Miss Wang Weina, even your cousin won't do!

"You've committed a crime by openly assaulting a police officer in broad daylight! Do you know that you've broken the law?!"

"I know."

Wayne nodded seriously, grabbed Chen's hand, and said as if he had a lot of confidence in himself,

"So, whatever it is, let's talk about it at the police station."

Chen opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't utter a word.

No, the way you're talking makes it sound like I'm the one who got arrested. Are people still scrambling to get arrested these days?

Chen hadn't planned to pursue the matter further; after all, not many people had witnessed it, and it was Wayne who had made the move. This fluffy lion was good in every way, except for his lecherous nature, which Chen was used to. At least Wayne had principles. Although lecherous, he had never preyed on the weak or taken advantage of anyone in distress. Otherwise, given his status, he would probably be surrounded by women by now.

But after Wayne said that, Chen couldn't ignore it even if he wanted to. A nameless anger rose within him. He slung the handcuffs back onto his waist, grabbed Wayne's hand with a serious expression, showed him his police ID, and said:

“I am Senior Superintendent Chan Fai-kit of the Lungmen Guard Bureau. I am summoning you in accordance with the law! As one of the parties involved in the series of incidents that occurred last night in Block 3 of the slums, please come with me to the Guard Bureau to cooperate with the investigation.”

"Isn't it because he's gotten entangled with our beautiful policewoman from Lungmen?" Wayne asked in surprise. "I don't quite agree with that."

Chen blushed, spat out a mouthful of saliva, and cursed, "What kind of Dragon Gate policewoman is this? Don't talk nonsense!"

However, judging from the slight upturn of her lips, Wayne felt that Chen probably appreciated those words.

Girls always like to be praised, especially by boys they like. Chen wasn't someone who enjoyed flattery. As Wei Yanwu's niece, the little princess of Longmen, most of those who fawned over her and showered her with compliments had ulterior motives. This was one of the reasons why Chen was unwilling to attend those so-called "gathering of distinguished guests" banquets.

But Wayne is an exception. Given Wayne's status, why would he need to flatter him for ulterior motives?

Although Chen outwardly declined Wayne's praise, he was secretly delighted. It was just like returning home after a busy day and receiving a sweet "Welcome home, you've worked hard" from his wife—it was incredibly comforting.

When you're in a good mood, you naturally talk more. Chen said earnestly:

“I originally planned to let you go back and rest for a while. The Royal Guard doesn’t start work until 8 a.m. Last night’s incident caused quite a stir. The whole of Lungmen noticed the street that suddenly became as bright as day. As a participant who personally experienced the whole incident, even though your identity is special, I still hope that you can come to the Royal Guard to help make a statement and describe what happened last night.”

Chen paused, seemingly worried that Wayne might be concerned, and then added:

"Don't worry, the Guard Bureau will strictly protect your privacy. Unless necessary, your statement will only be used as a reference and will not be included in the evidence. Wei Yanwu and I will both be paying attention to this matter."

You've already paid enough attention. Wei Yanwu has already paid attention, so what privacy do I have left?

Wayne silently scoffed to himself. But he couldn't refuse Chen's request. It was just a matter of taking a statement; it wasn't a big deal.

Anyway, the blame has already been placed on Wei Yanwu's head. Both Hoshiguma, a member of the Guard Bureau, and Rattlesnake, a member of the enemy faction, have already admitted that Wei Yanwu was the one who cast the large-scale spell last night. Wei Yanwu can only grit his teeth and accept it.

Even if he denies it, it doesn't matter. The purpose of shifting the blame is not to pin it on others, but to clear himself of suspicion.

Who could believe that a pitiful prince, surrounded by enemies and severely wounded, could be such a terrifying sorcerer? Or rather, even if there were only a one in ten thousand chance that Wei Yanwu suspected him, what evidence could he possibly find?

"Let's go."

Chapter 87 Daring not to move, daring not to move

Lungmen Guard Bureau, Detention Cell.

Jingzhe has been here for a day and a night. As a rising star in the Dali Temple's Censorate, she was always the one sitting outside the iron bars, interrogating prisoners. Who would have thought that after hunting geese all day, today she would be the one pecked blind by them? The situation has completely reversed; she's now behind bars, forced to sing a song of tears from behind bars every day.

