"City management...?"
Those two words were like an ice cube dropped into boiling oil, instantly throwing the silent alley into an uproar.
The first to react was not the hunchbacked old man, but the diners drawn in by the aroma.
The man closest to Qin Feng, who had been gnawing on a bun with blood all over his mouth, blankly raised his head. A trace of clarity appeared in his hollow eyes.
He looked at Qin Feng's glaring blue uniform, then lowered his head to look at the mangled lump of flesh in his hand.
"Bleurgh—!"
With a gut-wrenching retch, the man seemed as if he had been scalded. He hurled the "bun" in his hand to the ground and dropped to his knees, vomiting violently. All that came out was sour fluid mixed with bile and undigested bits of meat.
Thud! Thud!
Like falling dominoes, the retching spread. The men who had been lining up and eating in bliss collapsed one after another, continuously dry-heaving on the ground.
Only the hunched old man stood stiffly in place.
The smile on his face did not change, but for the first time, a hint of confusion appeared in his cloudy eyes.
A raspy, whistling voice came from the old man's throat. It tried to repeat its usual routine. "Sir... buns. Would you like a bun?"
"Shut up!"
Qin Feng cut him off sharply and stepped forward. The overwhelming pressure made the old man instinctively shrink his neck. "Who are you calling sir? Call me Chief!"
Qin Feng rapped his knuckles against the wooden cart. Every word rang out with force. "Answer me. Is this cart registered? Was your street-vending operation approved?!"
The old man's mouth hung slightly open. Clearly, he could not understand what those terms meant.
"Can't understand human speech, huh?" Qin Feng sneered and circled the cart.
"Look at your sanitation conditions! The cutting board is black, the edges are coated in grime, the steamers are full of grease, and you do not even have a clean rag! How do you have the nerve to make food in an environment like this and put it into the mouths of the people?"
"And this meat filling of yours!"
Qin Feng pointed at the writhing minced meat in the steamer, his face full of disgust.
"Where did it come from? Where are the purchase records? Where is the quarantine inspection seal? This is a textbook unlicensed, unmarked, and uncertified product! If someone dies from eating it, can you bear the responsibility?!"
Responsibility?
Cracks began to appear in the old man's stiff smile, and the curve of his lips started twitching uncontrollably.
"Also, under Article 35 of the Great Xia Food Safety Law, the state implements a licensing system for food production and business operations. Where is your business license? Where are your employees' health certificates? Where are the quarantine certificates for your raw materials?"
A barrage of technical terms crashed down on the old man like an incantation.
The little red lantern hanging from the wooden cart began flickering erratically.
The rich meat fragrance rising from the steamers, once capable of ensnaring souls, also faded at an astonishing rate. In the end, it even gave off an unmistakable rotten stench.
"I... I..." The hunchbacked old man made a hoarse sound like sandpaper scraping together. His bent body unconsciously shrank back, and he actually revealed the guilty panic of a street vendor caught red-handed.
"What do you mean, 'I'? Look at yourself. What have you done? Operating without a license, illegally occupying public roads, selling unlicensed, unmarked, and uncertified products, and causing a mass food safety incident! The nature of this is extremely vile, and the impact is extremely severe!"
Qin Feng took out his phone and snapped photo after photo of the old man's face and the cart. The flash exploded across the old man's corpse-spotted face, forcing him to stagger back repeatedly.
"I've photographed all the evidence! We have witnesses and physical evidence! Now, in accordance with the law, your business equipment will be temporarily seized! You, come back to the station with me for questioning!"
As Qin Feng spoke, he actually reached out to push the wooden cart.
"Roar—!"
An inhuman roar erupted from deep within the old man's throat!
The human skin disguising its body instantly tore apart. Its hunched frame abruptly stretched taller and swelled!
Muscles twisted, bones shifted, and massive tumor-like heads covered in mouths and eyes burst from the torn back of its neck!
With a boom, the wooden cart was blown to pieces by violent resentment. Blood and meat broth rained down from above!
The D-Class urban legend had finally torn off its disguise and revealed its savage true form!
