Are You Crazy? He’s only an Intern Lawyer?
Chapter 448 - 444: Heizu Considers Ripping the Ticket, The Final Capture

Chapter 448: Chapter 444: Heizu Considers Ripping the Ticket, The Final Capture

Dongfang Capital, Blackfoot Law Firm.

"Hahaha~"

"Hahahaha~"

"Damn, this is bliss, I’m on cloud nine~"

"Pop the champagne, quick, open another bottle of champagne!"

Today, Blackfoot Law Firm was abuzz with excitement.

Though still nursing injuries, Hu Yaode was the most joyful, hopping around as KTV music filled the office area and many lawyers danced with abandon.

woo~hoo~~~ Take off!

Overwhelmed by happiness, several lawyers simply stripped off their suits and started to awkwardly dance on the spot.

After all, if you don’t feel embarrassed, then the embarrassment is on others.

The reason for their elation was, of course, the addition of a substantial win to the firm’s record.

Procuratorate Headquarters’ ace Xiao Baihe, Jincheng Law Firm Criminal Department’s ace lawyer Zhang Wei!

In the Dongfang Capital Lawyer Circle, these two were household names, distinguished and renowned.

Though the case was rejected by the judge, and Zhang Wei was merely an advisor for the prosecution,

Blackfoot had already crafted tomorrow’s headline for Dongfang Capital News.

"Aces? Aces joining forces? 1+1

"The fall of a superstar, the Homicide Lawyer fades away after a brief bloom!"

"Shocking, renowned lawyer faces his first defeat, the reason for his beautiful partner’s rage!"

"As generations pass, new talents emerge; after Zhang Wei, who will be the next superstar shining in the Dongfang Capital legal world?"

As can be seen, the content of these news articles was progressively laid out.

They would start by introducing the strength of ace Xiao Baihe and ace Zhang Wei, then detail the case proceedings, and finally lead to Blackfoot Law Firm, while also highlighting the newcomer Li Meijia.

It could be said that this was Blackfoot Law Firm’s post-case strategy.

Step by step, they used the fame of Xiao Baihe and Zhang Wei to build momentum for their new lawyer, Li Meijia.

In doing so, Li Meijia would then leap to stardom in the Dongfang Capital lawyer community with this single victory over Zhang Wei and Xiao Baihe.

Moreover, she would be unique, the only lawyer with a winning record against Zhang Wei.

The entire lawyer community in Dongfang Capital avoided Zhang Wei like the plague; hardly anyone dared claim they could beat him.

But now there was someone!

That person was at our Blackfoot Law Firm, our very own beautiful lawyer Li Meijia!

With such a succession of publicity moves, Blackfoot Law Firm’s reputation would surely advance several places within the Top Ten Firms.

Even, if Li Meijia could win a few more cases, with subsequent publicity and momentum-building, slipping some money to the news media for a bit of extra coverage, perhaps an exclusive interview...

Blackfoot Law Firm, with this victory, could potentially climb into the top five of the Top Ten Firms, or even challenge the top three.

Boosting rankings, growing fame– that all translates to money!

However, compared to the bustling lawyers in the office, Li Meijia was much more composed.

"It’s just a win in an ordinary case, what does it represent!"

"Moreover, although I technically beat Zhang, he didn’t utter a single word in court; he was just an advisor."

"I won, but it feels like I didn’t win at all!"

Li Meijia sat in her office, a world away from Hu Yaode and the others dancing outside.

But she wasn’t alone in her office.

The other person was naturally the client of the case, Cui Yibin.

"So, when can I leave?"

"You can leave anytime, the case is over," Li Meijia replied with a lack of any previous politeness.

She couldn’t even be bothered to address him as "Mr. Cui" anymore.

Her attitude was dismissive as she almost waved the client off with a flick of her hand.

"Then I’ll... be going now..."

Cui Yibin said hastily and quickly exited Blackfoot Law Firm’s office area.

"Hmph, think you can just walk away?"

Seeing this, Li Meijia sneered, immediately picking up the phone on her desk.

"He’s coming out, make sure to give him a proper send-off!"

After her words, Li Meijia hung up the phone, her smile deepening.

...

As Cui Yibin left the office area, he instantly boarded the elevator.

The elevator descended straight towards the first floor.

Ding!

Just before it reached the first floor, however, it stopped.

