Police at the Door

Night Parade of One Hundred Demons... Hearing Xia Jie mention it, Lu Zhe was momentarily taken aback.

Naturally, he knew what the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons was. The Night Parade launched by Suguru Geto last year had caused an enormous uproar across the world.

As Japan's neighbor, China's Jujutsu Society had been closely following the matter at the time.

Such a major event in the Jujutsu Society was something that occurred perhaps once in a century. No one did not want to know what exactly had happened in Japan.

Although Japan's Jujutsu Sorcerers had still been trying to conceal the truth of the incident, how could something like this possibly be covered up?

At the time, the most widespread rumor online was that Kishimojin's Childbirth had caused a terrifying supernatural incident, and the stories were remarkably detailed.

Yet Jujutsu Sorcerers around the world almost all knew that this terrorist attack had been launched by Suguru Geto, a Curse User from Japan.

It was not that Japan's Jujutsu High truly leaked information everywhere, allowing Jujutsu Sorcerers from other countries to uncover whatever they wanted. Suguru Geto, the central figure of the Night Parade, had simply acted far too flamboyantly.

Suguru Geto's brazen declaration of war against Jujutsu High had been intended to place himself at the center of the world.

He had probably wanted to use that "performance" to display his strength and ideals to Jujutsu Sorcerers worldwide, thereby drawing in more like-minded comrades.

Unfortunately, he had failed.

There had never been any possibility of success in the first place. Suguru Geto himself was likely well aware of that.

But his actions had been like some special signal, igniting flames of so-called "reform" throughout Jujutsu Society around the world.

Some mysterious Jujutsu Sorcerers had begun embracing his ideology. Although most of them did not possess Suguru Geto's madness of wanting to destroy all humanity, their extreme actions had nevertheless made the entire Jujutsu Society restless.

Seen that way, Suguru Geto's Night Parade had much in common with Whitebeard's Summit War, stirring up turmoil across the Jujutsu Society worldwide through one man alone.

Naturally, the wave of "reform" had also affected China.

To say nothing else, quite a few Monsters had taken the lead in rebellion.

And because he had been busy dealing with the trouble they caused, Lu Zhe had not had time to call Jiang Changqing and ask about him and Xia Jie.

On the other hand, deep down, he had subconsciously believed that nothing would happen to Jiang Changqing because of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons.

Lu Zhe also could not get over that hurdle in his heart and take the initiative to call Jiang Changqing to ask whether he was safe.

He had not expected Jiang Changqing to actually get into trouble!

Lu Zhe did not know how he felt at that moment, but this was not the time to dwell on such things.

He stared at the familiar door and raised his right hand to knock.

"Knock, knock—"

He knocked several times in succession, but no one answered.

"Is anyone home?" Lu Zhe called out, his voice completely different from when he had spoken to Xia Jie on the phone. "The neighbor heard strange noises coming from your place and called the police!"

"I'll count to three! If no one opens the door, we'll force our way in!"

Xia Jie looked through the peephole. An elderly woman was talking nonstop to two uniformed police officers.

Xia Jie focused slightly and immediately heard what the elderly woman was saying.

"I'm old, so I sleep lightly. I heard crashing and banging noises coming from inside!"

"At first, I thought it was nothing, but then I heard a girl's cries! That's when I knew something was wrong!"

Xia Jie was instantly speechless. He had not expected such an enthusiastic elderly neighbor, but then he realized that something did not feel right.

He had only been on the phone with Lu Zhe for a short while before the police came knocking. No matter how he looked at it, it seemed like a trap.

Yet according to his senses, the people outside really were ordinary people.

Could Lu Zhe have deliberately arranged this little act for him?

As Xia Jie observed the situation outside, he picked up his phone and said to Lu Zhe, "Mr. Lu Zhe, did you call the people outside?"

"The people outside? What are you talking about?" Lu Zhe said coldly.

