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

The heavy iron door of the interrogation room was suddenly pushed open.

Lu Jingyan strode in and slammed the file in his hand onto the stainless steel table with a "bang".

On the iron chair, Ye Chen was still trying to strike a pose.

Even with his hands tightly handcuffed by silver bracelets, he tried his best to maintain an upright posture.

It attempts to showcase the supreme demeanor of the Lord of the Asura Palace, who remains unmoved even when Mount Tai collapses before him.

Following closely behind Lu Jingyan into the room was Qin Mingyue.

The aloof and sophisticated forensic doctor wasn't wearing her white coat today; instead, she was carrying a bloodstained medical bone saw, a first for her.

"Team Leader Lu, one of the Four Protectors you captured is a guy who knows bone-shrinking kung fu."

Qin Mingyue pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses, her tone icy cold and devoid of any warmth.

"His joint structure is very unnatural. I couldn't resist and used hydraulic forceps to put all the dislocated bones back in place."

"He screamed so pitifully, his voice was practically cracked."

"Suspected of illegally modifying human bones, I suggest sending it directly to the dissection room tomorrow for in-depth live section research."

Sitting in the interrogation chair, Ye Chen shuddered as he listened, and a fine layer of white sweat instantly broke out on his scalp.

He swallowed hard, trying to appear calm.

Lu Jingyan pulled out a chair, sat down, crossed her long legs, and looked at him with great interest.

"Lord Ye, it seems your subordinates have quite a bit of backbone; they were still able to make a sound even in the forensic lab."

Ye Chen snorted coldly.

His lips seemed to be spring-loaded, skillfully and stubbornly curling upwards and to the right, forming a perfect 45-degree sarcastic smile.

"Lu Jingyan, what do you know? Every man in my Asura Hall is a tough, unyielding hero!"

"Temporary torture won't bring them to their knees!"

"Oh? Is that so?"

Lu Jingyan casually flipped open the file, pulled out a long string of printed bank statements, and slapped them in front of Ye Chen.

"Then can you explain to me why this tough and unyielding guardian is using your Asura Hall's public accounts...?"

"Did someone send 500 Carnival gifts to 'Donut,' a female streamer on Douyu who's skirting the edge of the rules, in one night?"

Ye Chen's perfectly crooked smile froze instantly.

Because of the loss of muscle control, the corner of his mouth began to twitch violently and uncontrollably.

The air in the interrogation room was so awkward it felt like it was about to freeze.

But the son-in-law's pride made him absolutely not admit defeat!

He took a deep breath, and his eyes became profound and weathered again, as if they contained an endless sea of ​​stars.

"Lu Jingyan, don't be too smug."

Ye Chen gritted his teeth, and the corners of his mouth stubbornly turned up again, this time almost reaching his ears.

"You have no idea what a terrifying being you've captured today!"

"I hereby swear!"

"Listen up!"

"The three-year term is over, Asura returns to his rightful place!"

"When my 100,000 iron-blooded subordinates from the Asura Hall cross the border, the entire city of Jinghai will tremble before me and prostrate themselves before me!"

Lu Jingyan watched his performance quietly, as if he were watching an absolute idiot.

He raised his hand, bent his index finger, and tapped heavily on the stainless steel tabletop.

The dull metallic clang ruthlessly interrupted Ye Chen's passionate spellcasting.

"It is indeed the end of the three-year term."

Lu Jingyan sneered, his deep black eyes flashing with the light of the rule of law.

"According to Article 192 of my country's Criminal Law."

"A criminal like you, involved in a massive illegal fundraising fraud case with over 80 million yuan, will definitely face a minimum sentence of three years, with a maximum of life imprisonment."

Lu Jingyan leaned forward slightly, his intensely imposing gaze fixed on Ye Chen's face.

"As for your place of return to Asura, our government has already made arrangements for you in a very considerate manner."

"Jinghai City No. 1 Prison, 90 meters underground, special heavy-duty explosion-proof cells."

"It's earthquake-proof, blast-proof, nuclear-weapon-proof, and missile-proof. Not even 100,000 of your 100,000 men could get in!"

Ye Chen's eyes began to glaze over, a sign that his worldview was about to collapse.

"Impossible... This is impossible! I am the chosen one! How could I possibly go to jail!"

"Still dreaming?" Lu Jingyan cruelly delivered the final blow.

"And guess what?"

"Your snobbish mother-in-law, in order to get a reduced sentence by doing good deeds, just revealed all your secrets in the ambulance."

"Including the video of you secretly drinking toilet water and swearing oaths to please her at the Su family home, she handed it all over to the police without reservation."

"This video is currently playing on a loop on our intranet, and everyone is giving their feedback."

Ye Chen's eyes widened, his eyeballs almost bulging out of their sockets.

That signature wildly swaggering, crooked mouth finally collapsed completely, like a punctured ball.

The absolute code of causality, at this moment, crushed the last trace of his fantasy of a thrilling novel!