Then the elevator doors opened, and five or six burly men in black clothing entered.

They wore sunglasses on their faces, looking intimidating and sinister, clearly not the friendly type.

Seeing this, Cui Yibin quickly curled himself up in the corner to make room for them.

One of the men in black pressed the button for the underground parking garage, and the elevator doors closed again.

Ding!

The first floor had arrived.

"Excuse me, can you let me through? I need to get out!"

Cui Yibin saw the first floor had arrived and wanted to leave.

But the group of burly men showed no intention of yielding, standing firm like a wall of flesh, blocking him inside the elevator.

"Excuse me, I need to get out, let me go, please move..."

No matter how much Cui Yibin shouted, the men were unmoved.

The elevator doors closed again and started moving towards the underground garage.

The atmosphere inside the elevator was somewhat oppressive, somewhat heavy. Cui Yibin sensed there was a problem.

Why were these men stopping him?

But as he was about to ask, those burly men already turned around, all staring at him.

"You..."

He had just opened his mouth to inquire when a hefty punch flew straight towards his face.

Cui Yibin felt the world spin before being slammed headfirst into the ground, his vision blurring.

In his dazed state, he felt himself being propped up by the men, dragged from the elevator, stuffed into the trunk of a car, and then jostled along the road.

When his head cleared enough to see properly, the trunk opened again, and he was dragged out by the men.

The sea breeze blew, and the air was filled with the stench of fish.

He was brought to an abandoned fish processing factory by the sea. There were no workers in sight, not even a ghost of a shadow.

All Cui Yibin could see were scattered fish cans on the ground, long-abandoned assembly lines, and a clowder of stray cats attracted by the fishy smell.

Thump!

Cui Yibin was thrown to the ground, encircled by several large men.

"Is this the guy?"

"Yes, the boss told us to take care of him, and to do it cleanly!"

"Understood, then chop him up and throw him into the sea to feed the fish!"

One of the burly men instructed someone nearby: "Go start the machine, and remember to set the cutter to maximum power. That way it’s faster, to avoid situations like last time, where the person got stuck halfway through and a bone jammed the machine!"

"Right!"

Hearing these words, Cui Yibin was suddenly jolted with terror.

It seemed this wasn’t the first time these men had done such a thing.

The number of people who had died here was certainly not limited to just him.

His heart was filled with dread, and the slim hope from winning his court case was shattered.

He had thought that after winning the case, he would gain his freedom.

But now, he was to be thrown into a machine to be ground up; even prison would have been safer.

At least in prison, there was no fear of dying such a horrible death...

Cui Yibin then remembered something else—his girlfriend, Chai Jingjing, who had said she would come to pick him up.

But in this desolate place, with no village in sight and no stores around, how was it possible for her to find him?

It was over.

This time, he was utterly doomed.

Desperation seized Cui Yibin as he watched the men grab him, ready to throw him towards the whirring machine in the corner.

The machine’s opening seemed to lead straight to an abyss, and stepping into it meant going to another world.

But just then, from a skylight above the factory, there suddenly came a buzzing noise.

"What’s going on?"

The men who had captured Cui Yibin all looked up and saw a drone flying by.

A can emitting smoke was dropped from above, falling at their feet.

Pop!

The can exploded near their feet, a flash of fire followed by enveloping smoke.

Several of the burly men closer to the explosion were covered by the blast, their figures sent flying away.

Cui Yibin also fell to the ground from the explosion’s reach, and then, driven by fear and the desire to survive, he frantically scrambled to his feet.

"Run!"

Above the thick smoke, it seemed that a woman’s voice came through.

Cui Yibin recognized it—it was the voice of his girlfriend, Chai Jingjing; she had come to save him.

Through the thick smoke, Cui Yibin ran towards the direction of the entrance he remembered, managing to escape the factory before the group of men behind him could react.

Outside the factory, Chai Jingjing was waiting on a small electric scooter.

"Get on quickly!"

Cui Yibin got on the back seat, and the scooter was immediately set into motion, swiftly carrying the two away.

Inside the factory, the group of strong men finally came to their senses and rushed towards the vehicle, ready to give chase.

Bang!

But as they approached the vehicle, an explosion came from inside; it had been rigged with explosives as well.

"Shit!"

Seeing this scene, they knew the vehicle was beyond saving.

