Super God: If I punch you, you will die

Zheng Lu's voice was somewhat sarcastic.

Or perhaps it's self-deprecation.

Was he a born criminal? No, quite the opposite. Zheng Lu was a policeman who fought for the safety and interests of the people, a champion of justice. Yet he ended up like this; isn't this a tragedy of our times?

What you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.

"But I have almost nothing..."

Tsunemori Akane's voice sounded somewhat disappointed.

It's not just why.

"No, not at all. You play a crucial role. Without the Inspector, I wouldn't be able to get out. Don't forget, I'm a registered potential criminal. Your job is to monitor me, to prevent my escape and to prevent me from committing crimes. Your work is very important, Miss Inspector..."

When Seiji said those words, Tsunemori Akane did not show any relief; she still stared at Seiji with a serious expression.

"That's all... Is that all... Can an inspector still be considered a criminal investigator?"

This was Tsunemori Akane's biggest question.

Is this really the job of an surveillance officer? Just doing nothing, merely acting as a monitor, is that considered a job?

Is this consolation?

Still feeling down after work, Tsunemori Akane went to a restaurant and ordered a bowl of udon noodles. Soon after, Teng approached her.

Teng stopped beside her.

"May I join you, Your Highness, Inspector?" Teng asked politely, pointing to the seat opposite Tsunemori Akane.

"……please."

Tsunemori glanced at Teng, who was holding a cup of coffee in his hand. The coffee was steaming, and the air was filled with its aroma.

"Aren't you off today...?"

"Don't you really know? Even on our days off, we officers have no freedom whatsoever. If it weren't for the monitoring officers, we couldn't go anywhere. This place is a real prison for us. We can only go to the criminal investigation section floor and our dormitories. As for other places..."

Teng smiled somewhat awkwardly.

However, it was just a fleeting moment of awkwardness.

"Feel sorry."

Tsunemori Akane felt sorry for his recklessness and ignorance. Why did he make such a mistake? He was usually very careful.

At the same time, there was a hint of guilt.

"I'd like to ask, may I call you Zhu-chan?" Teng asked Tsunemori Zhu, finally getting to the point he'd been wanting to ask for a long time.

"of course can."

Tsunemori Akane responded naturally.

In fact, they are all young people, and there is no need for them to feel uncomfortable because of these rigid rules.

"But I'm curious, why did you become an inspector?"

Is this really that hard to understand?

"Zhu-chan, did you truly... become an Inspector of your own volition?"

"Why do you ask?"

"I just felt you weren't quite right for me..."

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"Isn't it appropriate?"

"Based on your behavior yesterday, this is the first time I've seen an inspector treat a potential criminal in that way..."

Teng didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear. Tsunemori Akane lowered her eyes slightly, then smiled and looked at Teng.

"It's nothing really. Sibylla judged me to be suitable to be an inspector. I fully meet the criteria for an inspector, that's all."

When Tsunemori Akane was answering these questions, she suddenly realized something: almost everything she had done since childhood was not the result of her own thinking, but rather a decision made solely based on data from the Sibyl System. Was that still her own decision?

There's a saying that goes, "If you can't change the world, you have to learn to adapt to it."

Tsunemori Akane is an example of this.

She stopped resisting.

Stop thinking.

Instead, they follow other people's rules.

Teng sipped his coffee without changing his expression, even casually crossing his legs.

"Having passed the police department's standards, you should be able to get many other good aptitude assessments, right? Why don't you consider other jobs?"

Actually, this is a question that shouldn't have been asked in the first place.

After all, it involves personal privacy.

"Actually, there are other options, but all thirteen provincial departments and six companies are rated A."

"Isn't it?"

Teng's eyes revealed a look of astonishment.

He even stumbled and almost fell.

Everyone in this system knows that achieving an A rating for all thirteen provincial departments and six companies is extremely difficult.

One in a hundred, no, absolutely one in a thousand.

Teng looked at the petite girl in front of him. Her arms and legs were thin, and she didn't seem like a particularly clever person. How could she be so outstanding? This place truly was a place where hidden talents lurked. Never underestimate someone who seems unremarkable.

"Yes. However, there are one or two other people who pass all the other jobs besides me, but I'm the only one who got an A rating at the police station. Out of a class of more than 500 people, there's only one person, only me. So, there are jobs at the police station that I have to do. That's what I think. If I go there, I'm sure I can find my true life... the meaning of living in this world, that's what I think."

This was the first time Teng and Tsunemori had communicated so earnestly.

Our first meeting was just a few teasing words, and it was a rather rushed affair.

This was a serious exchange.

Teng was somewhat taken aback. His mischievous smile gradually disappeared, and his expression gradually turned somber as he stared at Chang Shouzhu.

