Supreme Electromagnetic Tyrant-Chapter 449 - 306: Supergravity Bomb

Min Chongwu and several others left the conference room.

Ji Xinghuo got straight to the point, "Director Zhou, it was Su Qingqiu who ordered Feng Jiao to detain me at the Olympia Star Gate."

Zhou Yishang’s expression became grave.

He certainly knew who Su Qingqiu was. If such a high-ranking military officer had been bought by the Qianyuan Association, or had been a member all along, that would be extremely serious.

"Are you sure?" Zhou Yishang frowned.

Ji Xinghuo nodded.

"Just by interrogating Feng Jiao, we could pry Su Qingqiu out of her." At that time, Feng Jiao was clearly acting under Su Qingqiu’s orders.

Zhou Yishang, however, shook his head, "Under what grounds could we interrogate her?"

Ji Xinghuo was taken aback.

Indeed, the Sword Bureau wielded significant power, but they still had to adhere to national laws and couldn’t arbitrarily detain a citizen for questioning. Moreover, Feng Jiao was a military officer of the Star Realm Army, just performing her duties.

If they wanted to proceed with an interrogation, they would need solid evidence.

But he had none.

"If I’m not mistaken, the Star Realm Department will soon question the Sword Bureau about why you aren’t cooperating with their work," Zhou Yishang leaned back in his chair and sighed, "You could be prosecuted for ’resisting law enforcement’ and ’threatening Star Gate security,’ even as a Swordsman, it would be hard to evade these charges."

"Heh..." Ji Xinghuo suddenly let out a cold laugh, "What a cunning plan."

This was an overt conspiracy.

If he had cooperated with Feng Jiao and left the Star Gate to enter the military camp at that time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

And by refusing to cooperate, several charges were put on him.

The Asia-Pacific Community is a society governed by law; mutants have no special privileges, at least not overtly. In a country where 95% of the citizens are ordinary people, people are particularly sensitive to mutant privileges, especially on a legal level.

Once public opinion is ignited, no matter the power or status of the mutant, they would be utterly discredited.

So, no matter which option he chose, it was hard to break out of this encirclement.

"The Qianyuan Association has really gone to great lengths to deal with me," Ji Xinghuo clarified his thoughts, "Next, negative content about me will appear online, guiding public opinion to believe I had committed a crime..."

Zhou Yishang said, "The Sword Bureau will suppress this negative content, don’t worry."

Ji Xinghuo did not agree.

The Asia-Pacific Community had strong control over the internet, but this wasn’t something the Sword Bureau could decide alone as departments weren’t unified.

The Internet Information Department, often just an echo chamber for other powerful departments, was responsible for controlling public opinion.

Even though the Sword Bureau was strong and on par with the Star Realm Department, its influence and scale were far less than the latter.

Moreover, the Qianyuan Association could likely manipulate the internet from other angles.

Zhou Yishang understood this as well.

"You don’t seem to be in a hurry?" He was surprised by Ji Xinghuo’s indifferent reaction; dealing with such a big crisis, he himself would be anxious.

Ji Xinghuo just smiled.

He truly didn’t care about public opinion or reputation. If he really couldn’t resolve the situation for the time being, he could just find an opportunity to retreat into the Star Realm, stay there for a few years, and then come back to eliminate all doubts with strength.

Basically flipping the table and walking away.

He was about to speak when a call came directly into the conference room, a vigorous old man appeared on the screen.

"Director."

Zhou Yishang immediately stood up and called out, Ji Xinghuo also stood up to salute.

The person on the screen was Li Hui, the Director of the Sword Bureau. Seeing the two men, his gaze paused on Ji Xinghuo, and he said, "Minister Yan personally called me to ask why one of my Swordsmen was violently resisting the law at the Star Gate?"

Ji Xinghuo and Zhou Yishang exchanged glances.

The Minister Yan mentioned by Director Li was none other than the Minister of the Star Realm Department, Yan Wenxu.

"Director, the situation is like this..." Zhou Yishang was about to explain when Li Hui waved his hand, looking at Ji Xinghuo, "Xinghuo, I want to hear it from you."

"Yes, Director."

Ji Xinghuo once again described the situation that had occurred, including his awareness of Su Qingqiu’s actions, objectively and without any personal emotions.

After listening, Li Hui didn’t say anything for a half-minute before stating, "Well played!"

His eyes showed admiration as he nodded, "If it were me, I would have done the same and burst into the Star Gate, escaping back domestically from the Bhopal Star Gate, but I definitely would have stayed in Bhopal undercover rather than flying straight across the border. You managed something I couldn’t."

"Do you know what the Star Realm Department said?" Li Hui asked.

Ji Xinghuo shook his head.

"Minister Yan showed me the report he received," Li Hui said calmly, "The Star Realm Army noticed a very powerful mutant approaching the Star Gate, but he was unfamiliar and not on record, so they asked you to cooperate with the investigation of your identity, but you violently broke through the Star Gate, posing a threat to public safety."

Zhou Yishang’s face showed anger, and he said sternly, "Director, are they asking the Sword Bureau to hand someone over?"

"No, not that," Li Hui shook his head, "Minister Yan’s intention was to smooth things over, he too has realized something is off."

"Director?"

Zhou Yishang was stunned; that statement revealed a lot of information.

"I want evidence!"

Li Hui looked at Ji Xinghuo, saying seriously, "Their actions were completely legal and flawless. No matter how much I doubt, I can’t report to the leader without proof, asking for the detention of a deputy commander for questioning."

Zhou Yishang’s gaze also fell on Ji Xinghuo; he had asked many times before why the Qianyuan Association repeatedly attacked Ji Xinghuo, there had to be another reason.

This time, even an ambush at the Star Gate was set, risking exposure of important members.