A brawny man, seeing this, could only reluctantly pull out his phone.

"Sorry, Boss, we messed up and let the target escape!"

"Trash!"

From the other end of the phone came a cold snort.

"Since it’s come to this, initiate Plan B!"

The person on the phone, though somewhat dissatisfied, didn’t sound the least bit frantic.

That’s because he always liked to have a backup plan, a habit that had smoothed over many problems for him.

...

On a deserted path in the suburbs.

A small electric scooter carrying two people was struggling to make headway.

On the scooter were two individuals who had narrowly escaped death, Cui Yibin and his girlfriend, Chai Jingjing.

"It’s no use, I chased you out of the city, and now the scooter’s battery is dead!"

Seeing the scooter’s battery indicator, Chai Jingjing wore a look of helplessness.

Although the scooter was fast, it also consumed a lot of electricity. She had been chasing Cui Yibin for so long that the battery was already running critically low.

Now, having to carry both of them in an escape, it was clear that the scooter had given its all.

Eventually, the battery indicator went completely flat, and the little scooter could no longer continue.

"Get off, we run!"

They abandoned the scooter and continued along the path on foot.

But they hadn’t gone far when the sound of an engine buzzed in their ears.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Behind them, a black motorcycle was speeding towards them.

On the motorcycle was a man wearing a helmet and a black leather jacket.

"Is he a motorcycle enthusiast?"

Cui Yibin saw the approaching figure and was about to wave and call out.

But Chai Jingjing, upon seeing the gun at the waist of the newcomer, was immediately startled.

"Run, he’s with those guys, he’s here to kill us!"

In just an instant, she realized that their pursuers had not given up the chase, and there was actually an assassin!

But how could their feet possibly outrun a motorcycle?

Sure enough, the motorcycle zoomed past them and then skidded to a stop.

The man in the jacket pulled out a handgun and then retrieved a silencer from his pocket, beginning to assemble it right in front of Chai Jingjing and Cui Yibin.

The two of them showed looks of despair.

This was the wilderness, where no one else could possibly appear.

They only had two legs and couldn’t outrun a motorcycle.

The other person had a gun while they were unarmed.

No matter how you looked at it, it was a dead end.

"I should’ve never become a hacker; I should’ve listened to my mom and become a civil servant years ago, I might’ve been a village chief by now."

"What are you talking about? If you weren’t a hacker, what about me?"

"You shouldn’t have been a hacker either; we should have just listened to our parents, studied hard, strived to better ourselves, attended a good university. Even if it was just to become a white-collar worker after graduation, that would have been better."

"Would you stop going crazy, please? You’re Viper, think of something!"

"You’re Snake too, it’s the same, we have no way out; how could we possibly escape?"

In front of the man in the jacket, they knew they were completely done for this time and began to reflect on their lives.

In short, it was regret.

Utter regret...

The man in the jacket seemed to be enjoying the scene, watching the two break down in tears, he even slowed his movements while attaching the silencer.

But attaching a silencer doesn’t take much time; after a few twists, it was ready.

It was time to send them on their way.

Slowly, the man in the jacket raised his handgun, ready to end the lives of the two people before him.

He was very accurate with his shooting, almost hitting the target from a hundred paces away, while they were merely ten steps away.

At ten steps, a gun is faster than anything else!

Whoosh—

Thud!

Accompanying a sharp whistle, a pebble suddenly struck the handgun’s grip, and at the very moment the pebble hit, the man in the jacket fired his shot.

As a result, the bullet veered off course, missing the two people in front of him.

The man in the jacket was shocked. Who dared to interrupt him?

What was the deal with that pebble?

He whirled around, only to find that a young woman had appeared behind him.

No, more accurately, a girl.

Her chest was flat, showing no sign of development; she was undoubtedly a young girl.

With a sneer, the man in the jacket saw there were less than ten steps between them.

And within ten paces, the gun was both fast and accurate!

"Seeking death!"

He sneered coldly, raising his hand to shoot, ready to send a bullet right into the brain of the girl in front of him and deliver a standard headshot.

But just as he raised his hand, the girl in front of him became a blur, and before he knew it, she had already appeared right in front of him, barely a step away.

"How could..."

He had just opened his mouth when a fist slammed directly onto his helmet.

Bang!

Another explosive sound followed as a figure executed a 1080° windmill kick, spinning through the air before landing heavily on the ground.

