93: Section 93

Charles smiled and said, "Many Upper Citizens saw Captain Mark barge into the Hall of Dawn. Moreover, everyone knows that today Ran Bing is performing a Breeding Mission. The matter between Captain Mark and Ran Bing is also common knowledge."

"What matter between Captain Mark and Ran Bing?" Jing Yuan asked back, then realization dawned on him. "Oh, right. Captain Mark and Ran Bing have a very good relationship! But Captain Mark has a good relationship with everyone in the Wasteland Hunters! I believe if I were in the Hall of Dawn today, Mark would definitely barge in for me too."

Jing Yuan's inexplicable words made everyone look sideways, watching the scene unfold like a drama.

City Lord Morgan was already angry because he couldn't find a reason to excuse Mark, and Jing Yuan's interference made him even more furious.

"Jing Yuan! What nonsense are you up to!"

City Lord Morgan's reprimand made everyone quiet down.

Jing Yuan took a step forward and said loudly, "City Lord, I am not messing around! Right now, someone on the Lighthouse is publicly violating the three great laws, and their behavior is extremely vile. I want to report this person to the City Lord on the spot!"

Charles smiled from the side and said softly, "The matter of Captain Mark violating the three great laws has already spread throughout the Lighthouse; there's no need for you to report it!"

Jing Yuan pointed at Charles and said word for word, "The person I want to report is not Mark! It's you! Charles!"

Charles looked confused. "You want to report me?"

Jing Yuan stepped forward and said loudly to Morgan, "City Lord, Charles, the Leader of the Light and Shadow Society, used his position to publicly use Hall of Dawn missions as a trade to win people's hearts."

"You're talking nonsense!"

Facing the sudden accusation, Charles actually appeared somewhat flustered.

Jing Yuan calmly took a stack of documents from his clothes; the one on top was precisely the masked man, Loriv, who participated in today's Breeding Mission.

"This person's name is Loriv. Originally, today's Breeding Mission shouldn't have been executed by this Loriv. But he happened to appear on today's mission list. And this Loriv is Charles's man."

Jing Yuan using Loriv to make a point didn't worry Charles. He smiled and said, "Jing Yuan, no matter whose man Loriv is, does he not have the qualification to go to the Hall of Dawn?"

Jing Yuan held the documents toward the other supervisors. "As everyone knows, the Breeding Mission is the top priority of gene optimization. Which two people perform the Breeding Mission is calculated by a strict set of formulas; it cannot be interfered with by humans. City Lord, you can immediately send someone to the Gene Optimization Institute to investigate. Today's mission shouldn't have been performed by Loriv. Similarly, it shouldn't have been performed by Ran Bing either. The Breeding Mission for both was tampered with! And that person is Charles!"

At this time, someone from the Population Management Department stepped forward and said, "Today's mission indeed shouldn't have been performed by Ran Bing, but the original person, Vanessa, died in battle, so Ran Bing filled in."

Jing Yuan looked at the person; he didn't recognize him. It seemed he was one of Charles's people, standing up automatically to defend him.

"Fine! Even if that's the case! Why today of all days?"

"The arrangement of Breeding Missions has its own rules. Why are there so many 'whys'?"

Jing Yuan walked toward the person and asked, "Then let me ask you! No matter when a Breeding Mission is carried out, can one get pregnant?"

"You uneducated brute! The probability of a Breeding Mission's success varies from person to person!"

"You're the one without common sense!" Jing Yuan joked. "Pregnancy is indeed a matter of probability! Women can only get pregnant during ovulation, but even then, the chance of conception is only 10%. Therefore, the Medical Clinic periodically collects data from Upper Citizens, and the Gene Optimization Institute precisely calculates the woman's conception time based on this data to increase the chances. This window is very short, with the highest probability only lasting two or three days a month. You can go check right now whether Ran Bing is currently at her optimal conception time."

Before this, Jing Yuan had found out Ran Bing's menstrual cycle through Penny. Upon calculation, it was actually her safe period.

So he used this reason!

If Ran Bing happened to be in her fertile period, he would have switched to another reason.

Jing Yuan's words left the entire hall silent.

Only Dr. Carrie was the first to break the silence, smiling. "I didn't expect the dignified Deputy Captain of the Wasteland Hunters to be so clear about female physiology. But he's right. To prevent people from becoming overly obsessed with lust, we choose the time with the highest chance of conception for Breeding Missions to reduce mission frequency!"

Subsequently, Carrie said to the Medical Clinic employee nearby, "Pull up Ran Bing's data and take a look!"

They could check data on their portable computers. The employee entered Ran Bing's name, and the information appeared on the screen. He looked at everyone and said, "Ran Bing's optimal breeding time is seven days from now."

Jing Yuan glanced at Carrie, not expecting this woman to actually provide an assist.

Jing Yuan said to Morgan on the platform, "City Lord, the purpose of the Breeding Mission is procreation. If Ran Bing was not at her optimal conception time yet was assigned a Hall of Dawn mission, isn't that a bit strange?"

"There are so many Upper Citizens on the Lighthouse, how could everyone be scheduled exactly on time?" The lackey from the Population Management Department continued to argue.

Charles also said disdainfully, "It's just a slip-up in timing; what does that prove?"

Jing Yuan looked at Charles and smiled. "What does it prove? It proves that you, Leader, couldn't wait any longer. You had to arrange for Ran Bing to enter the Hall of Dawn today."

Jing Yuan's words were very pointed.

Others didn't understand, but Charles did, and Morgan did too.

Morgan glanced at Charles at this moment; he was already suspecting him.