"No—this can't be real!"

Ye Chen's mental defenses completely collapsed, and tears mixed with snot gushed out.

He struggled violently, ignoring the bloody marks on his wrists from the handcuffs, and wailed loudly while lying on the interrogation table.

"Waaaaah... Officer Lu, I was wrong! I confessed everything!"

"Shura Palace is actually just a fly-by-night company registered overseas!"

"Those 100,000 followers were all zombie fans and chat bots I bought from online troll groups!"

"I didn't want to commit fraud, it was all my wicked mother-in-law's fault that forced me to!"

"She said if I couldn't earn money, she'd make me sell kidneys on the black market!"

"I just wanted to show off in front of her and regain some of my manly dignity, sob sob sob, I really didn't mean to make things this big..."

Seeing the once high and mighty Lord of the Asura Palace crying like a fool, Lu Jingyan leaned back in disgust.

They successfully avoided the glistening spittle that Ye Chen was about to spray.

"Alright, stop with the crocodile tears."

Lu Jingyan stood up and dusted off his police uniform.

"Zhao Tiezhu, get him paper and pen. Have him write down the list of fraudsters, the passwords to overseas bank accounts, and the IP addresses of the online marketing companies."

Zhao Tiezhu walked over with a thick stack of A4 papers in his hand and a wide grin.

"Alright, boss! This kid isn't going to sleep a wink tonight until he finishes writing a hundred pages!"

Lu Jingyan ignored the mess, turned around, pushed open the door to the interrogation room, and strode into the corridor.

They had only taken a couple of steps when a series of hurried footsteps approached.

Su Xiaoxiao, a female police officer specializing in technical skills, rushed over with a tablet computer in her arms, her expression extremely serious.

"Boss! This is a huge mess!"

Su Xiaoxiao was panting heavily as she ran, her high ponytail swaying wildly behind her head.

"The news of Ye Chen's arrest has leaked, and his Ponzi scheme has completely collapsed. The entire financial sector in Jinghai City is now in turmoil, like a chain reaction tsunami!"

Lu Jingyan frowned slightly and stopped in his tracks.

"What's going on? Didn't Interpol just freeze the funds involved in the case?"

"The funds are indeed frozen, but look at this list of victims!"

Su Xiaoxiao's fingers flew across the tablet, bringing up a top-secret document and handing it to Lu Jingyan.

"Among the investors who were swindled out of their money by Ye Chen, there weren't just those greedy relatives from the Su family!"

"The brother-in-law of the vice president of the Jinghai Chamber of Commerce and the director of the Southern District Urban Construction Bureau, and even the chairman of three high-tech listed companies!"

"They all secretly invested huge sums in Ye Chen's flawed 'Shura Investment' scheme!"

Lu Jingyan took the tablet, quickly scanned the well-known names, and let out a cold sneer.

"These old foxes are usually as cunning as devils in the business world."

"Would they be so easily fooled by a spineless son-in-law's low-quality Ponzi scheme?"

"There's definitely more to this than meets the eye."

At this moment, Qin Mingyue also walked over from the other end of the corridor, carrying a cup of goji berry tea, her face cold and stern.

"Team Leader Lu, the suspect who knows bone-shrinking techniques couldn't withstand the interrogation and just confessed everything."

"They smuggled themselves in under the guise of fraudulent fundraising, but their real purpose was to pick up a special shipment at the dock in Jinghai City."

"A batch of prohibited superpower awakening agents, smuggled out from a higher-dimensional rift, with extremely high levels of radioactive contamination!"

"High-dimensional smuggled goods?"

Lu Jingyan's eyes instantly turned as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and the temperature around him seemed to drop to freezing point.

It seems that this so-called crooked-mouthed son-in-law is nothing more than a clown pushed to the forefront to attract police attention.

The real mastermind is using this massive financial storm as cover.

They attempted to tear open that dangerous, high-dimensional rift in the shadows of Jinghai City.

A dangerous, battle-ready smile curled at the corners of Lu Jingyan's lips.

"interesting."

"It seems the water in Jinghai City is much murky than I originally expected."

He tossed the tablet back to Su Xiaoxiao, his tone decisive and ruthless.

"Inform Director Chen that the special investigation team has requested full control of this high-dimensional smuggling case. Set up surveillance overnight on the chamber of commerce presidents and listed company executives involved; don't let a single one escape!"

"Yes, boss!" Su Xiaoxiao stood at attention and saluted.

In the interrogation room, Zhao Tiezhu poked out his shiny bald head.

"Boss, what should we do with Ye Chen and his group now?"

Lu Jingyan straightened his police tie and strode out without looking back.

"Once the procedures are completed, they will be sent directly to the No. 1 prison, 90 meters underground, overnight."

"By the way, pass on a message to CEO Gu Yanchen and Dragon King Ye Fan."

"Just say we sent them a new cellmate who drinks toilet water, so they can carry on the fine tradition of helping each other."