Above the Galaxy
Chapter 278 - 186: Words of Tigers and Wolves!

Chapter 278: Chapter 186: Words of Tigers and Wolves!

When Tang Fei came back, the police were busy questioning Little Fatty.

Seeing Tang Fei return, the leading criminal police captain Zhao Youguang closed the record book in his hands and said, "Alright, we’ll just ask these questions for now. Sign your name here..."

"Okay." Little Fatty meticulously wrote his own name on the record book.

Then, with an embarrassed face, he apologized, "I’m sorry, my handwriting isn’t very neat..."

"It doesn’t matter, as long as it’s signed by you, it’s fine. How it looks isn’t important..."

While speaking, Zhao Youguang’s gaze lingered on Little Fatty with a playful expression.

Here was this seemingly harmless and foolishly cute Little Fatty who, in self-defense, had actually hammered an intruder to death...

How tragic it was!

Even the most horrifying murder cases didn’t have the culprit deal with the body in such a barbaric and brutal manner.

At most, they would slash a face or peel off the facial skin...

His victim’s face was beyond recognition.

This also meant they couldn’t use methods like iris and facial recognition to identify the corpse. They had to take the body back for a DNA check... Fingerprint identification was too unreliable.

Nowadays, many criminals would either erase their own fingerprints or use 3D printing technology to create new fingerprint films.

"That’s fine then." Little Fatty nodded.

"Although someone has vouched for you, during the investigation period, you can’t leave Phoenix City without informing us beforehand. And you must cooperate with our investigation at all times... No problems, right?"

"No problem," Little Fatty nodded repeatedly.

"Good, we have to take the body back for an examination..." Zhao Youguang gestured broadly and said, "Let’s head out."

And so, the group quickly left with the body.

Little Fatty saw them to the door, then came back and said to Tang Fei, "They were quite nice to me; they didn’t give me any trouble at all..."

"I thought it would be like in the TV shows where they would take me to the police station for questioning, tie me to an interrogation chair, and torture me for a confession... But they just asked some questions and let me sign."

"Why would they give you a hard time?" Tang Fei said. "I found a guarantor for you."

"Ah? Who did you get to vouch for me?"

"Phoenix."

"Sister Phoenix?" Little Fatty’s eyes widened.

"Of course, she wouldn’t show up herself; that would have too much of an impact and turn into a scandal..."

"She said she’d arrange everything, and that we didn’t need to worry about anything else, just to explain the actual situation to the police."

"Oh. No wonder they were so polite to me and even smiled..."

Little Fatty nodded, understanding even in his naivety just how powerful a princess could be.

If she were to make a call, wouldn’t those important figures, who seemed so intimidating to ordinary people, fawn over her like grandchildren?

Who would dare to trouble him then? Who would dare take him to the police station for an intense interrogation?

Let alone the fact he had killed someone in self-defense in his own home, even if he had gone to someone else’s home and done it...

He wouldn’t have to face any criminal liability.

Tang Fei grabbed a drink from the fridge and said, "Tell me, what exactly happened? Tell me the whole story again..."

"Okay."

Little Fatty nodded and started recounting how he thought he heard a rat making noises upstairs...

He continued right up to the point where the thief tried to run, and in a moment of panic, he leapt up and smashed the thief’s head in with a hammer.

Simple.

Direct.

And bloody...

Tang Fei drank his beverage, silent.

Little Fatty sat down on the sofa opposite Tang Fei, a worried look on his face as he asked, "Bro, I’m not going to have any trouble, am I?"

"What trouble?" Tang Fei asked.

"I killed someone. They’re not going to arrest me, right?"

"No, they won’t," Tang Fei shook his head. "A burglar broke into the house, tried to shoot someone when discovered... The homeowner had no choice but to fight back and ended up smashing his head with a hammer... I’m sure the police will write a very favorable report, and you’ll be deemed to have acted in self-defense. You won’t face any punishment..."

"What about my reputation? Will it suffer?"

"Reputation?" Tang Fei looked at Little Fatty, surprised, and asked, "What reputation do you have?"

"..."

"While on the phone earlier, you said you wanted to carry the body out and bury it. Now you’re worried about your reputation?"

"I didn’t care at first; I thought of dealing with it just like any other nuisance... But when you were on the phone just now and said you were the director’s disciple and thus couldn’t be associated with such a criminal case..."

"I thought, I’m also a disciple of the director... The director and his wife have been so good to me, I don’t know how to repay them... And now to tarnish that by getting involved in such an affair... I’m afraid I’d be letting the director down."

So that’s how it is.

He really is a kind-hearted child.

"Don’t worry, Little Fatty," Tang Fei patted Little Fatty’s shoulder and said, "don’t forget that Phoenix is the Princess of the Phoenix Empire. This big, sturdy leg, we... I have firmly latched onto it. She will protect us."

