Chapter 77: It's a rumor, it's not true.

Jiang Zhe, Wang Lin, and Xiao Shiyi rode their bikes toward the dormitory.

Halfway there, they were intercepted by freelance reporters nearby for an interview.

The interview process was quick; most of it was just concern for their personal safety.

At the same time, Jiang Zhe also revealed Officer Su Cheng's plan.

"Hello, reporter friends, I am Jiang Zhe."

"Regarding the suspension and investigation of Officer Su Cheng that you mentioned, that was not him acting on impulse."

"That was actually Officer Su Cheng's plan. He is a criminal police officer, and he was intentionally provoking the robbers into entering the Television Station so that it would be easier for the SWAT team to act afterward."

"Actually, you all misunderstood Officer Su Cheng. He had notified our Station Manager Zhao in advance; that's why we were able to hide in the basement at the first opportunity. This was all part of the plan."

"Please ask the police to revoke the suspension and investigation of Officer Su Cheng; otherwise, it will chill the hearts of heroes!"

Jiang Zhe spoke sincerely, and the reporters nodded in agreement.

After interviewing them for a few more minutes and confirming that Jiang Zhe, Wang Lin, and Xiao Shiyi were unharmed and would be taking their regular leave, the reporters left, satisfied.

After he and Wang Lin returned to the dormitory.

The Mysterious Person he played was gradually gaining traction on the internet.

Many night-time bloggers and self-media news outlets were writing about this story.

Even some decryption bloggers seized the traffic from the video to analyze the person in the video and the scientific speed.

[Tanxiaofengsheng] is a female mathematics blogger. Upon seeing the video, she immediately used a large amount of data to reconstruct the truth of the incident.

Soon, her video surged into the top ten on Weibo.

Netizens clicked in one after another, and after browsing, everyone exclaimed, "Superman!"

"What a powerful man in black, nearly 130 meters per second, and he ended up without a scratch. Is this scientific?"

"Scientific my foot, this is Superman behavior!"

"I still believed in science earlier today, but now you're telling me science doesn't exist!"

"I saw the robbers' car in the live video; it has already been towed to the police station by Officer Su Cheng's subordinates. But it looks like they won't give us an explanation; they will likely try to sweep it under the rug!"

"Whether they sweep it under the rug or not is not the concern for now. I want to know, is there any follow-up on the SWAT team, and did Jiang Zhe have any accidents?"

"There is no follow-up on the SWAT team yet, but I expect there will be soon. Jiang Zhe didn't have any accidents either; he and Wang Lin and the others went back to the dormitory. There is news online that he is safe, but it hasn't gone viral yet."

"That's good. I suspect the robbers deliberately chose the place where he was, intending to trade Jiang Zhe's life for the lives of the three police officers. I have to say, the robbers deserved to die!"

"..."

Similar videos were fermenting on various platforms.

Many people were convinced that there were people close to being Superman in the world.

And that person was likely within Su City, which kept many passionate citizens awake, all trying to find out information about them.

Some legal bloggers also made educational videos, using sensational titles to attract clicks.

"When assisting the police, if one is suspected of intentionally killing criminals, will they be sentenced?"

A middle-aged blogger wearing a black suit was explaining.

"As seen in the video."

"The Mysterious Person rappelled from the building, then smashed the black SUV, resulting in the death of 5 robbers and minor injuries to 3 police officers."

"Does the person involved constitute the crime of intentional homicide?"

"If comments exceed 10,000, I will reveal the answer!"

This news quickly went viral and entered the top ten on Weibo.

"Haha, as expected of Zhang San, you can even capitalize on this kind of trending topic."

"I'm curious if that person would be sentenced for killing 5 robbers before being proven to be a SWAT officer. Also, the internet hasn't confirmed that the person is a SWAT officer; it just appeared that the person used a Su City SWAT rappelling rope."

"I think they should be sentenced, or at least they should find him and investigate, right?"

"Investigate? I've been constantly monitoring the Su City police website; there isn't even an official notice. They will likely just try to hush it up!"

"..."

Among the comments from netizens, the comment count quickly exceeded ten thousand.

Finally, the legal streamer posted another video.

All the waiting netizens clicked in to check the answer.

"According to Article 20 of our country's Criminal Law—"

"In order to protect the state, public interests, the person, property, or other rights of oneself or others from ongoing unlawful infringement, acts taken to stop such unlawful infringement that cause damage to the unlawful infringer constitute justifiable defense and do not incur criminal liability."

"Therefore, during Officer Su Cheng's law enforcement process, the criminals were already committing violent crimes and holding 3 police officers hostage."

"The citizen, suspected to be a SWAT officer, rappelled from a high place and smashed the black SUV, causing the death of 5 robbers."

"This situation falls under: A citizen assisting the police in stopping criminals, even if causing harm or accidental death to the criminals, constitutes justifiable defense and does not constitute a crime."