The Longmen Guard and Wei Yanwu didn't dare mistreat her. They provided her with good food and drink every day, and she stayed in a renovated and tidied detention cell, not a prison or a detention center. After all, she wasn't a criminal. If Wei Yanwu had really locked them up, once the matter was resolved and they returned to the capital of Da Yan, he would definitely be in deep trouble if he reported it to the court.

However you look at it, freedom is definitely gone!

Jingzhe sighed, raised his head, and looked at Captain Xiazhi sitting in the opposite temporary room. A group of famous doctors from Longmen were surrounding him, examining him from head to toe. Xiazhi did not refuse, but he also showed no intention of cooperating. He didn't even open his mouth, but just sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed, in a meditation posture.

The doctors called out to him several times, trying to get him to get up to measure his height and weight and draw some blood, but Xia Zhi remained silent, neither refusing nor cooperating.

The doctors could only look at each other, shake their heads, shrug, sigh, write "patient refuses to cooperate with examination" on the medical record, pick up the equipment, and leave the temporary treatment room.

After they left, Xia Zhi slowly opened her eyes, just in time to bump into Jing Zhe in the temporary room across the way.

Jingzhe's face was filled with worry, and she immediately said:

"Captain Xia Zhi, are you alright?"

Xia Zhi nodded without any emotion on her face, then shook her head.

A question mark popped up above Jingzhe's head.

What do you mean by this? Your action is a bit cryptic. Are you sick, or not?

Are you really crazy? But please don't slander me. I'm not crazy. You were perfectly fine when I was at the hotel, but as soon as I left, you didn't come back to the hotel all day, and suddenly you went crazy. How could I have infected you? We have to be reasonable, right?

Seeing Jingzhe's bewildered expression, Xiazhi's lips twitched.

This child is quite quick to learn when practicing martial arts, so why is his comprehension so poor when it comes to this aspect?

You need to learn these things. In the future, you'll be working in the imperial court. As the pride of your Qilin family's generation, if you don't learn how to understand people's hearts, not only will you have a hard time getting ahead, but you might also offend people and face disaster.

Xia Zhi glanced around discreetly. The surveillance camera in the room was in the upper left corner, but that was only the surface. Given Wei Yanwu's personality, who knew if he might have secretly installed several more listening devices?

This was something no one could say for sure. Therefore, Xia Zhi dared not speak easily, nor did he dare do anything unnecessary in the room. He knew very well that his current madness was a protective talisman that Xiao Xue had painstakingly created for him. Without this madness, the mere charge of trespassing on the residence of a high-ranking official and a member of the imperial family with a knife would be enough to condemn him to death by a thousand cuts, even if he were merely an inspector of the Dali Temple, let alone the Dali Temple's vice-minister!

Wei Yanwu knew he wasn't insane, but until he obtained concrete evidence proving he wasn't, he couldn't do anything about it. And Xia Zhi absolutely couldn't hand over this leverage to Wei Yanwu herself.

As for Jingzhe, she hadn't done anything out of line, and she was backed by the powerful Qilin clan in the court. At this crucial juncture of her nationwide inspection tour, Wei Yanwu would likely have neither the reason nor the courage to touch her if he didn't want to create unnecessary trouble.

If she doesn't know what happened, then so be it. Telling her won't do you any good; it might even harm Jingzhe.

Summer Solstice closed her eyes again, and uttered a sentence as if in a dream:

"Because I'm crazy, I'm not crazy; because I'm not crazy, I'm crazy."

He then returned to his meditative state and stopped speaking. Jingzhe, completely bewildered, remained pressed against the iron window opposite, pondering Xiazhi's words.

Because I'm crazy, I'm not crazy? Then are you crazy or not?

Are you faking madness? But that doesn't make sense. Given your status and position, why would you need to act crazy in front of Wei Yanwu? He's just a local official; how could he possibly have the right to touch a high-ranking central inspector like you?

Could it be that you were planning a rebellion and he caught you red-handed?

That doesn't make sense either. If you wanted to rebel, why would you come to Longmen? With Wei Yanwu's influence in Longmen, rebelling here would be no less difficult than storming the capital and taking the emperor's head, right?

For a moment, Jingzhe was a little confused. Just as she was about to speak, she heard a commotion in the corridor. Curious, she peeked out and looked towards the entrance, only to find an old acquaintance walking in, accompanied by Superintendent Chen from Longmen.

"Wayne!"

Jingzhe gritted her teeth. This was the person who had landed her in the Guard Bureau.

Although it seems like I was the one who started the conversation and caused the misunderstanding, it's one thing for you not to be interested at all, but to actually send someone to the police station as a coward, making Jingzhe doubt her own charm.

