Chapter 47: City of Candlelight

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The high-pressure water cannon washed away all the dirt in Liberty Square, and the ruins had already been smashed and removed.

In the early morning, Freedom Square seemed to be restored to its former appearance, looking neat and clean, but the monument that towered over the square was reduced to less than two meters of foundation, and the name engraved on it had long been blurred.

The yellow cordon still surrounds the square, all the shops around it have been closed by evil order, and a group of workers from the engineering department have stepped out of the hovertruck, watching the ruined Freedom Monument plan how to repair it.

Of course, none of the more than 10 million citizens of Liberty City cared about the dilapidated monument, they were more concerned about the follow-up measures of the Liberty City Security Service and whether the victims who were dying survived.

The media did their best to report on the situation in Sanli Hospital, sometimes with good news, more often with bad news.

Zhang Yi, who returned to the hall on the first floor of Sanli Hospital after buying breakfast, saw such a scene.

A middle-aged man was surrounded by media reporters, he cried silently, did not say half a word, but the reporters ignored his inner feelings at this time, and still mentioned the things of the deceased.

Zhang Yi couldn't stand it, he squeezed into the group of reporters with his lunch box, dragged the middle-aged man, and walked towards the hospitalization without saying anything.

The man didn't struggle, he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown after losing his wife and children, and all he could see was the hateful flashing lights still flickering, and he was walking farther and farther away for some reason.

By the time he became conscious, the glass doors of the inpatient unit had been closed, and many hospital medical staff stopped reporters and told them that they were not allowed to enter the inpatient unit.

Only then did the man see Zhang Yi, it was an unfamiliar face, but it didn't matter to him, the sadness in his heart prompted him to put his forehead on Zhang Yi's shoulder, and the cry couldn't help but resound in the corridor.

Zhang Yi didn't move, he didn't know how to comfort him, the only thing he could do seemed to be a stake and let the middle-aged man splash hot tears.

I don't know how long it took, the man finally gradually regained his senses, and then said to Zhang Yi: "Thank you." ”

Zhang Yi didn't answer, just nodded, and walked towards the depths of the corridor with breakfast.

The man also turned and walked out of the hospital, knowing that he was going to live well no matter what.

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Walking in the corridor, Zhang Yi's pace became slower and slower, and when he pushed open the ward and saw the warm sunlight shining on Ning Ning and Katie's faces, Zhang Yi made a decision that he had been hesitating before.

He put the hearty breakfast on the table, and then asked, "Katie, can you postpone the mecha competition a little bit?" ”

Katie didn't think much about it, and watched Ning Ning open a box of preserved egg and lean porridge and brought it to her front and replied to Zhang Yidao: "I'm fine, just take a wheelchair to see it then, or do you finally understand that the water dispenser pilot in the Mecha League is also very strong, and you want to prepare?" ”

The table of the mechanical bed in Zhang Yi's ward rose in front of Katie, shook his head and said, "No, I have something to leave for a few days." ”

Ning Ning smelled a different smell at this time, she blew the porridge in the spoon and fed Katie a mouthful and asked, "Uncle, what are you going to do?" ”

Zhang Yi scratched his head and said, "Well, I want to go back and see my uncle." ”

Ning Ning then remembered that her uncle had said before that there was indeed an uncle on the earth, and when she thought of this explosion, she understood what Zhang Yi meant, she nodded and said, "Oh, uncle, don't worry, I have already asked for leave with Teacher Xiao Wang just now, and I will take care of Sister Katie." ”

Katie nodded and said, "Of course you can postpone it, but when will you come back?" ”

Zhang Yi scratched his head and said, "I'll call you when I go, I'm not sure yet." ”

Katie and Ning Ning naturally didn't think much about it, and after the three of them finished a hearty breakfast with laughter, Zhang Yi said goodbye to the two and walked out of the hospital.

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Naturally, the Liberty City Security Bureau was extremely busy today, and most of the staff stayed up all night just to catch the real culprit as soon as possible.

As it turned out, the Liberty City Security Service was not as useless as yesterday's media criticized, and after their all-out search, it was almost determined that the murderer was Wallace, whom they had been tracking.

It was only before this that he played a trick to attack the north, and in that arrest operation, Huarais shook off all the eyes of the Security Bureau after going all the way north, and when all the attention was shifted to the city in other directions, he chose to still go north, entering Liberty City.

After the explosion in Liberty City Square, the Security Bureau deduced from the debris of the explosion and the time of damage to the plaza's security core that the entire detonation process did not take more than 10 minutes, which means that Wallace did not act alone, but was involved in the internal problems of the Liberty City Security Agency, which is responsible for the Liberty City Security Agency.

That is, Wallace had companions.

So now the mission of the Liberty City Security Service is not only to arrest Wallace, but also to conduct an internal investigation.

When Zhang Yi walked into the Liberty City Security Bureau, the clock hand was already pointing to 11 o'clock, and a conscientious staff member stopped Zhang Yi from proceeding, and looked at Zhang Yi with a suspicious look, as if he thought Zhang Yi was a reporter, and his whole body was full of bee needle camera devices.

Of course, his suspicions are not groundless, in fact, since last night there have been media reporters who have tried to infiltrate the security service, but no matter how perfect their lies and how sincere their requests are, they have all been blocked out.

Zhang Yi was no exception, and without a pass from the Security Bureau, whether he was a journalist or not, he was kept out.

