Chapter 350 - 292: Debriefing

Chu Bamboo returned to the Third District Police Chief Bureau.

But he didn’t enter the base and lose himself in the abyss of games, movies, anime, and novels to vent his frustrations. First, he checked on the current situation.

’The union had three people injured this time... but thankfully, no one died!’

Chu Bamboo was somewhat relieved. Perhaps it was because of Zhou Ze—although Zhou Ze was essentially a departed soul controlled by Eleven, his presence had indeed broadly shattered the union’s will to resist. With no resistance, there were naturally no casualties.

’The Captain’s Office, Zone Two’s Special Operations team lost four people, with eight severely injured. The Mo Family had four severely injured! Minor injuries aren’t being counted... All the injured have been sent to Alchemists from Agricultural Education for treatment.’

"Besides that, the fighting inside the factory affected dozens of workers..." Seeing this, Chu Bamboo’s brow gradually furrowed. After a moment of contemplation, he looked at Secretary Sun beside him. Secretary Sun was also one of Huo Qiming’s secretaries—

As for Secretary Zhang, he had participated in the battle because he possessed the strength of the Third Realm.

Chu Bamboo asked solemnly, "Exactly how many workers died, and how many were injured... and why are there no details on how these workers are being handled?"

"...Huh?!" Secretary Sun looked completely bewildered, watching Chu Bamboo cautiously. "Um... what... what kind of handling is needed?"

"..." Chu Bamboo felt a throbbing in his temples. He took a deep breath but had no energy to argue, issuing a cold command: "Send the workers who are still alive to the hospital as well. The government will cover the medical expenses..."

"...Yes!" Secretary Sun nodded quickly, took out his phone, and started making calls, cursing himself inwardly. ’Although Secretary Zhang told me before that the union this man established serves the workers, I always thought that was just a slogan... Wait, does he really care about those workers?’

Chu Bamboo didn’t rebuke him. It could only be said that this was the general atmosphere in Jinghai City, and even in Daqian as a whole. He continued to look through the documents.

A moment later, his phone suddenly rang. Raising an eyebrow, Chu Bamboo glanced at it and saw the caller was Huo Qiming. He answered immediately. "What’s wrong?"

"...Um." Huo Qiming opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

"You let Eleven escape? How did he get away?" Chu Bamboo’s brow furrowed instantly. Even though Huo Qiming hadn’t said anything, he had already deduced it. ’What else could make Huo Qiming this hesitant to speak?’

"...I killed him once!" Huo Qiming said with a bitter smile. "But that guy transformed into a soul and departed! My physical damage is high, but when it comes to this kind of soul-based ability... I didn’t bring an Artifact specifically for that! However, I can guarantee... he’s been severely weakened."

After a slight pause, Huo Qiming continued, "But, while I can guarantee he won’t be making any moves for a long time, and there’s a high probability he’ll leave Jinghai City... still... how about you transfer to the First District..."

Huo Qiming’s meaning was obvious. He suspected that once Eleven recovered, he would come looking for trouble with Chu Bamboo. Even though Chu Bamboo should be dead in Eleven’s eyes right now, as long as Chu Bamboo continued to operate in the future, the news would eventually leak...

And when that time came...

But if Chu Bamboo could be transferred to the First District, under his watch, it would naturally be easier for him to protect him. Besides, Chu Bamboo had made such a great contribution—to put it grandly, one could even say he had saved Jinghai City. Even if he were given a major promotion, perhaps even to the position of Special Operations Captain of the First District, a role currently held concurrently by Huo Qiming himself, no one could say a thing!

"No need to worry." Chu Bamboo shook his head, his tone calm. "Let him come. By the way, doesn’t the Captain’s Office, or even Daqian itself, have any methods for dealing with a guy like this?"

Chu Bamboo couldn’t quite understand it. ’A terrorist runs rampant on your turf, and you have no way to counter him? Then what the hell is the point!’

"...We do, but the news I sent to the Imperial Capital is getting a slow response for some reason!" Huo Qiming was also baffled, his voice tinged with anger. "This involves a forbidden zone and a mass-sacrifice event in the shantytown redevelopment area, yet they’re still acting like this..."

"If they had given me the intelligence right away, I might have been able to track him down immediately! But if this drags on any longer... I’m afraid the Eleventh Apostle will have already escaped Jinghai City!"

Chu Bamboo’s pupils contracted slightly. ’Does the Imperial Capital have an Artifact capable of searching for things like this?’ Though a thousand thoughts flashed through Chu Bamboo’s mind in that instant, his tone remained normal. "Then you should try to hurry them along."

Chu Bamboo fell into deep thought. ’So the problem is indeed that Daqian is covering for him...’

As he continued to chat idly with Huo Qiming, a shadow fell over Chu Bamboo’s eyes, his mind racing.

Chu Bamboo thought to himself, ’If I’m to rebel, the strength of Jinghai City alone... is definitely not enough! Next, I need to spread the union’s power... and build a basic framework in various industrial cities!’

After this whole incident, Chu Bamboo felt he could no longer afford to expand so slowly and leisurely—

A large portion of Daqian’s upper echelon clearly felt that sacrificing all of Jinghai wasn’t a huge problem. As for the rest who might have disagreed, the fact that things got this far proved that even if the truth came out later, it would be impossible to actually hold a huge number of people accountable.

This series of events was enough to prove that Daqian was already rotten to a certain degree!

If he continued to take things slowly, who knew what kind of earth-shattering stunt these lunatics would pull next?!

Name after name of cities flashed through Chu Bamboo’s mind, most of them industrial hubs... Celestial Capital, Wen Han, Mountain City...

Chu Bamboo wasn’t worried about the difficulty of spreading the union’s influence. Based on his own direct experience, Daqian’s treatment of workers was simply too inhuman.

Jinghai City was slightly better because of him. But other places... considering the state of the workers before he established the union...

...it was probably comparable to Great Britain during the first Industrial Revolution!

It was no exaggeration to say that Daqian, having never witnessed the power of the working class, was likely completely unaware that it was sitting on a tinderbox. All it would take was a single spark to set the entire nation ablaze...

’Expand the organization, build the framework, and pull together a foundational crew for the rebellion...’ Chu Bamboo mused silently. ’But the problem right now is the military and its weaponry!’

Although he could tap into the legacy of the previous civilization, Chu Bamboo knew he couldn’t rely on that entirely.