Transform into a human

University Town, Prison No. 14.

With the entire first floor sealed off, Downton couldn't even find anyone to ask for directions, and could only wander around aimlessly like a headless fly, his mood becoming increasingly anxious.

After all, you don't put up signs everywhere in a prison.

"Buzzing..."

The sound of the Tearstone engine came, and Downton's expression changed drastically. Then, two tall steam armored vehicles emerged from around the corner, blocking his way from one in front and the other behind.

Unlike traditional energy sources, tearstone possesses extraordinary resistance, making it not only an energy source but also a primary raw material for crafting steam armor. This gives ordinary people the possibility of dealing with extraordinary individuals.

Without hesitation, Downton ripped off a lock of his hair and stuffed it into his mouth. A faint aura of blood emanated from his body, and he charged forward at an astonishing speed.

The second way is to eat raw meat and drink blood.

The explosive power he displayed at this moment was even faster than when he sparred with Wen Qing, but this passage was too small for the tall steam armor!

The Steam Knight simply raised his arm and slapped Downton, who was now just a red blur, flying away. The armored soldiers behind him moved at the same time, intending to capture him in mid-air.

But just as he raised his hand, Downton, who had taken off, stepped onto the ceiling and passed under the steam knight's armpit at an even faster speed, running away without looking back.

In such narrow terrain, the seemingly indestructible steam armor did indeed appear somewhat cumbersome.

A cold voice came from beneath the visor: "Chase!"

Half an hour later, Downton's strength was almost half gone, but his encounters with the armored knights were becoming more and more frequent, and it was clear that they were systematically restricting his range of movement. If this continued, it was only a matter of time before he was arrested.

Meanwhile, champagne was already being popped in the control room, and the prison guards were enjoying the cat-and-mouse game.

Looking at the face on the surveillance camera that was exactly the same as Yue Lai's, Warden Hong Ji frowned deeply. Had he misunderstood Wen Qing? But someone like that sneaking into Prison No. 14 was definitely related to that good-for-nothing!

Perhaps they were plotting a switcheroo.

Just when Downton was in dire straits, something unexpected happened: the partition walls on the first floor all rose up, and at the same time, the alloy doors of all the cells opened, letting the wind of freedom blow into Prison Number Fourteen.

The control room fell silent instantly. Hong Ji reacted swiftly, immediately using his authority to override the previous command and close the cell door again, but it was too late!

The prisoners were already completely focused on the commotion outside. As soon as the cell door opened, they rushed out of their cells without hesitation. Whether they could successfully escape or not, they would have to try to find out!

Prison No. 14 was built specifically for capable individuals below the level of the "Hairpin Flower Guest" (a notorious gangster). It goes without saying what kind of people were imprisoned there; none of them were good people, but rather a bunch of desperate criminals.

It's unstoppable, absolutely unstoppable!

The dozen or so steam-powered armored vehicles, which were originally unstoppable, found themselves utterly helpless. There were at least several hundred prisoners attempting to escape, and their methods covered almost every possible avenue. Every prisoner who passed by had to demonstrate some skill to them, giving the impression that they could "drown them with a single spit."

Let alone maintaining order, they can barely protect themselves!

"Heartwarming!!"

The word "anger" is no longer enough to describe Hong Ji's state. A black rose uncontrollably appeared at his temple, and the other prison guards were overwhelmed by his tangible pressure.

The logic is simple: only two people in the entire No. 14 prison have this kind of authority, and in his view, Wen Qing deliberately caused trouble to get revenge on him.

This idiot... he doesn't even care about his own life!

Seeing that the entire control room was about to be wiped out, Hong Ji finally suppressed his anger.

"Everyone go down to the first floor to quell the riot, and immediately request reinforcements from the University Town branch!"

The unexpected turn of events delighted Downton, and he began to follow the flow of people, finally no longer worried about getting lost!

A few minutes later, he was almost in tears when he saw the sunlight again. Only those who have lost freedom know how precious it is.

Without a word, he rushed toward the dock where the Golden Snitch was moored. He completed his identity verification before he even got close, but he froze when he rushed into the cockpit—Kerr, what is he doing here?!

He ripped Yue Lai's face off:

"Kerr!?"

"Boss!?"

The two exclaimed in unison, "What are you doing here?!"

Kerr answered first: "I got lost in the sewers, and then I wandered around and came out. I saw the Golden Snitch parked here, so I came in to hide for a while."

