19: Law enforcement has warmth, batons have strength

After leaving Yuuexin Restaurant, following Jiang Che's instructions, Lin Qiang drove a maybach, taking the three injured bodyguards straight toward Linjiang City First Peoples Hospital.

...

At this moment, inside the detention room at the West City Branch.

"Name?"

"Xiao Chen."

"Age?"

"Twenty-four..."

"Gender?"

"Male..."

"Place of origin?"

"A local of Linjiang City. I am an orphan, raised in an orphanage since I was young..."

Xiao Chen answered the officer's questions honestly.

Despite the immense dissatisfaction in his heart, he dared not show it right now.

After all, his identity could not withstand scrutiny.

This fight was just a trivial matter, but if these police officers were to follow the clues and uncover his identity as the leader of the Wolf Fang Mercenary Group, then he would truly never be able to get out for the rest of his life.

"Tell me, why did you deliberately injure people?"

"What was the motive?"

Wang Mu narrowed his eyes slightly, gazing at the Xiao Chen before him with a scrutinizing look.

Just a moment ago, a lawyer from Lingxiao Capital had already been here, holding three injury assessment reports.

The reports showed that the three black-clad bodyguards beaten by Xiao Chen all had multiple fractures, all classified as second-degree serious injuries.

With this evidence in hand, it would be extremely simple to put Xiao Chen away.

"I did not deliberately injure anyone. They insulted me first!"

"Furthermore, I controlled my strength when I struck; it was impossible for me to have injured them!"

Xiao Chen spoke with certainty, his words ringing with conviction.

Although he didn't have much of a brain, he wasn't a complete brute.

In public, how could he possibly beat those three guys half to death?

"No deliberate injury?"

"Take a good look at this!"

Wang Mu sneered and tossed the three injury assessment reports directly into Xiao Chen's face.

Xiao Chen took a closer look, and anger instantly surged in his heart; he was almost fainted from rage!

Damn it, second-degree serious injury?

Could he really cause such severe injuries to a Middle Stage Ming Jin Martial Artist using only thirty percent of his strength?

Since when was he this powerful?

"Slander, this is blatant slander!"

"Defamation, they are defaming me!"

"I want to request a lawyer for my defense!"

Xiao Chen shouted loudly, his face flushed red with anger, and he actually broke free from his handcuffs and stood up from the chair.

Seeing this, Wang Mu's eyes narrowed, and he instantly realized the severity of the situation.

In his line of work, he was naturally aware of the existence of Martial Artists, though he rarely encountered them.

If a Martial Artist broke the law, they naturally had to bear legal responsibility.

However, ordinary methods could not suppress these Martial Artists, so the police station had long since established a mature system for dealing with them.

Wang Mu retreated a few steps without a sound and left the room.

Xiao Chen, however, had not yet realized the severity of the situation and continued to shout loudly.

When Wang Mu returned, he brought two more officers with him, then quietly turned off the law enforcement recorder and gave his subordinates a signal.

The three exchanged glances and simultaneously swung their 100,000-volt electric batons, raining blows down on Xiao Chen's head and face.

"Ah!"

In an instant, Xiao Chen's extremely shrill wail echoed through the interrogation room, only to quickly fall silent.

...

After moving Xiao Chen to an interrogation room specially designed for holding Martial Artists, Wang Mu slapped him a few times, and Xiao Chen soon groggily regained consciousness.

Xiao Chen's appearance at this moment was truly miserable; his hair was charred black and standing on end, his face was as black as charcoal, and his eyes were bloodshot, looking quite terrifying.

"Kid, are you willing to confess honestly now?"

"Don't think that just because you're a Martial Artist, we can't deal with you!"

Wang Mu sneered, raising the electric baton in his hand to emphasize his point.

Although they were just ordinary people without cultivation, holding special 100,000-volt electric batons meant they didn't fear Xiao Chen in the slightest.

This was the police station; if Xiao Chen really dared to act recklessly, they had plenty of ways to subdue him.

"I... I'll talk..."

Xiao Chen was truly terrified. These shameless guys had started attacking him with 100,000-volt electric batons without saying a word—did they think he was an iron man?

Even an iron man couldn't withstand such torture!

If they did it a few more times, Xiao Chen was genuinely afraid he might die right here today.

He had figured it out: the guys in front of him clearly wanted to force a confession through torture.

All he could do now was cooperate honestly, and then find an opportunity to contact his lawyer and his connections.

Otherwise, he was afraid he really wouldn't be able to walk out of here.

"I am the bodyguard of Leng Qingqiu, the president of Lanzi Group. I followed her secretly because..."

Xiao Chen stated the fact that he was following Leng Qingqiu, but he adamantly refused to admit to beating those three men in black into serious injury.

He wasn't completely ignorant of the law, and he wouldn't accept this blame.

Once he signed the plea agreement, he would truly be finished.

"Since you don't intend to tell the truth, then you can reflect on things here!"

After collecting the testimony provided by Xiao Chen, Wang Mu made a move to leave with his two subordinates.

"Wait a moment, I need to make a phone call."

Watching the retreating backs of Wang Mu and the others, Xiao Chen hurriedly made his request.

"Of course, that is your right."

Wang Mu didn't say much and handed the phone back to Xiao Chen.

After getting the phone, Xiao Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief, dialed a number, and made his request.

It was originally just a mundane, trivial matter, but the people on the other end were unwilling to help Xiao Chen no matter what.

After making several calls in a row, the result was the same, which made Xiao Chen doubt his own reality.

It was clearly such a small matter, so why were all these big shots avoiding him?

Could it be that this boss of Lingxiao Capital had a background even more astonishing than he had imagined, causing these connections of his to not dare offend the other party?

At this moment, Xiao Chen fully realized the severity of the situation, and a great deal of panic arose in his heart.

If he were really sent inside just like this, he would never be able to get out for the rest of his life.

"I... I want to reach a settlement with them."

Taking a deep breath and forcing himself to calm down, Xiao Chen spoke in a deep voice.

Things had reached this point; since no one was willing to bail him out, he had no choice but to accept his fate.

Ask Leng Qingqiu to come forward and bail him out?

It wasn't that Xiao Chen hadn't thought about it, but when he had just tried calling her, he discovered that he had already been blocked by Leng Qingqiu.

As for other friends?

He had only been back in the country for seven short days, and during this time, he had been hovering around Leng Qingqiu at Lanzi Group, not even returning to the orphanage; where would he have any other friends?

"That is possible. The other party demands that you pay one billion in medical expenses."

"If you can accept that, this matter can be settled privately."

"How much?"

"One billion!"

"Why doesn't he just go rob someone!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen's eyes widened, his voice instantly shot up an octave, and he completely broke down.

Damn it, even if he had beaten the King of Heaven himself, he wouldn't need to pay one billion in medical expenses!

Furthermore, Jiang Che was clearly blackmailing him, yet these guys wouldn't even step in to manage it?

Collusion between officials and businessmen, this was absolutely collusion between officials and businessmen!