"Friendly reminder: In such a highly urgent situation, even if you used a homemade gun, provided you didn't cause the death of those 3 police officers, killing those 5 people..."

"In the end, if it doesn't cause too much of a stir online, you would simply serve 3 years in prison for carrying a prohibited weapon."

"If it is subsequently checked that you did not use this homemade firearm to cause loss of life or property."

"That penalty would most likely turn into a suspended sentence with no fixed term."

"Therefore, assisting police officers in solving cases, whether you are unarmed or armed, does not constitute a crime!"

"So!"

"Passionate citizens, as long as you think you can do it, you can go for it!"

As soon as the second video was released, it immediately caused netizens to applaud.

"Scared me to death. If they really sentenced him, who would dare to assist in solving cases in the future!"

"But fortunately, the law did not let the hero down!"

"Brothers, I'm not talking anymore. There is a knife-wielding robber downstairs, I'm going to kill him now."

"Brother upstairs, do you think you are the man in black? Please take care!"

"Brother? Why did your avatar go dark?"

"..."

The news on the internet continued to ferment.

At this time, the Su City Huqiu police official website released several statements.

"After investigation, the Mysterious Person on the roof of the local Television Station belongs to our SWAT department as a retired officer. After being injured and retiring from the SWAT team, he works as a maintenance worker at the Television Station."

"Regarding the 'superhuman' on the internet, this bureau states: It is a rumor—it was because it was already dark, and someone maliciously tampered with the video later, speeding up the live video by 1.71 times. At the same time, after inspection, the robbers' SUV was seriously overloaded and modified, causing the vehicle to be severely damaged when our SWAT officer was forced to land on it, which led to the appearance of the [superhuman] that everyone is talking about. It is truly a rumor!"

"At the same time, the mysterious SWAT officer does not want to be in the spotlight and only wants to live a stable life. We ask the general public not to disturb him!"

"Our officer, Officer Su Cheng, due to intentionally provoking the robbers at the crime scene, is suspected of dangerous conduct and has been suspended for investigation for one month."

"In response to the requests of the general public, our city's well-known host, Jiang Zhe, was not injured during the incident; and in subsequent interviews, he revealed that Officer Su Cheng intentionally lured the robbers to the Television Station to facilitate the subsequent actions of the SWAT team inside the Television Station."

"At the request of host Jiang Zhe, our bureau has revoked the suspension and investigation of Officer Su Cheng; however, we firmly do not allow anyone to use their own plans in emergency situations without reporting them!"

"For those who spread rumors, we will severely criticize them, and at the same time delete news and links with false information on the internet. We ask the general public to support the truth and reject rumors!"

"..."

Many clarification statements were issued one by one.

In the statements, there was of course truth and falsehood; but most people couldn't tell, they just wanted to see what they wanted to see.

"Damn, I knew it, it was your city's SWAT officer; I just didn't expect him to be working as a maintenance worker at the Television Station!"

"That makes sense; the Mysterious Person started from the Television Station and provided support immediately; that's right, this news is the real news, unlike those unscrupulous bloggers and self-media making things up!"

"Exactly, exactly, how could there be superhumans in the world?"

"Thanks to that SWAT officer, if it weren't for him, today might have been really dangerous!"

"I felt sorry for Officer Su Cheng before, after all, it was just his plan, but you guys criticized him into a one-month suspension; but fortunately, you revoked this suspension."

"Who told him to be so aggressive, and we didn't know it would be like that at the time. The outcome is good, that's all that matters!"

"As long as Jiang Zhe is safe, that's good. I watched Jiang Zhe's interview; if he hadn't told the media, I would have really thought Officer Su Cheng was young, impulsive, and acting on emotion."

"I'm out, I'm out. I thought a superhuman had appeared; I didn't expect it to be a misunderstanding."

"Compared to Jiang Zhe's recent decryption topics, this misunderstanding has no appeal at all."

"..."

The netizens were only curious about this breaking news for a moment before leaving the Su City police official website.

They thought the world was going to change, but it turned out to be unscrupulous self-media taking things out of context again.

And those self-media bloggers, staring at the clarification videos and news on their large computer screens, felt wronged.

"No, this time I really didn't take things out of context!"

"Oh my god, are the netizens once bitten, twice shy? This time I am serious, the video was not processed, it was not processed!"

"However, since such a clarification news has appeared, it also shows that superhumans actually exist; but as a self-media blogger, if I promote this kind of information, I fear I will immediately be judged as spreading rumors..."

"I really didn't spread rumors, and I didn't process the video; and that superhuman has just been in the Suzhou TV Station the whole time!!!"

"What's going on? Where is my draft? Why was it inexplicably deleted remotely?"

"..."

With the news clarification from the Su City police official website, this news quickly lost its heat.

It was as if nothing had happened. The top ten news items on the internet at night were still occupied by Jiang Zhe's decryption science popularization news in 3 positions, all in the top five.