My Job Is Quite Unique Chapter 108

Chapter 108: The Ruin of the Pang Family, Open Strife and Hidden Discord

“Discipline Department, the Seventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth squadrons, a total of 532 people, have all arrived.”

Zhao Gang reported in a deep voice.

Xia Hanshi looked up at the window, the artificial moon was bright and clear, and said indifferently, “Teng Liang, issue the mission objective.”

Teng Liang walked to a terminal similar to a computer, and after some operations, all the middle and high-level personnel present raised their combat terminals embedded in their left-hand armor, and a series of photos flashed quickly.

Their expressions gradually changed, and some even widened their eyes, exchanging glances with their colleagues.

Xia Hanshi’s tone remained indifferent: “After breaking in, those marked for ‘capture’ will be kept alive for interrogation, and those marked for ‘kill’ will be given no quarter.”

Su Chen didn’t see the specific photos.

But he clearly noticed that several senior judges of the Discipline Department nearby showed hesitant expressions.

Zhao Gang’s throat moved up and down. When carrying out missions within the city, to prevent information leakage, the mission objectives were usually only revealed just before the mission began.

But today’s mission objective still surprised him greatly.

This was the Pang family, closely related to the Tribunal. Although the current head of the family was the Deputy Director of the Supervision Department, he was regarded by many as a pawn planted by the Tribunal.

He had a close personal relationship with many people in the Tribunal.

“Old Xia… this…” he tentatively began, but before he finished speaking, he felt a cold glare sweep over him. “Do you have any objections?”

“No, none.” Zhao Gang shivered and shook his head quickly.

Xia Hanshi turned around and scanned the crowd: “I know that some of you may have met the people in the photos, or even befriended them, or even have deep connections with them.”

“I’ll give you a chance. If anyone can’t bring themselves to do it, you can leave now.”

Zhao Gang’s pupils constricted, and he quickly spoke before his subordinates could mess up: “Since they are the target of the mission, they are enemies of the Tribunal, enemies of Yingfeng. We are judges now, there is no place for personal feelings!”

Hearing their superior say this, the few who were originally hesitant instantly looked solemn, breaking out in a cold sweat.

Old Xia is truly cunning… always fishing.

Su Chen was an outsider and could clearly see the changes in everyone’s expressions.

“That’s good.” Xia Hanshi nodded with satisfaction, and then issued the combat orders: “Zhao Gang will lead the Seventh and Twelfth teams to break in from the front, the Thirteenth and Sixteenth squadrons will provide flanking cover…”

“The Seventeenth squadron will enter the sewers to cut off their retreat…”

“Each squadron will send fifteen people to form a dispersal team. The moment they make a move, they will cordon off the surrounding 800 meters…”

Xia Hanshi was very adept at assigning tasks, and finally requested: “In addition, it’s uncertain if there are other escape routes inside. After controlling the scene, immediately count the number of people and check for secret passages.”

It was almost nine o’clock in the evening, and most of the ordinary staff in the building had left, with many floors darkened.

There were fewer pedestrians on the nearby streets, and only the top floor area remained brightly lit.

Hovercars continued to flow on the hovercar lanes on both sides of the tall building.

Time passed minute by minute. Only logistics personnel remained here; everyone else had gone down to prepare.

“Action!”

The moment the numbers on the screen jumped to ten o’clock, Xia Hanshi’s eyes narrowed, and he uttered two words.

“The hovercar lane has been temporarily changed…” a logistics staff member said.

“Monitoring has been taken over, elevator permissions cracked…”

“The hypnosis team is in action, distracting the security guards…”

In an instant, the hovercar lanes on both sides of the building suddenly turned red, diverting from an area seven or eight hundred meters from the Pang family building and entering another hovercar lane.

Below, three teams of judges, like sharp blades in the night, rapidly approached the Pang family building, their armor glowing with a cold, eerie light under the moonlight.

The security guards, before realizing anything was amiss, collapsed limply.

