Chapter 284: Interrogation

Lu Yunze was just about to take a sip of his still-warm tea when he heard the commotion outside and saw the Police Chief walk in.

Unlike their previous meeting, the Police Chief’s collar looked a little disheveled, and there was now a comical scratch on his face.

Lu Yunze and Lü Ziyi exchanged a glance. Neither spoke, waiting until the Police Chief awkwardly rubbed his hands and had no choice but to speak.

“Um, could I ask you two to do us a favor?”

“What is it?”

“Help us restrain the prisoner.”

The Police Chief said this while pressing a tissue over the wound on his face.

Hearing that, Lu Yunze roughly understood what had happened, and the Police Chief’s explanation was about the same as he had imagined.

They had caught the people, but neither Sun Huaimeng nor Fat Man was easy to deal with.

Fat Man had been begging them nonstop to let him go, insisting over and over that he was innocent, but whether he was truly innocent wasn’t for him to decide.

Sun Huaimeng was different. Ever since she woke up, anyone who dared approach her was treated like a cornered animal, and she snarled and clawed at them.

The Police Chief had risked his life carrying her to the interrogation room, and the price was that his precious face got scratched up.

“Go ahead and laugh, you two.”

Lu Yunze waved his hand. “Why would I? Why would I laugh?”

“Good…”

“Pfft.”

“Hm?”

“Ahem!” Lu Yunze put on a serious expression. “It looks like things are still a bit troublesome. Let’s go take a look.”

Lu Yunze and Lü Ziyi stood up and went to the interrogation room.

The moment they entered, they heard the screaming from the other side of the one-way glass.

“Kill! I’ll kill you all!”

“I’ll chop you up, mince you, cut you apart!”

“Come on! I’ll eat every last one of you clean!”

Through the glass, they could see the situation inside the interrogation room.

Sun Huaimeng was tied to a chair, and even with her tightly bound, nothing could stop her from swaying from side to side.

Every time the chair tilted, the fully armed police officers across from her grew more alert and raised their riot shields in front of themselves.

Lu Yunze only watched for a few seconds before he understood what was going on.

Sun Huaimeng could no longer be called a normal person.

Her eyes bulged, spit flew, and the veins in her neck looked ready to burst.

Her expression was so twisted that no one could remember what she normally looked like, as if she might mutate into a monster the next second.

“So it really is because of Boiling Blood?”

How long someone lived after injecting Boiling Blood was up to fate.

Some people could inject it shot after shot, and even with their blood turned purple, they could barely keep their sanity.

Some people injected it only once and lost their lives right there.

Lu Yunze didn’t know how much Boiling Blood Sun Huaimeng had used on herself.

So much time had passed, and Boiling Blood’s erosion of her had only grown worse.

Anyone could see she didn’t have much time left.

“A bunch of cowards. I have to do it myself.”

The Police Chief sighed, had someone bring him equipment, took the riot shield, and walked into the interrogation room.

Lu Yunze and the others watched the Police Chief’s performance from outside.

“Move aside. I’ll restrain her.”

“I’m warning you, stop moving around, or I’ll skip straight to harsh interrogation!”

“Hey, what are you doing? Don’t grab me! Someone help!!”

By the time the Police Chief came out again, there was a clear scratch on the other side of his face too, making him look even funnier.

“Pfft!”

This time Lü Ziyi almost couldn’t hold it in.

“You see, you two? It has to be you.”

It certainly looked that way.

When Lu Yunze was a kid, he’d dealt with a cat in heat, and that had been a brutal affair.

Now it was just a more deranged cat.

Lu Yunze rolled up his sleeves, walked into the interrogation room, went straight past the police officers, and faced Sun Huaimeng.

Just as he was about to take a step forward, Sun Huaimeng, who had been in a frenzy, suddenly went quiet.

“Huh?”

Lu Yunze noticed she was staring at him, and an ominous feeling immediately came over him.

“Go on and laugh. Let’s see how long you can keep laughing.”

Sun Huaimeng smiled, a dark and terrifying smile.

“Enjoy the little leisure you have left. Soon, you’ll end up worse off than me.”

“What do you mean by that?”

Lu Yunze strode up to her and looked down at her with an imposing pressure.

But by now Sun Huaimeng might no longer be able to feel fear.

Under his gaze, she only stretched her lips into a grin and let out a chilling, giggling laugh.

Lu Yunze had already had a bad feeling.

Could someone really have gathered the scattered members of the Black Star Cult and be planning a comeback?

If that was true, then no matter who that person was, their position would start at Bishop, and they might even be an Apostle.

Sun Huaimeng, still enjoying Lu Yunze’s expression, suddenly froze, then began convulsing all over and foaming at the mouth.

“Damn! Boiling Blood is probably taking effect. Get in there and save her. We can’t let her die just like that!”

The Police Chief outside had seen plenty of people like this and could tell at a glance what was happening.

The police officers who rushed in quickly carried Sun Huaimeng away, leaving Lu Yunze alone to think.

