348: Chapter 348 You dare say you didn't have a single selfish motive?

How could Sima Li not be ecstatic?

He originally thought the Sima Family was about to collapse, but then his younger daughter appeared.

And behind his younger daughter was Bureau 749!

No matter how arrogant this Ye Chen was, he probably wouldn't rashly offend Bureau 749, right???

Thinking of this...

He was about to stagger forward.

But in the next moment...

Sima Yao raised her hand, stopping his movement.

Then...

Her gaze swept past her wailing clansmen on the ground and finally landed on Ye Chen's face.

“Ye Chen.”

“Bureau 749 has received orders; you are killing the innocent here and disrupting the order of the Capital.”

“You are now ordered to surrender and follow me back to the bureau for investigation.”

“Otherwise... don't blame Bureau 749 for not showing the Dragon Group any face.”

As her voice fell...

The dozen or so Bureau 749 members behind her simultaneously drew specially manufactured firearms designed to deal with people of extraordinary talent, their dark muzzles pointing at Ye Chen.

The atmosphere froze instantly.

Sima Li stood to the side, watching this scene, the smile on his face almost overflowing.

Hahaha!

Ye Chen, weren't you very arrogant?

Keep being arrogant!

Go on, be arrogant!

In front of Bureau 749, if you continue to be so presumptuous...

There will be no way out for you!

Did you think your status in the Dragon Group would let you be lawless?

What a joke!

As long as there is a power that stands above the law, there will inevitably be another power to counter it!

He stared fixedly at Ye Chen, the venom in his eyes almost solidifying, waiting to see this arrogant kid's pathetic appearance as he knelt and begged for mercy.

Ye Chen couldn't help but smile slightly: “Oh? Bureau 749 only remembers to intervene now?”

Hearing this, Sima Yao frowned slightly.

“Bureau 749 is very busy; how could we monitor battles between noble families every second of every day?”

“Furthermore, the grievances between you martial artists are not within the daily jurisdiction of Bureau 749.”

“We only care about...”

“Whether martial artists have used supernatural powers to bully the weak.”

She paused, looking directly at Ye Chen, her tone becoming increasingly sharp.

“But you...”

“As the Chief Instructor of the Dragon Group's Hidden Dragon Pavilion, you should have reported the matter and let the Dragon Group mediate!”

“Instead of resolving it privately, let alone leading people to the Sima Family's door and beating over a hundred people to a pulp!”

“Ye Chen, you are provoking the rules!”

After listening, Ye Chen's smile grew even more brilliant.

Moreover, that smile carried a hint of playfulness and mockery.

“Rules?”

“Then let me ask you, where were the rules when the Sima Family repeatedly sent people to Xiamen City to find trouble with me?”

“Where were the rules when Sima Ling led fifteen Heaven Realm experts to corner me by the Yuan River?”

“Where was Bureau 749 back then?”

Sima Yao's expression stiffened.

Ye Chen didn't stop and continued.

“Me, report it?”

“To whom?”

“Report it to the Dragon Group, and then have the Dragon Group bicker with Bureau 749 for ten days or half a month, only for it to end in nothing?”

“Sorry, I don't have that kind of patience.”

“I only know that whoever wants to kill me, I kill them.”

“Whoever wants to destroy me, I destroy their entire clan.”

“These are my rules.”

As his voice fell, the entire field went silent.

The dozen or so Bureau 749 members looked at each other.

In all their years of executing missions, they had seen arrogant people, but never someone this arrogant.

This was a slap in the face to Bureau 749!

Sima Yao's face darkened completely: “Ye Chen, everything requires evidence. With your knack for causing trouble, who knows if you offended someone else and framed the Sima Family?”

“So...”

A strange expression appeared on Ye Chen's face, “I, Ye Chen, need to file evidence with you before I want to kill a few enemies, is that it?”

“Exactly!” Sima Yao said dismissively.

Ye Chen laughed: “Are you even worthy?”

Sima Yao's expression changed drastically, becoming furious.

“Ye Chen, do you really think Bureau 749 doesn't dare to touch you?”

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes: “Then why don't you try touching me?”

Sima Yao's face turned completely cold.

As the Vice-Captain of an action team under Bureau 749, she had executed missions for many years and had never seen someone so arrogant.

In front of Bureau 749, with a dozen special firearms pointed at him, he actually dared to say such conceited words?

She took a deep breath and suddenly raised her right hand, pressing it down.

“Do it!”

“Take this man down!”

“If anyone else dares to resist, take them down too!”

The moment her voice fell...

The dozen or so Bureau 749 members stepped forward in unison, their muzzles pointing directly at Ye Chen, their fingers already on the triggers.

However...

In the next second...

Chu Shixiong moved.

He strode forward, blocking Ye Chen directly, facing the dozen muzzles.

Behind him, the twenty-odd experts who had just broken through also stepped forward in unison, shielding Ye Chen in the center.