Why did I suddenly start thinking about this? Am I really going crazy?

Jingzhe patted her cheeks, composed herself, and looked at Wayne who had walked into the next room, her mind filled with countless questions.

What's going on? Has Wayne been arrested?

Jingzhe was so surprised she could hardly contain herself. The Lungmen Guard Bureau had shocked her! Not only had they arrested the Dali Temple Inspector, but they were also going to arrest the Inspector Captain. And now, they were even arresting members of the Victoria Royal Family?

That's the Victorian royal family, right? He has diplomatic immunity, doesn't he? Is it really okay to just arrest him like this?

Wei Yanwu, you're really something.

Jingzhe immediately knocked on the door and called out to Xiazhi across the street:

"Captain, Captain! Wake up, get up!"

Seeing that Xia Zhi remained silent, Jing Zhe simply said:

"Captain, I'll eat a lemon!"

Summer Solstice opened her eyes, glared speechlessly at Awakening of Insects, and silently made a mental note of Awakening of Insects.

You little brat, you can eat your lemons, it's none of my business, why are you calling me? Don't you know I'm holding back right now?!

"Captain, look over there! I'm next door, and you're diagonally across from me!"

"Jingzhe lowered his voice," Xia Zhi said. Xia Zhi frowned slightly, stood up suspiciously, walked to the door, and looked into the room next to Jingzhe's.

But they saw Wayne sitting in the interrogation chair, looking aggrieved as he recounted something, while Chen, sitting opposite him, held a ballpoint pen and quickly jotted notes in his notebook.

Xia Zhi's pupils contracted, and she walked back to her bed without making a sound.

Wei Yanwu's level of madness is astonishing; he actually dared to arrest and threaten even Prince Victoria?

Summer Solstice's mind was racing with a thousand thoughts, but her body remained even more stiff.

I dare not move, I dare not move at all.

Chapter 88 I don't have internet here.

"That's roughly what happened last night. I don't know exactly what happened, but from my personal perspective, the only person who could unleash a large-scale Originium Arts with that range and effect in the Lungmen slums is Mr. Wei Yanwu."

Wayne said with absolute certainty, though his tone was practically a direct assertion, even though it was just a guess.

Chen pursed his lips with a serious expression.

Wayne is right. Logically speaking, apart from Wei Yanwu, no one else in Lungmen could cast such a large-scale spell.

Based on Wayne's description of what happened in Block 3 last night, Chen had reason to conclude that the number of casters who unleashed this large-scale Originium Arts was definitely no less than a hundred. A hundred people—what an enormous threshold that is! Only two people could gather over a hundred casters in Lungmen without attracting the attention of the Guard Bureau. One was Wei Yanwu, and the other was the Rat King.

Last night, Wei Yanwu and the Rat King were together.

Chen saw it with his own eyes when he rode his bicycle by!

She took a deep breath, a chill running down her spine at the thought that Wei Yanwu still possessed such a terrifying army of sorcerers. It wasn't because of the sorcerer army's strength, but because Wei Yanwu had never told her about this, nor his niece.

A legion of sorcerers capable of unleashing spiritual Originium Arts with a range spanning an entire city block—Lungmen Guard and Chen were completely unaware of this. How many things was Wei Yanwu hiding from them? Had he ever truly considered them, or the people of Lungmen, as his own?

This time he controlled the poor in District 3. Next time, the target of his spell might be the core city, or the Lungmen Guard Bureau.

Although Chen knew he shouldn't think so much, and even less should he speculate about his uncle using conspiracy theories, he couldn't help but think that way.

Having a scheming uncle made it impossible for her not to make such connections, and she felt extremely nervous about it.

"Chen? Chen! You're drooling!" Wayne waved his hand in front of Chen's eyes when she didn't speak, and only called out when he saw that she was still lost in thought.

"Huh? Oh, what's wrong? Is there anything else you want to say?" Chen was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. He subconsciously wiped the corner of his mouth, only to find that there was no drool at all. His face turned red, and he glared at Wayne. "This is the Guard Bureau. Don't joke around with the police officers!"

Wayne smiled and let it go. Just as he was about to say something, he caught a glimpse of a striking figure in a bright red robe outside the door.

Holy crap, the Inspection Department!

Wayne looked closely and realized, oh, it wasn't the Awakening of Insects.

Judging from the physique of the man in the red robe, he must be a burly, imposing figure.

That's fine.