That's Seriously Criminal!

Everyone knew the dog's owner had arrived when they saw this.

But this middle-aged woman was clearly no pushover. After clutching her dog and howling a couple of times, she came over and grabbed Chen Jue, who was holding the dart. "You're going to pay me for Da Bao! You're going to pay me for Da Bao!"

"Da Bao is my child! My family!"

"How could you hurt him!"

Everyone present was stunned by what the dog's owner said.

They'd seen people who loved dogs, but never anyone who treated a dog like a member of their family.

They were clearly two different species. How could she have gotten their roles mixed up?

"Lady, have some shame! You're a person, and it's a dog. How can it be your child?"

"Did you give birth to it or something?" Chen Jue frowned. He'd really run into a nutcase.

"I don't care!"

"You killed my Da Bao! You're going to compensate me! You're going to prison!" The middle-aged woman started making a scene right there.

But there were so many people at the scene, and they'd all seen her dog attack someone. With that many witnesses, no amount of shameless behavior would help her.

An elderly man from the park couldn't stand it any longer and stepped forward, letting the dog's owner have it. "You %&￥! That young man did you a favor by killing your dog! Don't be so ungrateful!"

"Go check on that little boy! Get him to the hospital right away! He's been bitten terribly!"

"What are you thinking, fussing over your dog at a time like this? Don't you know a person's life matters more than a dog's?"

The old man was probably a hothead in his younger days. After cursing her out, he took advantage of the commotion to shove the middle-aged woman twice, hoping to knock some sense into her.

Who would've thought the middle-aged woman would immediately activate her super armor? She roared, "You old geezer! What's it got to do with you? Did my Da Bao bite you?" Then she shoved him around until he fell to the ground.

Good grief!

Even Chen Jue was dumbfounded.

The dog owner drawing aggro versus the old man lying on the ground.

Both of them were at least top-tier champions. In the chaos, they'd formed an unsolvable loop right before everyone's eyes.

The old man on the ground was a crafty one, too. He was already lying there, wailing, "I've broken a bone! Ow!"

The crowd watching nearby nearly exploded when they saw this. They wanted nothing more than to rush over and beat the dog owner up.

But they didn't get the chance. They just cursed her out a few times.

The authorities had arrived.

As soon as the patrol car stopped, three uniformed police officers dispersed the furious crowd.

The middle-aged officer in the lead switched on the camera on his shoulder and first went to check on the little boy, who was being held by his parent.

The injuries were severe. His thigh was covered in torn, bloody bite marks. The officer hurriedly used his radio to notify the dispatch center and call for an ambulance and nearby backup.

Then he went over to the middle-aged woman surrounded by the crowd. "Are you the dog's owner? Do you know you're supposed to keep your dog on a leash? It's already hurt someone!"

The middle-aged woman panicked a little when she saw the authorities had arrived. "I... I usually keep him on a leash! I only took him out to play just now. He chased after a frisbee a few times, then ran off."

"Officer, you're just in time! Arrest him!"

"That's the man! He killed my Da Bao with that knife!"

The middle-aged woman tried to change the subject, pointing at Chen Jue and yelling.

"A knife?"

The middle-aged officer was taken aback, then warily looked at Chen Jue.

Just then, the young officer who'd gone to examine the dog's body called out, "Captain, the dog was killed by a dart! Look at its throat—it went right through!"

The middle-aged officer hurried over for a look. "Is this a martial arts dart? How can it be this powerful?"

The middle-aged officer rubbed his temples. A dog attack, a dog killed with a dart, an old man lying on the ground, and a child bitten by a dog—he'd never encountered such a complicated call before.

Luckily, reinforcements from the local precinct arrived by car just a few minutes later, and the ambulance arrived at the same time.

The officers cordoned off the area with yellow-and-white tape, and several criminal investigators arrived to secure the scene. A forensic examiner also came to take photos and collect evidence.

The injured boy and the old man who'd fallen to the ground were both carried into the ambulance and taken to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment.

As for the dog's owner and everyone else involved, including Chen Jue, they were all taken to the nearest precinct for questioning and to give statements.

The authorities would decide how to handle the case.

In all his life, Chen Jue had never been to a police station for anything other than getting his ID card.