The helmet on his head had completely caved in, with a frightening fist imprint right in the center.

Although the helmet had protected the man in the black jacket, the immense force of the punch still knocked him out cold.

"Sorted!"

Seeing that she took out the man in the black jacket with a single punch, the girl made an "OK" gesture backward.

"Are you guys okay?" She then approached Chai Jingjing and Cui Yibin, looking concerned.

"Heroine, thank you!"

"Yeah, thank you! Otherwise, we would’ve really been done for."

The two were naturally overwhelmed with gratitude, almost ready to kneel down and kowtow.

In fact, if the girl in front of them really demanded they kowtow, they wouldn’t have hesitated.

"Don’t thank me, why thank me?"

The girl waved her hand and helped Cui Yibin and Chai Jingjing to their feet.

Click!

But then, the two found that a pair of handcuffs had somehow appeared on their wrists.

"Heroine, what’s this about...?"

The two were dumbfounded.

What’s going on? We just escaped death, and now we’ve been captured again?

"Well, I am Xia Qianyue from the Dongfang Capital Criminal Investigation Department, Major Case Unit 7. We suspect you are involved in a murder case and would like to request your assistance in the investigation."

"As for these handcuffs, I’m just afraid you might run away. After all, I’m alone and may not be able to keep an eye on you both."

Cui Yibin and Chai Jingjing immediately shook their heads and waved their hands after hearing this.

Heroine, with a single punch you can warp a helmet like that; how could we dare to mess with you?

You weren’t even afraid when someone pulled a weapon on you, and we’re just scrawny limbs; how could we dare to play smart with you?

"Oh, they’re coming!"

Just then, the heroine mentioned by the others pointed to several people running over from not far away.

"Silly, you’re too fast; wait for us!"

"Yeah, Xia Xia, you really are... extraordinarily talented!"

"Zhang Wei, Uncle Zhao, you guys are just weak, lacking exercise."

"I figure, even if we train for ten, twenty years, we wouldn’t stand a chance against you!"

Among these people, aside from a few bodyguards, were Zhao Qingyan and Zhang Wei.

Xia Qianyue looked at them, shook her head, and then pointed at Chai Jingjing and Cui Yibin.

"Well, I’ve saved the people, and knocked the hitman unconscious too. What do we do next?"

"What do we do?"

Zhang Wei laughed, approaching Cui Yibin and Chai Jingjing.

"You two really put my Xiao Xiao through hell!"

"What, what are you talking about? I don’t know anything..."

Seeing Zhang Wei, Chai Jingjing hurriedly denied it.

"Denying it, will that help?"

Zhang Wei gestured to Zhao Qingyan, who immediately pulled out a recording device and handed it over.

"If I had known, I would not have become a hacker; I should have listened to my mom and taken a civil service exam... You’re still Snake, it’s no different; how could we possibly escape?"

In the recording, the voices of Cui Yibin and Chai Jingjing could be heard, just before their near-death moment.

After the recording finished playing, Zhang Wei looked at the two before him.

"Cui Yibin, Chai Jingjing, you are both now under arrest, and from your conversation just now, it’s clear that you have both acknowledged your hacker identities."

"Especially you, Chai Jingjing; you are wanted in multiple countries, and this officer Xia Qianyue beside me will arrest you according to the law."

"Impossible, I have not engaged in hacking activities in Dragon Country, and my boyfriend’s case has already been dismissed; you can’t prosecute him again!" Chai Jingjing argued vehemently.

But Zhang Wei sneered, "The withdrawal of Cui Yibin’s case means he cannot be prosecuted again for cyber security and aviation threats, but we can switch to a different charge."

"The key is you, Chai Jingjing; your overseas hacking activities include some countries that have diplomatic relations with Dragon Country. The charges against you are not cyber security violations, but undermining unity between countries, threatening, and tarnishing the international image of Dragon Country."

"As for you, Cui Yibin, knowing that your girlfriend is the hacker Snake and not reporting her, with intent to assist a criminal act, you won’t escape either!"

Zhang Wei commanded the black-clad bodyguards beside Zhao Qingyan, "Take them away, to the investigation department!"

Cui Yibin and Chai Jingjing were both stunned speechless!

Is that even possible?

Indeed, they were ultimately unable to escape the punishment of the law...