Chapter 72: Report of kidnappings

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Chapter 72: Report of kidnappingsAfter storing the corpse of the bear inside his space pocket, Alex returned to the City. The trip back took him only a few minutes with his current speed and there was still a lot of time before nightfall. Reaching the border, Alex noticed that the officers were gathered around someone, but they didn’t notice him immediately. Only after he walked close did they notice his presence. "It’s explorer Chen!" "Explorer Chen is back, welcome back, Mr Chen!" "Mr Chen, how was your trip outside?" The officers immediately started to greet him respectfully upon noticing him. This made Alex lift an eyebrow in confusion; the attitude of these officers was strange. Although they were usually respectful towards him because of his identity as an explorer and a guest of the Union, they were never this eager to greet him. He noticed someone at this moment as a man pushed past the line of officers and approached Alex, the others tried to stop him. They thought that Mr Chen would be offended by their friend’s rude behaviour and tried to pull him back but the man didn’t let them as he slipped past them and ran toward Alex before dropping in front of him. "Please, help me. Mr Chen, you have to help me save her!" The man looked up at Alex’s mask and cried out, his face covered in a pleading look and his eyes were red. Alex looked at the man, he recognised this person. He was one of the officers who was guarding the border the first time Alex came. He had met this man a few more times and had a good impression of him. With the way the man was dressed and the fact that he hadn’t seen him earlier, Alex figured out that he wasn’t supposed to be on duty today and had come to look for him. Seeing the man’s current expression, he was puzzled as to what the problem might be. The other party was begging him to save someone, who was he going to save? "What is it?" Alex asked after making his voice sound hoarse. Dan’s eyes lit up with a trace of hope flashing across his face after hearing Mr Chen’s words. As long as the other party was willing to listen to him, then there was hope. The other officers were sensible and didn’t step in to pull back their friend after hearing Mr Chen’s question, they watched from afar with sorry expressions on their faces. Dan immediately started to explain what the problem was. It turned out that his daughter had been kidnapped, and it had been two days now without any news from her or her kidnappers; he even pulled out a small picture and showed it to Alex. Alex took a look and saw that it was a little girl of around 8 to 9 years of age, she had short orange hair and big round yellow eyes. In the photo, the girl had a big smile with all her teeth showing; two of her front teeth were missing but this made her very adorable. ’Who would kidnap such a cute kid?" Alex thought to himself before moving his attention back to Dan. "Aren’t the Union doing anything about this?" He asked. Since Dan was an officer of the Union, they should do their best to help him since it involved his family. At the mention of the Union, Dan’s eyes trembled and his expression fell. He dropped his head weakly as he explained that the Union were already searching for the kidnappers but had yet to make any progress in their search. The truth was that reports of kidnapping had been coming to the Union for over two weeks now and over ten victims have been reported missing. All of them were children between the ages of 6 and 17; not a single trace of the kidnappers was left, and the Union had very few clues to work with. Just two days ago when Dan went to get his daughter from her school as usual, he was informed that one of his fellow officers had come to get her. Dan didn’t recall sending anyone to help him get his daughter and when he asked the teacher to describe the person, she oddly could not recall what the other person looked like. This brought Dan to the conclusion that his daughter had been kidnapped because similar stories had been told by people who were interrogated after children were kidnapped under their care. They could not remember what the kidnapper(s) looked like! Alex’s expression turned serious after listening to Dan’s words. So the kidnappings had been going on before he transmigrated, so why didn’t he have any knowledge of it? Probably because the previous Alex didn’t know about it either. While he was in thought, Dan’s voice suddenly sounded in his ears. "I...I even suspect that this is the work of the Dark Union, they are the ones behind the kidnappings!" Dan said through gritted teeth while clenching his fists, one could feel the anger in his words. " Dan, don’t say something like that. It’s probably some local terrorists who are trying to cause trouble." "That’s right Dan, things about the Dark Union shouldn’t be spoken easily." The other officers in the distance tried to argue, but Dan looked at them with bloodshot eyes and shouted. "Then what do you suggest? If it’s not them, who would kidnap so many children without calling to ask for something in return? They...they took my...little girl away, I don’t even know If she’s alright." Dan’s voice cracked and his words faded into whispering sobs toward the end of his words. The officers on duty looked at the man with conflicted expressions, not knowing how to console him. Alex was also looking at Dan, not knowing what to say. After a few moments of watching the man sob in front of him, he voiced out. "Alright, I’ll help look for your daughter and the other kids." Dan, as well as the other officers, looked at Alex’s mask with pleasant surprise on their faces; they didn’t expect him to agree. Apparently, Mr Chen’s reputation within the Union wasn’t little and it was said that even the two elders were respectful toward him. If someone like him chooses to act, there might really be hope. seaʀᴄh thё NovelFire.net* website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Besides, Mr Chen had only appeared recently, so there was a good chance that he hadn’t known about the kidnapping or hadn’t bothered to take action. "Thank you, thank you so much, Mr Chen. I don’t know how I’m going to repay you." Dan knelt in front of Alex, thanking him with tears running down his face. Alex was moved, this was a father’s love for his child. Without saying another word, he turned around and left Dan and the officers. He had to go to the Union building first and sell the beast corpses and mana cores with him. As for helping with the kidnapping case. Although he had agreed to help Dan, he didn’t know how he was going to do that. He had agreed after seeing how desperate the man was to save his child; he hoped that the kids were still fine, or else it would be awkward to face Dan in the future.

Chapter 72: Report of kidnappings

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