In the name of supernatural powers

Chapter 70 Drawing the Sword
On the other side, Lü Jinshan stood in the hall that had been occupied by border guards and police.

Liu Qiang recognized him at a glance and then turned around and called over more comrades.

A group of soldiers stared at Lü Jinshan with predatory intent, their eyes now showing a hint of ill will.

Lu Jinshan offended quite a few people at the border station, especially the rank-and-file soldiers, who basically didn't like him.

Although they are not very clear about the power struggles at the top, they can understand that Lu Zhao has turned the tables and arrested Lu Jinshan's brother.

So now that Lü Jinshan has come, it can't be to ransom someone, right?
If this old dog Lu falls into their hands, he'll be like a tiger bench, a dictionary pad, a drowning dog.

Revenge when there is a grudge, and revenge when there is a grudge.

"Hey! Isn't this our Station Master Lü?"

A familiar voice came.

Before Lü Jinshan could turn his head, a thick arm wrapped around his shoulder, and Zhang Like smiled.

"What are you doing here?"

"Captain Zhang, we've been colleagues, please forgive my rudeness."

Lu Jinshan revealed a smile that looked more like a grimace.

They no longer possessed the arrogance they once had at the border post.

"Why are you shaking? It's only been half a month, and you've already got diarrhea?"

As Zhang Like was speaking, five or six people were brought in, one of whom looked somewhat familiar to Lü Jinshan.

Before he could see clearly, Zhang Like pulled Lü Jinshan inside.

The two walked and talked.

"Station Chief Lü, your luck has really turned around. Could you have imagined this day would come a month ago?"

Lu Jinshan remained silent, gritting his teeth as he silently walked forward. But Zhang Like, who never held a grudge, clearly wasn't willing to let him off the hook.

“If you had listened to me a couple of years ago, instead of forcibly suppressing him just to please the higher-ups, you should have sent him away as soon as possible. Then we wouldn’t be in this mess today.”

Lu Jinshan looked grim, but he knew he couldn't talk back, or he would suffer a lot.

He smiled bitterly and said, "I was confused for a moment, but what can a mere border station chief like me do? I dare not disobey what my superiors say."

"Captain Zhang, please show mercy for the sake of our comradeship."

Zhang Like wasn't buying it and sneered, "Don't worry, we will definitely enforce the law impartially."
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Nankaido in June is very hot and humid.

The Outer District was formerly the old town before the Great Cataclysm, and many things in the police station are still from ten years ago.

Lu Zhao had just finished interrogating Lü Bowen alone, and was holding a confession in his hand that could implicate the entire market.

He turned on the ceiling fan in his office. With a loud hum, the metal horn fan began to spin, and a cool breeze fell from above, making the newspapers on the table rustle.

The stuffy room and the metal ceiling fan instantly transported him back nine years, when he was still in the orphanage.

The orphanage had a nap rule, presumably for the physical development of teenagers and to lay the foundation for their future. Also, due to the scarcity of resources during wartime and the sweltering heat of Nankaido, the orphanage would arrange for everyone to sleep on the floor in several large classrooms.

A curtain was drawn in the middle to separate the boys and girls, and the teacher sat at the classroom door to supervise them as they slept.

The cooling system relies on a huge ceiling fan, which buzzes loudly as soon as it is turned on.

Lu Zhao usually doesn't take afternoon naps. Because of his supernatural powers, he can enter Li Dongxue's dream as soon as he closes his eyes and become her father in her memories.

Li Dongxue's dreams are mostly confined to a three-bedroom apartment, where she sits on the TV watching cartoons, her mother is cooking, and her father is reading the newspaper.

Sometimes, Lu Zhao could suppress his ex's memories and appear in his own form. So he became Li Dongxue's childhood friend again, sitting next to her watching cartoons.

In their dreams, they returned to a peaceful and prosperous era again and again, and when they woke up, they heard the roar of airplanes coming from the sky above the orphanage from time to time.

