Chapter 1643 You Are Arrested

With City Hall reoccupied by the 3rd Orbital Airborne Brigade, the independent farce finally came to an end.

Mayor Xue, his aide Gao Ruiming, and the high-level officials of the city hall who survived the killers sent by the spirit of the universe were all taken to the cruiser Qinling and headed for the Tianzhou space port located in the Earth-Moon system.

As the main war criminals of this war, they will be tried in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration, the political center of Pan-Asian cooperation.

In order to urge the colony to restore order as soon as possible, the 3rd Orbital Airborne Brigade stayed on.

The current city hall has been taken over by the administrative commissioner appointed by the Pan-Asian Cooperation. At the same time, the public facilities damaged in the war have also begun to be rebuilt.

However, when the administrative commissioner appointed by the Pan-Asian Cooperation investigated the accounts of the city hall, they "accidentally" discovered something very interesting...

That is a funds account.

As the former mayor Xue Hong explained in his statement, the Nanmen Second Colonial Exploration Foundation indirectly sponsored the uprising through the transfer of benefits...

Residential area of ​​Tiangong City.

The entrance of a single-family villa in a wealthy area has been surrounded by heavily armed special police.

Gladstone was doing morning exercises in the front yard when Wang Peng rang the doorbell.

Hearing the doorbell, he went to the porch and opened the door.

Looking at the unfamiliar faces standing in front of the door, Gladstone had a puzzled expression on his face.

"Hi, may I ask if you are..."

However, this confusion did not stay on his face for too long, because soon the person in front of him showed a holographic card.

Looking at the badge on the card and the line of text printed under the badge, Gladstone's expression was slightly stiff.

Obviously, he is no stranger to the things in Wang Peng's hands.

"Wang Peng, an agent of the Security Bureau." Retrieving the holographic identity card into the personal terminal, Wang Peng looked at Gladstone and continued expressionlessly, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Gladstone."

"It's nice to meet you too... You know, in this turbulent period, there is nothing more pleasant than seeing the badge of Pan-Asian cooperation," said Gray, with an obvious expression on his face Ston pretended not to know anything, and said, "Of course, I won't gossip, I believe you are also here with official business. Then may I ask...do you have anything to do with me?"

Without talking nonsense with this guy, Wang Peng said straight to the point, "Mr. Gladstone, don't you think there are some things you should explain?"

"Sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Don't be stupid," Wang Peng continued blankly as he pushed a holographic screen in front of him, "This is the financial account of the city hall, and there is a fund of five billion credits from your company's account Through multiple transactions, it was transferred directly to the city hall's account. The money was used to purchase security equipment...you should know what I mean."

Looking at the form used on the holographic screen in front of him, an unnatural stiffness flashed across Gladstone's face.

But soon, he concealed that unnatural expression behind a clever wry smile.

"Has it really been discovered? Actually...we have no other choice."

Wang Peng raised his eyebrows, looked at him with interest, and signaled him to continue talking.

The center of the mind was spinning, Gladstone said in his own defense.

"As you know, the entire Tiangong City is almost controlled by Mayor Xiao, and it has become even worse since he was elected mayor. Powerless businessmen like us have no way to face his outrageous demands. If possible, Of course I don't want to use investors' money to pay for the city hall's debt..."

"No power?" Wang Peng raised his eyebrows slightly, "Mr. Gladstone, aren't you being too modest?"

"Humility? No, I'm talking about—"

"Okay, stop acting, I know you are from the Universal Spirit Foundation." Too lazy to continue listening to his story, Wang Peng interrupted him and said straight to the point, "Hand over Academician Lu, this is your only way of life."

...Hand over Academician Lu?

Wasn't Academician Lu already protected by you?

Hearing this sentence, Gladstone was stunned subconsciously, but soon he realized that this might be a trap.

"Sorry, I do not understand what you mean……"

"I'll let you see."

Wang Peng waved his hands and said only one word to the special police officers behind him.

"Search."

The moment the voice fell, several heavily armed special police rushed into the house.

"Wait, what are you doing!"

Gladstone hurriedly tried to reach out to stop him, but was pushed away.

"Hey, you have no right to do that!"

Faced with this guy's yelling in shock, Wang Peng didn't even pay attention to him, and didn't even look at him.

Soon, the special police officers filed in and turned the house upside down.

However, to his surprise, they did not find any valuable clues in Gladstone's house.

Especially what he is most concerned about, clues about Academician Lu's whereabouts...

"Report, Academician Lu is not here."

Listening to the search situation reported by his subordinates, Wang Peng frowned and asked.

"Have you checked the basement? Is there a secret door or something?"

"We've checked them all, and I can assure you that we haven't missed a single dead spot."

Looking at the investigator in front of him, Wang Peng couldn't help frowning slightly.

I have already searched the building of the Nanmen II Colonial Exploration Foundation, including the companies that have cooperation with them, but let alone academician Lu, I can't even see a trace of him. arrive.

Could it be...

Was it transferred to outside the city of Mars?

But this is impossible...

You know, the space port on the orbit is still under the control of the airborne rate of the third orbit. Not to mention a living person of this size, even a fly would not be able to fly out of the colony.

Seeing the two whispering to each other, Gladstone stepped forward and said in a dissatisfied tone.

"I don't care what foundation you accept, or Academician Lu, I don't know about them! All I know is that we broke into my house without a court search warrant, and you messed up the place. What a mess...Listen, what happened today, I need an explanation!"

Wang Peng glanced at him, and was about to say something, but at this moment, an agent from the security bureau came over with something.

It was a virtual reality helmet with a rather retro style. Judging from the traces of peeling paint on the surface, it must have been passed down from the grandparents.

"Report! In his study, we found this thing."

Hearing these words, Gladstone subconsciously looked in that person's direction, and the moment his eyes fell on the helmet, his face lost all color in an instant.

That's the key to get through the "meeting room"!

Tickets for the high-level meeting of the spirit of the universe!

But it...

How come here?

Impossible, he clearly remembered that he hid it in a very, very secret place. This place is in a dark compartment of his office, and it is impossible to appear in his own home anyway.

what is going on?

Sensitively capturing the change in his face, Wang Peng raised his eyebrows.

"This is your thing?"

Gladstone forced a smile on his face and explained stiffly.

"This is just a gaming helmet... I like playing games myself, so I collected this first-generation infiltration device. It's not cheap, so be careful..."

"I will be careful, after all, this is important physical evidence."

Looking at Gladstone, who was extremely nervous, Wang Peng smiled lightly, and didn't bother to talk to him anymore, and directly extended his hand to the detective.

"give it to me."

After saying that, Wang Peng took the helmet over, weighed it in his hand, and then put it on his head without hesitation.

Because the movement was so sudden that even if Gladstone wanted to stop him, he had no time to react, so he could only watch helplessly as his secret was exposed to the sun...

Not long after, Wang Peng took off the helmet again and threw it back into the agent's hand.

After looking up and down at the pale Gladstone for a while, Wang Peng suddenly smiled.

"You're under arrest."