Chapter 52 Confrontation 7 (Part 2)

There were a lot of people in District 118. It was just past noon. Even if this happened in the Public Security Administration, it was nothing to many people.

Some news media only reported a few words about the accident, and soon the news was completely overshadowed by the lively atmosphere in District 118.

Today is a happy day for many people, because Le Xiao will announce on behalf of the Operations Department that some large-scale activities to promote the quality of life and entertainment in the lower-level areas will be launched.

The activities are open to the whole city, but the venues are selected in the ten lower-level districts. Each activity is funded by the Operations Department, and each activity costs one million.

The first thing many people think of is the bonus. Many people guess what the bonus activity is. Some middle and upper-level professionals who participate in this bounty activity have gathered together.

It will only be announced later, because Le Xiao will host the mutant competition today. Today is the last day of the competition. Some people make money, and some lose money to the point of taking off their pants.

Because this year is different from previous years, in which all the major gaming companies were winners, but now it is different. Just yesterday, several gaming companies have filed for bankruptcy. However, since they have lost money, according to the laws of Brilliant City, they must be responsible to the end and fill the hole of losing money.

Section 7 has paid for the money lost by these bankrupt gaming companies, and then the employees of these gaming companies, from high to low positions, will be in debt until the money is paid off.

This mechanism for recovering bankrupt companies was established by Li Ang when he became the section chief many years ago, and it was finally upgraded to the level of law.

In the past, many companies owed a lot of debts due to the failure of their business operations, especially harming many stockholders in the stock market. Many of these companies filed for bankruptcy and were just empty shells when they were investigated.

But in the end, most of the responsible persons could not pay off their debts. Some went to jail, and some refused to pay. In the end, these debts were too long and difficult to deal with.

But it is different now. For any company that files for bankruptcy, Section 7 will first pay off all the money owed by the company. Then all the people in the company will be in debt. The debt will be distributed to everyone according to Section 7's field investigation, even ordinary employees, but ordinary employees bear much less debt than those in the decision-making level.

Section 7 will not immediately confiscate the assets of these debtors, but will give them a certain amount of space to give them the opportunity to make a comeback and pay off their debts, and will also provide a certain amount of loans.

If you don't want to continue working to pay back the money, you will be sent to the Agricultural Department to work. After leaving enough salary to live on every month, the rest of the money will be used to pay off the debt.

The current system has become much more humane and is no longer as cold as it was in the past. It's just for large companies. Many people who want to get personal loans to get through the difficulties find it difficult to get loans from Section 7.

Many people are puzzled, because in the past, bookmakers didn't lose so badly, but this year is different. The odds given by bookmakers are particularly low, and they dare not raise the odds at all, because they are unpredictable.

There have been many upsets in the ring competition. People with average comprehensive data in the mutant promotion exam easily defeated their opponents in the ring.

It was these few games that caused the bookmakers to go bankrupt. There have been rumors that there was cheating in the mutant promotion exam in the past.

The bookmakers manipulated such cheating behind the scenes, resulting in very high profits from the mutant promotion exam every year in the past.

The temporary adjustment ordered by Michelle before this year's exam may have disrupted such a cheating cycle, making everything in the future unpredictable, so the bookmakers will invite some people from the mutant union to conduct on-site combat analysis and then adjust the odds this year.

Many ordinary people have won thousands of yuan by watching the game every day, which is a very happy thing for many people. In the past, many people would lose hundreds or thousands every year, even if they lost more and won less.

9 o'clock in the morning

Accompanied by the eager ringing of the bell, today's quarterfinals officially began. Le Xiao raised her hands and cheered on the sidelines. She liked this kind of passionate scene the most.

The two people on the stage started fighting. Le Xiao had been busy with the work at the bottom level these days, and she had not watched the mutant promotion exams in the past few days. The two people on the stage were fighting, and their level was indeed much higher than that of the top 16.

On the stage was a short man with a similar body shape to Le Xiao, named Li Dan. His performance in the promotion exam was average, but he was hiding his strength. The mutant on the opposite side was an A2 mutant, which was close to S-level, but Li Dan was not inferior to him at all.

