Chapter 8: Streamer, You're Trending!

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"Yes, the order has been delivered!"
"Five-star rating!"
"Are you sure you don’t want the food? You can eat it on the way."

Lu Xingzhou held two family-sized buckets of chicken, watching the human traffickers being escorted away by the SWAT team.

Lu Jiangying patted Lu Xingzhou on the back. "What are you standing there for? Come with me."

Lu Xingzhou looked bewildered and pointed at himself. "Me? What does this have to do with me?"

Lu Jiangying replied coldly, "You’re giving a statement."

At the police station, in the chief’s office.

Lin Tianzong ran in excitedly. "Chief, we caught them all—the suspects are all in custody."

Miao Hui looked up from her report. "What suspects? All caught?"

"The human traffickers!"

Miao Hui was stunned for a few seconds, a strange sense of déjà vu washing over her.

"You mean the trafficking case I asked you to investigate this morning? And now it’s only 4 p.m., and the traffickers are already all caught? Are you sure you didn’t catch the wrong people?

An organization that abducted five children in two days, with numerous members, would certainly have some weaknesses, but their organization and counter-surveillance awareness should be extremely tight, forming a linked surveillance network.

If we broke in at one point, the other suspects would surely notice and quickly flee."

Lin Tianzong excitedly explained the capture process: "Chief, ordinarily that would be true, but this time, we apprehended the ringleader of the trafficking gang first.

Furthermore, she was outside her usual area of activity, so the other suspects weren’t alerted."

Then Lin Tianzong proceeded to recount the entire story—from Lu Xingzhou catching the traffickers on the bus to delivering food and helping the police sweep both local and roaming trafficking gangs all at once.

After hearing the report, Miao Hui’s gaze became blank. The process of catching the roaming traffickers was so absurd it shattered her worldview.

The local trafficking gang thought the roaming traffickers were rude because they neither paid respect nor were discreet, making too much noise and drawing police attention. So they decided to invite them over for a talk.

While the two groups were talking, one side got hungry and ordered four family buckets of chicken.

The delivery time coincided exactly with the joint police and SWAT operation.

With the delivery man’s help knocking on the traffickers’ door, the police burst in and arrested the leaders of both gangs in one swoop.

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If you say the traffickers were bungling, the local gang leader knew to invite the roaming gang leader for a meeting.

If you say they were professional, the local gang leader actually invited the roaming gang leader to their own base!

This story is perfectly suited for the “Unexpected Surprises in Tongliao’s Ruthless Chronicles.”

Even Herman, the legendary thief, the great sage and venerable master Ram, would start doubting life—this is just too unlucky!

Miao Hui digested the ridiculous yet simple capture story and refocused on the case itself.

"What about the children? Have they been found?"

"More than half of the children have been recovered. We’ve contacted colleagues in other regions to assist with finding the rest."

"Good, continue the investigation. The citizen who helped us should be rewarded. Ask if there’s anything he needs our help with—we will do our best."

At dusk, Lu Xingzhou rode his little electric scooter home and collapsed onto the living room sofa, utterly bewildered.

One day, three cases—who could be this unlucky?

"Ding dong!"
"Ding dong!"
"Ding dong!"

His phone kept ringing. Picking it up, he saw messages from viewers in his live streaming group tagging him repeatedly.

"<Streamer, you’re famous now!>"
"<Streamer, several official accounts are sharing the video of you kicking the armed suspect.>"
"<I just learned those were roaming trafficking gang leaders. Over 70 children have been abducted. Those people deserve to be damned!>"
"<From the official slow-motion footage, I saw it clearly—the suspect pulled out a gun, but the streamer’s reaction was too fast. Before the trafficker could fully draw the gun, he was disarmed with a single kick. I thought it was a kung fu movie.>"
"<I don’t understand—why are the traffickers’ faces blurred by the official accounts but not the streamer’s? Aren’t they afraid of retaliation against him?>"
"<Are you stupid? They blur the traffickers to protect innocent people. They don’t blur the streamer because he’s being specially honored. Why blur something glorious? Retaliation? Only places with poor public security fear retaliation from criminals. In Huaxia, if you dare think about it, the criminals wouldn’t dare. This is an official commendation. Are you afraid of the streamer or trying to make the Shanhe City Police Department look bad? Retaliating against the streamer is a public security issue; if that happens, it becomes a counter-terrorism problem. The special police arrested you this time. Next time, it might be the armed police."

Watching the lively discussion in the group, Lu Xingzhou was utterly confused. What on earth had happened?

Opening the short video app, the eighth trending topic was the capture of the massive roaming trafficking gang in Shanhe City. The official announcement specially thanked Lu Xingzhou for his heroic actions facing the criminals, especially using the video of him kicking the armed suspect as the background.

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Lu Xingzhou watched the video for a long time and came to one conclusion: "I kick really well!"

At the same time, a wave of imitators trying to replicate Lu Xingzhou’s triple side kick swept across the internet.

In terms of technique and tactics, the triple side kick has no great complexity. Any combat sport that uses kicks teaches the basic triple side kick early on.

What the streamers were challenging was Lu Xingzhou’s speed.

To see his triple side kick clearly, you had to watch at twenty times slow motion.

So many streamers began hanging balloons on pull-up bars, competing to see who could kick them fastest.

Some fight-focused content creators even began frame-by-frame analysis of Lu Xingzhou’s moves.

Lu Xingzhou clicked on one streamer’s video to see how they praised him.

"Because the delivery guy’s triple side kick is so fast, many thought two of the kicks were fake-outs, baiting the armed suspect to instinctively protect himself. But if you watch the slow motion, all three kicks landed, and they were powerful.

Look, here’s three times slow motion, five times, ten times, twenty times.

If you still can’t see clearly, I’ve frozen the strikes so you can see for sure that he hit the trafficker.

Also, look at his leg movement—even through his clothes, you can see how he generates power. Very professional!

The transfer of force and the explosive release of leg muscle strength in an instant—that violent beauty is at a professional athlete’s level. This is not an ordinary delivery guy."

Below the video were tens of thousands of comments.

"<No guessing needed, the delivery guy has his own streaming channel. He’s actually a former provincial free-fighting athlete.>"
"<I don’t understand—he’s only 23 but retired so young? How come?>"
"<Haha, they say he retired due to injury. Do you believe that, or do you believe I’m Qin Shi Huang?>"
"<Sports competitions? No, it’s a nobleman’s game. A prime-age athlete delivering food—that’s the atmosphere of sports in our country. Truly unique worldwide.>"
"<No hype, I’m a professional fighter too. The delivery guy’s power in those three kicks is definitely world-class. Has anyone thought about recruiting him for a German club?>"

The online discussions quickly shifted from praising Lu Xingzhou’s bravery to criticizing the provincial sports bureau.

Allegations of manipulation, rigged fights, and all sorts of accusations rained down on the sports bureau.