"And guess what? The energy chamber was filled with tearstones, and the original hole was filled in..."

At this moment, Downton didn't want to think about these trivial details at all. He hugged Kerr tightly, making his little brother very nervous.

"Good brother, from now on we'll roam the stars together!"

……

"Your story is far from over." Yue Lai smiled and shook his head. Since they were already in the game, unless the players left and the game ended, there was no reason for the pieces to leave halfway through.

"Why do I feel like a villain hiding behind the scenes..."

He carried the drooling warmth with him, flipped through the logs in the control room for a while, then turned off the monitor and went straight to the third floor.

The second and third floors are now so empty you could run a horse through them.

He walked along, inspecting the paper airplane in his hand.

"Friend, what are the conditions for accepting a paper airplane?"

"Take off once...hehe..."

"?"

"Forget it, let's temper its temperament first." As a master of relics, Yue Lai can sense the personality of each relic. If evil heart is "greed", then paper airplane is "impatience".

This type of relic will reveal the specific containment conditions when the time comes.

A few minutes later, he stopped outside Calvindish's cell.

Cavendish.

"Boss Yue...?" The Skin Painter's eyes widened. "What are you doing here!"

"Enough with the nonsense, replace me with this guy's appearance." He pointed to his side.

Warmth: "Aba aba..."

"So what should we do with this person? We can't have two at the same time."

"What's your plan?"

"I just happen to be one less cellmate."

……

Bryce rushed back to Jail 14. When he arrived, the riot had just been quelled. Dozens of prisoners had died in the conflict. Although most were captured, a few managed to escape.

"Hong, where's Yue Lai?!"

"Calm down, Blythe," Hong Ji said with a grim face. "Yue Lai is still in the cell, but there's also a Yue Lai among those who successfully escaped. We don't know who the real one is right now."

Bryce whispered, "Isn't that easy to verify? If even the most discerning eye can't see through it, then we'll just tie him up with a cocoon!"

Hong Ji shook his head: "I'll pretend I didn't hear that."

Yue Lai is just a suspect in temporary detention. With so many media outlets watching, how could he possibly let Blyth resort to such "methods"?

Bryce, suppressing his anger, said, "You've caused such a huge mess, you have to give me an explanation!"

Even though assassins had already been sent in, this mess still happened!

He was unaware that the source of the trouble lay with the assassins they had sent...

"It was Deputy Warden Wen Qing who, after going insane, opened all the protective and supervisory facilities on the first floor of the prison."

The phrase "mentally deranged" was the last remaining affection between him and Wen Qing.

Bryce was stunned. Wasn't this the scapegoat he had originally chosen? Assassinating Yue Lai, who was in the eye of the storm, was no easy task.

We need to change our plans; sentimentality is no longer an option.

He suddenly said:

"Director Hou has already arrived at the university town."

Hong Ji's eyebrows twitched. The Director Hou that Blythe mentioned was Hou Fan, the Director of the Police Chief Prosecutor's Office of the Police Hub Star, a deputy assistant director at the fourth level, who was already a very important figure.

Although the police and the Attorney General's Office are nominally not under each other's jurisdiction, that is only nominal. The other side can certainly make some "influential" statements on this matter.

"A specialist from headquarters and Judge Avery were also present to handle the theft of the Zhenhai Sword. What will they think of this happening right under their noses?"

"you mean……"

Bryce hinted in a very low voice, "I've heard that Chief Justice Avery has always been very dissatisfied with the Imperial faction."

Hong Ji understood immediately.

In fact, the Federation was established under external pressure. It was initially pieced together by three human giants: the Great Yu Empire, the Fifth Republic of Aitelun, and the Northern Alliance. Even now, the Federation is still divided into the Imperial faction, the Central faction, and the Northern Wind faction.

The Federal National University, whose first president was the Imperial National Teacher, has remained the unshakable stronghold of the Imperial faction for hundreds of years. In addition, it continuously trains elites to serve the Federation, making it a thorn in the side of both the Central and Northern factions.

The police chief in charge of museum security is also implicated in the theft of the Zhenhai Sword, and Justice Avery is a mole planted by the Central faction. He may very well be here with the intention of pressuring the police chief.

As for why the police headquarters, which has always been neutral, should be forced... without coercion, how can they choose sides? Even a major event like the theft of the Zhenhai Sword would become a minor matter in the face of the police headquarters' "choosing sides," but countless such minor matters add up to a combined force that can change the situation.

