I Regret It

"It seems my methods were too gentle." Li Shu sighed, his gaze turning icy as he looked at the eight men.

He had lost his patience and decided to finish them off right then and there; even if it caused a rift between him and Wukong, he was willing to pay the price.

Just then, the wail of a siren echoed from the distance.

Two police cars sped toward them, pulling off a sharp drift before coming to a halt in front of Li Shu and the others.

"Who called the police?" A male and female officer stepped out of the cars, the man holding a small notebook as he asked.

The female officer scanned the surroundings. Upon seeing the blood-stained letters scattered on the ground and the eight thugs, she immediately understood the situation. She waved her hand and said, "It doesn't matter who called. These are repeat offenders; take them all in."

The yellow-haired man and his cohorts, who had been slumped on the ground, grew ecstatic the moment they saw the police, as if they had just laid eyes on their own parents.

"Yes, yes! We called the police on ourselves! Please, lock us up in jail!" The yellow-haired man grabbed the male officer's hand like he had found a savior, urging him repeatedly.

The others were the same, desperate to be taken away.

Ding! Achievement quest series 'Punish the Evil and Promote the Good', current progress 2/300. Upon completion, you will receive the title: [Great Hero], Achievement Points +5000!

Li Shu was stunned. It was already finished?

But the progress seemed off. There were eight people, so why did it only go up by one point?

After a moment of thought, Li Shu realized that 'Punish the Evil and Promote the Good' wasn't calculated by the number of heads, but by the number of incidents.

As long as one evil act was resolved, it counted as completing one task.

"Looks like I overcomplicated it from the start. I should have just called the police earlier." Li Shu couldn't help but offer a wry smile.

At this moment, the female officer walked over to him. After asking a few simple questions, she quickly left with the eight men in tow.

Once the matter was settled, the restaurant owner ran out, excited and grateful. "Sir, you have done a great thing."

"That's right. After this lesson, they shouldn't dare to commit evil again," another resident added.

"You are our hero."

The residents emerged one after another, showering Li Shu with unreserved praise.

To thank Li Shu for driving away the villains, the residents brought out various gifts.

The restaurant owner was the most practical; he insisted on refunding the money Li Shu had paid for his meal—a massive sum of fifty thousand.

Wukong watched this scene blankly. Through the recent commotion, he had learned of the villains' deeds, which were truly detestable.

He began to understand his big brother's actions. Even if his brother had killed them, he wouldn't have thought his brother was wrong.

Seeing Wukong's brow unfurrow and watching him giggle foolishly amidst the residents' praise, Li Shu felt his own mood improve.

After bidding farewell to the residents, Li Shu and Wukong continued their flight toward Muscle Tower in the north.

"Big Brother, are there really such evil people in this world?" Wukong's voice was low; the incident seemed to have left a significant impact on him.

It was the first time Li Shu had seen the optimistic and innocent Wukong wear such an expression. Curious, he asked, "What evil things did they do?"

"Big Brother, do you know what 'rape' means?" Wukong asked, puzzled.

"This..." Li Shu found it hard to explain. After all, Wukong was still at the stage where he would expose his little bird without feeling the slightest bit Awkward; he was a blank slate in this regard, and even if explained, he probably wouldn't understand.

It would take a great deal of time to provide Wukong with enlightenment, and Li Shu couldn't be bothered. In their era, people learned such things without a teacher.

"Does Big Brother not know either?" Wukong looked disappointed, then continued, "The residents said that group of villains once raped an old woman..."

"Pfft!" Li Shu couldn't hold it in. He stared at Wukong in shock. Raped an old woman?

"That act of rape dealt a massive blow to the old woman, and she later chose to commit suicide."

"They also stole the money a father had saved to save his daughter's life. Because the little girl had no money for treatment, she died in the hospital. Later, when the father went to settle the score, he was brutally humiliated and then committed suicide."

Wukong kept talking, and Li Shu listened quietly by his side.

According to Wukong's account, the evil deeds of the yellow-haired group were truly too numerous to record.

Having lived in the era of big data, Li Shu was actually quite accustomed to such atrocities, though the rape of an old woman was truly beyond the pale.

Therefore, hearing these crimes didn't stir much of a ripple in Li Shu's heart. He only felt a slight regret that he hadn't just slaughtered the scum earlier instead of worrying about Wukong's feelings.

If he had acted first and explained later, would Wukong have understood after learning the truth?

Having spent so many years together, Li Shu had long since come to view Wukong as his own younger brother, and he cared deeply about what Wukong thought of him.

"Wukong, I regret it now. I want to turn back and kill them. Will you come with me?" Li Shu interrupted Wukong's account and said seriously.

Wukong was silent for a moment, then nodded. "Big Brother, I can't bring myself to kill, but I want to teach them a lesson myself."

Li Shu smiled. Under his influence, Wukong's personality seemed to have undergone a subtle change.

Immediately, the two turned around and sped toward the police cars.

"Wukong, they are in police custody now, so the nature of the situation has changed. We cannot reveal our identities," Li Shu said, looking down at the ground with a murderous aura.

Wukong nodded, half-understanding. Li Shu raised his hand, and a full moon slowly rose.

"Transform. You go first; I'll handle the aftermath."

Two police cars sped along the road, each transporting four criminals.

In the police car driven by the female officer, the blond-haired man clamored, "Officer Jing, we're old acquaintances by now. You know that even if you drag us back, it'll just be a few days for disturbing the peace at most. Why not just let us go now? It'll save everyone some trouble."

"Also, I want to report a crime! That guy was clearly beating us up just now; we're the real victims here."

"You'd better call for backup and arrest him too! He's incredibly strong; the two of you won't be able to subdue him."

"Shut up!" The blond man's incessant chatter was driving the female officer to the brink of annoyance.

To be honest, she felt nothing but helplessness toward these kinds of thugs.

Arresting them every few days, only for them to be released and arrested again—she was truly sick of it, and she wished she could just shoot these bastards dead.

But they were bound by discipline, and she couldn't do that.

She often wondered when these scumbags would finally run into someone truly ruthless, someone who would beat them to death on the spot.

If she could just receive a call to come and collect their corpses, that would be truly satisfying.