I'm a Genius

Under the spotlight, standing on Black Bear's corpse, Su Ti looked at his blood-stained hands.

They weren't trembling. Power continuously surged from his hands. It was these hands that had killed Black Bear.

He had killed a seemingly invincible strongman and saved his own life.

At this moment, the fear, suppression, and despair in his heart completely vanished. Killing for the first time felt like a baptism for his soul, a complete transformation.

His twenty-seven years of life philosophy crumbled at this moment, causing a drastic change in his personality.

Although he was still in danger, he was no longer afraid.

He raised his head and scanned his surroundings, his gaze like that of a wild wolf, causing everyone who saw the fierce glint in his eyes to instinctively flinch for a moment.

Drip, drip.

The sound of red wine spilling onto the floor echoed.

The woman who had been pouring wine for the Silver Mask Man finally jolted and snapped back to reality.

This seemed to trigger a chain reaction. The entire venue went from dead silence to an uproar.

The most frequent sounds, besides "rigged," were only the words "refund."

In this match, Black Bear's death was minor; the major issue was that 100% of the people had bet on Su Ti's death.

No one had expected Su Ti to win. Even the odds only offered bets on which minute Su Ti would die.

Therefore, Black Bear's death was a massive upset. Except for the bookmaker, everyone in the audience lost!

Even the Silver Mask Man, as the bookmaker, looked astonished. He had indeed manipulated many rigged matches, but this match was genuinely clean, without any rigging at all.

After all, this random challenger concept was a gimmick he had only recently introduced. Even if he wanted to profit, he wouldn't do it now. He would at least wait until his reputation was established before profiting.

"Everyone, everyone, quiet, quiet!"

Seeing the entire venue quiet down, the Silver Mask Man spoke into the microphone.

"There was a small unexpected outcome in this match. It was our organizer's mistake. I announce that the odds for this match are void, and everyone's bet amount will be refunded to their respective accounts."

As soon as these words were spoken, the situation in the venue was brought under control.

Those who received their refunds finally reacted and truly believed that Su Ti in the ring was not a ringer hired by the organizer to cause an upset.

He was a genuine random challenger, a random passerby grabbed off the street!

A passerby actually won against a professional underground boxer!

Unbelievable!

"Everyone, this is the first random challenger to win since we adopted this competition format. Let's cheer for him!"

The Silver Mask Man raised his wine glass and roared loudly.

A resounding cheer erupted throughout the venue.

Su Ti stood in the cage, the muscular Black Bear lying at his feet, drops of blood dripping from his fists. At this moment, he was the center of attention, the absolute protagonist of the entire venue.

But he didn't feel an ounce of joy or happiness.

His gaze was fixed on the Silver Mask Man on the second floor. This person's identity and status were undoubtedly that of the organizer and the big bookmaker of this match.

He was also the culprit who had caused him to fall to this state, fighting others in a cage just for their amusement.

Having experienced killing once, it seemed to have ignited something. After more than twenty years of an ordinary life, tasting blood for the first time, the anger and desire to kill in Su Ti's heart not only didn't decrease but intensified.

Seeing Su Ti look at him with murderous eyes, the Silver Mask Man was not afraid. Instead, he showed a contemptuous smile, raised his wine glass, and toasted him from afar.

He had seen too many such gazes, the gazes of ants, so he didn't care.

He could feel that this suddenly discovered passerby boxer would become his cash cow.

Today's battle had completely established his reputation. As long as he slightly hyped and packaged him, he could elevate the other party's fame to a new level.

Promoting a boxer, making their odds the lowest, and then arranging for someone to kill them in a big bet, making a huge profit – this was not the first time he had done this. This was his specialty.

And just as he was thinking about how to arrange the other party, a man in a black suit came to the Silver Mask Man's side and whispered a few words.

The Silver Mask Man frowned, picked up the microphone, and said.

"Everyone, I apologize, there's an emergency. Today's boxing matches are canceled. Please exit in an orderly manner through the safety exits."

Hearing this, the audience was stunned for a moment, and then without any hesitation, they all surged towards the nearby exits, their movements skilled, as if they had rehearsed emergency evacuation multiple times.

