I Don't Believe It

(This was yesterday's update... Damn it, I said I'd nap for two hours after dinner, but when I opened my eyes, it was 9 a.m. the next day.)

When Xiang Shan spoke, neither Rong Wei nor the middle-aged lieutenant colonel beside her said anything.

That naturally meant they tacitly approved of his attitude.

No one brought to the Special Affairs Department could put on such airs. If there really was nothing wrong, why would they have been brought here?

Seeing their superior's attitude, the two soldiers behind Xiang Shan exchanged glances and pressed a button on the equipment rack. A heavy iron case slid down before them.

At the press of a finger, the case sprang open, revealing a pair of heavy Magnetic Energy Handcuffs inside.

They weighed a full twenty kilograms. An ordinary person's wrists simply could not bear that kind of weight, much less when the magnetic energy device had not even been activated yet.

Once activated, the two cuffs would lock tightly together. Anyone below Level 20 would have no hope of breaking free.

These handcuffs had been designed for the most vicious and dangerous criminals.

As for why they were being used on a freshman from an academy, that was not something they needed to consider.

The two soldiers each lifted one of the heavy cuffs.

Xiang Shan recalled what Major Night Sting had said earlier, then raised an arm and crooked his finger.

"Jin Fei, bring your men with me."

A captain behind him saluted. "Yes!"

Then a squad of around twenty soldiers armed with light Pulse Rifles emerged and formed up on both sides, following the two soldiers forward.

"Isn't this a bit too grand a welcome for this kid?" The lieutenant colonel named Li Cheng narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself.

"This