The phone suddenly rang; the caller was Lin Zhiyan.

"Senior, the robber has been found. He's in an underground clinic and is still unconscious. According to Lü Bowen, they don't know where the life bone is either."

"Then we can only wait for the robbers to wake up?"

"That's the only way. I'll keep an eye on things here. You can take charge of the investigation yourself."

"Ok."

"Are you free to have dinner together tonight?" "I'm afraid I won't have time these next few days."

"Then you get busy first."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Zhao heard hurried footsteps outside the door, mixed with sounds of struggling.

Lu Jinshan was carried into the room, and Zhang Like threw him to the ground, where he fell flat on his face and howled in pain, clutching his nose.

Lu Zhao asked, "Did you capture him?"

"He came on his own, so he should be turning himself in."

Zhang Like kicked Lü Jinshan with tremendous force, causing the nearly 300-pound mountain of flesh to flip over.

"Old dog Lu, stop pretending to be stupid and confess everything."

Lu Jinshan struggled to raise his head, only to meet Lu Zhao's dark, calm eyes.

Just like when we first met, the other person seemed unchanged.

"Mr. Lü, what brings you here?"

His tone remained calm and indifferent, but compared to Zhang Like's violent punches and kicks, it sounded incredibly gentle.

Lu Zhao is a law-abiding person; he probably wouldn't resort to underhanded tactics.

With a firm resolve, Lü Jinshan replied, "I'm here to turn myself in. I want to report my younger brother, Lü Bowen."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhao did not show any sarcasm. Instead, he called Xu Fang over and asked her to prepare the interrogation room and set up the recording equipment.

They then took out the forms that the task force always kept on hand and asked Lü Jinshan to register, even pointing out the mistakes he made.

Give Lü Jinshan the treatment he deserves as a person who surrenders himself.

"Mr. Lü, please follow me to the interrogation room."

Such a fair and impartial arrangement brought tears to Lü Jinshan's eyes, and he said sincerely, "Lu Zhao, I was indeed wrong before."

Ironically, he used to look down on people like Lu Zhao, thinking he deserved it. Who in society doesn't have to compromise their principles for a living? What right did a nobody like him have to be so arrogant?
But now he has to rely on the fairness that the other party upholds.

Without Lu Zhao, Lü Jinshan doubted he would have been able to walk into prison unscathed; he might have been crippled by Zhang Like.

Lu Zhao did not respond, and with his usual official attitude, led him to the interrogation room in the case-handling area.

At this moment, Xu Fang had just finished setting up the venue.

Lu Jinshan sat on a bench, the intense sunlight shining on his face, making it difficult for him to open his eyes.

Lu Zhao sat in the center as the presiding judge, while Xu Fang was responsible for taking notes.

"Please begin to explain the case."

Lu Jinshan began to deliver his prepared confession.

It is likely that, as the head of the border station, he was bribed by his younger brother, and under the dual pressure of money and family ties, he was momentarily blinded by greed and conspired with him to operate an illegal establishment.

However, he knew nothing about the attack on the task force members.

Lu Jinshan pinned all the blame on his younger brother, and his testimony was full of loopholes, with some parts not matching up or simply not mentioned at all.

Xu Fang noticed it immediately, but she didn't mention it.

Because Lü Jinshan is a scapegoat, once this confession is submitted, someone will naturally make the case airtight.

Why create unnecessary trouble for yourself?
Suddenly, Xu Fang heard Lu Zhao beside her ask, "The task force found a large number of contraband items in the West Street bar. Are these related to you?"

"Ok?"

"what?"

One sound came from Xu Fang, and the other was shouted by Lü Jinshan.

They all looked at Lu Zhao simultaneously, gazing at the calm and resolute look in his phoenix eyes.

"answer the questions."

Like a peerless sword drawn from its sheath, it reveals its sharpness to the world for the first time.

(End of this chapter)