225: Chapter 226 The sword must stop before the trial begins.

Inspector Han Su's Job-Slayer blade was unsheathed by half an inch.

The blade tip pointed at Lin Jin.

Inside the Old Awakening Hall, all sounds seemed to be pressed into the ice.

[Lin Jin]

[Eighteen years old, College Entrance Examination Awakening Day]

[Original Judgment: F-Class Repairman]

[Additional Processing Recommendation: Retain for low value, prohibit resource skewing, execute abnormal maintenance authority when necessary]

[Historical Recommendation Status: Unexecuted]

[Complete and Execute?]

Chen Ye stepped in front of Lin Jin, slamming his shield surface against the ground.

"Complete your foot!"

Zhou Heng raised his Thunder Spear horizontally, but the spear tip did not point at Inspector Han Su; instead, it pointed at that patch of blood-red Record.

Shen Tingxue was still in the load-shedding observation period. Her face was pale, but she raised her eyes to look at the Job-Slayer blade.

"Don't start fighting yet."

"The blade is borrowing the old Record."

Inspector Han Su pressed down hard on the hilt.

Veins bulged on the back of his hand, and the Job-Slayer blade wriggled outward bit by bit like a living creature.

He did not retreat.

Nor did he explain.

"Lin Jin."

His voice was pressed very low.

"You can ask me to leave the table."

Lin Jin poked half his face out from behind Chen Ye's shoulder.

"Leave for what?"

"You've already pointed your blade at me. If we don't try this clearly, will it come looking for me for overtime in the middle of the night later?"

Chen Ye turned his head and cursed at him:

"You're still cracking jokes at a time like this?"

Lin Jin patted his shield.

"Don't block it too tightly."

"Let the blade see clearly whether I'm really worth its strike right now."

Inspector Han Su raised his head to look at him.

At that instant, there was no executor's coldness in his eyes.

There was only the sudden realization of a person who discovered that what he held in his hand was not a public instrument, but a dog chain that hunted people down on behalf of the old system.

The underlying system continued to exert pressure.

[Job-Slayer Responsibilities: Execute abnormal careers, freeze dangerous permissions, terminate the spread of career pollution]

[Target Lin Jin once held abnormal maintenance authority]

[Risk Level: Historically High-Risk]

[Recommended Execution]

Inspector Han Su suddenly chuckled.

Very short.

"Historically high-risk?"

He raised his hand and completely pulled out the Job-Slayer blade.

The air in the hall suddenly plummeted.

The blade tip still pointed at Lin Jin.

But Inspector Han Su did not swing the blade.

He held the blade horizontally in front of him, pressing two fingers of his left hand against the spine of the blade.

"Retrieve the source of the original recommendation."

The system lagged.

[Department of Education Career Risk Assessment Office]

"Who signed it?"

[Automatically generated process]

"Who reviewed it?"

[Unreviewed]

"Who notified the individual?"

[Not notified]

"Who provided the appeal channel?"

[None]

Inspector Han Su raised his eyes.

"And you call this a processing recommendation?"

"This is called a pre-execution hidden in the archives."

Ye Guizhou's seal fell.

[Individual not notified]

[Unreviewed]

[Cannot enter execution]

Luo Wensheng recorded:

[Risk recommendations must not automatically upgrade to execution commands due to the passage of time.]

He Zhibai added:

[The threat cost generated by the long-term persistence of unexecuted recommendations should be accounted for in the systemic responsibility ledger.]

The Job-Slayer blade vibrated even more violently.

In the blood-red Record, Lin Jin's line was only the beginning.

The next second, more lists poured down.

[Shen Tingxue: When the Ice Phoenix bloodline is unstable, one's will can be frozen to preserve the career]

[Gu Changye: After failed samples are transferred to the abyss, seal them with finalization when necessary]

[Zhou Lan: Healer withdrawal tendency is severe, can be temporarily restored and monitored]

[Liang Yan: Beacon Life-Illuminator refuses priority marking, subsidence treatment]

[Zhao Jing: After temporarily not awakening, low-resource observation is recommended]

[Wuye Children: Supplementary recording losers need not be included in educational resources]

Strip after strip of Records wrapped around the Job-Slayer blade like bloodlines.

Every single one urged it to execute.

It wasn't written by Inspector Han Su alone.

Nor were they necessarily all handled personally by Inspector Han Su.

Yet the career of Job-Slayer crammed all historical powers of can execute, can freeze, and can declare obsolete into his blade.

As long as he accepted this career, he would be asked to deliver the finishing blow for old accounts.

Inspector Han Su's hand began to tremble.

