She's pretty, what's it to you?

Fengning City Police Station!

In the interrogation room, the Hoodlum sat dumbfounded in his chair, hands and feet cuffed, still unable to figure out why he was so unlucky.

Captain Li, in charge of the interrogation, finished reading the report and slammed a hand on the table, snarling, "You've got some nerve! Robbing a Riot Squad officer's family member? You asking to die? And on top of that, you assaulted a cop!!!"

Who the hell assaulted a cop!?

The Hoodlum's face crumpled. After learning the White-Collar Woman's identity, he nearly pissed himself. He'd been having bad luck lately, but there had to be a limit—this was the kind of misfortune that meant someone had dug up his ancestors' graves.

The door pushed open, and Officer Xiao Ma walked in: "Captain Li, this guy's got a record. He's not local, suspected of being tied to a theft ring. The neighboring city's already contacted us, wants to take him away..."

Captain Li raised an eyebrow: "They say take him, and we just hand him over? What are we, their errand boys? If they're so capable, why didn't they catch him themselves?"

Xiao Ma gave an awkward smile. There was no good way to answer that, so he pretended not to hear.

Captain Li snorted: "Tell them to wait. I'm interrogating this punk first. If I don't squeeze something useful out of him, they're not taking him anywhere!"

"Uh, then what do I tell them..."

"Say we're cooperating fully, and they need to go through the proper channels!"

"Oh!"

"And make sure they cover Xiao Luo's bonus. Xiao Luo's a good comrade—can't let him take a loss. Tch, if it weren't for his parents' accident hitting him so hard... forget it, never mind. Go handle it!"

The door closed, and Captain Li glared at the Hoodlum with clear irritation: "Fengning City's been developing fast these past few years, but there's always you outsiders causing trouble. Seeing you Rats makes my skin crawl! Spill it. Tell me everything you know."

The Hoodlum kept his head down, silent. Confess and get leniency? The prison cell was waiting. He knew the drill.

"Oh, you've got a temper on you. Looks like I need to give you a taste of the 'King of Hell's Hand' before you learn your lesson!"

Captain Li rolled up his sleeves, ready to throw down, but Xiao Liu, the officer recording the file, quickly grabbed him: "Captain, take it easy. We're supposed to enforce the law civilly now."

Captain Li shot him a look: "What nonsense are you talking? Where do you see me being uncivil?"

Xiao Liu was speechless. He pointed at the corner, indicating the camera.

Captain Li waved a hand dismissively: "Go turn that camera off. Say it's broken, needs two days of repairs."

Xiao Liu was utterly defeated: "That's against regulations..."

"Regulations are dead, people are alive. You gonna let a pissing rule choke you?"

Xiao Liu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, taking it as Captain Li's rambling, and tried to reason: "Captain, you can't actually do this. If this gets out, you'll get a demerit."

"So what if I get a demerit? Like I haven't had enough already?" Captain Li was indignant, pointing at the cowering Hoodlum: "It's these rotten apples disrupting social order day in and day out. I rough him up to solve the case faster. Every minute wasted means more victims. Don't you get that?"

"I get it! But me getting it doesn't matter!"

Xiao Liu pointed at the computer again. Online, keyboard warriors were everywhere, more willing to believe criminals than the police, acting all saintly. If a criminal got a little rough treatment, it was like the end of the world. They were under constant scrutiny from countless eyes, making their jobs impossible.

Cops were human too. They had blood in their veins. When they ran into scumbag criminals, it was hard not to let adrenaline take over. And what happened? They got reported and reamed out for it. Unbelievable!

"Don't mind those lunatics. Always defending criminals. The criminal's pitiful? What about the victim? When the victim can't afford hospital bills, where are those 'legal eagles' lining up to donate?" Captain Li sneered. "In the end, it's us who chip in. Funny how they never talk about that!"

Xiao Liu shrugged. He couldn't win this argument, so he asked, "Then how do I write the file? I can't just put down the truth!"

Captain Li thought for a moment, then said gravely, "Write that the suspect was extremely uncooperative, broke free of his restraints, and kicked the camera to pieces. We had to use electric batons, riot shields, pepper spray, and other tools to subdue him."

Xiao Liu stared in shock. You serious?

"What are you looking at me for? Call the landline and have them bring over everything I just mentioned!"

"Captain, you're really doing this?"

Captain Li said matter-of-factly, "No shit. This is going into the file. You think I'd just make stuff up?"

