A Grave Crime, Right?

"I... I don't know what you're talking about!"

The Chainsaw Sword Knight, his face pale, had a chainsaw sword pressed against his neck.

"I'm asking you, what's with those two robotic arms behind you?!"

"What? What's going on?" the skeletal Knight said through gritted teeth. "This is my body. I can add whatever I want to it."

"This is your... freedom?" Upon hearing this, Jie La Er's exposed eyes practically blazed with fire. "When has Lyra's law ever permitted such freedom? If such a law truly exists, tell me, which one is it!"

The skeletal Knight couldn't say anything, but he forced a smile and said, "So what? I'm not the only one doing this! Why are you only blaming me?"

"Of course I know you're not the only one who does this." Jie La Er stared into the Skeleton Knight's eyes and said, word by word, "The last person I discovered doing this was named Ocott. You should know what happened to him."

The skeletal Knight's heart trembled. He understood Jie La Er's threat, but he still refused to back down. He forced himself to say, "Jie La Er! If you really want to kill me, you can just do it! There's no need for these pointless excuses! Anyway, we all know you've gone mad, you've been mad for ten years! Anyway, I'm innocent. If you kill me, you'll be condemned."

Are you threatening me?

Jie La Er is no longer the same person he was two days ago when he returned to Lyra.

He shoved the skeletal Knight against the wall, then raised the Chainsaw Sword in his hand higher and twisted the handle.

Instantly, the Chainsaw Sword's piercing and terrifying roar came from the skeletal Knight's forehead.

The skeleton Knight's face turned even paler.

He knew very well that if Jie La Er loosened his grip on the sword even slightly, the Chainsaw Sword would instantly cleave him in two—there was no doubt about the Chainsaw Sword's destructive power. At this moment, it had already drilled a large hole in the wall behind the skeletal Knight, and the broken stones were hitting his neck, as if reminding the skeletal Knight that before this Chainsaw Sword, his life was no different from these seemingly hard stones.

Jie La Er really wanted to kill himself!

"If I hadn't failed to detect any pollution in your body," Jie La Er's cold voice rang in the skeleton Knight's ear, "You would already be dead by now."

The Skeleton Knight still tried to hold on, but Jie La Er only moved the Chainsaw Sword down a little. The increasingly close roar and the falling rubble made it impossible for him to be as tough as before.

"Tell me! Who told you to install these things!"

"Yes, it was my own choice!"

"Bullshit! You're not an ordinary person, you're a Skeleton Knight! Who let you pass the medical exam after you modified your body like this?!" Jie La Er roared at the Skeleton Knight, "Who's behind you?! Who sent you here... Speak!"

At this moment, the skeletal Knight finally couldn't hold on any longer.

Faced with such a close threat of death, he could no longer maintain his composure. His mental defenses crumbled at that moment, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud, his lips trembling as he uttered, "It's the 'New Pursuit Society'..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a series of rapid footsteps sounded, and more fully armed skeleton Knight rushed out from the platform. Upon seeing the scene before them, they all raised their Automatic Cannon.

"Jie La Er, stop!"

"You're under arrest!"

Ku De hurried into the Skeleton Knight's headquarters, where Cha Mo Si was already waiting for him. Upon seeing him, Cha Mo Si immediately came to greet him, but before he even reached him, a complaint could be heard. "Boss, where have you been? Such a big thing has happened and we can't find you. Minister Fen Li is furious."

"He went to investigate a case."

"Investigating a case?" Cha Mo Si's eyes widened. "Boss, you're not still investigating the case Jie La Er set up, are you? Isn't that himself...?"

"Once a case is filed, it must be investigated." Ku De interrupted Cha Mo Si succinctly. "Now tell me what exactly happened on the day I was away."

"A lot happened today." Cha Mo Si shrugged helplessly. "First of all, the biggest thing is that another Affairs Assistant in District 4 died this morning, and he died in front of countless people."