"So that's how it is."

"The so-called Job-Slayer does not judge careers."

"It is to help the system finish swinging the blades that never had the chance to fall."

The system responded:

[Historical risks not eliminated]

[If not executed, it may spiral out of control in the future]

Inspector Han Su looked at that sentence and suddenly asked:

"Because it might spiral out of control in the future, people can be disposed of right now?"

No one answered.

Because this sentence had killed too many people in the past.

Lin Jin stepped forward.

The blade tip was only three feet away from his chest.

Chen Ye grew anxious.

"Don't get that close!"

Lin Jin didn't turn back.

He looked at Inspector Han Su.

"Let's try the first case."

Inspector Han Su's gaze flickered.

"Are you sure?"

"Sure."

Lin Jin pointed at his own old files.

"Lin Jin, F-Class Repairman, abnormal maintenance authority, execute when necessary."

"Now the individual is present."

"Corroborating evidence is present."

"The blade is also present."

"Ask."

Inspector Han Su was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke:

"Lin Jin, did you once hold abnormal maintenance authority?"

"I did."

"Did you ever, without the permission of the Department of Education, repair dungeons, rules, awakening pages, gods heart remnants, and the underlying interfaces of the Career System?"

"Yes."

"Did you cause structural changes to the Career System?"

"I did."

The Job-Slayer blade instantly lit up.

[Individual admits to high-risk facts]

[Recommended execution]

Chen Ye's eyes were red.

"Admitting the facts does not equal pleading guilty!"

Inspector Han Su looked at the blade tip.

"Continue questioning."

He stared at Lin Jin.

"Were there any victims from these repairs?"

Lin Jin didn't immediately say no.

He thought about it.

"There were risks, and there were costs."

"In some places, because I didn't see the downstream, I almost flooded Wuye City."

"Some people waited for a very long time because I repaired too slowly."

"After some old Records were opened by me, the pain would return."

"But I didn't use people as repair materials."

"I didn't force repairs after the individual refused."

"I didn't write the repair results into others' lifelong obligations."

Inspector Han Su asked again:

"Did anyone get rescued because of this?"

"Yes."

"Is there corroborating evidence?"

Ye Guizhou raised his seal.

"Yes."

Luo Wensheng raised his brush.

"Yes."

Wuye City, South Bank, Dead Water Well, The Hospital, Qinghe County, Beiyuan Mining Area—many receipts lit up simultaneously.

It wasn't praise.

It was specific events.

[Abandoned Hospital rules repaired, survivors present]

[White Tower identity pollution lifted, corroborating witnesses present]

[Wuye birth page established, A-Lu present]

[Liang Yan functional failure sealed, Shi Nan present]

[Shen Tingxue load-shedding observation period established, individual present]

Inspector Han Su looked at the Job-Slayer blade.

"Therefore, this is not a case that can be adjudicated by the four words 'abnormal maintenance authority'."

"This is a repair Record jointly constituted by facts, risks, benefits, harms, individual wishes, corroborating evidence, and subsequent responsibilities."

The blood light on the Job-Slayer blade was suppressed a little.

But the system still refused to let go.

[High-risk permissions once existed]

[Future risks cannot be ruled out]

Inspector Han Su suddenly raised his head.

"Future risks cannot be ruled out, which does not equal execution right now."

He moved the blade tip an inch away from Lin Jin's chest.

Very small.

But enough for everyone to see: the blade did not have to follow the old Records.

Lin Jin immediately wrote on the work order:

[Risk assessments must not be directly equated with disposal orders]

[Historical recommendations must not be automatically completed and executed]

[Job-Slayer reviews must first stop the blade, notify the individual, disclose the basis, allow corroborating evidence, distinguish between facts and speculation, and distinguish between permissions and people]

Ye Guizhou stamped.

[Blade stop received]

Luo Wensheng recorded:

[A review is not a finishing blow.]

He Zhibai added:

[The risk monitoring costs caused by stopping the blade shall be borne by the public; they must not be converted into a punishment for a single blade-wielder.]

The Job-Slayer blade suddenly suffered backlash.

Bloodlines drilled from the hilt into Inspector Han Su's palm.

[Job-Slayer refuses execution]

[Career stability declining]

Inspector Han Su groaned softly, half-kneeling on the ground.

Lin Jin subconsciously stepped forward, but Inspector Han Su raised his hand to stop him.

"Don't touch the blade."

Panting, he raised his head to look at all the blood-red lists.

"I apply to suspend the Job-Slayer career review."

"Before the historical blade-wielding Records are tried, freeze the execution authority."