And the Silver Mask Man, surrounded by a group of men in black suits, also descended to the first floor in an orderly manner, preparing to leave through another passage.

As they passed the ring, the patterned black mask, who was clearly the number one bodyguard, glanced at Su Ti, who was still staring at them in the cage, and asked.

"Young Master, should we take him with us?"

The Silver Mask Man smiled.

"No need. Give the detectives some face and leave him here."

Saying that, he waved at Su Ti and said.

"Don't worry, we'll meet again."

With that, he led his people into the dark passage.

Su Ti stared intently at the other person's back until they completely disappeared.

After the organizers and audience of the Death Fighting Competition had left, it was a full ten minutes later that the wailing of police sirens finally echoed.

Boom!

A group of heavily armed detectives stormed into the abandoned building. The first thing they saw were two bodies covered with white sheets below the stage, and the muscular man lying on the ground in the octagon cage with twisted limbs.

And the young man standing in the center of the ring, his hands stained with blood under the spotlight, quietly looking at the dark passage.

"Detectives! Hands on your head and squat down!"

Su Ti glanced at the large number of detectives wearing black bulletproof vests, put his hands on his head, and slowly squatted down.

An hour later.

In the interrogation room, Su Ti sat quietly in a chair, his hands cuffed.

Outside, a scruffy middle-aged detective was casually smoking, his gaze occasionally passing through the glass on the interrogation room door to look at Su Ti inside.

At this moment, a young detective walked over with some documents.

"Captain Liu, the photo and fingerprint comparison results are out. Everything he said is true. He is the victim who went missing in our city the day before yesterday, surnamed Su, given name Ti. Liu Bo and Huang An, who also went missing, have also been identified. The two bodies found in the abandoned building in the suburbs are them."

"Okay, I understand."

Captain Liu nodded slightly.

The young detective continued, "His family reported him missing yesterday. We notified his family as soon as we confirmed his identity. Now his parents and uncle are waiting outside. What do you think?"

Captain Liu took a deep drag on his cigarette and slowly exhaled.

"No rush, there are still some doubts that haven't been cleared up. Since his identity has been confirmed, I need to ask him some questions. You can go down first."

"Yes!"

After the detective left, Captain Liu opened the door of the interrogation room and walked in, sitting down opposite Su Ti.

"Let me introduce myself. I'm the deputy captain of the Civil Security Bureau Criminal Investigation Division of Mingguang City, surnamed Liu, given name Xing. You can call me Captain Liu."

Su Ti remained silent and nodded.

"Your identity has been verified, and you can leave soon. But before you go, I have a few questions to ask you."

"Go ahead."

"First, was the body wearing the Black Bear mask at the crime scene killed by you?"

Su Ti was well-prepared for this question and answered calmly, "It was me, but it was self-defense. If I didn't kill him, I would have died."

Captain Liu nodded and continued to ask, "Second, we found multiple fractures, broken bones, and torn ligaments on the Black Bear's body. Before he died, his limbs were twisted off using special techniques. Our forensic doctor told me that to achieve this level, one must be a master ofJujutsu. You are just an ordinary student, how can you be so skilled inJujutsu?"

Su Ti had already thought about this question on the way here and answered without changing his expression, "Because I'm a genius?"

Hearing this, Captain Liu became interested.

"Genius? What is a genius?"

"Any martial art, I can understand it after watching it once, master it after learning it once, and practice for one day is better than others' ten years. TheJujutsu that twisted off the Black Bear's limbs was also self-taught online."

Hearing such a shameless statement, Captain Liu was speechless for a moment.

He couldn't confirm the other party's statement, but he also couldn't deny it.

Could he deny someone's talent?

However, although Su Ti'sJujutsu skills were indeed strange, Captain Liu didn't dwell on this question too much. The key issue wasn't here.

"Third, and the last question, please answer me carefully."

Captain Liu's expression became serious, no longer as relaxed as before.

"The Black Bear's limbs were already twisted off. The fatal injury was death due to lack of oxygen caused by a rear-naked choke. If you say it was self-defense at first, but later you broke his limbs, he no longer posed a threat to you. Why did you still kill him?"

