Thomas's handcuffs suddenly lit up, strange glowing characters appearing on the iron cuffs. Shi Tiexin had written those luminous words with the Nian Energy of Void Traces, and they possessed special destructive and restraining power against evil filth.
Limited by Shi Tiexin's lack of professional rune knowledge, his enchantments could not last long and could only take effect for a very limited time. Nor was the total power attached very great, far inferior to his own direct intervention.
But they worked wonders when issued on a large scale to subordinates.
And against a single Thomas, they were more than enough.
One minute later, the three men hauled away the unconscious Thomas at speed. After stuffing him into a vehicle, they floored the accelerator and sped straight for the Major Crimes Division.
The car drove straight through the gates of the Major Crimes Division. The three men tossed Thomas onto a platform like a dead pig, then hurried away without looking back. They each had their own assignments. Today's arrest operation was incredibly busy, and every second counted.
Thomas himself truly felt like a pig sent down the slaughter line, receiving one smooth, unbroken sequence of treatment upon that platform.
This stage bound iron chains; the next locked steel restraints. When he groggily opened his eyes, he found himself firmly secured to a medical gurney.
His wrists and ankles were all bound, his arms crossed and locked like the straps of a straitjacket in a madhouse. The hood over his head had not been removed, so he could only observe the outside through tiny gaps around its edges.
He discovered that he seemed to be in a very busy, yet deeply oppressive corridor.
"Ah—!!" A miserable scream came from deep within the corridor. It sounded like an elderly man, and it