The Self-Exoneration Trap

The interrogation room was small.

Its style was cold, dominated by silver-gray tones.

Three benches and one table.

The investigators left after bringing Qin Annian here.

Qin Annian was in no hurry either.

He closed his eyes.

Using this brief moment of leisure to sense the changes in his body.

The current calculation for Life Development Power really is quite logical.

It uses ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, and so on as realm divisions.

Life Development Power below 10 did not count as entering the gates of martial arts.

Only by exceeding 10 could one undergo a true transformation.

No wonder.

Whether it was the Martial Arts Exam or recruitment by the Security Bureau.

Both set the requirement for Life Development Power above 10.

After reaching this stage.

Lifeforms undergo qualitative changes.

To use a somewhat inappropriate analogy.

The human body was like a vehicle from the old era, powered by fossil fuels.

Standing Posture cultivation before 10 was like using a key to try and start the engine.

But after 10.

The vehicle had already started and could drive on the road.

The power drawn from the Spirit Sea can remain within the physical body.

Unlike many novels he had read in his previous life, where one refined skin first, then blood, then bones, and so on.

Under the influence of the Spirit Sea's power.

This evolution is extremely comprehensive and balanced.

Muscle density, organ strength, bone hardness...

Strength, endurance, perception, and more all improved at the same time.

Suddenly.

The sound of the door opening interrupted Qin Annian's thoughts.

A middle-aged man with a somewhat long face entered the interrogation room with a young man in tow.

The middle-aged man sat down, flipped through the file in his hand, and said with a smile:

"Don't be nervous."

"Just treat this as an ordinary chat."

"Let's begin."

The young man nodded and asked coldly:

"Name?"

"Qin Annian."

"Gender?"

"Male."

"Age?"

"Eighteen."

"Occupation?"

Qin Annian raised his eyes and swept his gaze over the two men sitting opposite him.

"A temporary public security administrator for the Security Bureau."

"What is your relationship with Zhao Daming?"

"Superior and subordinate."

The young man suddenly slammed the table and shouted:

"What else?"

Qin Annian's expression remained unchanged, his tone still calm.

"Nothing else."

The middle-aged man, who had been holding a cup of water without speaking, patted the young man on the shoulder. The smile still remained on his face.

"This questioning session."

"Miss Ju Zi will record it in full."

He pushed the file he had brought in earlier toward Qin Annian.

"Resistance will be punished severely, and your crimes will be compounded."

"You should know the Security Bureau's rules."

The middle-aged man gestured for Qin Annian to open the file and said with a smile:

"We have already conducted a background check on you."

"Half an hour ago."

"Your bank account received a transfer of thirty thousand Federation Credits."

The middle-aged man tapped the table and said to Qin Annian:

"Please cooperate with the investigation and hand over your Personal Terminal."

Qin Annian removed the Personal Terminal from his wrist and placed it on the table.

As for the file, he did not touch it.

So it wasn't coercion or bribery. They wanted to eliminate the problem completely.

Whether he agreed to that person's terms or not.

In the mastermind's plan.

He had no way out alive.

"Who sent you this message?"

The middle-aged man had already opened Qin Annian's Personal Terminal.

He found the message Qin Annian had received when he got out of the vehicle after returning from patrol.

"I don't know."

The young man abruptly stood up, about to say something.

The middle-aged man held him back.

The smile had vanished from his face, leaving an inexplicable gloom on his long features.

"What did he want you to forget about last night?"

At this moment.

Qin Annian understood as well.

The person who had set this up had made him fall into a self-exoneration trap.

At a time like this.

No matter how he explained himself, it would be useless.

In fact, the more he said, the more mistakes he would make.

Therefore.

Qin Annian lowered his eyes and responded with silence.

His mind raced as he searched for a way to deal with this.

"Heh heh."

The middle-aged man's smile did not reach his eyes.

"I'll give you time to think for yourself..."

Before he could finish.