Zhang Yi knew that it was useless to say anything, so he had to pick up the phone and dial Chai Xiaozhi, and waited peacefully after hanging up the phone.

In less than ten minutes, all the high-level officials of the Freedom City Security Bureau led by Director Best appeared on the first floor, and when Best saw Zhang Yi, he couldn't suppress his smile and gave Zhang Yi a fierce bear hug.

The guard who stopped Zhang Yi was a little dumbfounded, but his dedication to duty was praised afterwards.

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The appearance of Zhang Yi is equivalent to a long drought and a confidant in a foreign land.

The bad nature of the explosion in Liberty Square was enough for him to take off his military uniform, and the reason why he hadn't taken it off was because it depended on his follow-up performance, if the Liberty City Security Bureau could arrest the murderer in the shortest possible time, give the public an explanation, and re-establish the credibility of the government, he would naturally be considered a merit and a demerit.

But Wallace's opponent is a dangerous person like Best who is incapable of the head of the security bureau who drinks coffee and watches gang juggling every day on the ancient earth, and the previous confrontation with Wallace fully reflects that the Liberty City Security Service has been led by Wallace again.

He was not confident that Wallace could be arrested, let alone that the Security Service could give the public a perfect answer.

But Zhang Yi is different, although Zhang Yi is younger than him, he is the best intelligence leader in the history of the Asian League, Zhang Yi's glorious history does not need to be mentioned, as long as he appears here, Director Best feels that even if Wallace has wings, it will be difficult to escape justice.

Of course, Zhang Yi can give him confidence, but it can't give confidence to the thousands of staff of the Free City Security Bureau, because they don't know who Zhang Yi is.

So when Best announced that Zhang Yi had become the operational commander of the operation, and all the teams reported intelligence and work information to him, the staff in the command hall only burst into applause.

They don't think it's wise to change the commander on the spot, they don't think Zhang Yi looks like a particularly capable leader, they think......... All in all, there is actually nothing wrong with their ideas when they don't know who Zhang Yi is or what Zhang Yi is capable of.

Chen Shu is different from most people, only she knows that Zhang Yi is definitely not an ordinary person, and Zhang Yi's only acquaintance in the Security Bureau is himself, if he can reuse himself and can really lead the Free City Security Bureau to arrest Wallace, maybe the goal of transferring away from Earth will no longer be a dream.

Zhang Yi did give her a chance, and after he became a commander and spent three full hours listening to the intelligence summaries of various departments, the first order for another hour of silence was to set up a new task force, and the first member of the team was Chen Shu.

Next, under the selection of Director Best, four more people were selected, except for Chen Shu as an intelligence officer, the other four served separately, the coordination officer, the logistics officer, the satellite supervision officer, and the real-time analysis officer.

These five people were taken into the empty conference room by Zhang Yi and sat down, Zhang Yi opened his mouth without saying polite words, and directly stated his purpose: "Due to the urgency of time, I don't have time to get acquainted with you, now listen to my orders." “

Although four of the five people had doubts about Zhang Yi's ability, they could only nod their heads at this point.

"Logistics officer, I need you to prepare the fastest hovercar to come downstairs of the Security Bureau within fifteen minutes, I need a set of Starlink's top-level semi-automatic equipment on the hovercar, and I also need a sniper rifle, Molotov cocktails, Eagle Eye goggles, and fifteen days of compressed food and water, the total weight should not exceed one hundred kilograms, go ahead."

Logistics Officer Will was slightly stunned, he didn't understand what Zhang Yi wanted to do at all, but Zhang Yi only glanced at the military watch on his left wrist and said, "You have been delayed for five seconds." ”

Will subconsciously stood up immediately, and had to walk out of the conference room faster and faster under Zhang Yi's gaze.

"Coordinator, inform the south of Freetown, I need them to guarantee that the closed metal door can be opened at any time after thirty minutes."

The coordinator did not hesitate, perhaps Zhang Yi's self-confidence infected him, and he immediately hurried out of the conference room.

Then Zhang Yi fixed his gaze on the face of the satellite supervisor Steve: "Bring all your equipment, I need you to get it all done in fifteen minutes, and then you have two tasks, one, let the coordinator transfer some manpower for you to help you carefully observe all the monitoring equipment in the south of the city since yesterday's explosion, and second, help me use the satellite to see the road in front of me." ”

Satellite Ombudsman Steve nodded and immediately walked out of the office.

"Real-time analyst, now you can have a cup of tea and sleep, and in two days you need to stay awake and look at what I see in front of me."

"Chen Shu, you have to do something simpler, report the latest clues to me, and remember not to reveal everything in the conference room, I will explain the rest later."

After speaking, Zhang Yi pushed the door and walked out of the conference room, leaving Chen Shu and the real-time intelligence officer looking at each other, not knowing which one they were busy with.

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At 7 p.m. in Liberty City, every house placed a candle outside their windows to commemorate those who died in the explosion in Liberty Square.

The lights of the thousands of homes that were supposed to be at night disappeared, and the light that lit up the city was replaced by candlelight, and under the breeze countless candles pointed south at the same time, as if the whole Liberty City was seeing off the deceased at this moment.

At the same time, a high-end off-road hovering vehicle is heading south, passing through the lights of thousands of homes, passing through the metal city gate, leaving this candlelit city and driving towards the wilderness.