"Okay." Little Fatty finally let out a sigh of relief and asked, "Brother, what do you think this thief is? What did he want to steal from our house? We don’t have any money, and the most valuable thing we have is the Training Room... but he can’t steal that... What was he looking for?"

Tang Fei looked at Little Fatty and said, "You fought with him, what do you think of his strength? Is he a Cultivator?"

"We didn’t really fight that much... He’s very quick to react, and his movement to jump through the window was very agile. He took a hit from my hammer, yet he managed to roll on the ground and dodge my second strike..."

"I’m not too sure if he is a Cultivator... It feels like he should be, but then again he doesn’t seem to be..."

"Why doesn’t he seem to be?" Tang Fei asked.

"Cultivators are very strong, but he was too weak." Little Fatty chuckled stupidly and said, "I knocked him out with one strike of my hammer, proving that even if he is a Cultivator, he’s not very good..."

Little Fatty doesn’t understand cultivation and can’t feel the Yin Yang Qi, so he can’t judge whether this person is a Cultivator through external observation.

Besides, his observational abilities are not great.

So the only way to confirm whether this person understands cultivation is through actual combat, to see whether the techniques he used contained Yin Yang Qi, whether he manipulated objects or delivered a fatal blow with True Qi...

But Little Fatty and the thief barely came to blows; as soon as he realized he had been discovered, he immediately tried to escape through the window.

Moreover, the weapon used to break the window glass was a Pulse Gun...

The reason he suspects him of being a Cultivator is because the man was injured by the shockwave of the hammer, and yet, after falling to the ground, he was somehow able to perform evasive maneuvers again...

If there was no Yin Yang Qi to regulate and balance him, it would be hard for a regular person to withstand that hit.

"Did he only enter my room?"

"Yes. I’m not sure if he entered other rooms, but I found him in your room... He was rummaging through the box you brought from the Old Land and had also fallen for the aphrodisiac you laid out..."

Little Fatty looked admiringly at Tang Fei and said, "Big brother is so impressive, knowing that someone would come to the house to steal things, so you laid out poison in advance... If it weren’t for your aphrodisiac, he might have actually gotten away..."

"The guilt lies not in the dwarf, but in the possession of the jade." Tang Fei spoke up, "The thief most likely came for the Netherworld Scroll... He coveted our Sword Manual and thought that we didn’t have the ability to protect it, so he decided to try his luck..."

Tang Fei had another suspicion in mind, which he didn’t voice.

If someone suspected Tang Fei’s true identity and then sent someone to look for information related to his identity...

That would be the worst-case scenario.

"Oh." Little Fatty nodded and said, "I also suspect the thief came for the Sword Manual, after all, big brother defeated Qin Jianyi in swordplay, and at that time, many people inquired about the swordsmanship you used..."

"Just wait," said Tang Fei, "whatever their motives, they will eventually show their true colors."

"What do we do now?" Little Fatty asked.

"Go wash up and sleep," Tang Fei said.

"Okay." Little Fatty nodded and said, "Then I’ll go wash the blood off in the courtyard and go to sleep."

"..."

Little Fatty went to clean the courtyard, but Tang Fei didn’t feel sleepy at all.

Because Little Fatty had acted too rashly, they were unable to determine the thief’s identity, and they had to wait for the police to conduct further investigation.

However, with Phoenix’s help, they had been greeted, and the police’s work efficiency was expected to be high, and the results would come out quickly.

Once the thief’s identity was confirmed, it would then be possible to discern the true motive behind the burglary...

Tang Fei rather hoped that they had come for the Sword Manual, as it would be much better than having someone covet his body.

At that moment, the doorbell of the house rang.

Quickly, the sound of Little Fatty talking to someone else came from the courtyard.

Tang Fei went to the door and saw Sheng Xinhua rush in, asking, "Why have you come so late?"

"Do you think I wanted to come?" Sheng Xinhua rolled his eyes and said with indignation, "I told you the two of you would be fine, jumping around lively... Our Princess was worried and insisted I come and check on you."

"The Princess decrees, what can I do but obediently come over and check on her sweetheart..."

"..."

"Seeing that you two are alright, I can also let her know..." Sheng Xinhua lifted his wrist and took a photo of Tang Fei and Little Fatty, then turned the camera on himself and said, "Didn’t I say they were fine? You were still worried and made me come over... Are you relieved now?"

After speaking, he sent the video.

"Little Fatty and I are fine; thank you, Mr. Sheng, for making the trip," Tang Fei said gratefully.

Regardless of whether or not it was Phoenix’s idea, since Sheng Xinhua was willing to come over and check, they had to accept the favor.

Tang Fei and Little Fatty didn’t have much family, and even friends were extremely few.

But since arriving at New Star, Phoenix and Sheng Xinhua always did things that warmed their hearts.

"Are you trying to send me away?" Sheng Xinhua eyed Tang Fei and said maliciously, "One-time use? Use and discard?"

"..."

Tang Fei was speechless.

This woman... what kind of lascivious nonsense was she saying?