This is too much!

Seeing this scene, everyone knew the dog's owner had arrived.

However, this middle-aged woman was clearly not someone to be trifled with. After wailing a few times while clutching her dog, she rushed over and grabbed Chen Jue, who was still holding his Darts: "You pay for my Da Bao! You pay for my Da Bao!"

"Da Bao is my child! It's my family!"

"How could you hurt it!"

Seeing the dog owner say such a thing, the onlookers were all stunned.

They had seen people who loved dogs, but never anyone who treated a dog as their own family member.

They were clearly two different species; how could the attributes be so confused?

"Ma'am, have some shame! You are a human, it is a dog; how can it possibly count as your child?"

"Did you give birth to it?" Chen Jue frowned; he had truly encountered a bizarre one.

"I don't care!"

"You killed my Da Bao! I want you to pay! I want you to go to jail!" The middle-aged woman began to throw a tantrum on the spot.

But with so many people at the scene, everyone had seen her dog attack someone. With so many witnesses present, no matter how she played the rogue, it was useless.

An elderly man in the park who couldn't stand it anymore stood up and unleashed a verbal barrage at the dog owner: "You...! This young man killing your dog was doing you a favor! Don't be ungrateful!"

"Go check on that little kid, hurry up and send them to the hospital, they were bitten so badly!"

"How can you still care about your dog at a time like this? Don't you know human life is more important than a dog's life?"

This old man probably had a fiery temper in his youth. After scolding her, he actually took advantage of the chaos to give the middle-aged woman a couple of shoves, intending to help her clear her head.

Who would have thought that this middle-aged woman would immediately activate her "invincibility" mode, roaring: "You old bag of bones! What business is this of yours? Did my Da Bao bite you?" Then, with a series of shoves, she pushed the old man directly to the ground.

Good grief!

This left even Chen Jue dumbfounded!

The dog owner who provoked everyone versus the old man who wouldn't get up from the ground.

Both were at least at the "Challenger" tier, forming an unsolvable loop right there in the chaotic scene.

The old man on the ground was also a crafty one; he was already lying there wailing: "My bones are broken! Ouch~"

The crowd of onlookers nearby exploded at the sight, itching to surround and beat the dog owner up.

However, they didn't succeed; they just stood there cursing.

Because the authorities had arrived.

As the patrol car pulled up, three police officers in uniform dispersed the indignant crowd.

The lead middle-aged officer turned on the camera on his shoulder and first went to look at the little boy being held in his parent's arms.

Seeing the injuries were severe, with lacerations from bites all over his thigh, he hurriedly opened his walkie-talkie to notify the dispatch center to call an ambulance and nearby reinforcements.

He then walked up to the middle-aged woman surrounded by the crowd: "Are you the dog owner? Don't you know you're supposed to use a leash? It's already hurt someone!"

Seeing the authorities had arrived, the middle-aged woman panicked a little: "I... I usually use one! I just brought it out to play, and it ran off after catching the frisbee a few times."

"Officer, you've come just in time! Hurry up and arrest him!"

"It's this man, he used that knife to kill my Da Bao!"

The middle-aged woman intended to change the subject and began pointing at Chen Jue, shouting and screaming.

"Knife?"

The middle-aged officer was stunned for a moment, then looked at Chen Jue with heightened alertness.

At this moment, another young officer responsible for inspecting the dog's carcass called out: "Captain, this dog was killed by a dart! Look at its throat, it's pierced right through!"

The middle-aged officer hurriedly leaned in to take a look: "Is this a martial arts dart? Is it that powerful?"

The middle-aged officer rubbed his temples. Between a dog biting a person, a dart killing a dog, an old man refusing to get up, and a child bitten by a dog, this was the first time he had encountered such a complex case.

Fortunately, reinforcements from the precinct arrived within minutes, and the ambulance arrived at the same time.

Once the yellow and white police tape was pulled up, a group of officers and several detectives took control of the scene, and a forensic examiner even arrived to take photos and collect evidence.

The injured little boy and the old man on the ground were both lifted into the ambulance and sent to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment.

As for the dog owner and everyone involved, including Chen Jue, they were all taken to the nearest local police station for questioning and to have their statements recorded.

How to handle it would be decided by the authorities.