Charles didn't notice Morgan's gaze and continued to argue with Jing Yuan. "Fine! Even if it's as you say, how do you explain Captain Mark barging into the Hall of Dawn? What you said is just your speculation. But Captain Mark barging into the Hall of Dawn and injuring so many Law Enforcers was seen by many people with their own eyes."

"Oh?" Jing Yuan smiled and said casually, "Why is the Leader so eager to convict Captain Mark? Barging into the Hall of Dawn? We were just stopping your dirty deal!"

"You're full of nonsense!" Unable to win the argument, Charles became exasperated.

Morgan didn't look at Charles but looked at Mark and asked, "Mark, is that so?"

Jing Yuan looked back at Mark. At this moment, Mark's answer was crucial.

Mark hesitated for a moment but still replied, "Yes."

"Then why didn't you report it directly to me?"

"City Lord!" Jing Yuan spoke first. "On the Lighthouse today, the City Defense Force, the Hall of Dawn, the Population Management Department, and the Casualty Supply Department are all Charles's people. If we wanted to report through normal procedures, the news wouldn't reach your ears. So I informed Captain Mark first. Captain Mark is a man of temperament; since it concerned our Wasteland Hunters Team Member, he resorted to this plan—barging into the Hall of Dawn to stop the deal first, then coming to report to you!"

Mark and Jing Yuan's answers left Morgan in silence.

He wanted to protect Mark, but the current situation was that to protect Mark, he would have to give up his son.

"Nonsense! It's clearly Mark and Ran Bing violating the three great laws by being together in secret! Mark didn't want to see the person he likes go to the Hall of Dawn, so he barged in! To stop the Breeding Mission!" Charles was exasperated and blurted out the truth.

"So that was your true purpose for arranging Ran Bing to go to the Hall of Dawn? You deliberately provoked Mark to barge into the Hall of Dawn?" Jing Yuan didn't indulge him and directly exposed Charles's scheme in front of Morgan.

"No wonder! In the past, there were at most two Law Enforcers supervising the Hall of Dawn. Today, more than 30 Law Enforcers appeared inside, and even Sharif was there. Why arrange so many people for a simple Breeding Mission? Did the Leader have foresight and know Captain Mark was coming? So he specifically arranged so many people in the corridor to stop him?"

Chapter 96: Do You Dare to Look!

Mark was stunned to hear this. He had never been to the Hall of Dawn and thought there were always that many people.

But thinking carefully, why would a Breeding Mission need so many people!

Now he understood; they were all waiting for him.

Charles gnashed his teeth, but he quickly adjusted his emotions and said, "So you admit that Captain Mark and Lieutenant Ran Bing are a couple, just like Mark's sister Red Calyx and her lieutenant Po Xiao were. Heh, the Captain and Lieutenant of the Wasteland Hunters really are a match made in heaven!"

"You!"

At the mention of Red Calyx, Mark's emotions could no longer be suppressed!

Jing Yuan signaled Mark not to speak, walked to the front, and said to Charles, "Leader, on what basis do you say Mark and Ran Bing are a couple? Just because Mark's sister Red Calyx was burned to death, do you want to use the same reason to burn Mark to death?"

Jing Yuan raised his voice at the end; it was a complete reprimand.

Charles stopped pretending and shouted, "If they aren't a couple, would Mark bother to barge into the Hall of Dawn for her?"

"I barged into the Hall of Dawn with Mark!" Jing Yuan said with a smile. "What? Am I a couple with Ran Bing too?"

Charles was speechless.

At this time, Jing Nan helped from the side, "City Lord, the subordinates report! Just now, Jing Yuan, Mark, and Ran Bing did indeed walk out of the Hall of Dawn together!"

Jing Yuan pressed on, "Leader, in today's play, is it your trick to use the Hall of Dawn to win people's hearts, or is it a deliberate attempt to frame Captain Mark, or both? You must give an explanation!"

"Winning hearts through the Hall of Dawn..." Dr. Carrie smiled from the side. "That's truly unheard of."

"Jing Yuan." Morgan spoke, "Do you have any evidence for what you're saying?"

Jing Yuan looked at Morgan and asked, "What evidence is the City Lord referring to? Evidence of the deal in the Hall of Dawn? Or evidence of framing Captain Mark?"

Morgan said in a low voice, "Evidence that Charles used Hall of Dawn missions as a trade."

Charles looked at Morgan, his face full of shock.

This meant Morgan believed Mark barged into the Hall of Dawn to maintain the order of the Lighthouse rather than for personal feelings.

Morgan's attitude was crucial.

Mark and Ran Bing are a couple?

In Morgan's eyes, that wasn't a problem at all!

As long as it could be kept hidden, even having children in secret would be fine.

Red Calyx's death back then wasn't because she was in love, but because she publicly opposed the three great laws.

In the original plot, Mark was a man of temperament and would inevitably be played by Charles.

But all of this was disrupted by Jing Yuan.

Jing Yuan smiled slightly and said respectfully to Morgan, "I have it!"

"A bunch of nonsense! Rubbish!" Charles walked up to Jing Yuan like a barking poodle.

"Charles!" City Lord Morgan spoke to stop him, "Let Jing Yuan finish!"

The more flustered Charles became, the more he looked like he had a guilty conscience. He never imagined that Jing Yuan would excuse Mark in this way at this time.

Jing Yuan looked at the other supervisors and said, "When I was stopping Loriv, he admitted it himself. This is the video footage from that time."

Jing Yuan played the video on the spot.

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"This mission is a reward given to me by the Leader!"

"A reward for what?"

"During the last surface collection mission, I brought back the medicine the Leader needed from The Surface!"