"Oh, oh, I'll make the call..."

The Hoodlum looked on in terror as Captain Li rolled up his sleeves and Xiao Liu dialed the phone, unsure if they were actually going through with it. If they were, he'd either be beaten to death or flayed alive!

"Captain, the stuff you asked for is on its way. This file... how detailed should I get?"

Captain Li said impatiently, "Just wing it. Don't think I don't know you moonlight as a broke-ass writer. Write it like a Bruce Lee movie. I'm Bruce Lee, he's the basketball guy. Make the fight as intense as possible. Highlight the criminal's arrogance and this captain's martial prowess."

"Uh, Captain, I've never seen a Bruce Lee movie."

"You young kids, what can I even say? Never seen a Chinese icon... Fine, what have you seen?"

"Dragon Ball and One Piece!"

"What kind of garbage is that? Whatever, make do and base it on those two."

"Captain, uh... have you seen those anime?"

"No, why? Not enough action?"

"No, plenty of action. The hero falls down every time but gets back up, and eventually beats the enemy through sheer grit."

"As long as the action's good, go with that. Write it like that hero. Put it in the file."

"You got it!"

Xiao Liu cracked his knuckles, a series of pops echoing, then his fingers flew across the keyboard. In that moment, inspiration surged—he was no longer a broke-ass writer.

The criminal let out a fierce roar, thrusting both hands forward, preparing to unleash a Planet Destroyer, blasting Captain Li and the Earth itself into cosmic dust.

Captain Li was horrified. The criminal's aura was terrifyingly strong. He knew he couldn't take this hit. He could Teleportation away to Mary Geoise and survive, but behind him lay the Earth that humanity depended on—especially the Red Line Continent, where countless happy families lived...

He couldn't run! He couldn't dodge!

The weight of protecting the people rested on his shoulders! Even if he died, he had to block this attack!

Captain Li's eyes changed. Ignoring the fatal strain that could cripple his body, he forcibly activated Tenth Gear — Super Rubber Man 4 and unleashed his final Kamehameha!

Boom!!!

The criminal was blasted into the sun by the Kamehameha, reduced to history!

As Xiao Liu wrote, he thought to himself: if I were a reader reading this novel, I'd slap down five monthly tickets without a second thought.

Not on the shelves yet?

No problem—favorite it, plus ten daily recommendation tickets, and wait for the shelves to drop for a full subscription.

Xiao Liu was muttering this aloud as he typed. The Hoodlum pissed himself on the spot, and seeing Captain Li approaching with a fierce look, he hurriedly shouted:

"Captain, I'll confess everything!"

"Now you call me Captain? Too late! Know how to read those four words on the wall?"

"Leniency for confessions!"

Captain Li snorted coldly: "That's right—rid the people of evil!"

The interrogation room door pushed open again: "Captain Li, the stun baton and riot shield you asked for are here..."

"Blah blah... crash clatter... jabber jabber..."

Before Captain Li could even yell out some weird cry like 'Ah-da~~ ooh ooh ooh~~', the Hoodlum had already spilled everything—even that his underwear pattern was SpongeBob.

Seeing this, Captain Li and Xiao Liu exchanged a knowing smile. With a brain like that, he wanted to play the tough guy? Even with civilized law enforcement, I've got ways to nail you!

The interrogation ended. Xiao Liu uploaded the file. Personal and collective honors were in the bag—sweet!

At the interrogation room door, Captain Li was stopped by a dazed officer who was swaying as he walked.

The officer's face was full of longing, as if still in a dream: "Captain Li, Superintendent Shen from the Provincial Department has arrived. The chief wants you to come over!"

Captain Li cursed inwardly. He hated these people sent down from above. Seeing the officer still starry-eyed, he kicked him.

"What's up, lost your soul?"

The officer scrambled up, not angry, and blushed: "That Superintendent Shen... she's really beautiful!"

Captain Li rolled his eyes: "Yeah, she's beautiful, a goddess on earth. Marrying her would be ancestral smoke rising from the grave. But... what's that got to do with you? Did you burn today's disc yet?"

Officer: "..."

MMP, if you weren't trained, I'd have beaten you long ago!

Failure Diary

"Editor-sama, are you discriminating against me? Why do I never get any recommendations?"

"You failure, the fact that I can calmly waste time talking to you proves I'm not discriminating against you!"