Chapter 732: Chapter 205 Xu Shu’s Preparation (Request for Monthly Votes)
Beneath the night sky, Xu Shu stroked Da Ju and glanced at the red-haired woman who followed closely by his side, nodding to himself in approval, feeling quite satisfied.
Her mind is really sharp... No, it’s truly detailed!
Tang Ying, this woman, might seem like a fiery and fierce leader, but in reality, she is thoughtful and meticulous.
Xu Shu thought she was capable and decided he had something he could entrust to her.
What thing?
Of course, it was household matters.
Although Xu Shu knew that the Jianqi Sect would launch an attack tomorrow, he was not clear about where exactly it would take place.
It could be a filthy and chaotic slum or a bustling commercial district teeming with chaos.
Perhaps they would strike in several places at once?
After all, among the Demon Chosen whose names were known and who were still alive, there were already three.
Therefore, even if they did rise up in multiple locations tomorrow, Xu Shu would not be surprised.
He could even predict in advance that inevitably, some unfortunate civilians would die in the attacks and become sacrificial pawns in the Judgement Department’s suppression of the cult.
Certainly, not just civilians, but officials from the Judgement Department, who would charge into the frontlines, would also perish there.
As stated in the mobilization order, this mission was extremely dangerous, and members of the Judgement Department would be the first to be hit, inevitably losing many in the conflict.
The complete wipeout of Xu Shu’s previous extermination team, Squad Ten, served as a warning.
This was not child’s play, but a cost that was bound to occur.
If lucky, the enemies encountered weren’t strong, leading to successfully killing cultists and receiving rewards for merit.
If unlucky and having responsibilities in a district where a powerful Divine Chosen appeared, then it was almost foreseeable that the entire team would be wiped out, and managing to send a distress signal before death would be the limit for the average member.
In every historical ’large-scale clearing’, many soldiers perished.
Some young newcomers, perhaps still full of fighting spirit, hoped to achieve many feats in the "upcoming week."
But those who truly knew the dangers inside were hurrying to the church to pray at night, hoping that the districts they were responsible for wouldn’t have any cultists, and if there were, they hoped the opponents would be the weaker peripheral members.
Regardless of whether they sensed the danger of this operation from the few lightly worded sentences in the mobilization order, this time, the operation was something no one could shrink back from.
A soldier for a thousand days, deployment in a critical moment.
Each member who had joined the Judgement Department, whether they were ordinary officers or Transcendent Prosecutors, had no assurance whether their names would be added to tomorrow’s ’sacrifice list’, but they still had to steel their will and continue forward.
Life and death are fated, wealth and honor are in heaven.
—But there was a group of people who, due to being ’too privileged’, thus enjoyed certain privileges.
For instance, Tang Ying and Song Yuchun.
Xu Shu had heard from Yu Mingluan that they were direct descendants of the Tang family and the Song Family, respectively.
Previously, Xu Shu was unclear about the significance of ’direct descendant’.
However, after reviewing this time’s strategic deployment plan, Xu Shu understood.
The task for Song Yuchun and Tang Ying for the coming week was to each lead 5 junior prosecutors and 55 ordinary officers, patrolling the ’Yan Ye Mall’ and ’Dream of the Dragon’.
The former was on the same street as the Dawn Church; the latter was the largest affluent area in the safety zone, right next to the Life Mother God Cathedral and a square away from the entrance of the Judgement Department.
Xu Shu really wanted to complain at that moment.
Damn it, do these two places even need patrolling?
Isn’t this just at the doorstep of the Judgement Department’s headquarters?
Cultists are indeed madmen, but they are not fools—they surely understand the principle of picking the softer persimmons.
So obviously, this was truly ’wealth and honor in heaven.’
When you’re out in the world, you must consider background and influence.
While some were praying not to encounter particularly formidable cultists in their tasked districts.
Others were placed directly in the safest areas and picked up credit without effort.
And such individuals were definitely not limited to Tang Ying and Song Yuchun.
Xu Shu could easily guess that the jurisdiction within one kilometer around the Astronomy Association was probably occupied by such people with connections.
In contrast, the mixed and potentially cult-attacked outer districts were equally distributed to every person without powerful backing.
However, Xu Shu, no longer the naïve young man he once was, would not blame the heavens or others, nor complain about the inherent inequalities of life.
On the contrary, considering the special circumstances of tomorrow, Xu Shu decided to take advantage of this privilege himself.
Since Tang Ying wanted to curry favor with her superior, he would give her the opportunity!
His own family lived within a 4-5 kilometer zone, not particularly dangerous, but not entirely safe either—who knew if cultists might decide to commit murder and arson there.
Better safe than sorry.
Thus, Xu Shu’s plan was to have Tang Ying bring his foster parents to the Judgement Department early tomorrow morning and spend the entire day in his office.
Tomorrow, December 12th, was a Saturday, and his younger sister would also be off school at noon, which was convenient for him to pick her up on his way back to the Judgement Department.
This would extinguish even the slightest chance of misfortune in encountering cultists—a perfect plan!
It’s worth mentioning that all Third Rank personnel were on flexible standby—although Xu Shu was not a Third Rank in terms of level, like other Third Rank members, he was a High-level Prosecutor, thus recognized equally in the strategic direction.