"Wh... what girl?"
Scarface had burns all over his body, and a pungent stench of scorching flesh came off him.
The paralyzing effect of the lightning had yet to wear off, and his body kept twitching.
Qin Ze grabbed him by the neck and slammed him hard against the ground.
"Pfft-cough, cough, cough-"
Blood gushed from Scarface's throat like a fountain.
"The girl you framed for arson."
"If you still can't remember, I'll help jog your memory some more."
Qin Ze slapped him twice, breaking every tooth in Scarface's mouth.
"I... I remember!"
"Two hours ago, she was picked up along with the other premium goods."
Sure enough, there was someone above them.
Otherwise, these few rotten cloves of garlic wouldn't have dared act so recklessly.
"Where was she taken? Who are you working for?"
Qin Ze slapped him a few more times to help him remember.
"The one we deal with is..."
Pfft-
A streak of qi and blood suddenly shot through Scarface's head.
His eyes went vacant in an instant, and he stopped breathing.
"Spit it out! Who? Who was your contact?"
Bang!
Qin Ze threw Scarface to the ground.
"Who did that?"
He had been about to learn the truth, but the man had suddenly died.
"I did."
A man wearing glasses walked in.
"How are you?"
"You're not hurt, are you?"
The man asked with concern.
Qin Ze breathed heavily. "Do you know what you just did?"
The bespectacled man answered with a smile, "You were being held hostage by a bad guy. I saved your life."
Qin Ze said, "Held hostage, my fucking ass!"
"Calm down." Enforcer Number Three stopped him.
The bespectacled man said coolly, "You did well. I'll award you a commendation banner."
A fully armed action team filed in.
All the thugs who were still breathing were taken away under guard.
The women in the warehouse were rescued as well.
Number Three said in a deep voice, "Half an hour ago, you told me there wasn't enough evidence to make arrests."
The bespectacled man waved a hand. "I was worried about beating the grass and scaring the snake."
"Now that this active human trafficking ring has finally been caught in one net, I thank you on behalf of the people of Jiang City."
"Move faster. Take all the bodies away."
Two team members stepped forward and carried Scarface's body away.
A small black piece of paper fell from his jacket pocket.
Before anyone noticed,
Qin Ze lifted his right foot and stepped on it.
The scene was quickly sealed off.
Qin Ze and Number Three, two unauthorized bystanders, were also thrown out.
"Weren't you enforcers supposed to be so fucking impressive?"
"How come you've become so meek and submissive?"
Qin Ze was contemptuous.
Number Three rolled his eyes. "A man one rank above you can crush you. Don't you know that?"
"That guy is the second-in-command at the Jiang City Police Department. I'm just an ordinary wage earner in the Law Enforcement Department."
"Unless a judge from the Law Enforcement Department was here."
"There's something strange about that man." Qin Ze meant the bespectacled man.
His appearance had been far too much of a coincidence.
Number Three said, "I'll report this to the judge. This case will be transferred to the Law Enforcement Department."
"But before that, there's another question I'm rather curious about."
With that, Number Three scrutinized Qin Ze with a serious expression.
Qin Ze's heart skipped a beat.
Only then did he remember that his lightning ability had been exposed.
He had been in too much of a hurry just now to think it through.
Number Three had also been present on the day of the raid on Cloud Mountain Execution Ground. He had seen the Lightning Dharma King with his own eyes.
"Not long ago, I met someone with a lightning-type innate ability."
"His techniques were a lot like yours."
"For a moment, I even saw your two figures overlap."
Number Three had already placed his hand on the golden hoop at his waist.
Qin Ze remained perfectly calm. "Innate abilities aren't unique."
"Besides, there are only so many ways to attack with lightning. They're all pretty much the same."
Number Three narrowed his eyes. "So he wasn't you?"
Qin Ze said, "Why are you talking in riddles again? Who's me?"
Number Three lowered his hand from his waist. "Since you have nothing to hide, do you dare come with me to headquarters and use the Law Stele to verify it?"
"Sure, let's go."
He didn't know what the Law Stele was,
but he couldn't lose his nerve now.
The moment his nerve faltered, the suspicion would be confirmed.
"Then come with me."
Number Three's phone suddenly rang.
"Yes, I understand."
Number Three's expression wasn't pleasant as he answered the call.
"Hey, are we going or not?"
Qin Ze was impatient.
Number Three hung up. "Something's come up. Another day."
Qin Ze snorted. "I might not have time another day."
Number Three hailed a taxi. After getting in, he waved to Qin Ze.
Qin Ze breathed a sigh of relief.
He had managed to bluff his way through by sheer luck this time.
But he couldn't stay this lucky forever.
He had to find a way to deal with this problem.
Qin Ze thought it over and over, and it seemed there was only one way to eliminate the trouble once and for all.
Kill Number Three.
But if an enforcer died, he feared the trouble would be even greater.
"When the cart reaches the mountain, there'll be a road."
Qin Ze sighed.
He bent down and pried the black card from the sole of his shoe.
There was nothing but a string of phone numbers on the card.
Qin Ze called the number.
A moment later, a man's voice came from the other end.
"Didn't you just deliver a batch of goods this morning? Why are you calling now?"
Qin Ze said in a panic, "I'm the boss's trusted aide. I went out looking for prey first thing this morning."
"When I came back just now, I found the police had already raided our base."
"A lot of our brothers are dead, and the boss was taken away too!"
The man was silent for a moment. "I understand."
"From now on, don't call this number again."
Qin Ze asked, "What about the prey I've caught? A few of them are pretty good-looking."
The man fell silent again.
This time, a full five minutes passed.
"Seven tonight, at the back door of the Rubik's Cube Building, same as always."
"Got it."
Qin Ze took a deep breath.
He had another lead.
But he didn't plan to tell Number Three.
He would act alone tonight.
After glancing at the date on his phone, Qin Ze suddenly thought of a good idea that would let him have the best of both worlds.
"Fatty, what are you doing?"
"Playing games. What's up, Brother Ze?"
"The class monitor's birthday party is tonight, right?"
Because of the incident at the research institute last time, their classmates had all been badly frightened, so the class monitor had postponed the party.
"Yeah."
"Come with me tonight."
"Brother Ze, you've finally come around."
"Come around, my ass. Meet me at seven tonight. Don't be late."
Qin Ze put down the phone.
Good.
That gave him an alibi.
Seven that evening.
The Rubik's Cube Building.
A black van stopped at the back door.
Clatter-
The door opened, and a man wearing a hood stepped out.
He also dragged out fourteen women with plastic bags over their heads.
"The goods are here."
Several men in black came forward and counted them, then handed the man a stack of cash.
"Don't come back again."
The man got in the van and left.
The men in black took the women into the building.
"All right, time to inspect the goods!"
Several men in black stepped forward with lecherous chuckles.
"Let me have a look at those jade feet first!"
One of the men in black picked up a woman's foot.
A faint sigh came from inside the plastic bag.
"Calling everything jade will only bring you harm."
The "jade foot" struck the man in black in the chest, sending him flying backward.
The plastic bag was pulled off, revealing a man wearing a black-and-white mask.