Villain? No, I'll catch up with the protagonist after passing the civil service exam.

"Manually mute?"

Tang Yu stood there, stunned, not yet able to process Lu Jingyan's sarcastic remark, which was heavily imbued with modern internet slang, when a deafening roar shook the ground outside the Golden Goblet Entertainment City.

"boom--!"

Two heavy, soundproof, carved wooden doors were forcibly smashed open from the outside with a hammer. The heavy door panels slammed onto the carpet, kicking up a cloud of choking dust. Dozens of blinding beams of tactical flashlights instantly sliced ​​through the luxurious yet dimly lit atmosphere of the casino like sharp swords.

"Police! Everyone put your hands behind your heads! Kneel down!"

Zhao Tiezhu led the charge, bringing with him a whole squad of fully armed special police officers who surged in like a black tide. The dark muzzles of guns and the cold riot shields instantly erected an insurmountable steel defense line in the spacious casino hall.

The gamblers who were cheering and excited about the multi-million dollar bet just a second ago have all turned into frightened quails. Those gamblers who were blinded by their losses, the scantily clad dealers, and the bookmakers who tried to slip chips into their pockets in the chaos, all went weak in the knees the moment they saw the SWAT team insignia, and very skillfully squatted down in a row with their hands on their heads.

There was no code of honor among gangsters, and no room for resistance. Faced with the absolute power of the state, these thugs who frequented underground casinos didn't even dare to breathe.

"Captain Lu, the entire perimeter is under control. Not even a fly has escaped."

Zhao Tiezhu strode through the crowd squatting on the floor and walked to the VIP gambling table, casually placing a heavy black metal briefcase on the table. The briefcase hit the solid wood table with a dull thud that sent chills down your spine.

Lu Jingyan nodded, his gaze still fixed on Tang Yu, who was standing stiffly opposite him.

At this moment, Tang Yu's face, which had previously been filled with arrogance, was now completely distorted. He stared intently at the heavily armed special police officers around him, his last remaining illusions of being a "protagonist with a halo" being mercilessly crushed. This wasn't some kind of underground brawl; this was a precise, targeted elimination operation by the authorities!

"You...you're abusing your power!"

Tang Yu gritted his teeth, forcing himself to keep his legs from trembling, making a final, desperate struggle: "Even if you shut down the casino, that's the casino owner's problem! I'm just a customer who came in to play, what right do you have to arrest me? Do you have any evidence that I cheated?!"

He was convinced that modern law could not explain supernatural phenomena such as "clairvoyance." As long as he didn't admit it, and as long as the police couldn't find the so-called "invisible lenses" or "license plate switchers," they would never be able to convict him of fraud.

"You're about to die, and you're still lecturing me on evidence?"

Lu Jingyan chuckled lightly, slowly unbuttoning the cuffs of his black jacket and rolling up the sleeves slightly. His refined yet roguish demeanor, surrounded by SWAT officers, exuded a particularly intimidating aura.

"Mr. Tang, you seem to have some extremely outdated misunderstanding about our police's investigative methods. In this technologically advanced era, we have many methods that conform to the laws of physics to deal with someone like you who has a bit of 'special talent'."

Lu Jingyan turned his head and gestured with his chin towards Zhao Tiezhu.

"Tiezhu, open the box. Show our 'X-ray vision' protagonist the new equipment that the Municipal Bureau's Technical Section rushed to make overnight."

"Alright, Captain Lu!"

Zhao Tiezhu grinned, revealing a set of gleaming white teeth. He snapped open the metal box with two clicks and carefully took out an extremely bizarrely shaped object.

It was an eye mask resembling a VR headset. But it wasn't made of plastic; instead, it was a heavy, grayish-black color with a cold, metallic sheen. The straps along the edges were made of high-strength tactical nylon, making it look like a small torture device.

"What the hell is this thing?" Tang Yu swallowed hard, his ominous premonition growing stronger.

Let me introduce myself.

"Medical-grade high-density radiation-shielding lead plate, with a thickened damping material lining and a special insulating rubber outer layer. This was custom-made for your restless eyes after consulting a large amount of physics data."

He looked at Tang Yu's face, which was gradually losing its color, and spoke in a calm tone, as if he were explaining junior high school physics.

"Since your X-ray vision principle is similar to the penetration of some kind of high-frequency microwave rays or X-rays, then according to basic physics, a high-density lead layer is the best physical medium to block the penetration of this kind of rays."

"I can't examine your corneas, but I can build you a wall that you'll never be able to see through."

Lu Jingyan's words were like a heavy hammer, shattering the last shred of hope in Tang Yu's heart. His proud superpowers were dissected and rendered utterly powerless in the face of this man's rigorous scientific logic!

