Chapter 171: Chapter 92: Setting Off for Emei Mountain

Zheng Huai Peak led Zhao Rui out of the car, and they hurried to the office building where the inspection team was located.

He knocked, entered, and after briefly introducing Zhao Rui, he left the room.

Zhao Rui focused his gaze. Inside the room, two uniformed staff members with cold, severe expressions sat rigidly behind a row of desks.

The man on the left had thick, bristling eyebrows and sanpaku eyes, giving him a sinister look.

“Sit down. Don’t be nervous. This is just a routine inquiry,” the older man on the right said with a smile.

Once Zhao Rui was seated, the middle-aged man glanced at the man with the sanpaku eyes and gave him a slight nod.

The man with the sanpaku eyes understood. He stared at Zhao Rui and asked with a frown, “Were you alone when the train hijacking occurred? Did you notice anything unusual beforehand?”

Zhao Rui answered readily:

“I was heading home for winter break and had booked a ticket for that day. I was by myself. As for anything unusual, I didn’t notice a thing.”

’I just stumbled into this. I’m not a detective, so how could I have known anything in advance?’

After listening to Zhao Rui, the man with the sanpaku eyes narrowed his gaze. His pupils suddenly dilated, then contracted back into a fixed stare.

“Once you realized they were hijacking the train, what did you do? What happened during the incident?…”

“Did you know about the train hijacking ahead of time… time… time?”

“Tell… me… everything… that… happened… in… de… tail…”

The man’s last few words were like a Brahma Sound Spell, pouring into Zhao Rui’s ears.

[Discoverable Martial Art: Mind Confusion Skill. Copy?]

The moment the system prompt sounded, the Six Trigrams Enchanting Immortal Technique within Zhao Rui’s body automatically activated to protect him. His Inner Breath flowed like musical notes, surging into his seven orifices and every acupoint.

It cleared his mind and sharpened his vision, rendering him impervious to evil.

The words that had sounded like a Brahma Sound Spell instantly lost their power, becoming simple speech once more.

’A respectable Court official, using such a dirty trick!’

’Copy!’

Zhao Rui narrowed his eyes, and his gaze instantly went slack.

“I didn’t know anything about a hijacking. It was my winter break, so I just booked a ticket on the official website.

It cost me thirty-eight yuan in total. The original price was seventy-six, but I have a student ID, so I got it for half price…

When I got to the station, I boarded the train with my suitcase.

As soon as I entered the carriage, I noticed the interior was quite elegant, not like the trains I’d ridden before. Those were the old-school green-skinned ones…”

Zhao Rui began to ramble, recounting the events in excruciating detail, spinning it out like a long story.

’I acted heroically for a just cause. There’s nothing I can’t talk about.’

’You want to listen?’

’I’ll talk until you’ve had your fill.’

Zhao Rui sneered inwardly.

The man with the sanpaku eyes frowned as he listened, feeling more and more unsettled.

’Damn it, is he writing a diary or something?’

With that thought, he stood up and walked over to Zhao Rui. He gave him a little shake and saw that the boy’s pupils were unfocused. It didn’t look like an act, which surprised him.

’No one below the Grandmaster Realm should be able to resist my Mind Confusion Skill. Is this guy just a natural-born motormouth?’

Seeing nothing else out of the ordinary, the man with the sanpaku eyes returned to his seat, interrupting Zhao Rui to ask:

“From what I know, you weren’t the only Martial Artist on that train, and there were a lot of them. How did you manage to get away unscathed while killing so many?…”

The man’s questioning was now completely undisguised.

“I wasn’t unscathed. I got hurt. I scraped some skin right here, and my finger got a little sprained…”

“Stop! Get to the point! Were you one of their accomplices?”

“Whose?”

“The people who hijacked the train!”

“No, I don’t know them.”

Hearing this, the older man turned to the one with the sanpaku eyes. “Stop. It’s obvious enough. He has nothing to do with it.”

“He’ll see through it if this drags on.”

The man with the sanpaku eyes furrowed his brow. After a moment, he widened his eyes at Zhao Rui a few times and retracted the Mind Confusion Skill.

Zhao Rui feigned waking up with a shudder. He scratched his head and said, “Sirs, what were you asking just now? I didn’t quite hear you.”

“It’s nothing. Just relax,” the middle-aged man said with a smile.

“Since you were capable of defeating them, why didn’t you act sooner? Why wait until after the criminals had already started their attack?” the man with the sanpaku eyes, still annoyed, continued to press with a hostile tone.

Zhao Rui was taken aback by the question and immediately retorted.

“Sir, what level of Martial Artist are you? Have you ever been in a situation like that?”

The man frowned. “I’m the one asking the questions here. Watch your attitude.”

“First of all, I’m not a criminal, and my attitude is perfectly fine. And I acted heroically for a just cause, so please watch how you question me,” Zhao Rui said, dissatisfied.

“It’s not an act of heroism just because you say it is!” the man shouted, slamming his hand on the table.

“Xiaoliu, let me handle this,” the other middle-aged man interjected with a smile.

“Young man, don’t get worked up. We’re just following procedure.”

After saying that, he continued to ask about a few more details.

Zhao Rui answered each question truthfully.

“Alright, thank you for your cooperation.”

“That’s all. You can leave now,” the middle-aged man said with a smile.

After Zhao Rui left, the middle-aged man looked over at Xiaoliu, the man with the sanpaku eyes, and said in a low voice:

“Throughout this whole process, all the witness testimonies and physical evidence show he has nothing to do with it. You need to let it go. We won’t be able to answer to our superiors otherwise.”

“Did you see his attitude? He clearly had the ability, but he just stood by and let them die,” Xiaoliu’s eyes were bloodshot as he spoke in a cold voice.

“That has nothing to do with the official determination of the case. If you let someone see through your methods, you and I will both be in deep trouble.”

“Alright, come on. Let’s go.”

The middle-aged man stood up, urging Xiaoliu to leave the office with him.

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