The system immediately warned:

[Freezing the Job-Slayer's execution authority will lead to a vacuum in high-risk career disposal]

Inspector Han Su gritted his teeth.

"Then establish a vacuum process."

Gu Changye connected.

"The End-Witness can isolate failed lines, but will not execute job-slaying."

Shen Tingxue said:

"High-risk careers can be load-shedded first rather than stripped away."

Fang Ning said:

"Body-fusion types should first be medically secured."

Qin Shanhe said:

"Student types should first suspend resource punishments and open individual statements."

Ye Guizhou said:

"All old recommendations shall first be changed to pending review."

Luo Wensheng wrote:

[Temporary process for high-risk disposal vacuums: isolation, load shedding, medical treatment, corroborating evidence, individual statement, public risk disclosure, postponed review]

He Zhibai added:

[A vacuum is not negligence; during the vacuum, it must not be covertly swapped back to old executions]

Lin Jin pressed the new tool against the career definition of the Job-Slayer blade.

[Job-Slayer = Executor who completes high-risk career disposal]

Teacher Xu Wenzhou raised 002.

Inspector Han Su suddenly spoke:

"I'll deliver this slash myself."

Teacher Xu Wenzhou looked at him.

Inspector Han Su gripped the Job-Slayer blade, reversing the blade tip.

Not slashing someone else.

Slashing the old definition on his own blade.

"Slaying a career should not mean slaying the person first."

"Even less should it deliver a finishing blow for old documents that never notified the individual."

With a slash, he brought the blade down.

Clack!

A fine crack split across the Job-Slayer blade.

Fresh blood trickled down Inspector Han Su's palm, but he did not let go.

A new grayish-white definition emerged:

[Job-Slayer Review Period: Execution Authority Frozen]

[Current Responsibilities: Review historical blade-wielding, freeze unnotified disposal recommendations, distinguish between risks and culpability, establish blade-stopping procedures]

[Without individual notification, corroborating evidence review, instant casualty confirmation, and multi-party review, career deprivation, freezing, or execution shall not be performed]

[Inspector Han Su enters suspended review]

[Temporary Career Status: Wielding Blade Awaiting Trial]

The blade tip finally completely moved away from Lin Jin.

Inside the Old Awakening Hall, many people only then realized that they had been holding their breath the whole time.

Chen Ye immediately yanked Lin Jin backward.

"If you ever treat yourself as the first case again, I'll smash you with my shield first."

Lin Jin rubbed his shoulder.

"I'm just saving on procedures."

Shisan sneered.

"You're just asking for a beating."

Shen Tingxue glanced at Lin Jin, then looked at Inspector Han Su.

"Can the blade still be used?"

Inspector Han Su looked down at the Job-Slayer blade cracked with fine lines.

"Yes."

"But now, every time before swinging the blade, it will first ask me: Have the blade-stopping procedures been completed?"

Lin Jin nodded.

"Then it's smarter than before."

Inspector Han Su was silent for a moment, then suddenly lowered his head toward him.

"That old recommendation of yours."

"I will list it in the first batch for cleanup."

Lin Jin waved his hand.

"Don't just clean up mine."

"Start with those people who had no ability to stand in front of you."

Inspector Han Su raised his eyes.

In the blood-red list, many names had no receipts.

Some people died.

Some people went missing.

Some people were declared obsolete and never appeared again.

They couldn't stand in front of the blade like Lin Jin and say "The individual is present."

Inspector Han Su gripped the hilt tightly.

"Received."

The system wrote back:

[Safe Exit Baseline Case Three: Execution/Deprivation Careers Suspended]

[Principles: Stop the blade first, try the case later; risk is not a crime; recommendations are not orders; unnotified actions shall not be executed; the blade-wielder may suspend wielding]

[Conclusion: The second baseline is not yet established, but a vacuum process for high-risk execution categories has been established]

Right at this moment, page five of the proposal book lit up.

[Third Baseline: Retaining careerists must also allow them to refuse being infinitely requisitioned.]

The next second, Chen Ye's Shield Warrior review page popped open abruptly.

[Chen Ye: Applies to continue holding Shield Warrior]

[System Additional Obligations: Team pressure-bearing position, Wuye City rescue pressure-bearing position, Dead Water Well pontoon pressure-bearing position, future public protection backup pressure-bearing position]

[Recommendation: Since he explicitly chose to continue, the scope of public requisitioning should be expanded]

The expression on Chen Ye's face froze.

"No way."

"I said I'd continue being a Shield Warrior."

"I didn't say I'd be a shield for the whole world!"