"Is there something on my face?"

"No."

"Or did I say something strange?" Tsunemori Akane's impression of Teng was that he was a frivolous and unserious person, and his serious expression now was completely different from her first impression.

"It's nothing... I don't know if it's strange or not." Teng's tone was a little anxious, and he seemed a bit agitated.

Even Tsunemori Akane sensed this anxiety.

"It's like having a cheat code for life. You can do whatever you want, choose whatever you want. It's like the well-fed don't know the hunger of the starving. That Sibylla system is truly amazing..."

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"Wow. That's impressive, impressive, impressive."

A strangely sarcastic tone.

Tsunemori didn't know why the atmosphere had turned out this way. She looked at Teng in front of her with some confusion and helplessness.

“A long time ago, we had to think for ourselves and take responsibility for our lives, whether we made the right or wrong choices. It was actually quite scary, because we couldn’t predict whether our choices would be right or wrong, and we might make decisions that we would regret for the rest of our lives. At least… at least now the Sibyl System can turn all the possibilities of the future into data and give us the most reliable and secure choice, right?”

Teng's tone was hostile.

"What is life? Why did we come into this world? And why do we live? These are philosophical questions about life... I never thought anyone would be so extravagant as to consider such questions. How pretentious. This world is just like this. No one questions the Sibyl System, and everyone entrusts everything to Sibyl... And we just live like this, in a daze... Of course, this is not something that we, these insignificant individuals, can decide or choose... As for me, I was identified as a potential criminal by the Inspection Department when I was five years old. Just a five-year-old child... Heh..."

In a normal world, a five-year-old child is embraced and loved.

Before adulthood, a child's character and judgment are formed based on family education, school education, and social influences.

The law also applies to people of different ages.

It's like someone below a certain age is not criminally responsible, but only becomes criminally responsible after reaching a certain age.

But the world is no longer like that.

They directly quantified the possibilities using the Sibylla system.

"Moreover, the Sibyl system determined that the possibility of my treatment being more severe was zero, so... my life was already set. I only had two choices: one was to spend the rest of my life in the isolation facility, and the other was to become a hound and take on this dirty work."

Tsunemori listened quietly to what Teng said.

She had never thought of it before.

One person's life and another completely different life can have such subtle intersections.

And the Sibylla system is just as brutal.

"I didn't mean to cause you any trouble. But I've changed my mind."

"You should give up now if you're going to."

Teng finished his last sip of coffee and said those words, then walked away into the distance, leaving Tsunemori alone to watch Teng's receding figure.

From the age of five.

Five years old.

At such a young age, before they even know what life is like, they are already labeled as potential criminals and deprived of their freedom for life.

That night, Chang Shouzhu couldn't sleep.

The next morning.

Chang Shouzhu appeared at the door of Lin Yan's ward in the infirmary. She could communicate with Lin Yan through the internal telephone.

"Mr. Lin Yan, are you alright?"

Through the glass window, Chang Shouzhu looked at Lin Yan. He turned around and looked at her. The two of them just looked at each other quietly like that.

Logically, as an executive officer, Lin Yan's supervisor should be Tsunemori Zhu. Why would he be carrying out other missions? This puzzled Tsunemori Zhu completely.

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Could it be that Tsunemori Akane's performance that time made the higher-ups question her judgment? Was that her fault?

"Ah."

Lin Yan's tone was cold, even icy like a glacier. After he pressed the button, the door slowly opened. Chang Shouzhu was somewhat afraid to face Lin Yan; her face was pale, and she walked in quietly.

"I'm so sorry to have disturbed your rest."

"Should an oversight officer feel guilty towards an executive officer?"

These words struck a chord deep within Tsunemori. She had never felt that the lives of the Inspectors were more noble than those of the Enforcers, especially after hearing Teng's story. What had he done wrong? What could a five-year-old child possibly do wrong?

Her understanding of the world gradually began to crack.

Or rather, the brainwashing system of the rulers of this world has a bug, which is also the result of Tsunemori Akane's thinking.

These are tiny, tender shoots in the parched desert.

Chang Shouzhu raised his head tremblingly, even a little afraid to look at Teng, as if he had done something wrong to him.

"...So, you're angry after all?"

That's your judgment. I have no reason to complain.

"You also think what I did was wrong? But the ending was good, wasn't it? Isn't that enough?"

Although Tsunemori Akane didn't think there was anything wrong with what she was doing, she had a vague sense of unease.

"If that's really what you think, then think that way."

"I know that if it weren't for you that time, things might have turned out differently. I might have gotten myself killed..."

"No."

"What do you mean it isn't?"

Tsunematsu really didn't understand Lin Yan's meaning; she couldn't quite see through the man's thoughts.