The nearby manhole covers were pried open, and the judges entered in single file.

The judges in the outer perimeter had already set up a cordon, blocking all passers-by and helping those who hadn’t evacuated yet to leave.

Silently, more than two hundred judges entered the building without a sound.

“Report!”

Suddenly, a logistics staff member reported in an urgent tone: “The elevators above the fortieth floor are on a different system, not connected to the Yingfeng central system, operating independently, and cannot be controlled!”

Xia Hanshi’s face was cold, “Forcibly break through.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a blue-purple light burst exploded on the thirty-ninth floor of the Pang family building, and the glass windows shattered into dust.

“Orders are like mountains…” Su Chen held optical binoculars and wore earphones, listening to various commands in the combat channel.

He couldn’t help but sigh, this was a judge after all.

This meant the offensive had turned from covert to overt. Zhao Gang, who bore the brunt, moved even faster, like a cannonball, rushing straight up from the thirty-ninth floor. The layers of shattered glass curtain walls revealed his trajectory.

Elemental lights occasionally burst forth from various floors, indicating close combat, virtually unstoppable.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Dull thuds faintly echoed from above, and Su Chen could see streaks of light shooting from the upper floors into the Pang family building.

“There are snipers… and they’re not using ordinary kinetic weapons.”

Thermal weapons are widely used in Yingfeng, and it is said that there are professions specifically designed to cooperate with them, with considerable power.

………

On the top floor of the Pang family building, this was the Pang family’s private territory.

In the splendid banquet hall, there was only one table of people, with nearly twenty seated.

Pang Hui sat at the head of the table, his expression calm, with an empty seat to his left.

The rest were all quite old, with only a few younger faces, their expressions varied, but subtly tinged with dissatisfaction.

Pang Xingwen, at the end of the table, looked down at his watch, feeling anxious and restless.

“It’s almost ten o’clock, why isn’t he here yet!”

“Xingwen, what’s going on, why hasn’t he arrived?” The middle-aged man sitting to Pang Hui’s right spoke, his words laced with sarcasm: “Did something unexpected happen and he couldn’t make it? Did he notify you?”

“Didn’t you explain it clearly to him, wasn’t the time and place correct?”

Pang Xingwen felt annoyed, but forced a smile, “Second Uncle… he probably got delayed on the way.”

“That can’t delay him for so long, can it? Could it be that he was just humoring you and doesn’t plan on coming at all?” the young man beside him added.

Pang Xingwen’s face immediately fell, but before he could speak, his Second Uncle smoothed things over again, “What are you talking about? Xingwen is with Chu Xuan now, a core seed of the Tribunal. Su Chen, no matter what, has to show some respect.”

“I…” Pang Xingwen’s face flushed red. With every word, he was being put on the spot. His gaze couldn’t help but turn to his father, who was at the head of the table.

But his father was expressionless, as if he hadn’t heard anything.

“I’m going to the restroom.” Pang Xingwen had no choice but to make an excuse to leave. He hurried out of the banquet hall and into the restroom. As soon as he opened his smart bracelet, he realized he didn’t have Su Chen’s contact information at all.

Bang!

With a punch to the washbasin, Pang Xingwen gritted his teeth, “Su Chen!”

No one in his family had a good heart; they all wished he would make a fool of himself, and he was used to it by now.

But what annoyed him most was Su Chen.

“I’ve already groveled so much, even with my father’s invitation, and you won’t even show a little respect.” Pang Xingwen looked at his contorted face in the mirror.

Although Su Chen had said “got it” at the time, which seemed vague, in his opinion, it was just an excuse not to agree directly, a way of “saving face.”

“Do you really think you can relax once you become a core seed?” Pang Xingwen whispered, “There’s only one Chief Inquisitor. Even if… even if…”

As he spoke, he lost his confidence. Although there was only one Chief Inquisitor, with Su Chen’s talent, even if he lost out in the competition, he would most likely become someone like Xia Hanshi, someone only the Chief Inquisitor could suppress.

