Wei Zheguang froze. Facing Snake Boy, who was proficient in Indian martial arts, Ox Head, the sharpshooter, and Gray Viper, the most dangerous and hardest to guard against of all—the three of them together—even a Martial Artist with a Vitality Value above sixty might not dare guarantee he'd make it out unscathed.
Yet Qin Shi, who had only just received a temporary Inspection Department ID, had taken them all down.
It challenged everything Wei Zheguang thought he knew.
"You're not hurt?"
Wei Zheguang stared blankly for a moment before forcing out a question that sounded almost concerned.
"My school uniform took some damage."
Qin Shi glanced down. His ordinary-quality school uniform was already in tatters.
The chest, where Snake Boy had landed a vicious kick, was especially torn, practically hanging off him in strips.
"Officer Wei, does the Inspection Department issue those advanced combat suits that can stop bullets and handle harsh environments?"
He found an intact round stool in the trashed drink shop and sat down against the half-smashed doorframe.
The fight had lasted less than five minutes, yet he had pushed his body's strength to its absolute limit.
As his breathing settled, sweat steamed from his body in thick clouds, like a kettle boiling over, radiating waves of heat.
He'd used [Wind Chime]'s ultimate move like a basic attack, then finished things off with [Raging Surge], taking them all out.
That was the formidable physical endurance that came with a Vitality Value of fifty.
He'd been running himself beyond his limits, nearly draining his stamina bar completely.
"The branch doesn't offer perks like that. You'd have to make it to headquarters."
Wei Zheguang put away his pistol and stared at Qin Shi as if he were some kind of monster.
"You're on the Old Martial Arts path?"
"Yeah."