"No! You can't do this to me! This is a violation of human rights! This is illegal detention!"

Tang Yu completely broke down, frantically waving his arms in an attempt to escape. But the strength he had developed from years of delivering food was no match for the SWAT team, which was weaker than a chick.

Two fierce SWAT officers pounced on him instantly, grabbing his shoulders from both sides and forcibly slamming him onto the gambling table. The cold handcuffs snapped shut, mercilessly locking his wrists and binding his hands behind his back.

"Human rights are for law-abiding citizens, not for suspects like you who use mutant abilities to cheat in casinos and attempt to molest police officers."

Lu Jingyan took the heavy lead blindfold from Zhao Tiezhu without expression and unceremoniously put it on Tang Yu's face.

"Ugh—! Let me go!"

As the tactical straps were tightened, Tang Yu let out a muffled scream. The heavy lead plate pressed firmly against his nose and eye sockets, the cold touch instantly robbing him of all visual perception of the outside world.

dark.

Absolute, suffocating darkness.

Tang Yu shook his head frantically, but to his horror, he discovered that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't see a single ray of light through the gap in the blindfold.

He was unwilling to accept this! He was the protagonist with X-ray vision! How could he be trapped by a lousy eyepatch!

"See through it! See right through it!"

Tang Yu screamed hysterically in his heart, desperately mobilizing the neurons around his eyes. He tried to activate that eerie blue power again, forcibly penetrating the obstacles in his way.

However, the laws of physics are cruel.

The newly formed mutated ray, upon impacting the high-density lead layer, was like striking an insurmountable wall of sighs. Unable to penetrate, the immense energy rebounded instantly within the confined space of the goggles, severely damaging his optic nerve!

"Aaaaaahh ...

Tang Yu let out a heart-wrenching scream, his whole body convulsing violently in pain, like a dying fish thrown onto the shore and left to bask in the sun.

The feeling was as if someone had pierced his eyeballs with two red-hot steel needles and was stirring them around. Two shocking streaks of blood even seeped from the corners of his eyes, flowing down the edge of the blindfold.

"Tsk, it seems physics didn't lie, lead plates are indeed excellent at blocking radiation."

Watching from the side, Zhao Tiezhu shook his head repeatedly and couldn't help but mutter, "Captain Lu, did this kid overdo it and blind himself?"

"It's just a backlash from my superpowers."

Lu Jingyan straightened his wrinkled sleeves, his tone devoid of any sympathy. He looked at Tang Yu, who was sprawled on the ground like a rag doll, his eyes icy cold.

"When a person becomes overly reliant on a shortcut that doesn't belong to them, once that shortcut is blocked, they will become a useless person who is even worse than an ordinary person."

"Depriving him of his sight is tantamount to crippling his cheat code. Now, all he has left is a list of crimes that will lead to a long prison sentence."

The entire casino was cleared out very quickly.

Tens of millions of dollars worth of chips were all registered and sealed. The bookmakers and thugs involved in the case were chained together with a long string of handcuffs and escorted to police cars in a grand procession. The gamblers who had been hiding under the tables could not escape the law either, and they lined up one by one to register their identity information.

During this process, everyone looked at Tang Yu, who was being escorted out by special police officers, with extremely complex expressions.

Just moments ago, the "God of Gamblers" was dominating the gambling table, but now he was wearing an extremely comical black iron hood over his head, his face was covered in blood, and his legs were as weak as noodles. He was practically being dragged along by two policemen.

The contrast between heaven and hell is more shocking than any legal education video.

"Take it away."

Lu Jingyan walked to the police car, looked at Tang Yu who had been shoved into the back seat of the riot control vehicle, and coldly gave the order.

Just as the car door was about to close, Tang Yu, who had been in a semi-conscious state, suddenly lunged at the barbed wire as if he were experiencing a final burst of energy before death.

Having lost his sight, his fear was amplified countless times. Without his X-ray vision, he didn't know how many police officers were around him, or what he was about to face. The darkness, like a monstrous beast, devoured all his reason.

His face, now marked with red welts from the pressure of the lead plates, was devoid of any arrogance, replaced only by the most humble pleas and tears of despair.

"Officer Lu! I was wrong! I really know I was wrong!"

Tang Yu pressed his face tightly against the cold barbed wire, his face smeared with tears and snot mixed with blood, and he let out a desperate howl into the air.

"I returned all the money I won! I confessed! I'll never go to a casino again! I'll never look at other people inappropriately again!"

He cried uncontrollably, his voice revealing a kind of collapse driven utterly mad by the darkness.

"Please...please take off this blindfold! I'm afraid of the dark! I'm so afraid of the dark!"