Reality 7

The players swarmed over in a rush, expecting to face some formidable expert, only to find a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy with a buzz cut.

Seeing his attempt had failed, the boy shrieked and scrambled toward the nearby police, shouting as he ran, "Help! Murder! Officer, help me! Someone's trying to kill me!"

He hadn't made it far before a vine coiled around his ankle. He stumbled, face-planted, and was dragged all the way back. He screamed in terror, struggling desperately, "Help! Officer, save me!"

The police wanted to intervene, but the players were faster. An Earth Wall rose from the ground, blocking their path once more. In the blink of an eye, the boy was dragged before Ye Zhao.

A few players began the interrogation, landing two slaps across his face that left him dazed. "Quiet. What are you shouting about?"

"Speak, where are your accomplices?"

"It seems like it's just him?"

The boy clutched his swollen cheek, sobbing, "Let me go! Do you have no respect for the law? You're kidnapping, extorting, and murdering—I'm going to report you, I'll make sure you rot in prison!"

Ye Zhao stroked her chin. That sounds so familiar. I feel like I've heard it somewhere before.

However, the boy looked somewhat familiar. Ye Zhao studied him for a long moment; he seemed to be the child of a live-in nanny who had worked for the Ye family for decades. He used to visit during holidays—Xiao Chen, that was his name.

The original owner had met him a few times, and every time, he'd put on a fierce expression, threatening her not to bully Mingyue, not to covet anything that belonged to Mingyue, and reminding her that Mingyue was the true eldest daughter of the Ye family.

To make sure the original owner