Ku De paused for a moment. "What happened?"

"I don't know. According to the descriptions of the people at the scene, the Affairs Assistant was suddenly... torn to pieces while walking," Cha Mo Si said. "We haven't figured out the exact method yet, only the general suspects."

"Who?" Ku De asked instinctively, and then, in less than a second, he guessed the answer, "Is it Jie La Er?"

"Yes, Jie La Er was the person he talked to the most before that Affairs Assistant died," Cha Mo Si said. "And the Affairs Assistant died not long after Jie La Er left."

"... Is there any evidence?"

"That's the problem... still nothing." Cha Mo Si sighed. "Just like I said, we still don't know how that Affairs Assistant died. It's not Lyra's power at all."

"... And then what?"

"According to protocol, we naturally had to bring back Jie La Er, the prime suspect. A Knight from another squad found him at 'Rim' station, so the Knight relayed the message to headquarters and then kept watch on him at the scene himself."

Ku De suddenly felt uneasy. "Did Jie La Er kill this Knight too?"

"No, not at all." Cha Mo Si shook his head.

Just as Ku De was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Cha Mo Si said calmly.

"It was just an attempted attack. When the reinforcements arrived, they saw Jie La Er holding his Chainsaw Sword to the Knight's neck, and the Chainsaw Sword was already activated. If the reinforcements had arrived any later, the tragedy would likely have already occurred, and another innocent life would have been lost today." At this point, Cha Mo Si immediately became indignant. "This guy has clearly gone mad! We must find a way to convict him immediately..."

"Why did Jie La Er attack that Knight?" Ku De ignored Cha Mo Si's emotional outburst and asked this question instead. "Did he explain why?"

Cha Mo Si was taken aback. "What?"

"I mean..." Ku De stopped in front of the Minister's office, looked at Cha Mo Si, and repeated his question, word by word, "Why did Jie La Er attack that Knight?"

"Well, it's because the Knight made illegal modifications," Cha Mo Si said. "He installed two mechanical arms on his back."

Ku De's brows furrowed immediately.

"Hey, boss, you're not going to speak up for Jie La Er at a time like this, are you?" Cha Mo Si said in surprise, seeing the change in Ku De's expression. "Even if that Knight really did break the rules, Jie La Er doesn't have the authority to kill him on the spot."

Ku De still ignored Cha Mo Si's complaints and asked again, "What else did they reveal?"

"Jie La Er said that the skeletal Knight claimed that an organization called the 'New Pursuit Society' had him install the mechanical arm," Cha Mo Si said. "However, the skeletal Knight denied this, saying that he never said such a thing and that Jie La Er had made it all up."

Ku De fell silent.

This silence made Cha Mo Si uneasy. He had felt something was off before, but hadn't quite put his finger on it. Now, however, he was starting to realize it and asked, "Boss, what's wrong? You seem really strange today. Weren't you supposed to be investigating a case? But shouldn't that case be being investigated in District Four? How come you don't know anything about it... Where did you go?"

Ku De was silent for a moment before slowly saying, "I did go to investigate the case, but I didn't start from District Four."

"So what did you find out?"

"Everything is normal, but... not quite normal," Ku De said in a very enigmatic way. "So I can't say for sure right now; we need to wait and see."

As he spoke, Ku De was about to enter the Minister's office.

Cha Mo Si quickly stopped him. "Hey, hey, hey, don't be a riddle teller here! At least tell me something!"

Ku De gave Cha Mo Si a deep look, and then left with a remark.

"The Skeleton Knight illegally added a mechanical arm; shouldn't that be a serious crime?"

"Illegally adding a robotic arm..." Cha Mo Si recalled for a moment, then frowned and nodded. "That does seem to be a serious crime. Why?"

"But were you aware of this before I reminded you?" Ku De said softly. "Didn't you think it was just a minor violation?"

Cha Mo Si was stunned.