On the other side.
Shou’er City, the residential area where the personnel involved in another missing person case lived.
Zhang Chao and Wu Nian were helping Zhang Wei with his investigation.
“Wu Nian, do you think Zhang Wei can find the mastermind behind the missing person case?” Zhang Chao asked.
Wu Nian clasped his hands together and said:
“Amitabha, I saw some of the missing person case files and the investigation progress of the Dharma Defamation Association on the international forum last night. It’s quite difficult for Zhang Wei to find the mastermind. I think Zhang Wei is a bit too impulsive.”
“Yeah, I think so too. That’s a missing person case. Although he can invite people like Conan, this isn’t a normal murder case or anything. It’s a case committed by a ghost. We can’t judge it by ordinary logic. Do you think Zhang Wei might mess up this time?”
As Zhang Chao spoke, he continued:
“Why don’t we just stop investigating and instead help Zhang Wei think of some bad ideas on how to find excuses for not being able to find the mastermind, such as the mastermind has left the country, or the country actually belongs to the Senluo Division, so it’s difficult to investigate?”
As soon as Wu Nian heard this and clasped his hands to respond.
At this moment.
Both his phone and Zhang Chao’s phone simultaneously chimed with WeChat notifications.
“Huh, it’s Zhang Wei calling. Good heavens, did he think of the same thing as us? Haha.”
Zhang Chao smiled and picked up his phone to look.
Then.
Whether it was Zhang Chao or Wu Nian, both were stunned when they saw the content of the message. Even the poker-faced Wu Nian widened his eyes.
The next second.
Zhang Chao’s voice came:
“Holy crap?! Found it? No, the mastermind has already been killed? Damn, that fast?!”
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Time flew by.
Two hours had passed since Zhang Wei killed Jin Zhenghe.
At this moment.
The international forum had exploded.
Although the chairman had tried to block the news immediately, he could block the Dharma Defamation Association’s mouths, but he couldn’t block Zhang Chao’s mouth, nor could he block Sheng Xuan’s mouth.
With Zhang Chao’s diligent posting in groups and on forums, coupled with Sheng Xuan’s immediate knowledge of the news and diligent posting, and even personally appearing on the international forum to post simultaneously, the news spread like wildfire throughout the international forum.
At this time.
Just as Zhang Wei had once dominated the Great Xia Guarding Dao Division forum, today the international forum was also dominated by posts about Zhang Wei. Looking around, seven or eight out of ten posts were about Zhang Wei.
【Shocking Global Missing Person Case in the Country Solved!】
【Great Xia’s Zhang Wei Easily Solves Major International Case – The Country’s Missing Person Case】
【Zhang Wei’s Entry onto the Veteran Ranking is Confirmed, He Slew a Half-Step Town-Guardian Level Ghost in the Country!】
【My God, Great Xia Has Produced a Monster】
【In Just One Day, Great Xia’s Zhang Wei Solves the Missing Person Case That the Country Couldn’t Solve for Over Half a Year】
【Explosive! The Country’s Half-Step Town-Guardian Level Artifact Was ‘Stolen’ by Zhang Wei】
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Posts with similar content appeared continuously on the international forum.
Almost everyone was discussing Zhang Wei, marveling at his power, and lamenting how easily he obtained the half-step town-guardian level artifact. At the same time, with the discussions about Zhang Wei, the international forum was filled with constant ridicule of the Dharma Defamation Association.
Even.
Many memes about the Dharma Defamation Association appeared.
For example, a meme of an adult snatching a child’s toy, with the adult’s head photoshopped with Zhang Wei’s head, and the child’s head photoshopped with the Dharma Defamation Association’s logo.
For example, a nine-panel comic strip where the Dharma Defamation Association was searching everywhere on the street for a lost key, and then a person named Zhang Wei walked over, casually picked up the key from the ground, and said, “It’s here.”
For example, a picture from Tom and Jerry, where Tom the cat had “Missing Person Case Mastermind” written on it, and he was about to hit Jerry the mouse’s head with a hammer. Little did he know, behind Tom, a white bulldog with “Zhang Wei” written on it was holding a hammer, like a mantis stalking a cicada and a yellow bird behind it, smiling and about to hit Tom’s head.
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And without exception.
Every discussion post about Zhang Wei and the Dharma Defamation Association saw its comment count increase exponentially.
The comments continued until evening.
Then.