Captain Liu spoke word by word, his gaze sharp, directly piercing into Su Ti's heart.

Su Ti was indeed innocent in being taken to the Death Fighting Competition.

But sometimes, the law is strict.

Self-defense and intentional homicide are two different concepts.

Although Su Ti was involved in this incident as a victim, his final actions were already suspected of intentional homicide.

Therefore, Captain Liu had to question him. If he was indeed intentionally killing, he could only handle it according to official procedures.

But what he didn't know was that the Su Ti in front of him was no longer that nineteen-year-old naive college student.

With a psychological age of twenty-seven, although he had spent most of his time drifting along, he had seen a lot of human nature, social phenomena, and had also experienced transmigration, receiving the original owner's memories, and life-and-death struggles. His personality, will, and other aspects had become more mature.

Su Ti had already prepared an answer to this question.

"Because it was the Death Fighting Competition. Only one person could survive. That was the rule of the competition. If I didn't kill him, the organizers would have killed me, so I had no choice."

"Really?"

Captain Liu looked directly into Su Ti's eyes.

"Really."

Su Ti also met his gaze, his eyes not flinching at all.

Of course, this was a lie.

Although the competition rules required a winner and a loser, Su Ti killing Black Bear was definitely not because of the rules or the organizers' coercion.

He simply, from the bottom of his heart, wanted to twist Black Bear's neck. In short, he killed him entirely out of his own will.

A killer is always killed!

He didn't regret this at all. If he could do it again, he would kill Black Bear once. If he could do it a hundred times, he would kill Black Bear a hundred times!

Looking at the other party's calm expression, Captain Liu rubbed his temples, feeling a headache.

A nineteen-year-old teenager who had just killed someone could sit here so calmly and discuss what happened with him. This was already abnormal.

Captain Liu would bet that there was a 90% chance that Su Ti had actively killed Black Bear when he had the absolute advantage.

As for the reason? Anger, hot-bloodedness, the adrenaline rush during a life-and-death struggle. Not everyone is a saint who can fight to the death one second and stop the next.

Captain Liu had carefully compared Su Ti's and Black Bear's physiques. Even with Su Ti being a jiu-jitsu master, he couldn't say that the fight was a guaranteed win. After all, Black Bear had overwhelming strength and physique. If Su Ti wasn't careful, he would be the one who died, and it was very likely that his death would be as gruesome as the two victims.

Therefore, this matter would end here, and Captain Liu didn't plan to pursue it further.

Compared to making things difficult for Su Ti, the victim, the Death Fighting Competition was more troublesome for him.

"You can go now. Your family is waiting for you outside. It's the third hall after you turn left."

Captain Liu unlocked the door for Su Ti, then sorted the documents and motioned for Su Ti to leave, but Su Ti remained seated, motionless.

"Why aren't you leaving?"

"Captain Liu, I want to know more about the Death Fighting Competition from you."

At this moment, most of Su Ti's body was in the shadow of the interrogation room. His gaze was cold. The Silver Mask Man's threat as he left was still echoing in his ears. Coupled with the previous grudge of being captured, this matter was far from over.

He wanted revenge, and he also needed to prevent being captured again. He needed to understand more about underground black boxing and that Silver Mask Man.

"Hmm? You little brat, this isn't something you should be thinking about. Go back and study hard."

Captain Liu saw through Su Ti's thoughts at a glance and waved his hand. The other party was the same age as his son, and in his eyes, he was just a little brat. He knew the thoughts of little brats all too well. He had seen too many examples of young people doing foolish things out of temporary hot-bloodedness and righteousness.

One should know that this wasn't about being brave and righteous against petty thieves on the street. The Death Fighting Competition was the dark side of the underworld, which even an old detective like him found extremely troublesome.

Originally, he had received an anonymous tip and thought it was a sure-fire arrest operation, but it had failed. Captain Liu would never believe that no one had tipped them off.

This showed how powerful the organizers of the Death Fighting Competition were. There were too many vested interests involved, and it was definitely not something he could take down alone.

In his opinion, Su Ti was already lucky to have escaped with his life from this incident. If he were to provoke such a behemoth again out of hot-bloodedness, ten lives wouldn't be enough to die.