The saying, "To tackle the difficult while it is still easy, to accomplish the great while it is still small, is exactly the principle. All the difficult things in the world must be done while they are still easy; all the great things in the world must be done while they are still small," illustrates this point.

Therefore, Avery will definitely seize on the tenderness and make a scene. As the warden of Prison 14, he seems to have no choice but to try to divert the Supreme Court's attention, otherwise he himself will be the one standing in front of him.

Bryce: "I heard Wenqing graduated from a national university?"

Hong Ji was somewhat surprised. He had always heard that this guy's promotion was as swift as riding a destroyer and that he had a powerful figure supporting him. Now it seemed... it couldn't be Avery, could it?

The police headquarters is truly infiltrated like a sieve.

Hong Ji countered, "I remember you also graduated from a national university, right?"

"Thousands upon thousands of graduates every year, but it's only a four-year period of their lives."

The warden seemed to know what Blair was thinking—he was handing his boss a knife.

"I will cooperate with you in front of the media."

"That's good." Bryce then stated his conditions—he wouldn't help someone without a reason.

"It would be best to delay the progress of the Yue Lai case. My evidence is not yet sufficient. If we hold a trial now... I'm afraid it won't even get past the prosecutor's office."

It's not just that the evidence is insufficient; there isn't even a complete chain of evidence!

Ji Yungui's side is relatively easy to deal with. First, Yue Lai left the port in full view of everyone on a sailing warship built by Ji Yungui. Then, Ji Yungui was found to have died in a scam. Even if the chain of evidence is not particularly perfect... Under such a coincidence that is too coincidental to be true, the judge will be biased.

As long as we give more publicity to the consultant's contributions and his advanced age, public opinion will only be on his side.

But the key point is that he couldn't prove that Malfoy's death was related to Yue Lai!

Although many police officers witnessed his meticulous investigation process, they couldn't explain Malfoy's dismembered body. Yue Lai, as a conman, didn't have the skills to do that.

and so……

He recalled the clue provided by Senator Waris—the evil relic stolen from the museum, the Qilin Staff from the Dark Ages.

Give him some more time, and he could even use legitimate methods to pin Yue Lai down, turning the other party's feigned surrender into a genuine one!

At that time, there will be no need for adventurous assassins, since finding a suitable scapegoat is not an easy task.

But the court hearing must be postponed before that can happen.

Hong Ji nodded: "The prison authorities will regularly send doctors to check the health of the prisoners, and even when the trial is held, the physical condition of the defendants will be taken into account."

Bryce nodded in satisfaction. As for "Yue Lai," who had escaped during the riot, and the assassin who might have leaked information... others would naturally handle them.

He only handles things that are in the public eye.

……

……

A park not far from Prison No. 14.

Perhaps to save on public expenses, the park's grounds are never swept, allowing fallen leaves to rot. If it's early autumn, it's alright, with the golden leaves covering the ground being quite refreshing, but the smell gets increasingly unpleasant as time goes on, until it becomes unbearable. This is why the place is rarely visited.

The baseball cap was slapped to the ground by a pale white hand. The person with the curved light couldn't muster the slightest thought of resistance, even though the other party only used a hand and a mouth.

Her red lips parted slightly: "You deliberately let him escape?"

"Nobody wants him dead more than I do!"

A cold laugh rang out from her red lips: "I should have sent you down the path of deception back then."

Qu Guangzhe explained softly, "Everything I said is true. He will die regardless of the outcome, but killing someone in the police headquarters will have too many consequences. It would be better to send him out and let the pirates kill him."

The woman thought about it and realized that the reason was indeed valid; no matter who it was, they wouldn't be able to argue against it.

"And Yue Lai, why is he on the ship too?"

"It must be that skin-painting artist; he guessed we would kill him to silence him."

"So they painted Downton to look like Yue Lai to attract the police's attention, while he himself was painted to look like a prisoner, so he could sneak out of prison."

"Hmph," the woman's murderous aura finally subsided a bit, "You're more trouble than you're worth. Why did you suddenly leave? If you had been watching, this wouldn't have happened."

"It's about the young master. He offended an FBI agent at the banquet, and I'm afraid... there might be unexpected complications."

"FBI?"

Although the woman's other facial features were missing, the person with the curved light could vaguely sense the changes in her emotions—it turned out she could also feel troubled.

"I'll handle things with the young master. You'll handle things with Downton personally. Remember, everything your family has comes from the adults!"

"Tang Qian!"