The two kept colliding on the metal ring, and the two sides fought back and forth, but many experienced S-level mutants on the sidelines saw that Li Dan did not use his full strength, but was more like guiding his opponent to attack, completely controlling the rhythm of the fight on the field.

Several people from the bookmakers immediately began to adjust the odds. They deliberately raised the odds of Li Dan's opponent a little bit, and soon many people placed bets, because they felt that Li Dan could not win against such a big man as his opponent, and winning or losing was just a matter of time.

Li Dan kept dodging to defend against the opponent's fierce offensive, and the reddish scabs on his body broke from time to time. Li Dan knew very well that the other party was anxious, because the other party had already realized that his strength was far superior to him. He was so powerful. His attack is just to force himself to make a mistake, and then use telekinesis to force himself out of the ring.

Li Dan, who sensed the opponent's intentions, nimbly dodged sideways at the moment when the opponent pushed hard with his fists, quickly rushed forward, and escaped to the middle of the ring.

Seeing that the coercion tactics failed, the big man immediately ejected towards Li Dan. If he wanted to continue to block him, he would always find an opportunity. This time, Li Dan showed no mercy. The moment the mutant was about to approach him, Li Dan suddenly shot towards him. He raised his left hand lightly, dodged the mutant's fist, and then turned the knife around and hit the mutant directly on the back of the head.

There was a loud bang, and the big man fell to the field foaming at the mouth. The personnel from Section 4 outside the field immediately came over for emergency treatment.

Li Dan's speed is very fast, and his strength is just right. These are all developed by Li Dan in Department 2. Chief R has very strict control over the details of the use of mutant abilities.

In the past, Li Dan only slept 4 hours a day, leaving 1 hour to eat. He spent the rest of the time honing his combat abilities. He was very good at strength, telekinesis, and the level of mutants of all levels. He was considered a 2nd subject in recent years. fighting genius.

Li Dan raised his hands with a smile, welcoming the cheers, but in his mind, he thought about being easily beaten to the ground by Jean with a knife, and he looked at Secretary Le of Department 13 on the sidelines with some grudges. Xiao.

How can I be like these monsters?

The announcer at the scene explained the game with great enthusiasm, likening the game to a difficult fight. At the last moment, the small Li Dan won the game with difficulty, and many reporters and CBV directors talked about it. Turn, turned to Le Xiao's side.

"Secretary Le Xiao, please comment on this game."

Li Dan looked at Le Xiao blankly. Le Xiao's scalp was numb. All she could do was babbling and shouting "Come on." Although she had seen a lot of fighting, she couldn't comment on it.

Le Xiao was so furious that she thought of the battle between Jean and Alpha a few days ago. After thinking about the battle just now, she blurted out.

"It was a great game, but it was still a little too weak."

Le Xiao's speech made many people around him praise him. Only then did Le Xiao realize what he was talking about and hurriedly explained.

"What I mean is that both of them performed perfectly at their current level, but the outcome is unpredictable."

Li Dan looked at Le Xiao helplessly. He was right to say that he was too weak. He was actually very distressed. However, Li Dan quickly stepped down and did not feel that there was anything wrong with Le Xiao's speech, because in that kind of possession In front of the monster with the power of the three-color god, the strength of the S-class mutant is nothing more than paper.

Le Xiao was a little uneasy. She was the only secretary today. What should she do if she was asked to comment next? She could only recall some past news report manuscripts in her mind, as long as they were similar.

At this time, where the wealthy people gathered on the second floor outside the venue, Snowden, the president of the Pattern Guild, was staring at Li Dan. Many people were interested in Li Dan. Someone had already offered a high price. Snowden planned to wait until the game was over, no matter what. Whether Li Dan can win the championship, I will contact him and have a good discussion. After all, any young man is willing to make more money while he is young.

Snowden looked at Le Xiao on the sidelines, and Vice President Carrie walked over with a smile.

"This kind of petty quarrel is probably just a joke in the eyes of those secretaries."