Chen Jue had lived this long, and this was the first time he had entered a police station for something other than picking up an ID card.

In the blue and white interrogation room, Chen Jue sat in front of the table, holding a cup of water, and truthfully recounted the afternoon's events to the middle-aged officer who was questioning him.

As for the darts he had been carrying, they had already been confiscated as evidence and placed into a sealed bag.

"That's quite a crime! Killing such a large Pit Bull with a single dart!"

"Trying to be a hero?"

"Seeing injustice and drawing your blade to help, and then going online to buy these controlled weapons?"

The middle-aged police officer teased him for a few moments before his tone turned serious: "Do you know that the illegal use of controlled weaponry is a criminal offense?"

"I know! The seller on the online shop said that since it wasn't sharpened, it didn't count as a controlled weapon." Chen Jue replied weakly, feeling a bit guilty.

Before buying the darts, he had specifically checked online; if it were illegal, Taobao wouldn't have allowed the item to be listed, and the shop would likely have been banned outright.

"Not sharpened?"

The middle-aged officer was taken aback. He had been too busy processing the case to check earlier, subconsciously assuming Chen Jue had used a sharpened dart to kill the dog.

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

The silvery edges still had a dull finish; they truly lacked any sharp edge.

"Ahem~"

"My apologies, I was mistaken. If they aren't sharpened, they indeed don't count as controlled weapons."

The middle-aged officer gave an awkward smile, his tone softening as he curiously continued: "To think you could pierce the throat of such a thick-necked dog with unsharpened darts. You look like a gentle, bespectacled scholar; I never expected you to be a hidden master!"

"Have you practiced darts before? Is there any record of your registration?"

In this day and age, many specialized service industries and sports require registration.

Take the locksmith numbers often seen in residential complexes, for example; the locksmiths behind those numbers are considered such specialized personnel.

As for sports, outdoor activities like darts, archery, and shooting all carry a certain risk of harming others. Anyone who participates in them for a long time or works in related fields must report to the local authorities.

Hearing this, Chen Jue suddenly remembered that when he signed up for the Hang City International Darts Club, he seemed to have filled out a registration form.

He proceeded to disclose his situation to the middle-aged officer.

After entering the information into the system, the officer actually found the networked information reported by the club.

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

"What you did counts as a courageous act of righteousness; just finish the statement. They'll likely want to feature you in the papers later, and even 1818 Golden Eye might come to interview you."

The middle-aged officer first reassured him, then offered a word of caution: "However, practicing martial arts darts in the park is still too dangerous. With people coming and going, it would be troublesome if someone got hurt! It's best to train in a professional sports venue."

Hearing this, Chen Jue let out a sigh of relief.

As long as he didn't end up with a criminal record, it was fine.

His family had been clean and upright for three generations, and he didn't want to cause trouble or tarnish the family name over a mere hobby.

When he tried to ask about the young boy's condition, the middle-aged officer patiently described the follow-up situation.

The boy bitten by the dog had already been rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, and his condition was stable.

As for the middle-aged woman, she had already been criminally detained.

Because the Pit Bull she kept belonged to a prohibited breed of aggressive dog and lacked even a dog license, she had been keeping it on the sly.

On top of that, walking the dog off-leash and letting it bite someone constituted inciting a dog to injure others.

This was a case of intentional physical injury, a serious charge that carried a minimum sentence of up to three years!

If it resulted in serious injury, the sentence would increase to between three and ten years.

Since Hang City was currently hosting a sports event, the atmosphere was one of peace and prosperity everywhere.

For a case of a dog-inflicted injury to suddenly pop up—wasn't that like a single rat dropping ruining a whole pot of porridge?

Even if the dog owner's family had connections and influence, no matter how good a lawyer they hired, they would likely face the maximum sentence.

Upon hearing this outcome, Chen Jue immediately felt refreshed: "That feels good!"

After finishing his statement and walking out of the police station, the tension in Chen Jue's mind instantly dissipated, and he felt as if every pore on his body had opened up.

Just then, the panel popped up with a new notification:

[Ding~]

[Completed a successful dart combat exercise, killing 1 large canine target.]

[Dart Proficiency +100]

[Ding~]

[Completed a brain metabolic activity meeting the requirements; your mood and mental state have been well-relaxed.]

[Mental Attribute +0.01]