Light Fortress
Chapter 588 - 143: Stealing Fire (Seeking Monthly Votes~)

Chapter 588: Chapter 143: Stealing Fire (Seeking Monthly Votes~)

The blaze on the long street subsided.

Today was the day when all the important figures of Changye gathered. In the past year, there were hardly any days like this one, drawing so many Titled powerhouses to come all at once.

Elder Zhou Wei frowned slightly.

The events of today, indeed, have gotten a bit out of hand.

The footage of Gu Shen brutally beating Xu Yan had been uploaded to the deep water area... It was expected that Gu Shen would have many more "followers."

But what was tricky now was the pursuit of responsibility by Zhu Wang of the Judgement Institute.

A temporary Grand Judge was still a Grand Judge.

In Changye, protecting one’s disciples is something that every teacher would inevitably do.

Zhu Wang unconditionally sheltered his own disciple.

And he, Zhou Wei... had made his stance clear a year ago; he would certainly protect Gu Shen as well.

But Changye was a place that followed rules, and any sanctuary had to be given according to the rules... If today’s confrontation was a battle agreed upon in advance by both parties, then no matter how badly Xu Yan was beaten, Zhou Wei had the ability to help Gu Shen out of trouble.

However.

The footage in "Wind Eye" showed that Xu Yan did not fight back at all.

This was not a "duel" at all.

It was... a one-sided "beating."

"According to the laws of Changye, I will detain Gu Shen for forty-eight hours. As for whether this incident is related to ’losing control,’ what you say doesn’t count," Elder Zhou Wei broke the silence after several seconds, speaking slowly, "I will have ’Deep Sea’ make an assessment and provide a report."

Elder Zhou slowly raised his hand.

By his side, a young man immediately stepped forward and took out Strong Logic Material handcuffs.

"Brother Gu... please cooperate."

The man whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear and his attitude was not forceful.

Gu Shen remembered that he had met this guy once before.

It was at the Fourth Judge’s dojo, where this young man had taken Shen Li away while he was in a "gluttony" out-of-control state.

"Mr. Du Wei."

Gu Shen smiled, extending his hands without resisting the "arrest" by the Security Committee.

Once the handcuffs were locked in place, Du Wei glanced at Xu Yan, who was lying on the ground, and said softly, "It’s a pity I didn’t get to see the fight just now with my own eyes. By the way... we’re all your supporters."

Upon hearing this, Gu Shen was slightly taken aback.

He noticed that outside the street, a layer of sealing barrier enveloped the area, and within the barrier, many young Transcendents from the Security Committee were gathered.

They all looked at him with approving eyes.

The Transcendents of the Security Committee arrived at the scene without directly stopping the fight... One reason was that they lacked the capability to intervene.

But there was another reason, which was that they also disliked "Xu Yan."

Gu Shen remembered that when he was at the Chunyu View, Luo Yu had mentioned that he commissioned his friend to investigate Xu Yan.

That friend must be Du Wei.

Towards someone like Xu Yan, the Security Committee would never let it go. When Du Wei first heard the news, he confidently assured Luo Yu that with this S-rank’s file blank as snow, they should be able to dig up some problems.

Unfortunately... they found nothing.

A file blank as snow not only meant empty but also meant clean.

For the first time, Du Wei, who prided himself on his "Hawk’s Eye," misjudged, as the Security Committee’s special task force watched yesterday’s enlightenment ceremony without any lapse, and still yielded no results.

Deep down Du Wei was sure that there must be some issue with Xu Yan.

Otherwise, the guy must be seriously ill.

What normal person, after being beaten bloody and lying helpless on the ground, would still bear a smile?

Looking at it, he seemed to be the one who had won!

As Gu Shen was about to depart, he looked towards Xu Yan, who was collapsed on the ground.

Xu Yan squeezed out a "sincere" smile at him.

As they brushed past each other,

Both men were taken away.

One was carried to a medical facility.

The other was escorted onto the Security Committee’s vehicle.

After getting into the vehicle, Du Wei immediately unlocked Gu Shen’s handcuffs.

"Brother Gu... you might face a 48-hour detention," Du Wei said as he started the car, earnestly explaining the current situation, "Normally, we have the right to lift the detention early, as long as we complete the ’Deep Sea’ Spiritual Link report and the out-of-control assessment, we can release you. But this time Zhu Wang is watching closely, so I’m afraid you’ll have to endure the full 48 hours."

"Just follow the rules."

Before taking action, Gu Shen had considered the worst outcome.

Beating Xu Yan would definitely cause a huge stir in Snow Forbidden City.

And in the end... it would likely attract the attention of the Security Committee.

Not to mention the relationship between Elder Zhou and himself.

Even if taking ten thousand steps back, if it were just official business, the Spiritual Link test report from the Security Committee... was all generated by "Deep Sea."

Chu Ling’s voice timeliness sounded, "Congratulations, thrown into jail again."

She was not nervous at all.

Because all the link reports from the East Continent Security Committee needed feedback from the "Source Code."

"Yes... again,"

Gu Shen smiled helplessly, but this smile sounded distinctly defiant, "This counts as a moment of anger for a beauty’s sake, doesn’t it?"

"It sounds like I’m a disaster."

Chu Ling shook her head.

"Don’t worry, I’ll write a very nice report," she giggled, "to prove your physical health... well, and your mental health. By the way, you did look quite handsome beating Xu Yan."

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The long street gradually turned desolate.

The sealing materials that set up the barrier were removed... and as the two main characters involved had both been taken away, the onlookers naturally dispersed, leaving only the shattered courtyard walls behind.