Chu Niubi even rushed to the very front, spreading his arms like a mother hen protecting its chick, firmly blocking the way in front of Ye Chen.

“Who dares to touch my Master?!”

Sima Yao's face became increasingly gloomy: “Chu Shixiong, does your Chu Family want to be exterminated?”

Chu Shixiong's whole body shook, and the muscles on his face twitched slightly.

Exterminated.

These two words were like two knives, stabbing deeply into his heart.

His Chu Family had operated in the Capital for decades and had finally achieved today's status with great difficulty.

If they offended Bureau 749, it would be no laughing matter.

But could he retreat?

No.

He had already staked his entire family fortune on following Ye Chen to this point.

To retreat now would be to abandon everything, to betray Ye Chen, and to make the Chu Family a group of treacherous cowards.

He took a deep breath and slowly raised his head, looking directly into Sima Yao's cold eyes.

“Vice-Captain Sima.”

“I, Chu Shixiong, have lived for forty-three years, and I have always acted with integrity.”

“Right is right, and wrong is wrong.”

“The Sima Family has committed countless evils and repeatedly sent people to assassinate Mr. Ye; ending up like this today is what they deserve!”

“Instead, it is you...”

He paused, his gaze suddenly becoming sharp.

“As the Vice-Captain of a Bureau 749 action team, you should uphold the law impartially, yet you brought people here to save your Sima Family!”

“You dare say you have no selfish motives?!”

“You dare say you didn't come here to save your father?!”

These words were powerful and resonant, each word like a blade, stabbing fiercely at Sima Yao's face.

Sima Yao's face instantly turned ashen.

The dozen or so Bureau 749 members behind her looked at each other, a trace of complexity flashing in their eyes.

It was true.

It was true that Ye Chen was causing trouble, but Sima Yao was the Eldest Miss of the Sima Family.

Whether there were selfish motives involved...

They didn't dare think about it, nor did they dare ask.

Sima Yao took a deep breath, cold light flickering in her eyes.

“How bold!”

“Chu Shixiong, what kind of thing are you to dare question the orders of Bureau 749?!”

She suddenly raised her hand and pressed it down.

“Men!”

“Take all these thugs down!”

“If anyone dares to resist, leave none alive!”

The dozen or so Bureau 749 members glanced at each other and finally obeyed the order, advancing with their guns raised.

The atmosphere instantly became explosive.

Chu Shixiong's face darkened, his fists clenched until they cracked.

The twenty-odd experts behind him also gripped their weapons, prepared for a desperate fight.

Chu Niubi was beyond furious.

“Damn it!”

“If I die today, my tombstone must be engraved with the four words 'Hero Protecting Master'...”

Before he could finish...

A hand lightly rested on his shoulder.

Chu Niubi was stunned and looked back.

Ye Chen had stood up at some point and was standing behind him.

“Master...”

Ye Chen didn't look at him, just patted his shoulder lightly, then bypassed him and walked forward.

Chu Shixiong instinctively wanted to stop him: “Mr. Ye...”

Ye Chen waved his hand.

The words at the tip of Chu Shixiong's tongue were swallowed back down.

He could only watch helplessly as Ye Chen walked through the crowd, step by step, toward the dozen dark muzzles.

Sima Yao watched this scene, her brow furrowing slightly.

“Ye Chen, have you come to your senses?”

“Do you want to surrender?”

Ye Chen stopped three feet in front of the dozen gun muzzles.

“Surrender?”

“No.”

“I just want to tell you one thing.”

Sima Yao's frown deepened: “What is it?”

Ye Chen smiled slightly.

“Your father's youngest son, Sima Ling.”

“I killed him.”

“And I won't let a single person in your Sima Family go.”

“Your interference now had better be of some use, otherwise...”

“The Sima Family will be completely wiped out.”

These words were like a heavy bomb, exploding in Sima Yao's ears.

Her pupils shrank, and her whole body froze in place as if struck by lightning.

Ling'er...

Is dead?

Her father actually hadn't told her!

She suddenly turned her head, her gaze passing through the crowd to land on Sima Li's face.

Sima Li's eyes were filled with grief, and when he looked at Ye Chen, they became murderous: “This kid did it!”

Sima Yao's expression instantly became distorted.

A wave of monstrous rage exploded from the depths of Sima Yao's heart!

She suddenly turned her head, staring fixedly at Ye Chen, her eyes almost spitting fire.

“Ye Chen!!!”

“You're looking for death!!!”

Ye Chen stood there, that harmless smile still on his face.

“I'm looking for death?”

“When your brother led people to kill me, why didn't you say he was looking for death?”

“When your Sima Family repeatedly found trouble with me, why didn't you say they were looking for death?”

“Telling me this now...”

He shook his head, his tone full of mockery, “It's too late. If you want to die, come at me. I don't mind killing one more.”