In the blue-and-white interview room, Chen Jue sat at a table with a cup of water in his hands and truthfully recounted the afternoon's events to the middle-aged officer questioning him.

The darts he'd brought with him had already been taken as evidence and sealed in an evidence bag.

"That's seriously criminal! One dart and you killed such a huge pit bull!"

"Trying to be a martial arts hero?"

"See someone in trouble, draw your weapon to help, then go online and buy these controlled weapons?"

The middle-aged officer first teased him a bit, then turned serious. "Do you know that illegally using controlled weapons is a crime?"

"I do! The seller said they weren't sharpened, so they don't count as controlled weapons," Chen Jue replied timidly, feeling a little guilty.

Before buying the darts, he'd specifically looked it up online. If they were illegal, Taobao wouldn't have let the product go up for sale. The shop would probably have been shut down, too.

"They weren't sharpened?"

The middle-aged officer froze. He'd been busy dealing with the case and hadn't had time to inspect the darts. He'd assumed Chen Jue had killed the dog with sharpened ones.

He picked up the evidence bag again and examined the darts inside carefully.

Their silvery edges were blunt to the touch. There really wasn't a sharp point anywhere.

"Ahem."

"Sorry, I got that wrong. If they weren't sharpened, they don't count as controlled weapons."

The middle-aged officer gave an awkward smile, his tone softening a little. He continued asking curiously, "Those blunt darts still managed to pierce a dog's thick throat. You look so mild-mannered in your glasses. I didn't expect you to be a hidden master!"

"Have you practiced darts before? Do you have a record of registering?"

These days, many specialized service and sports industries required registration.

For instance, the locksmith numbers people often saw in their residential communities belonged to this kind of specialized worker.

As for sports, activities like darts, archery, and shooting carried some risk of injuring people. Anyone who participated regularly or worked in a related field had to register with the local authorities.

When the officer mentioned it, Chen Jue suddenly remembered that when he'd signed up to join the Hang City International Darts Club, he seemed to have filled out a registration form.

So he told the middle-aged officer about it.

The officer checked the system, and sure enough, the club's registration had been entered into the network.

"If you're registered, then you're fine!"

"This counts as a good Samaritan act. We just need to take your statement. They'll probably run a story in the newspapers, and 1818 Golden Eye will come interview you."

The middle-aged officer reassured him, then reminded Chen Jue, "But practicing martial arts darts in the park is still too dangerous. People are coming and going all the time. It'll be a problem if someone gets hurt! You'd better train at a proper sports facility."

Hearing this, Chen Jue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as he didn't end up with a criminal record, that was all that mattered.

The Chen family had been clean for three generations. He didn't want a little hobby to get him into trouble and tarnish the family name.

When he asked about the little boy, the middle-aged officer patiently filled him in on what had happened afterward.

The boy who'd been bitten by the dog had already been taken to the hospital for emergency surgery. His condition was stable.

As for the middle-aged woman, she'd been placed in criminal detention.

Her pit bull was a banned, aggressive breed, and she hadn't even gotten it a dog license. She'd been keeping it illegally.

On top of that, she'd walked it without a leash, and it had bitten someone. That counted as using a dog to injure another person.

This was a case of intentionally harming another person, a serious charge that carried a sentence of up to three years!

If the victim suffered serious injuries, the sentence could rise to between three and ten years.

Hang City was currently hosting a sports event, and the whole place was filled with celebratory sights and sounds.

An incident like this, with a dog attacking someone, was like a rat's dropping spoiling the whole pot.

Even if the dog owner's family had connections and money to hire the best lawyer, she'd probably still get the maximum sentence.

Hearing the outcome, Chen Jue immediately felt refreshed. "That's more like it!"

After giving his statement and walking out of the police station, Chen Jue's tense nerves finally relaxed. He felt as if every pore on his body had opened up.

Just then, the Attribute Panel popped up with a new notification:

[ Ding~ ]

[ Completed one successful real-world darts session, killing 1 large dog.]

[ Darts proficiency +100 ]

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[ Ding~ ]

[ Completed one qualifying brain metabolism activity. Your mood and mental state have been pleasantly relaxed.]

[ Mental attribute +0.01 ]