“Hmph, the future is still long, Xia Hanshi might get rid of him at some point…” In the end, Pang Xingwen could only comfort himself. He splashed some water on his face to sober up slightly, took a deep breath, and was about to return to his seat to be ridiculed further.

However, he suddenly felt a tremor under his feet, and a rumbling sound faintly reached his ears.

“This…” Pang Xingwen was stunned, and then felt the tremor around him intensify, and the rumbling grew louder, as if the building was about to collapse.

“What’s going on?”

He was at a loss, instinctively rushing out of the bathroom, only to find chaos outside.

His second uncle, who had been secretly mocking him just moments ago, now had an ashen face, his eyes filled with panic, and he rushed downstairs, yelling, “Who dares to attack my Pang family!”

Attack?

Pang Xingwen’s eyes widened. Before he could even think, he felt his body being uncontrollably flung up and dragged into a room.

“Father, Father!” He looked at the familiar face before him and couldn’t help but cry out.

But on that face, besides the usual indifference, there was an indescribable anger and regret.

“Don’t ask, don’t interfere, they will take you away!” Pang Hui roared, pushing with his hand, and Pang Xingwen fell into the arms of two people.

He instinctively looked up and saw that one person’s face was covered with black patterns, while the other even lacked facial features. Both carried metal boxes.

“How could the Tribunal suddenly make a move?” The Heituo Cultist was both shocked and enraged, still covertly waiting for Su Chen’s arrival.

Pang Hui’s eyes held an unwillingness: “I’m afraid I’ve been locked onto and can’t leave. Your ranks aren’t high, and your life aura isn’t as strong, so you still have a chance.”

“Avenge me!” Pang Hui took a deep look at Pang Xingwen. Pang Xingwen was so utterly terrified that he was motionless. His entire being was uncontrollably pulled away, taken to the deepest part of the building, where there was actually a secret passage, deep and boundless, nestled in a crevice in the wall.

……

“Who, who dares to attack my Pang family! You’re courting death!”

“Ah, judges of the Discipline Department, how can it be judges!”

“Don’t, don’t… there must be some misunderstanding! We are one family, one family!”

“I have a good relationship with your Discipline Department’s first squadron leader. We were together yesterday… Aah!”

From the fortieth floor upwards, every member of the Pang family went through a process of anger, astonishment, disbelief, and continuous pleading.

But the attacking judges were merciless, killing those who should be killed and arresting those who should be arrested.

The squadron leaders and deputy section chiefs went straight to the top floor, leaving the rest to the low-ranking judges to clear up.

“If the Tribunal won’t let us live, then don’t blame us for fighting for our lives!”

After Pang’s second uncle realized that repeated pleas were useless, he immediately changed his expression, drew a blade hidden behind his waist, and it was enveloped in raging flames, vaporizing the surrounding air the moment it was unsheathed.

When he spun and slashed, the air around the blade was compressed into transparent ripples, and fiery red flames turned into a wave, sweeping outwards and rushing out of the floor.

The entire building seemed to be cut in half at the waist, with scorching flames gushing out.

“Four-tiered professional!”

Yang Yan’s face, closest to the scene, was startled. Before he could react, he was thrown behind him.

“The Tribunal kills people, yet you still refuse to surrender and want to resist?”

Zhao Gang trembled in front of Xia Hanshi, but now he had a ferocious expression, rushing straight into the flames. In a short while, the red flames disappeared.

Pang’s second uncle’s head was gone, and his mutilated body twitched continuously.

“Zhang Hongbo is here, probably cannon fodder.” Su Chen said, looking at the fallen body in the camera.

“I want to kill, I want to kill!”

Bu Siqi’s eyes were red and bloodshot. Su Chen had thought this Senior Brother was a normal person, but now he muttered to himself.

“Why hasn’t Pang Hui shown up yet? And Pang Xingwen…” Su Chen scanned up and down, marveling at how well Old Xia chose the timing to strike.