Sun Huaimeng was temporarily out of commission and couldn’t be interrogated further, so the Police Station’s focus had to shift to Fat Man.

“Talk! Where the hell is your Master!”

The police officer slammed the table hard, making Fat Man flinch all over.

“I really don’t know! I’ve already told you everything I know.”

“Didn’t you come to Donghai City specifically to meet him? How can you not know?”

“He—he hasn’t messaged me yet. You have my Mobile Phone now, so you should get the answer faster than I would.”

As Fat Man said, his Mobile Phone was currently in the Police Chief’s hands outside the interrogation room.

Ever since they got this Mobile Phone, they had been waiting for the so-called “Master” Fat Man mentioned to contact him.

The Police Station also investigated the other party’s account and found that every time it logged in, its location was overseas.

For the time being, they couldn’t determine his exact position.

The police officer in the interrogation room had been pressuring Fat Man for a long time.

Every so often, a new clue popped out of his mouth, which only made it clearer that he definitely had secrets he hadn’t fully revealed.

For a dishonest guy like him, the Police Station had plenty of patience to play along.

Just then, the Mobile Phone in the Police Chief’s hand actually received a new message, from the contact labeled “Master.”

“Have you arrived in Donghai City?”

The Police Chief exchanged a glance with the people around him, then imitated Fat Man’s tone and began typing to communicate with him.

“I’m here. Master, where are you?”

“Come find me at this address now. Remember, you must come alone. If I see anyone else, our friendship ends here.”

The Police Chief’s lips curled, and he played along to the end.

“Okay, I promise I won’t leak anything!”

After the last message was sent, the contact’s avatar turned gray.

The Police Chief and the others were overjoyed.

They immediately organized a team and headed to the address Master had sent, determined to arrest the other party.

But soon, they discovered something was off.

The location Master had sent happened to fall exactly within Luo Qiaoying’s jurisdiction.

After being assigned to Donghai City, Luo Qiaoying wasn’t idle every day.

She had to manage the Luo Family’s businesses and was busy from morning to night.

“A coincidence?”

After learning this news, Lu Yunze immediately contacted Luo Qiaoying.

The Eldest Daughter of the Luo Family was silent for a moment, then spoke:

“If the lead is true, then we can’t stay out of this either. I’ll investigate the situation on my end now. Remember to keep in touch at all times.”

With that, she hung up. It was the first time Lu Yunze had ever heard Luo Qiaoying sound so serious.

Even over the phone, he could imagine how ugly Luo Qiaoying’s expression must be.

After all, the Luo Family’s reputation was at stake. She definitely wouldn’t ignore it.

“Thanks for your hard work today, Mr. Lu. Leave the rest to us and the Execution Division. You can go back and rest.”

“Can you handle it?” Lu Yunze asked doubtfully.

“Aren’t I still here?”

Lü Ziyi carried a huge guitar case on her back, but it didn’t contain a guitar.

It held the sniper rifle she often used.

If she was there, Lu Yunze could relax a little.

“All right, then I wish you good luck in battle.”

That was what he said, but as Lu Yunze watched Lü Ziyi and the Police Chief leave together, he still felt something was off.

Master had directly reported his own location.

He was someone who disguised even his login address, so would he really let his guard down so easily?

Lu Yunze didn’t leave in a hurry. Instead, he sat in the Reception Room and thought for a long time.

As the Police force moved out, the inside of the Police Station quickly became quiet and deserted.

“Hey, Old Hu, what are you eating tonight?”

“It’s not even that late. We’ll talk after Old Liu and the others get back. I bet we’ll be working overtime until late again today.”

“Sigh. People who know us think we’re Police. People who don’t would think we’re beasts of burden at some shady Company.”

The two police officers complained to each other in the Corridor. Suddenly, one of them turned and looked behind him.

“What’s wrong?”

“Did you just see something strange?”

“Did I?”

“I think I saw something black float past.”

“You must have seen wrong. If not, it’s just dust.”

“Maybe.”

The two police officers continued on as usual, but a wisp of Black Mist drifted past behind them, slipped around everyone else’s line of sight, and entered the cells.

The Black Mist gathered and took shape, becoming a human figure.

Jiang Sui, dressed in the Hidden One’s manner, pulled off her Cloak.

She looked at Sun Huaimeng curled up in the corner of the cell and couldn’t help clicking her tongue in wonder.

“Looks like I won’t even need to lift a finger. You’ll go die on your own. By the way, your ability is very useful. Thanks.”

Jiang Sui gave her a small wave, then walked lightly to the door of another cell.

Fat Man was also curled up in the corner, wrapped in a blanket with his back to the cell door.

Jiang Sui took out the Key she had borrowed from the guard she’d dealt with, inserted it into the lock, and opened the door.

“All right, sir. Now it’s my turn to ask you…”

Jiang Sui had just approached him when the other party suddenly rose and grabbed her forearm.

The blanket fell away, and a figure far thinner than Fat Man but much taller appeared before Jiang Sui.

The two stared at each other, and the air seemed to freeze for a moment.

“Lu Yunze?”

“Xiao Yan?”