As the information that “the mastermind of the missing person case was Jin Zhenghe” was released, it completely ignited the comments, and the comment count grew geometrically.
At this moment.
The ridicule of the country on the international forum reached its peak, with all sorts of parody memes flooding the forum and endless jokes:
【The Clown is Me After All – Dharma Defamation Association Version.jpg】
【The Missing Person Case Mastermind Points a Gun at the Dharma Defamation Association’s Head and Says ‘Sorry, I’m an Undercover Agent’.jpg】
Even.
There were animated GIFs.
For example, a person with “Dharma Defamation Association” written on them goes to the police station to report a case, and Conan, with “Zhang Wei” written on him, pushes up his glasses and points at the family member next to the Dharma Defamation Association, saying, “There is only one truth, no need to look for it, the killer is you.”
The comments were also full of ridicule:
“I wronged the Dharma Defamation Association. It turns out it wasn’t that they were incompetent, but that their own people committed the crime, so they couldn’t find them. After all, they couldn’t imagine it was their own people who did it, hahahaha.”
“Jin Zhenghe’s act of the thief calling to catch the thief cost the Dharma Defamation Association a half-step town-guardian level artifact.”
“Indeed, the Dharma Defamation Association must be hiding in the toilet crying now, while Great Xia is definitely laughing out loud because they’ve won so much.”
“Great Xia never expected that a missing person case that occurred in the country would ultimately benefit Great Xia.”
“Upstairs, isn’t this very normal? The country was a vassal state of Great Xia before. Now that Great Xia is benefiting, it’s like offering tribute to Great Xia. LOL.jpg”
“Don’t worry, I’ll wait for the country to steal the artifact back. After all, they are the best at stealing.”
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At this time.
The international forum was filled with joy. Ghost exorcists from various countries were watching the fun and adding fuel to the fire, while Great Xia’s ghost exorcists were also celebrating on the forum.
But.
In the chairman’s office of the Dharma Defamation Association.
The chairman sat gloomily in his office chair, with silent high-ranking officials standing before him. The scene, with the wall that had a hole smashed by the chairman being temporarily covered with wooden boards, exuded a sense of desolation.
Bang!
After a long silence, the chairman could no longer hold back and slammed his hand on the desk, creating a pit in it:
“Sibada, damn Jin Zhenghe, you’ve screwed us over.”
As soon as he spoke.
The high-ranking officials could no longer hold back and began cursing Jin Zhenghe madly. The loss of a half-step town-guardian level artifact was a huge blow to the country, truly a case of cutting flesh from the heart.
Because of this.
Many high-ranking officials were reluctant to believe the current situation and were still struggling to say:
“Chairman, do you think there’s a possibility that Jin Zhenghe isn’t the mastermind, and Zhang Wei deliberately made us think he was?”
“I think the one who died might not be the mastermind. It might be a conspiracy by Zhang Wei to obtain the half-step town-guardian level artifact.”
In response to this.
The chairman looked at them as if they were idiots and said:
“Whether Jin Zhenghe is the mastermind has already been spread, and it cannot be changed. As for you saying that the one who died might not be the mastermind, and it’s Zhang Wei’s conspiracy, are you out of your minds? Who would use a life of a half-step town-guardian level to plot a conspiracy?”
“Do you think half-step town-guardian level figures are worthless? That’s a half-step town-guardian level! Besides, do you think Zhang Wei is that rich? Where would he get a half-step town-guardian level ghost to manipulate? If he were from a major power, it might be possible.”
“But Zhang Wei’s background has been thoroughly investigated. He’s from an ordinary family. His family members, let alone having a half-step town-guardian level, don’t even have one powerful person. Do you think Zhang Wei is like the Great Xia Guarding Dao Division or the Senluo Division, using half-step town-guardian level beings for conspiracies?”
Speaking of which.
The chairman could only rub his temples painfully and mutter:
“Everything has happened. Now we can only hope that Zhang Wei is famous enough for the Senluo Division to know Zhang Wei’s location in the country, and then the Senluo Division will come and kill Zhang Wei, so we can recover the half-step town-guardian level artifact. After all, Zhang Wei has enmity with the Senluo Division, and the Senluo Division even dared to act against Sakura Country, so they won’t be afraid to act against Zhang Wei.”
With that said.
The chairman sighed deeply and prayed:
“I hope the Senluo Division can put in some effort so I can recover the half-step town-guardian level artifact.”
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