Chapter 196 (1/2)

The fugitives' reign of fear was over

However, while three of the four apostles were captured that day, tensions had never been higher at the authorities

For starters, their efforts to cover up what truly happened were not as effective as they hoped The official story was that a gas leak and a faulty hydrant caused the explosions, but rumors ran amok online anyway

Although multiple parasitic hosts had been arrested, the true identity of God of Death re Doubt and suspicion began to seep into the departues had for each other

The one consolation was that Sun Meng was now off the streets and safely locked away Inspector Ho ed to convince her to reveal the whereabouts of her three ragdoll cats It turned out that they had always been close by and within reach if Sun Meng needed help

With the help of the cats, the dae made to the coained consciousness

The incident may have co Certain factions of the governressive regulations for supercats and apostles

This hy Zhao Yao was now in Inspector Ho's office, scratching his chin thoughtfully

”If I knew things would escalate to this, I would never have gotten involved,” he thought regretfully

There were too many pairs of eyes on him now Too many people kneerful he actually was This did not bode well because the ele another apostle

Zhao Yao knew that he did not have much to worry about even if the world knew his abilities Elizabeth's perfect illusion alone could tackle at least 99 of the people he meets Coupled with Matcha's timefreeze, Dust Ball's extradimensional belly, and Ares' force fields, he was basically untouchable

However, he still did not like the thought of laying all his cards on the table

When ene him to his knees

”At least no one knows about tis”

Inspector Ho was seated on the other side of the table He studied Zhao Yao, watching as his face took on a myriad of different expressions He could tell he orried

”Don't worry,” he started, ”It is true that a lot of people know you defeated the four of them However, no one kno you did that Even Ah Wei couldn'tand he was there Or rather, he couldn't make sense of what it was you did Wanna tell me what happened?”

Zhao Yao pursed his lips at the sneaky smile the inspector offered him

”You'll be interrogating Sun Meng soon, won't you? I'ive you a fantastic play-by-play on what happened,” he said

He felt a surge of relief from the inspector's words Nessie had made sure that their entire battle was shrouded with showers of water Witnesses would not be able to see what happened clearly

”Maybe they'll assu Hercules,” he hoped

Inspector Ho rolled his eyes

”You rascal, they can't explain what happened as well as you can,” he commented

Zhao Yao scratched the back of his ear absentnored the request

”Let's not get sidetracked Why a ot to compensate for that”

”Rascal,” the inspector repeated, shooting hilare, ”Do you kno much st your little adventure has caused? There's been a lot of fighting at headquarters Everyone wants to knoho you are A them, many want to lock you up, then take your cats and your cafe You're looking at the only reason that's not happened yet”

Of course, the inspector had only presented a partial truth What really went doas a lot more complicated

Zhao Yao's see senior state officials Sole-handedly proved that he was a threat to the nation As such, his supercats must be handed to the state

That was but the first step They had bigger plans Eventually, they would iue apostles under their thumb In fact, they would take cats forcibly from their apostles

Naturally, this did not sit ith people like Inspector Ho

There were too many supercats and apostles in the country for the authorities to take on by themselves

The ht back That would be the beginning of the end

This hy the Aue apostles, no matter the trouble they stirred Even if they defeated every apostle, which was highly unlikely, it would coe there would be to the country

When the fight between the officers got too intense, it was Old Man Zhuang who spoke up and made the final decision

He fir the apostles and inevitably became Zhao Yao's champion

”Do you knoa stop to that was not easy You have no clue how many fires I had to put out,” Inspector Ho said

That was, of course, a shaeration The inspector made it in hopes that it would scare some sense into Zhao Yao