Someone knocked on the interrogation room door, and it opened a crack.

Someone beckoned to the middle-aged man.

He got up and went outside. The visitor whispered a few words into his ear.

The middle-aged man's brows gradually furrowed.

After the visitor produced a warrant, his face darkened as though water could be squeezed from it.

"I understand."

He turned and returned to the interrogation room, saying to the young man:

"Close the case."

"Release him."

The young man's eyes widened in disbelief as he blurted out:

"Huh?"

Even Qin Annian, who had been thinking of countermeasures, raised his head in surprise.

"You're quite lucky."

"Prodigy Qin."

"Someone has vouched for you."

The middle-aged man braced himself against the table and looked down at Qin Annian, his voice carrying a warning.

"However."

"I'll keep my eyes on you."

"You'd better pray I don't find any evidence."

Qin Annian stood up.

After leaving behind the words, "A straight shadow fears no crooked reflection," he retrieved his Personal Terminal and left the interrogation room.

He was very curious.

Who had stepped in to pull a temporary worker like him out of trouble?

"Huff!"

He let out a breath of stale air.

As though he had blown away the dark clouds hanging over him.

"Qin Annian, Qin Annian!"

"You must remember this moment, remember your powerlessness!"

Determination filled his eyes.

"Become a Martial God!"

"Become a Martial God no one would dare question!"

The faint pride he had felt after his Life Development Power exceeded 10 was completely swept away.

As for what came next.

Proceed step by step. First, become a full-fledged Peace Officer.

As for the person who had pulled him out of this mess, they certainly had not done so out of kindness.

What does that person want from me?

After pondering for a moment, Qin Annian decided not to trouble himself over it.

Anyway.

I should know the answer soon enough.

Buzz!

Buzz!

Buzz!

The moment he left the signal-blocking zone.

His Personal Terminal received several messages in rapid succession.

Before he had time to check them.

"Qin Annian!"

Lin Xiao's voice came from the other end of the corridor.

"Are you all right?"

"Did the Investigation Division force a confession out of you?"

The moment he said that.

Quite a few people from the Investigation Division cast dark looks at Lin Xiao.

This showed.

The Investigation Division truly was unpopular within the Security Bureau.

Qin Annian was somewhat speechless as well.

"Miss Ju Zi records everything in the interrogation room."

"Let's go first."

After leaving the Investigation Division.

Lin Xiao's mouth went off like a machine gun.

"Don't worry, Qin Annian."

"Our entire squad can testify for you about what happened last night."

"Without concrete evidence, the Investigation Division wouldn't dare do anything to you."

"As long as the Investigation Division people weren't brain-dead, they wouldn't believe that a boxing prodigy who had raised his Life Development Power by two points in two months would give up his bright future!"

Qin Annian cut Lin Xiao off.

"How can I learn martial skills?"

Huh?

Qin Annian had changed the subject so abruptly that Lin Xiao did not react for a moment.

"Exchange points for them."

"No."

"Qin Annian."

"Aren't you worried that the Investigation Division will keep causing you trouble?"

Lin Xiao looked at Qin Annian in confusion.

"The investigation is over."

Lin Xiao stopped short.

"Uh?"

"Huh?"

"It's over?"

"The Investigation Division people just closed the case like that?!"

Qin Annian did not elaborate. He pondered inwardly.

Points only come after I become a full employee.

I'll become a full employee first.

The written test isn't very difficult.

After all.

Ever since he had started working two months ago.

Before awakening his memories of his previous life, his greatest wish had been to become a full employee.

Other than work and Standing Posture training, he had spent all his time studying relevant knowledge.

Watching Qin Annian enter the Examination Building.

Lin Xiao said,

"Ah!"

"Right, right."

"You should become a full employee as soon as possible."

Watching Qin Annian head toward the Peacekeeper Examination Zone.

Lin Xiao said,

"Ah?!"

"No, no!"

"Weren't you going to take the Operations Division exam?"