"Alright, you can go for now, but Liang Youde, you must remain available for summons at any time."
In the interrogation room, a young police officer finished organizing his notes and addressed the group.
This included Su Bai's parents, their coworkers, and Liang Youde.
Originally, this entire incident stemmed from Liang Youde, so logically, he shouldn't have been released.
However, his injuries were too severe; he had been bleeding from his nose and mouth ever since the ride to the police station, effectively turning him from the aggressor into the victim.
"Officer, please wait!" Su Jianhong hurriedly called out to the young policeman, asking ingratiatingly, "I don't know how my son is doing? What can we do to keep him from being detained?"
"He has the college entrance exam in just a few days; I can't let my useless old bones ruin his entire future!"
"That's easy to handle." The young officer put away the notes and pointed at Liang Youde. "As long as he is willing to settle with you privately, and you pay a public security fine, he can be released for now."
"Although he will still have a criminal record, your son will have no problem taking the college entrance exam."
Now that the monsters have invaded, the Federation government is different from before. Aside from heinous crimes, the government doesn't pay much attention to ordinary criminal records.
Therefore, Su Bai's only chance to take the college entrance exam is to obtain Liang Youde's forgiveness, which would give the police station a reason to release him.
Of course, this is just the formal legal route. There are other, unofficial paths that are even simpler, but those are not things an ordinary person like Su Jianhong could ever find.
Upon hearing that he held Su Bai's fate in his hands, Liang Youde became instantly excited, wearing a vicious expression.
"Are you kidding? You want me to forgive that little bastard? Keep dreaming!"
"Su Jianhong, isn't your son a good fighter? I'm going to make him regret it for the rest of his life, just like you, working as a bottom-tier laborer!"
He was a petty man by nature, and now that he finally had a chance to take revenge on Su Bai, he certainly wouldn't let it go!
Not only would he not let it go, but he would also find a way to make Su Bai pay an even heavier price!
Liang Youde continued to provoke Su Jianhong, "I'm calling my cousin right now to have him hire a lawyer to sue your son into the ground and keep him in prison for the rest of his life!"
His words were so malicious that even the nearby police officer couldn't stand to listen.
"How can you be so excessive? If you hadn't thrown the first punch, would that kid have hit you? Doing this will ruin his entire life!"
"Ruined is exactly what I want! I want to destroy him, and I absolutely will not accept their settlement!" Liang Youde cursed viciously and turned to walk out.
Seeing this, Su Jianhong and Lin Xiu'e hurriedly chased after him, begging him to show mercy!
"Section Chief Liang, please let my son go. I'm willing to pay you. Just name your price, and I'll find a way to pay you!"
Lin Xiu'e was a mess of tears and snot, grabbing Liang Youde and pleading, "That's right, Section Chief Liang, we'll sell our house and land to satisfy you, just please let Su Bai go!"
"Sell your house? How much can that dump of yours sell for? Besides, I don't need your money; I want your son to pay the price!"
Liang Youde shook off Lin Xiu'e's hand, looking completely uncompromising, and drove off in his car.
"It's over, sob, it's all over!" Lin Xiu'e suddenly felt the world go black, collapsing to the ground and sobbing loudly!
Su Jianhong watched his wife in silence, filled with deep regret and blaming himself incessantly.
An older police officer brought Su Bai's backpack to the two of them and sighed, "People like that are the hardest to deal with. We don't run into them more than a few times a year; you two are just incredibly unlucky."
"You should go back and think of a way. You can't let your son's life be ruined just like this."
Su Jianhong took Su Bai's backpack, pulled Lin Xiu'e up, nodded silently, and walked out of the police station.
At this moment, the couple felt utterly desperate. They were just ordinary people, barely able to make ends meet; where could they possibly find a solution?
"Cousin, that's how it is. I want that brat to pay the price!" Inside a luxurious villa, Liang Youde, bruised and swollen, spoke to a middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man was Liang Ji, around forty, of medium build, with thinning hair and wearing a suit that gave him an imposing air—the look of someone who had held a high position for a long time.
Liang Ji snuffed out his cigarette and asked in surprise, "You're still not satisfied even if he can't take the college entrance exam?"
"The college entrance exam? What kind of good grades can a poor man's son get? How much does the exam even affect him?" Liang Youde pointed to his own face, feeling very resentful. "Cousin, look at how badly he beat me. If I don't get revenge, I won't be able to swallow this anger!"
Liang Ji looked at him carefully and saw that he was indeed in a sorry state. He asked, "Then what will satisfy you? He's in the police station now; I can't let you beat him up yourself."
"That's not necessary, Cousin. You just need to make him pay the price!"
"That's easy enough." Liang Ji stood up and made a phone call.
"Yes, that's right."
"His name is Su Bai; he might be sent your way in a moment."
"Take care of him for me. Make sure he's bedridden for two months."
In just a few short words, Su Bai's fate was sealed. A flash of malice crossed Liang Youde's eyes as he listened!
"Little bastard, this time I'm going to make sure you lose a layer of skin!"
Yang City Police Station.
"Su Bai, come out." Two men whose uniforms differed slightly from the regular police called out from the door, and Su Bai stood up immediately.
"Come with us."
"Where to?" Su Bai asked, stunned.
One of the officers replied calmly, "Where else? The detention center, of course."
"The detention center? So soon?" Su Bai didn't quite understand the procedure, but he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.
"Enough talk, let's go." The other officer, seemingly unwilling to explain, urged him forward. Su Bai had no choice but to follow.
About half an hour later, he was brought before a sealed building constructed of reinforced concrete.
