to file a complaint?" Ansheng looks puzzled at the phone screen, saying: "Are you joking?"

"I don't know...." Old Feng awkwardly said: "The overseas intelligence network of the Security Bureau is running at full speed, even tracing the whereabouts of the Mayflower Leader."

"But there's just no evidence to prove that foreigners entering the country are backed by certain forces."

"Hence, the Security Bureau deduced that there's an eighty percent chance these foreigners truly came out of desperation to make complaints as they claim."

"After all.... You actually can handle this case." Old Feng explained the ongoing investigation of the Security Bureau.

The foreigner unusual entry event, the Security Bureau currently can't provide accurate conclusions.

This matter is classified as a sporadic incident, bad luck scattered everywhere suddenly, upon seeing a possibility to seek justice, spontaneously converged towards Xia Country.

These kinds of affairs are the hardest to trace cause and effect, and no matter how strong the Security Bureau is, it can't predict human nature in advance.

The Security Bureau can only predict in advance, laying traps in Changxi Town, with checking instruments and jointly working with the Police Bureau to eliminate any potential hazard.

The next day, once anyone is found carrying weapons or behaving suspiciously, the emergency plan will be activated, with snipers shooting glue bullets to the mouth, and the Spirit Beast Gang's doggy stepping forward to capture the person and drag them into a nearby house for a beating.

"Coming to file complaints with me, do their countries not have labor laws and free legal aid?"

Ansheng exclaimed, speechless.

"They have, but tricking people into areas not covered by labor laws and then firing them solves the problem."

"Don't mention N+1; just being able to swipe credit cards to get home calls for shouting out to Jesus for blessings continuously, lest oneself be dismantled into super assembly on the way home..." Old Feng casually ridiculed.