"The police have come to my place!" Xia Jie said.

"Hm? That has nothing to do with me!" Lu Zhe replied with certainty. "How about this? Let Qiao Qiao go, and I'll have her cooperate with you to send them away first!"

Xia Jie: "..."

Do you take me for an idiot? If I let Qiao Qiao go, won't she immediately fight me again?

What the hell was this... Xia Jie felt a headache coming on. He had not expected his commotion to be so great that it would attract law enforcement.

With no other choice, he first informed Lu Zhe on the other end of the call, hung up, then had Shadow Maru temporarily hide Qiao Qiao in his shadow to conceal her before opening the door.

He had no choice but to open it. The police were already planning to force their way in. If that happened, he would be treated as a criminal.

When the two police officers saw Xia Jie open the door, they both froze for a moment.

One of the officers looked Xia Jie over and said, "Hello, I'm Officer Zhuo Yongkang of Jiangcheng Police Station, badge number 429063. We received a report that a violent incident may have occurred here. Please cooperate with our investigation!"

"I remember a young girl lives here..." The elderly woman who had called the police stared at Xia Jie and asked suspiciously.

"Oh, she's my girlfriend..." Xia Jie said calmly. "We had an argument just now. I didn't expect it to alarm the police officers!"

"That noise just now didn't sound like an ordinary argument!" the elderly woman said suspiciously.

"Young people have hot tempers." Xia Jie glanced at her and spoke blandly.

"Would it be convenient for us to come in?" Zhuo Yongkang, who had been standing beside him, asked.

"Please." Xia Jie stepped aside.

"You said you were arguing with your girlfriend..." Suspicion appeared on Zhuo Yongkang's face. "Where is your girlfriend?"

He had just swept his gaze over the apartment. Aside from Xia Jie, there was no one else inside.

"She lost her temper at me and went out on her own!" Xia Jie explained.

"She probably won't be coming back tonight!" Xia Jie added.

"Why didn't I hear the door open?" the elderly woman asked.

Can you stop making such a fuss?

"She slammed the door so loudly when she left. Didn't you hear it?" Xia Jie narrowed his eyes.

"Did she?" the elderly woman said.

"She didn't?" Xia Jie said.

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing, Zhuo Yongkang hurriedly stepped in. "All right! Tell me your name, and what you and your girlfriend were arguing about!"

"What else do men and women argue about? We had a disagreement!" Xia Jie said carelessly. "She thought I didn't understand her. I thought I understood her. She thought I didn't understand her as well as she thought I did. I thought I understood her as well as she thought I did..."

"Stop it. Are you reciting a tongue twister?" Zhuo Yongkang frowned. "Tell me when your girlfriend left."

"Around ten-thirty, I guess!" Xia Jie said.

"Do you have your girlfriend's number?" Zhuo Yongkang asked. "Call her so we can verify what you're saying!"

"I do, but I doubt she'll answer if I call." Xia Jie took out his phone and dialed a number.

Very soon, the automated voice on the other end said, "The number you have dialed is not answering."

Xia Jie shrugged at Zhuo Yongkang.

The elderly woman beside them looked at Xia Jie suspiciously, muttering something under her breath without pause.

Xia Jie's mouth twitched, and he pretended not to hear her.

Seeing him like this, Zhuo Yongkang knew that continuing the questioning likely would not get them anywhere.

He turned to look at his colleague, and when his colleague also signaled that nothing had been found, he said to Xia Jie, "Forget it. We'll leave it at that for today! Keep the noise down next time you argue with your girlfriend!"

"Oh, right. What's your name? Where's your ID?" Zhuo Yongkang opened the police app on his phone. "I'll make a record!"

"I don't have an ID, Officer," Xia Jie said awkwardly.

"Hm? What do you mean?" Zhuo Yongkang's expression became somewhat stern.

"My name is Xia Jie," Xia Jie replied. "I'm a Chinese Japanese national!"

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