94: Maximum sentence of three years

Midnight.

The entire residential area was dark and silent, with only the occasional chirping of insects.

In a room in the building opposite Lin Chuan's.

At this moment, two men were closely monitoring Lin Chuan's movements.

"Brother Chen, someone is making a move on that kid. Aren't we going to stop them?" one of them asked, worried.

"President Qin said we don't need to get involved with Silver Rank matters."

"But we can't handle Gold Rank either, so what are we here for? To collect the kid's corpse?"

"..."

If you have something to say, say more.

"Why worry so much? It's just extra trouble. Since the order came from above, we just need to execute it. Besides, only the two of us are here this time; acting rashly will only alert them."

"Alright."

...Suddenly, a dark figure leaped from the rooftop, landing on Lin Chuan's balcony. He then opened the glass door and entered the living room.

Immediately after, the main door was opened from the inside.

Two black-clad men burst into Lin Chuan's house.

"Brother Hou, I didn't expect it to be this simple."

"Of course. This kid is just a high school student. He thinks everywhere is as safe as near his high school."

"Then, he won't have been poisoned to death, will he?"

"Don't worry, at most he'll have diarrhea until he's weak..."

The two spoke in hushed tones.

Then, they pressed against the room door, listening for movement inside.

A deathly silence.

Brother Hou quietly twisted the doorknob, about to enter the room.

Suddenly, the door was pulled open from the inside, causing Brother Hou to stumble.

Immediately after, a fist the size of a sand pot emerged from the darkness, striking Brother Hou directly in the face.

"Damn it!"

Two Spirit Beasts were instantly summoned, about to launch a forceful attack, but were directly knocked flying by a dark shadow from the darkness.

With two "bangs," their fates were unknown.

In a flash, the battle was over.

The two were about to summon again when they heard Lin Chuan say, "If you dare to make another move, I'll kill you."

The lights came on. Lin Chuan, wearing form-fitting armor, pointed his light sword directly at Brother Hou's throat.

In the corner, a three-eyed long-armed monkey lay, spitting blood; the other Spirit Beast was a rock-like object that had been shattered but was slowly reassembling itself.

Lin Chuan looked at the two: one had a monkey-like face, thin like a monkey; the other was sturdy and burly, seemingly not very smart. Lin Chuan hadn't even done much to him, and he had already voluntarily prostrated himself on the ground.

"Confess voluntarily, lest I resort to torture."

Saying this, Lin Chuan patted Brother Hou's shoulder with his sword.

"My brother and I were just here to take advantage of the situation. Since you've caught us, we admit defeat. You can settle it privately or report us, whatever you prefer... Ah!"

Brother Hou hadn't finished speaking when Lin Chuan stabbed him directly with the sword, blood flowing from his arm.

"You'd best rephrase that."

"Burglary is at most a three-year sentence. You can't use private torture..." Brother Hou said, enduring the pain.

"So law-abiding, why don't you go take the civil service exam?"

Saying this, Lin Chuan gave him another stab.

He deliberately controlled the shape of the sword, making it like a knitting needle, which hurt immensely when stabbed.

"Never went to school, no diploma."

Lin Chuan: "..."

Still daring to talk back? He gave him another stab.

"Alright, I'll talk. Someone offered a price for us to kidnap you."

"Specifically targeting me?"

"No, any Genius from any district would do."

"Damn it, explain clearly, you're scaring me to death." Saying this, he gave him another stab.

"So, you're bounty hunters?"

Lin Chuan asked suspiciously. Is the prestige of bounty hunters really that low?

"Who's the employer?"

"Don't know, it's all online contact."

"But you have to deliver the goods, right? Do you take me for an idiot?"

Lin Chuan was utterly exasperated by this guy's intelligence. Out of frustration, he gave him another stab.

"Really, it's always one-way contact. Other times, the other party sends people to contact us directly, and the contact person is different every time."

It seems either it's shapeshifting or disguise, or there's a vast organization behind it.

These two were just common cannon fodder, not even outer members.

"Last question, how much am I worth?"

"Huh?"

"What 'huh'? Speak!"

"Alive, 3000 Spirit Stones... Dead, 500."

After saying this, Brother Hou seemed to have accepted his fate. The young man in front of him was no ordinary person; he truly could take his life at any moment.

"Hmm..."

Lin Chuan remained silent, which drove the two men frantic, like death row inmates awaiting their sentence.

They didn't know that Lin Chuan was currently thinking, this mysterious organization is actually so rich!!!

"You can go."

"Huh?"

"I said, you can go now. Before you leave, clean up the floor."

"Oh..."

The burly man immediately got up, ready to grab a mop.

"Damn it, you idiot..."

Brother Hou, afraid that Lin Chuan would go back on his word, directly used his clothes to wipe the bloodstains on the floor back and forth until they were all clean.

Then, the two collected their half-dead Spirit Beasts and scrambled out the door to escape.

Lin Chuan naturally wouldn't let them go easily; Gray Snake had already attached itself to Brother Hou.

Perhaps influenced by Old Hei's advancement, Gray Snake was now even more agile. Not only did it provide vision, but if he concentrated, he could also hear sounds.

It was simply an essential Divine Artifact for murder, arson, reconnaissance, and eavesdropping when out and about.

After returning control of Gray Snake to Old Hei, instructing it not to cause trouble and only to monitor, Lin Chuan stopped bothering with it.

He hoped these two bait would bring Lin Chuan a surprise.

Lin Chuan had been seeing news about Geniuses from various districts frequently these past two days.

For example, the once-in-a-century Genius from First High School in District 1, a descendant of the Nine Venerables, Young Master Long Chenhao of the Long family, with an SS-level talent, Silver Rank Seven Stars, and a King-level Yao Beast that voluntarily downgraded and re-cultivated to contract with him... His peer was Xia Siye, the Qilin Son of the Xia family, also a Nine Venerables family, with an SS-level dark element talent. Beyond that, there was no other information. The more mysterious he was, the more people loved to spread rumors.

The Nine Venerables are the nine guardians of the nine inner city districts. Each Venerable is a Peak King-level Nine Star existence, the stable cornerstone of Xuanwu Ring City.

Besides the legends of Geniuses rising rapidly, there were, of course, also news of Geniuses falling. The most bizarre was a certain Genius who went missing for a few days and, when found, had died in the red-light district, emaciated and drained... Seeing this, Lin Chuan couldn't help but feel a chill in his balls... University, the inner city, that was where Geniuses clashed and a hundred flowers bloomed. District 81 was simply too barren.

Fortunately, Lin Chuan had no worries, and the university had already opened its doors to him.

Countless opportunities awaited him, countless Geniuses waited to be crushed by him... With just over two months left, Lin Chuan planned to fish for a few days. If he didn't catch anything, he'd see if he could get Old Qin to take him out of the city again.

Mainly, he was too bored.

Lin Chuan even suspected that his 'King of Competition' attribute had exploded. After a careful self-reflection, Lin Chuan understood: the truly fun game was his life at this moment.

And he enjoyed it immensely.