Light Fortress
Chapter 156 - 144: Special Operations Group

Chapter 156: Chapter 144: Special Operations Group

"Chen Mei, you have the right to remain silent..."

The interrogation room.

Chen Mei looked at the old man in front of him, having braced himself for staying quiet; however, surprisingly, Zhou Jiren did not follow protocol by announcing the constitutional rights to the person being interrogated.

"If you choose to be silent, then I will remain silent as well."

Zhou Jiren pulled up a chair and sat across from Chen Mei, glancing at the young man’s handcuffed hands with curly hair.

The wrists, seemingly delicate and lean, were tightly shackled by rattan cuffs, bearing several overlapping scars from attempts to break free.

"Unrealistic thoughts are better abandoned sooner rather than later."

Hearing this, Chen Mei could hardly contain himself anymore.

His expression darkened as he suddenly stood up, but in reality, he didn’t budge an inch; a sharp pain cinched at his waist after he jerked forcefully, also tightly bound by a vine...

This vine, seeming old and easily breakable, had come from nowhere and was much more sturdy than any alloy!

There was no breaking free.

"Let me go!"

He whispered lowly, "The Judgement Institute only has the right to enforce the law, not to detain and interrogate. Either you kill me or... you transfer me to the prison."

"Sorry, but everything I do complies with the laws of East Continent. Because once the Special Action Team is established, it can enjoy the exclusive privileges of inter-authority communication prior to special events," Zhou Jiren said indifferently. "This answer should be considered a generous act of kindheartedness, a free gift. Next... if you want to know something from me, you’ll need to exchange it for corresponding information."

The Special Action Team?

Chen Mei suddenly fell silent.

The old fox in front of him apparently knew that mere stubbornness was pointless and wanted to engage in an "information exchange" with him.

And him... He didn’t want to know anything, nor did he want to say anything.

Zhou Jiren was not in a hurry either, just waiting... for time to pass.

Until the door opened.

The place responsible for detention and interrogation wasn’t very big, somewhat bleak. When the door opened, light flooded in.

Chen Mei furrowed his brows; he saw a familiar figure.

...

...

"Teacher... I’m here."

Gu Shen had received a sudden notification that Mr. Shu needed his accompaniment to interrogate Chen Mei.

When he arrived, seeing the uncannily familiar interrogation settings, he suddenly found it a bit amusing.

Indeed... How things have changed.

He once again sat at the interrogation table, only this time, he was no longer the one being interrogated.

When Chen Mei saw Gu Shen, his eyes suddenly changed; his previously lethargic eyes sharpened like swords in an instant, wishing he could rise immediately, yet regrettably, he was firmly suppressed and bound by the rattan.

All of this was caused by the young man in front of him... South Bay Building’s power outage, his pursuit of a suspect, and now it seemed very likely a trap set by the Judgement Institute.

And in that moment of loss of composure, Chen Mei realized, he had fallen into the Old Fox’s trap.

He was not, after all, indifferent to everything... at least he wanted to know the truth about it all.

"Stay cool, stay cool."

Gu Shen, in a carefree manner, took a seat, greeting Chen Mei as if he were an old friend. Just twelve hours earlier, their roles were that of hunter and prey, cat and mouse, but now, everything had been reversed.

Now, looking at Chen Mei’s face clouded with shadow and anger, Gu Shen was far from nervous.

Even... felt like laughing.

He couldn’t help but shift his sitting position.

It had to be said that the other side of the interrogation table was really comfortable.

"When does the interrogation start?" Gu Shen asked.

"It has already begun... Chen Mei is willing to say nothing."

Zhou Jiren still had that patient demeanor, looking at the clock, "However, not everyone is here yet. We have plenty of time."

Not everyone is here yet?

Gu Shen was startled, but in the next moment, the door to the interrogation room was opened again, and a figure in a red trench coat with long hair appeared in the corner of his eye. The newcomer sat down and with a voice that was cold and carried a hint of apology, "Sorry, I was delayed by some matters."

The apologetic tone stopped abruptly—

Lu Nanjin was looking at Gu Shen, and Gu Shen was also looking at Lu Nanjin. The expressions on their faces were odd, it was obvious that before this encounter, neither had any idea... that the other would be here.

"Senior sister?" Gu Shen was a bit stunned.

Shouldn’t the senior sister be all over the world carrying out missions at this time?

Especially after knowing the secrets of the Lu family’s Lion Alley, Gu Shen initially thought... the senior sister might not return to Da Du for a long time.

Zhou Jiren raised his hand with a smile, and in an instant, vines erupted from the ground, enveloping Chen Mei amid his muffled grunts of angry resistance, instantly turning him into a human-shaped stake, cutting off any sound from the outside world from reaching Chen Mei’s ears.

"All right. Everyone’s finally here."

He smiled contentedly, "Now, I will explain... the specific situation to you two."

"You’ve both been informed about the consolidation of the Zhou Yu case files... This matter has attracted wide attention from the higher-ups, and after an emergency meeting, the council decided to establish a ’Special Action Team’ in Da Du, with Deep Sea responsible for providing personnel support and planning advice when the time comes for action. However, the selection of core team members was left to me to decide."

"So... I chose three people."

"The digging deeper into the Zhou Yu case files, combined with the ’Compass’ that Gu Shen obtained, has pretty much confirmed that there is a dangerous character lurking in the darkness of Da Du, attempting to create upheaval and destroy order."

"We call him ’Xiao’."

"And the plan carried out by this Special Action Team is also named ’Hunter Operation’."

The old man’s expression grew serious, "The danger rating of this case file is temporarily set at ’S’. If mishandled, it could very likely put an entire city in crisis. The selection of core team members is extremely important. It’s not because you are my proud disciples that I included you in the core members of the Special Action Team. In my plan, each of you three will play a significant role. For the Hunter Operation to succeed, the three of you are indispensable."

"Hold on."

"Three... Who’s the third one?"

Nan Jin frowned.

But Zhou Jiren simply cast his gaze slowly toward the human-shaped stake.

Gu Shen was somewhat astonished, "You mean... Chen Mei?"

"Exactly."

"Think about it, if I had tried to arrest Chen Mei by force, how could Chen San, as a congressman of East Continent, agree easily?" Zhou Jiren said indifferently, "At the very least... he wouldn’t just turn around and walk away."

That’s right.

Chen San’s reaction that night, was extremely abnormal indeed.

He had a conversation within Mr. Shu’s domain, then agreed to let the other party take away his son.

Now, Gu Shen somewhat understood.

"However, this interrogation is real. To ensure his joining our team, such an interrogation is necessary," Zhou Jiren said in a low voice. "Chen Mei’s files have already been taken out by me. You two take a look first."

Gu Shen and Nan Jin exchanged glances.

They took over the files and began to flip through them.