Because he was hosting them, the high-ranking members of the Pang family seemed to be all gathered here, to show their respect.

“Pang Kuan, the second most important figure in the Pang family…” Teng Liang looked down at the corpse and looked around. “Where’s Pang Hui? Did he run away?”

“Old Xia is watching, he can’t run.” Zhao Gang shook his head. Before he finished speaking, his eyes narrowed slightly, looking in a certain direction.

From the shadows, a slender figure emerged.

“I don’t know what crime my Pang family committed that the Tribunal would extinguish us all!” Pang Hui looked at the corpses on the ground, the anger in his eyes becoming substantial, and his cheeks twitched.

Zhao Gang opened his mouth, truly not knowing what was happening with the Pang family.

“Colluding with the Heretic God Cult, and having ulterior motives. Just this one charge is enough to kill you ten times over,” Teng Liang said indifferently, but it sent a chill down Zhao Gang’s spine, and his face grew even uglier.

The incident has happened… Pang Hui took a deep breath. After confirming that this was the reason, he didn’t argue. With the Tribunal already taking action, arguing was pointless.

His thoughts couldn’t help but drift. The Pang family had produced a chief justice three hundred years ago, achieving temporary prominence.

But the position of Chief Justice kept changing, and Yingfeng’s pie hadn’t grown much. A new Chief Justice would inevitably bring new contenders.

The Pang family was in decline, even struggling to maintain its existence in Yingfeng.

Until twenty years ago, he met someone who claimed they could make the Pang family glorious again.

He knew who this person was, but the Pang family had to either disappear silently or take a gamble. He chose the latter.

“If you want to destroy my Pang family, even the Tribunal will have to lose a tooth today!”

Pang Hui’s thoughts converged, his pupils constricted to pinpricks, his spine suddenly arched, and two tumors bulged from his back, quickly transforming into a pair of wings burning with black flames.

He floated into the air, his hair dancing in the heatwave, each strand covered in burning black sparks, absorbing the surrounding light.

“The Deputy Minister of the three departments must at least be a fourth-tier professional to hold the position. Although there are also fifth-tier deputy ministers, the Pang family, after all, had a judge in its ancestry, so it was somewhat underqualified. The Tribunal had repeatedly tried to get him to return as a department head, but he refused…”

Bu Siqi, next to him, stared with bloodshot eyes, “Now it seems he probably did it to facilitate the Heretic God Cult’s activities in the city.”

“Black Raven Fire Spirit, advanced fifth-tier… The wing manifestation indicates it’s already in the latter half of its development. I remember he only became a fifth-tier professional six or seven years ago, that’s really fast.”

Bu Siqi babbled on, seemingly suppressing some kind of urge within him.

“…He’s actually a fifth-tier…” Su Chen clicked his tongue, vaguely feeling a sense of fervent heat.

Looking at Xia Hanshi beside him, the old man remained silent, neither speaking nor acting, just watching.

Boom!

Zhao Gang was immediately thrown back by the aftermath, his entire armor melted. He sprang out, grimacing. He was the Deputy Director of the Discipline Department, a fourth-tier professional.

But it was the taciturn Senior Brother Teng Liang who truly amazed Su Chen.

“That… that’s too big.” He looked at the giant in his field of vision, who was five or six meters tall and had even broken through the floor.

A huge shadow cast by its body revealed muscles as gnarled as old tree roots, each bulging sinew gleaming with a metallic chill under the moonlight.

It could even withstand the black flames, and though it was still at a disadvantage, it could barely hold its own.

“Ancient Spirit Giant…” Bu Siqi acted like a commentator, “Top-tier Fifth Rank professional…”

“Fifth-tier top rank?” Su Chen looked over in astonishment.

“It was a forced occupation. Senior Brother gambled his life then, hoping for a big payoff… fortunately, it succeeded.” Bu Siqi said with a trembling voice, and as he spoke, two fangs protruded from his lips.