"What, are you resisting the law with violence?" Rather than retreating, Qin Feng advanced. A cruel smirk appeared on his face. "Let me tell you, the nature of this has changed! This is obstruction of official duties! Your crime just got worse!"
Before his words had even faded, more than a dozen mouths on the monster's tumor-like head opened at once and released a piercing shriek. It turned into a foul black wind and lunged straight at Qin Feng's face!
So fast!
Qin Feng's pupils contracted sharply. The ancient scissors tattoo on the back of his right hand suddenly lit up!
Buzz— A strangely shaped pair of scissors appeared out of thin air, landing steadily in his hand.
Scissors of Truth!
The monster missed its first strike, then swiped at him with a claw. The force of the attack even carved five deep claw marks into the mottled wall.
Qin Feng disdainfully weighed the scissors in his hand. He neither dodged nor evaded. Instead, he met the claw head-on, flicked his wrist, and the scissors snapped shut!
The razor-sharp claw was effortlessly cut apart like cloth the instant it touched the blades!
Black blood splattered everywhere. The monster let out a painful howl, and its attack stalled.
The monster seemed thoroughly enraged. It stopped holding back, opening its huge bloody mouth as a dense mass of black vapor mixed with shredded flesh and broken bones gathered inside, aimed directly at Qin Feng.
However, Qin Feng did not even glance at that deadly black vapor.
His gaze was locked on the rotting, violently beating heart in the monster's chest!
The instant the monster was about to spew out the black vapor, Qin Feng moved!
He did not choose to dodge. Instead, he charged straight into the nauseating foul wind!
A flicker of astonishment flashed through the monster's eyes. It did not understand why this tiny human was willingly seeking death.
But the next second, it understood.
Qin Feng's body abruptly dipped in an eerie motion mid-charge. At an inconceivable angle, he slid low across the ground, perfectly evading the deathly breath coming straight at him!
The black vapor brushed past his scalp and slammed into the wall behind him, blasting a large crater into the concrete. It sizzled and continuously gave off black smoke.
And Qin Feng had already slid beneath it!
He raised his head, his eyes holding a hunter's calm and cruelty.
The monster looked down and saw a pair of scissors glinting coldly, aimed directly at its heart.
Splat—!
The Scissors of Truth pierced the monster's ugly heart from below with absolute precision and without the slightest resistance!
The power of "severing falsehood" within the blades erupted, instantly shredding its core to pieces!
The monster froze mid-motion.
It lowered its head in disbelief, looking at the weapon piercing through its chest as its massive body began trembling uncontrollably.
Qin Feng pulled out the scissors, rose to his feet, and slapped a blank sheet of paper onto the monster's enormous head. He said coldly, "Here's your ticket. Keep it."
The violent resentment around the monster rapidly dissipated like air escaping from a punctured balloon.
It opened its mouth as though it wanted to say something, but in the end, it only let out an unwilling roar. Its entire body, like burning paper, quickly turned to ash from the heart outward.
[Successfully cleansed D-Class urban legend: Human Meat Buns!]
[Evaluation: S (Overwhelming creativity secured a textbook higher-rank reversal kill)]
[Obtained Cleansing Points: 260!]
[Obtained Legendary Armament: Gluttony Stomach (D-Class)]
[Effect: Your stomach has been reshaped. It can devour, digest, and absorb any form of spiritual energy, including but not limited to resentment, spiritual power, and demonic power, converting it into the purest energy to nourish the host and slowly enhance physical and Spiritual Sense strength.]
[Note: A good appetite makes for a healthy body. Don't be picky, kid.]
The alley was a complete mess. The unconscious and conscious men lay scattered everywhere, while the air was filled with a mixture of urine and vomit.
Several workers who had regained consciousness stared blankly at the devastation and the monster reduced to ash. Then, facing Qin Feng, they burst into tears and repeatedly kowtowed.
Qin Feng ignored their gratitude. Curling his lip, he took out his phone and dialed the customer service number for the "Underworld" app.
"Hello, customer service? This is Raven. The target in the back alley of the old northern district has been cleared. Send the logistics team to clean up."
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