Snowden grinned slightly.

"But for the rich, it's very interesting entertainment."

The two started organizing the underground death fighting arena four years ago and it was very successful. Now that they saw the fresh seeds, they were naturally excited.

"I'll go down and talk to him."

Snowden said and started to go downstairs. After a while, Snowden came to the players' lounge and entered as a facilitator for the mutant promotion test. He quickly found Li Dan's lounge. There were many reporters outside the door. , all seemed to want to interview Li Dan.

"Get out of the way, everyone, I have something to discuss with Mr. Li Dan inside."

Many reporters knew how powerful Snowden was. After all, he had won the championship in this arena. After knocking on the door, Li Dan stuck his head out and said angrily.

"I told you I wouldn't accept interviews."

"I am the president of the Pattern Guild, Snowden."

Snowden called up his business card, and Li Dan asked Snowden to come in.

"Mr. Li Dan, congratulations on advancing to the semi-finals."

"If you have anything to say, I want to take a nap."

Li Dan said directly that he had already begun to take stock of this man, because Section 2 had been investigating them, but no evidence or evidence had been found yet. They were suspected of participating in black market transactions, and it was no longer a day or two.

The members of this Patterned Mutant Guild are powerful, even comparable to Lightning Skeletons, but everything in their guild is based on business considerations. It is a relatively large S-level mutant guild, with 76 S-level mutants in the guild, and 138 A level A mutant.

The three departments have recruited them several times in the past, but they have been indifferent. They can be regarded as the old mutant guild in Brilliant City.

"Mr. Li Dan, I will tell you directly. If you want to make money, you can contact me after the game is over."

Li Dan received Snowden's business card, and Snowden stood up to leave.

"I'm sorry to bother you."

Li Dan spoke.

"Can you tell me a little more, is it an advertising endorsement or something to make money?"

Snowden laughed.

"It has something to do with fighting."

Looking at Snowden leaving, Li Dan thought of one thing. In the past two or three years, there have been several cases of mutants dying in the street. The dead mutants seemed to have experienced extremely fierce fights during their lifetimes, but But no DNA evidence could be found.

Section 2 has also been investigating this matter for a long time. The reason why Li Dan connected these things with Snowden just now is because there is a mutant who won third place in the quarterfinals three years ago. , was found dead on the street just two months later.

Today's cameras are not all thermal cameras, so it is difficult to capture mutants who have invisible figures. However, many mutants in the Pattern Guild have the ability to be perfectly invisible.

After investigating Hua Wen's accounts, it is normal and there is no problem. Their most profitable project every year is gambling. Everyone in the guild has a separate villa, and they are all relatively wealthy mutants.

Soon Li Dan took out his phone and reported the situation to Chief R.

"Chief, what do you think I should do? Win the championship or not?"

"You may not be Eric's opponent. Just lose the next game and go find Snowden. After all, this is in line with the loser's mentality. After all, no one will remember who is second or third. They just want to lose." It’s a bit difficult to have no flaws, so when it’s almost time, take the initiative to admit defeat.”

Li Dan laughed.

"I understand, room chief."

After hanging up the phone, Li Dan laughed. He didn't care about reputation. As long as he caught the criminal and the person who destroyed the peace of the city, he would be satisfied. This is the belief of the 2-member.

No matter what the means, no matter what the cost, just to catch the criminal.

Snowden returned to the second floor, and Carrie quickly brought up a light and shadow screen. She had just obtained the exact information about Li Dan. He was born in a relatively poor family in District 101 on the bottom floor, and the person who taught Li Dan fighting skills turned out to be Lightning. Xiong Dabiao, the president of the Skeleton Guild.

"No wonder he's so strong."

Snowden became more and more interested. He had fought against Xiong Dabiao several times and suffered a disastrous defeat, so he knew his strength well.

"Do you think he'll come?"

Carrie asked and Snowden smiled.

"If he is short of money, he will definitely come. His family's financial situation is very bad, isn't it? And because he has multiple criminal records, he has been unable to take the mutant promotion exam for many years in a row. Isn't it just right now?"