“The intensity is not low…” Su Chen watched the battle in the arena. Black flames poured like a waterfall, clashing with roars like thunder. The nearby isolation zone was expanding, and the Pang family building was almost collapsing.

Many passers-by gathered in the distance. Although isolated from the battlefield, they still pointed, both startled and excited.

Supervisory guards had already arrived at the scene to conduct a more rigorous evacuation and notify higher authorities.

Although Teng Liang was a top-tier fifth-level, he was a forced professional and couldn’t develop further, so he could only stalemate with Pang Hui for a while.

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Why isn’t Old Xia making a move? What is he waiting for?

Su Chen glanced at the old man next to him, and then, in a blink of an eye, the man suddenly vanished.

Meanwhile, a furious roar exploded in the arena, “Stop!”

A terrifying life pressure descended. Even from a distance, Su Chen could clearly sense it.

A figure descended from the sky, its expression gloomy, surrounded by ripple-like patterns. Both the judges and the Supervisory Guards, as well as Pang Hui and the others, were suppressed and unable to move.

Wei Yinsuo’s brow twitched, already realizing that there was almost no living thing left in the building below.

“Teacher!” Pang Hui immediately knelt on the ground, his wings retracting, and cried mournfully, “Please uphold justice for your student!”

Wei Yinsuo looked down at the crowd, his voice cold: “What exactly is going on, who is in charge! Zhao Gang!”

Zhao Gang’s body trembled. Just as he was about to speak, he heard that familiar hoarse voice, “Fourth, it really was you.”

“Xia Hanshi!?”

Wei Yinsuo’s expression changed, as if realizing something, and he glared fiercely at Pang Hui, who was kneeling on the ground, not saying a word.

“Heartbreaking, truly heartbreaking!” Xia Hanshi also floated in mid-air, sighing, “You and I are both judges, I never thought there would come a day when we would have to face each other in battle!”

“Wait!” Wei Yinsuo quickly called out, “What exactly do you mean? Pang Hui is the Deputy Director of the Supervision Department, and the Pang family has also contributed a lot to our Yingfeng. Even if you want to make a move…”

Before he could finish his sentence, he was like a duck whose throat had been choked.

Xia Hanshi’s withered hand trembled, and a parchment scroll pressed with five red seals appeared before him, revealing a sinister and terrifying smile,

“By order of the Council of Elders, the Pang family has colluded with the Heretic God Cult, and shall be punished according to law!”

Colluding with the Heretic God Cult!

Wei Yinsuo’s pupils constricted, a surge of anger rising in his heart. He coldly glanced at Pang Hui, who was kneeling on the ground, “Pang Hui, you’re courting death!”

With the order from the Council of Elders, the evidence was almost certainly true.

“Pretend…” Xia Hanshi put away the elder’s token.

“You colluded with the Heretic God Cult, no one can save you!” Wei Yinsuo rebuked angrily.

“Keep pretending…” Xia Hanshi shook his head, “Do you dare say you know nothing? This is your most favored student.”

“I…” Wei Yinsuo felt a mouthful of old blood堵ing in his chest, but a wave of panic inevitably rose in his heart. He didn’t know if Xia Hanshi was deliberately tricking him, or if the Council of Elders also believed it.

“Teacher, you can’t abandon me!” Pang Hui on the ground suddenly looked up and cried out mournfully.

“Villain!” Wei Yinsuo trembled with anger. Just as he was about to make a move, he heard another explosion from the sky, and the newcomer’s speed was so fast that it even caused a sonic boom.

“Wei Yinsuo, Xia Hanshi!”

The newcomer stopped, causing gusts of wind. He was a man with a ring of black beard, his eyes wide with fury: “What do you two think you’re doing!”

“You didn’t inform my Supervision Department, but instead acted arbitrarily within the city… hmm? Pang Hui!?”

When he found the kneeling target on the ground, he was also stunned.

(End of this chapter)