Chapter 8 What the law can't punish, I will!

Under the power of the Golden Light Incantation, Ma Dajiang had no power to resist. In an instant, he was torn open from the lower abdomen by the Saber Qi infused with the Golden Light Incantation.

Blood and intestines flew everywhere, and his gloomy ghostly energy was completely eradicated by the Golden Light Incantation.

Even at this moment, he actually wasn't dead yet!

Jiang Chen walked up to Ma Dajiang, who had only the upper half of his body remaining.

Ma Dajiang gave a wretched laugh. "Cough, cough... I thought I could resist it, but my mind was still clouded by the ghostly energy. I committed so many acts that have incensed both heaven and men."

He had originally just wanted to make a little money, but he hadn't expected that in the end, things would spiral out of control.

"This ghost-rearing method was given to me by an old man with a hunched back, a horse-like face, and a monobrow. His purpose... cough, cough... should be to wait for people like us to be killed by Bureau 749 or die from the backlash of the ghosts we rear, so he can collect our resentful souls once we turn into fierce ghosts."

Now on the verge of death, he had understood many things. If Jiang Chen's Golden Light Incantation hadn't dispersed the ghostly energy throughout his body, he would likely have turned into a fierce ghost after death.

Then he would have been harvested by that old man as nourishment.

But Jiang Chen didn't care about that right now. He asked indifferently, "Who told you that I was on the night shift last night?"

Ma Dajiang was stunned. After coughing up two mouthfuls of blood, he gave a miserable, somewhat mocking smile. "Your Bureau 749 isn't a monolith either. It was Zhou Ming. His wife is my cousin. Otherwise, how do you think I could have gotten internal information from Bureau 749?"

Jiang Chen took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. Anger brewed in his chest; there was an injustice in his heart that needed to be leveled.

He never expected that a minor disagreement and a few words between colleagues could evolve into a life-and-death confrontation.

At this moment, Ma Dajiang finally began to fear death.

He whimpered and pleaded with Jiang Chen, "Please, save me... cough, cough... send me to... a court for trial, judge me!"

Poof!

As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of saber light appeared before his eyes. Unwillingness and resentment remained in his gaze as a thin line of blood appeared on his neck.

He was dead.

This was his first time killing someone, but Jiang Chen felt no discomfort at all, as if he were born for this.

A natural-born executioner.

Jiang Chen sheathed his sword. "A man like you would one day actually try to use the law to save your life."

He felt it was both ridiculous and pathetic.

When the Bureau 749 Special Investigation Team arrived, this was the scene they witnessed.

Jiang Chen gently wiped the tang dynasty straight sword on Ma Dajiang's body to remove the bloodstains, then sheathed it.

The members of the investigation team were all too shocked to speak. One of the youngsters, Zhang Yuan, suddenly raised his specialized gun.

"Don't move! Put your hands up!"

Jiang Chen looked over coldly.

Before Zhang Yuan's captain, Captain Xu Chang, could stop him, he felt a bone-chilling coldness sweep over him.

Swish!

A flash of saber light later, Zhang Yuan stood pale in place, his hands still held in a shooting position.

However, his hands were now trembling uncontrollably, and the specialized handgun in his grip had been sliced in two from the barrel.

"Stop! We're here to save you, we mean no harm!" Ye Qingmei hurriedly shouted.

Jiang Chen also felt that his actions just now were a bit excessive. In truth, he had genuinely felt a threat, so his body responded faster than his brain, directly cutting down the source of danger.

Captain Xu Chang frowned slightly, feeling shocked deep down. Although Jiang Chen's strike just now was fast, he could have intercepted it.

However, he noticed there was no killing intent in that strike, so he didn't move, wanting to give the young Zhang Yuan a lesson so he'd learn not to act on his own next time.

What shocked him most was that while the records showed Jiang Chen was just an ordinary person, it was now clear he was definitely an Outlier!

Otherwise, he couldn't have killed Ma Dajiang, who reared fierce ghosts.

Outlier was the collective term used by Bureau 749 for cultivators, people from various walks of life with special skills, and those with superpowers.

Some superpowered individuals possessed abilities beyond the mundane due to special circumstances.

But without a systematic method of advancement, they could only remain at the Realm of Qi Induction Stage or the beginning of the Dao for their entire lives.

"Save me? By pointing a gun at me?" Jiang Chen spoke softly.

Ye Qingmei blushed slightly, but then added, "But you've already given him a lesson, so let's call this matter settled."

Captain Xu Chang then spoke up, "Jiang Chen, you've become an Outlier. Have you come into contact with any supernatural objects recently?"

Jiang Chen didn't answer the question directly. "Zhou Ming, a squad leader of the Night Watcher branch, privately gave a colleague's duty information to the wanted criminal Ma Dajiang, causing Lu Xingye to be in the hospital undergoing emergency treatment. I want to know how you plan to handle this?"

Captain Xu Chang's gaze darkened. "If the situation is true, then he deserves to die!"

However, his tone shifted. "But if there's no evidence and it's just your word against his, it'll be a bit difficult to handle. But rest assured, we will definitely find the truth and give you and... Lu Xingye justice!"

"So, if there is evidence, how would he be sentenced?" Jiang Chen asked.

"This..." Captain Xu Chang was momentarily at a loss.

"If the evidence is conclusive that he colluded with and shielded a wanted criminal and leaked a colleague's intelligence, it would be at least five years."

Jiang Chen was somewhat disappointed. Only five years?

"If the law cannot punish him, sometimes, using force might be more appropriate."

Captain Xu Chang was greatly alarmed. "Jiang Chen, what are you trying to do? Don't act recklessly! Don't forget, you are also a part of Binhai's law enforcement System!"

"A part of the law enforcement System?" Jiang Chen murmured, then revealed a brilliant smile. Under the moonlight, his teeth looked exceptionally white.

"Then starting now, I am not."

Perhaps it was that dreamlike experience of Transmigration that had caused a massive change in Jiang Chen's mindset.

With a sharp blade in hand, the intent to kill naturally arises.

Or perhaps it was because Lu Xingye's severe injury was related to him.

In short, at this moment, Jiang Chen had an uncontrollable anger and killing intent in his heart, yet he was strangely able to remain calm.

Watching Jiang Chen's receding back, Ye Qingmei asked anxiously, "Captain, Jiang Chen isn't really going to kill Zhou Ming, is he?"

Captain Xu Chang took a deep breath. "Don't worry, I'll have someone protect Zhou Ming. At least until the truth is cleared up, he cannot die."

For some reason, Ye Qingmei subconsciously believed Jiang Chen's words.

"Captain, if it's really as Jiang Chen said, do we still have to protect such a scumbag?"

Captain Xu Chang slowly exhaled. "Qingmei, you must remember that we are law enforcers. We cannot act according to our own will. All evil must go through the process of judgment; otherwise, this country would fall into chaos."

Ye Qingmei was puzzled. "But what if the process cannot bring justice?"

Captain Xu Chang was speechless. He took a deep breath and said, "At least the process can ensure that this country doesn't fall into chaos."