"Such an intense sense of oppression!"
The building before him felt like a beast waiting to devour men, making the hair on Su Bai's arms stand on end!
"Officer, what is this place?" Su Bai asked, his guard up.
Ever since he stepped out of the police station, he had felt that something was off, though he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
One of the officers sneered, "We aren't police. We are the Ninja Enforcement Squad!"
Ninja Enforcement Squad!
Su Bai's pupils constricted violently!
He knew this was the organization dedicated to dealing with rogue ninjas!
"As for this place..." the squad member glanced at the building, "this is the Ninja Prison, specifically designed to lock up people like you."
Su Bai immediately wanted to resist, but the two squad members beside him suddenly erupted with a powerful aura, no weaker than Chu Yuan, which instantly made him abandon the thought.
"Hmph, at least you have some sense. Get in!"
One of them sneered and shoved Su Bai inside.
Chapter 35: Sharingan Awakened
The moment he entered the mysterious building, Su Bai felt as if his Chakra Level had fallen asleep and could no longer be mobilized. His expression darkened instantly.
After bringing him here, the two men spoke a few words to a prison guard, who nodded immediately and shoved Su Bai into a cell.
There were seven or eight people in prison uniforms inside. One bald man was particularly eye-catching; he sat on the bed while the others stood around him.
"Boss, this is the guy Brother Yang was talking about!" a thin, small man said to the bald man after checking a photo in his hand.
The bald man stood up and approached Su Bai. He was sturdy and nearly two meters tall, standing like an iron tower and exerting immense pressure!
"You're Su Bai?"
"And you are?"
"My name is Deng Wei." Deng Wei smiled, his large hands patting Su Bai's shoulder with force. "Someone wants you bedridden for two months. Are you going to do it yourself, or should I?"
Su Bai narrowed his eyes, and it clicked.
"Liang Youde has this much influence? He can actually go this far?"
It was obvious that this was retaliation, but he hadn't expected the other party to have enough pull to reach the Ninja Enforcement Squad!
Deng Wei cracked his knuckles, the sound echoing sharply, and laughed. "Liang Youde? I don't know him."
"But someone definitely wants you to suffer. If you're smart, don't resist."
With that, he threw a fierce punch toward Su Bai's chest!
Su Bai dodged nimbly, circled behind him, and kicked Deng Wei in the back.
Bang!
Caught off guard, Deng Wei hadn't expected Su Bai to be so fast and slammed into the iron door.
The guard outside heard the commotion, smiled, and went back to looking at his phone, making no move to intervene.
"Good kid, you've got some strength!" The bald man shook his head, which was still dazed from the impact, and grinned.
The others saw Su Bai fighting back and swarmed him. Trapped in the cramped room, Su Bai had nowhere to hide and had to grit his teeth, relying on his martial arts to defend himself!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The room descended into chaos. Although Su Bai was alone, he possessed nearly ten units of Chakra Level, and his physical fitness had been subtly enhanced over time.
His strength and speed were far superior to these men; aside from Deng Wei, the others were no match for him.
"Damn it, I guess I have to use some real skill to take down a brat like you!" Seeing his subordinates falling one by one, Deng Wei grew furious, his strikes becoming thirty percent heavier!
"This is bad, I don't know any taijutsu!" Su Bai struggled to defend.
Deng Wei's physical stats were far higher than his. Once the man got serious, Su Bai couldn't block him at all. He could no longer even track Deng Wei's attacks and had to scramble over the beds to avoid them!
Unable to land a hit after a long struggle, Deng Wei grew increasingly agitated. Finally, he struck with lethal intent, his fist encased in what looked like a Chakra-conductive iron knuckle-duster, aiming straight for Su Bai's temple!
"It's over, I can't dodge it!" Seeing the vicious punch, Su Bai's eyes widened.
If this punch landed on his head, he would be dead or crippled!
Damn it, I have to dodge!
At this moment, a desperate will to survive surged within Su Bai, as if his brain had been fiercely stimulated, focusing his spirit to its peak!
BOOM!
Just then, his sea of consciousness felt as if it had been violently torn open, releasing a massive surge of mental energy. Everything before his eyes became incredibly clear; he could even see the fine hairs on Deng Wei's knuckles!
Su Bai tilted his head slightly, dodging Deng Wei's fist by a hair's breadth, and immediately followed up with a vicious backhanded uppercut to his chin!
"CRACK!"
"ARGH!"
The sound of bone fracturing accompanied Deng Wei's scream as Su Bai shattered his jaw with a single blow!
"You, your eyes! They are actually..." The bald man collapsed to the ground, clutching his jaw, staring at Su Bai's eyes in shock, seemingly too nervous to speak!
"My eyes?" Su Bai looked at him, puzzled, but before he could figure it out, a line of text suddenly floated before his eyes.
You have awakened the Sharingan... You have awakened the Yin Attribute...
BOOM!
Suddenly, a massive wave of mental pressure slammed into Su Bai's mind, as if he had been struck hard in the head with a hammer. An inexplicable emotion flooded his brain, making him feel exhilarated!
BOOM! He knocked one prisoner down with a single punch, then immediately reached another, kicking him away. His strikes were lethal and ruthless, completely unlike his usual personality!
"Ah, spare me!"
"Stop hitting us, you're going to kill someone!"
"We just wanted to teach you a lesson, you can't kill us!"
The prisoners cried out for mercy, yet Su Bai's excitement only grew more intense. Eventually, he even developed a murderous intent, as if a voice in his heart was constantly tempting him to kill everyone here!