Official Meeting

"Mr. Zhuang Xiaolin, please wait." Chen held out a hand to stop Zhuang Xiaolin. "Please cooperate with the Lungmen Guard Department's investigation. We need you to give statements. Please forgive any inconvenience."

Having witnessed Zhuang Xiaolin's strength, Chen did not dare let her guard down. He clearly looked frail to a frightening degree, yet her instincts told her that even her speed might not match the motion of Zhuang Xiaolin drawing and firing his gun.

"Of course, Officer Chen. We're law-abiding, upstanding citizens." Zhuang Xiaolin paused, then grinned as he called over the people behind him.

Exusiai and Texas watched from a distance. A Forte girl named Croissant stood beside Exusiai, holding a shield and looking on curiously.

"That man named Zhuang Xiaolin is rather mysterious." Franka poked Liskarm's expressionless little cheek and pointed in Zhuang Xiaolin's direction.

"He is rather mysterious. Also, take your hand away. Our mission is over." Liskarm slapped Franka's hand aside, then turned and left.

"Huh, we're leaving already? Aren't we going to have some more fun..." Franka followed after her, chattering by Liskarm's ear for quite a while.

Zhuang Xiaolin's group got into a Lungmen Guard Department police car and sped all the way to the Lungmen Guard Department.

Zhuang Xiaolin had a certain degree of trust in this city's official organizations. Besides, that old fox Wei Yenwu was cooperating with him as well. Before long, some important figure would surely make an appearance here.

Taking statements and making records were common methods the police used to preserve evidence.

They compared testimony from multiple witnesses with various clues to ultimately find the correct answer.

But this incident had truly been an unexpected emergency. The terrorists' sudden attack had caught the Lungmen Guard Department off guard, especially the terrorists on the perimeter who detonated themselves and blew themselves to pieces.

All those at the scene who could have provided clues had been killed. The moment the terrorists appeared, hunters had set their sights on them. Such weak prey was slaughtered before those hunters even had to use their full strength.

And Zhuang Xiaolin was the most outstanding hunter among them. He had come here as though specifically to hunt those people down. Chen had no choice but to suspect that Zhuang Xiaolin had learned something in advance and deliberately come here to join the commotion.

After all, Chen had to ensure the safety of Lungmen. Anything that might endanger or even destroy the city would be listed as a priority target.

Lungmen Guard Department.

Inside a somewhat dim room.

"Name."

"I say, isn't the atmosphere between us a little off?" Zhuang Xiaolin looked at the dim lightbulb on the ceiling, then at the stern-faced Lungmen police officer before him.

"I'm only here to give a statement. Why are you making it look like I'm being interrogated as a criminal? You're even going through the whole routine of asking my name. Officer Chen, is this how Lungmen treats those who stand for justice?" Zhuang Xiaolin looked at Chen with some helplessness. He rather liked officers like her, upright and dedicated to following legal procedure, but everything had to allow for a little human consideration. Since he had helped Lungmen save so many hostages, this kind of treatment was unreasonable.

"Hmph. What else do you want?" Chen had intended to say something to ease the atmosphere, but for some reason, what came out sounded a little like a threat.

"Enough, Officer Chen. Mr. Zhuang Xiaolin is innocent. He is our guest." A deep voice came from outside the room that resembled an interrogation chamber.

Wei Yenwu still wore the same outfit he had on in his office, with a large pipe in his right hand.

"But, Chief Executive Wei, this does not conform to legal procedure." For some reason, Chen suddenly became stubborn.

"Everything has its ways of adapting. If we rigidly follow dead rules in every matter, it will only damage people's feelings too much." Wei Yenwu explained patiently.

"But..." Chen still wanted to argue. Her eyes remained fixed on the floor, and her hand clenched slightly.

"That's enough. Officer Chen hasn't done anything too excessive to me, so let's leave this matter here. I understand Officer Chen's desire to protect Lungmen's interests, but everything requires a little human consideration. Chief Executive Wei has taught you a lesson today." Seeing that Wei Yenwu still wanted to say something, Zhuang Xiaolin quickly spoke up to stop him.

If they kept arguing, he might really end up staying in this police station eating pork cutlet rice. Come to think of it, back when he had been detained at a police station for fighting, Zhuang Xiaolin seemed to have eaten barbecued pork rice or something similar.

A true man did not boast of his past exploits. Back then, Zhuang Xiaolin had also been a frequent visitor to police stations, though not in the narrow sense of the phrase. He had become a regular because he often assisted the police with intelligence work.

At such a young age, he was naturally more capable of misleading people, but most police officers at the time had opposed Zhuang Xiaolin putting himself in danger.

But Zhuang Xiaolin's father was a police officer, and his mother was a judge. For some reason, his parents had actually agreed to an arrangement that most parents would have found highly problematic.

Inside Lungmen's slums.

Two figures in black robes conversed in a corner.

"How did it go?" One wore a black robe, and her orange-red hair stood out starkly against it.

"We tested every major hospital in Lungmen and collected more than a hundred samples on average. The different samples all proved that those orange-cyan medicines had remarkable effects on Oripathy." The other black-robed figure appeared unremarkable.

Upon hearing this news, the orange-red-haired figure paused.

"I understand. Keep gathering information here. I'll return and tell Talulah." After leaving those words behind, the orange-red-haired figure flashed away and vanished.