With half a game of chess, I vanquish all demons!

Zhao Yao gently held the baby, took a deep breath, and slowly said:

"Girl, it seems you have misunderstood me quite a bit, and you're not willing to give up easily."

How about this: to avoid our argument hurting the child, I will gently put the child down on the ground and then slowly leave.

"Once I'm far away from the children, you can come and kill me or beat me as you please; I'll take you."

He thought that he still had some primordial energy and jade armor within him, so he could at least die in place of others twice more.

With this confidence, escaping into the nearby woods before the female constable could get close shouldn't be a problem.

Even if the opponent swallowed a pill, they probably wouldn't be able to launch three more attacks.

You can put aside your concerns and take a gamble!

"What, aren't you afraid of dying again?"

Yan Rouyun wanted to agree directly, but she was afraid that being too decisive would give the other party a handle on her. While weighing her options, she blurted out a sarcastic remark.

She doesn't believe me.

Do I have to be a bad person?

That was such a great suggestion of mine...

Zhao Yao fell silent, his heart filled with helplessness.

He knew deep down that this was human nature.

When preconceived notions form, most people find it difficult to communicate effectively.

That's it!

Since that's the case, I'll grant your wish and be the bad guy this once!

"Impressive, impressive, you saw right through me."

Yes, I am indeed afraid of dying.

Thank you for reminding me.

I'd like to correct what I said earlier...

Zhao Yao held the baby and shook it, then smiled and praised it twice. His expression changed, and he rephrased his previous words with a rather fierce look:

"...This is not a negotiation, it's a threat!"

I'll put the child down in a bit. If you dare to pursue, this child probably won't withstand a single blow.

You'll have to take responsibility for that later.

So, what do you think?

Hearing this threat, Yan Rouyun clenched her fists tightly and said coldly:

"Do as you please."

"Oh, you said that?"

Zhao Yao immediately reached out and grabbed the back of the child's head, grinning broadly as he looked at the female constable with a perverted expression.

Yan Rouyun almost lost her composure, speaking rather quickly:

Do you think I'd care whether he lives or dies?

"Who stopped the attack in time?"

Twice, actually.

Zhao Yao let loose, holding the child horizontally across her palms and making a motion as if wringing a towel.

The doll, held in the large hands of a man over two meters tall, looked just like an infant.

Watching this man twist the child like a towel, Yan Rouyun was truly afraid that if he exerted too much force, some horrific scene would occur.

She paused briefly before speaking:

"Put the child down, you can leave now."

"Walk?

I'm sorry, you agreed too late. I've changed my mind.

You have to answer a few questions honestly before I'll put him down.

Zhao Yao proudly lifted the doll high into the air, chuckled at the silly-looking doll, and couldn't help but reach out and poke the doll's nose, interacting with it directly.

Yan Rouyun glared at him, her eyes blazing with fury, and said through gritted teeth:

"You villain, don't push your luck!"

Pushing too hard can lead to disaster!

"Then you needn't worry about it, young lady."

Listen carefully, the first question: Why are you hunting me down?

Zhao Yao held the doll back in front of him, looked calmly at the female constable, and asked the question he had always wanted to know the answer to.

"Phew~"

Yan Rouyun's chest heaved violently with anger. She exhaled and slowly replied:

"Your bounty is on the Heavenly Destiny Tower."

I've removed your bounty.

She really wasn't sent by Su Shangtao! A glint flashed in Zhao Yao's eyes, confirming the suspicion he had always had.

So here's the question.

Could the bounty placed by Tianming Tower be from Su Shangtao?

"Did the young lady kill me for the bounty?"

"certainly."

"That's strange. The girl clearly wouldn't easily harm innocent children, yet she's willing to kill innocent people for a mere bounty..."

"innocent?

"Now that the bounty has been placed on the Heavenly Destiny Tower, do you dare claim your innocence?"

Yan Rouyun looked at Zhao Yao with disdain.

What do you mean?

Do you think everyone with a bounty on their head deserves to die?

Zhao Yao looked back at Yan Rouyun, a look of disbelief on his face.

"Otherwise what?"

Yan Rouyun's answer was both straightforward and matter-of-fact.

"Why do you say that, young lady?"

Tianminglou, an assassin organization.

When did a bounty from an assassin organization become so significant?

Even if the legend is true, there really was an emperor behind it.

It's impossible to decide whether someone deserves to die based solely on a bounty.

Zhao Yao found it hard to believe.

Yan Rouyun's eyes turned cold, and she responded sharply:

"Shut up!"

The Emperor's grace is boundless; how could you, a villain, dare to slander it so easily?

If you continue to disrespect His Majesty, I will immediately kill you!

"..."

Seeing the female constable suddenly act like this, Zhao Yao was stunned for a moment, and his gaze towards her became strange.

Her reaction didn't seem fake; was the Emperor really behind the assassin organization, Tianminglou?

And then there's the female constable... a female constable who is genuinely loyal to the emperor, that's a bit too classical.

Hmm~ That's not necessarily true.

She knows Dragon Style Fist. In the Yin Kingdom, the only things associated with dragons are the Yuan Chen Sect and the royal family.

She might have connections to the royal family.

"Alright, Your Majesty, I'll ask again..."

Zhao Yao dismissed the matter with a single sentence.

He looked at the female constable, continuing his earlier question, and then said:

"...The girl is clearly not someone who kills innocent people indiscriminately, yet she accepted the bounty from the Heavenly Destiny Tower."

I am completely innocent, yet you are oblivious to this and still insist on killing me.

Do you never investigate or care whether the person with the bounty on their head deserves to die?

Without hesitation, Yan Rouyun answered with considerable certainty:

"I have conducted my own investigation, and I have never killed the wrong person!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yao raised an eyebrow, pointed to himself with one finger, and accused:

"Are you sure you investigated me? Are you sure you didn't kill the wrong person?"

"...You're an exception; you weren't the one I was originally pursuing."

Since we've run into you, I might as well give you a ride.

Yan Rouyun spoke so easily, and even waved her hand as if she were killing a chicken.

Zhao Yao's eyelids twitched, and he pressed further:

"Since it was just a coincidence and no investigation was done, how can you be so sure that I deserve to die?"

"Because you villains wanted by the Heavenly Destiny Pavilion, you all deserve to die!"

"..." These words immediately silenced Zhao Yaogan.

Good grief, after asking for so long, I couldn't get any information out of them, and they even circled back to the same topic.

He was truly puzzled and said directly:

"Why must you use a bounty from an assassin organization to judge whether someone deserves to die?"

"Because everyone wanted by the Heavenly Destiny Tower deserves to die! They've never made a mistake."

Zhao Yao frowned and pondered, then considered it from a different perspective and roughly understood what she meant.

She was sharing her own experience!

That was the experience she accumulated by repeatedly accepting bounties from the Heavenly Destiny Pavilion and comparing them with her own investigation results.

In other words, everyone wanted by the Heavenly Destiny Tower deserves to die!

Based on her unfailing experience and trust in the Heavenly Destiny Pavilion, she smoothly concluded that this Zhao Yao, since he was wanted by the Heavenly Destiny Pavilion, naturally deserved to die.

Having figured out the female constable's train of thought, Zhao Yao was shocked.

At the same time, an absurd doubt arose: Could it be that I really deserve to die, but I just don't know it?

"Ha~"

He laughed at his own foolish idea.