Once, I wanted to be a good person

Fang Ze walked over, patted her head, and then said, "Wrong. It's off to the Special Equipment Department."

"Ah? To the Special Equipment Department?" Little You looked confused.....

.....

Meanwhile, at the time when Fang Ze unilaterally cut off contact, just as he expected, the Provincial Government of Xida State had indeed erupted into chaos.

None were simple figures to become council members.

So, after Fang Ze took away those members, the remaining members did not hesitate to call the capital, filing a complaint against Fang Ze. This, of course, included the fact that Fang Ze, "out of personal vendetta," took away some members who had angered him.

Originally, the capital had some complaints about the Security Bureau's Special Operation Permit.

Last time, Bai Zhi obtained a Special Operation Permit and without notification, directly arrested several high-ranking officers from Emerald City, even including the First Commissioner Jiang Cheng, which plunged the Provincial Government of Xida State into chaos.

This time, Fang Ze did something even more excessive. He directly arrested six members, including Jiang Cheng once again.

Thus, the council members exploded with anger.

They phoned the office of the director of the Emerald City Security Bureau one by one, wanting to question Fang Ze, exert pressure on him, and demand the release of the detainees.

However, who would have guessed that the phone in Fang Ze's office seemed to be broken, and was completely unreachable.

Having no alternative, they could only call the State Security Bureau, hoping they would handle the situation.

At this moment, the female director of the State Security Bureau hadn't expected Fang Ze to cause such a commotion, so while she was receiving furious calls from various council members, she waved her hand, signaling for her secretary to contact Fang Ze and inquire about the situation.

Then..... two minutes later, while she was still on the phone, her secretary rushed in anxiously and made a gesture.

Seeing that gesture, the director's brows furrowed deeply.

She pressed the receiver and asked with a cold face, "Can't get through?"

The secretary nodded and said in a low voice, "All normal channels are unreachable. And we can't get in contact with Bai Zhi, Gu Qing, or Xun Yi either."

The director's brows furrowed even deeper.

But before she could figure out what was going on, the voice from the handset yelled, "Are you even listening to me?"

Hearing the voice from the handset, the director quickly picked up the receiver and said with a cold face, "Go ahead."

.....

At the same time.

After successfully "selling off" the officials and taking a sneaky break.

Fang Ze also arrived at the Special Equipment Department.

As soon as he reached the Special Equipment Department, he ran into Chief Tao Shenghong.

Seeing Fang Ze suddenly appear in her department, Tao Shenghong was clearly startled, and she involuntarily asked, "Director, what... what brings you here?"

After speaking, as if something dawned on her, her face turned deathly pale as she said, "I, I... didn't do anything wrong!"

Hearing her words, Fang Ze:.....

Fang Ze hadn't expected that his reputation had become so notorious that merely visiting a department would scare its director to the point of "crying."

He considered himself to be quite amiable, didn't he?

Thinking this, he tried to make his smile look a bit more gentle and then said, "Chief Tao has misunderstood. I'm here to take a look at the Black Buddha Head that was confiscated."

Upon hearing Fang Ze's words, Chief Tao suddenly understood.

It was also understandable given Fang Ze's lately imposing reputation. Thus, the attitude of the various department directors towards Fang Ze was very odd.

When not seen, there was immense respect and admiration. But upon meeting him.... they were scared.

This also made Tao Shenghong forget that the Black Buddha Head confiscated from Commissioner Wang's home was still under the care of the Special Equipment Department.

With this thought, she relaxed a little, and quickly said, "Alright, I'll lead the way."

She was a leading figure of the Commoner Faction and an ardent supporter of Gu Qing, yet now, under the intimidating influence of Fang Ze's reputation, she became, at least on the surface, even more obsequious than Little You.

Two minutes later, under the guidance of Tao Shenghong, Fang Ze arrived at the containment section of the Special Equipment Department and saw the one-eyed Black Buddha Head.

At that moment, the Black Buddha Head was covered with white tape and surrounded by various oddly shaped stones. A few professional-looking commissioners were testing it with instruments while scribbling notes on their paper.

When Fang Ze and Chief Tao approached, the commissioners stopped what they were doing, saluted the two, and greeted, "Director, Chief."

Chief Tao waved at them, indicating they could leave, and then she introduced Fang Ze, "That tape is a special type made by our department that contains Law Prohibition powder."

"When applied to an Extraordinary Artifact, it can prevent it from manifesting its effects."

"And those stones are Detection Stones."

"Although they are just a few stones, each tests for different things."

"For instance, that red one is a Law Stone. When it detects that an Extraordinary Artifact is emitting the Power of Laws even though it's not active, it will light up."

"For instance, that purple one is a Curse Stone. When it detects that an Extraordinary Artifact is emitting a curse without using the Power of Laws, it will light up."

"For instance, that yellow one is a Spirit Stone. When it detects the presence of spiritual power inside an Extraordinary Artifact, that is, a hidden soul of some creature, it will manifest its effect....."

She went on to explain the function of the other stones one by one, and then she concluded, "These stones are convenient for us to appraise these confiscated Extraordinary Artifacts, and they also protect our research personnel."