Chapter 197 : Chapter 197
Chapter 197: Not Playing by the Rules
Only after Li Mu killed someone were these girls finally pulled back into reality.
Only then did they realize that they had truly been rescued.
“Put on clothes! Follow me out!”
Li Mu shouted to them again.
Only then did the girls scatter and find various clothes from the surrounding cabinets.
What was surprising was that these girls’ height and figures were astonishingly similar.
It was as if they had been carefully selected.
All the clothes around them were women’s clothing, and when they wore them, there was no need to worry about sizes at all.
Clearly, everything here had been tailored for them.
Besides uniforms from various industries, there were also many clothes that could not be shown to outsiders.
The girls could only wear those clothes underneath, then drape themselves in slightly more proper clothing on the outside.
They all gathered in front of Li Mu.
At the very front was the girl on whose hair Li Mu had landed when he had turned into a mosquito.
“Besides you, are there any other people trapped here?”
Li Mu asked again.
This time, the situation became chaotic. Some girls nodded heavily, while others shook their heads.
The girls looked at one another, and for a moment, the scene became somewhat confused.
“What is going on? You tell me!”
Li Mu pointed at the calmest girl.
The girl looked at Li Mu with a pair of bright, burning eyes and slowly shook her head.
Then she opened her mouth.
Li Mu was startled.
This girl actually had no tongue?
No.
It seemed to have been cut out.
“You... Then you tell me.”
Li Mu was somewhat shocked. He reached out and pointed at another girl beside her.
That girl also opened her mouth.
Immediately afterward, all the girls slowly opened their mouths.
Li Mu’s pupils could not help constricting.
None of them had tongues!
Moreover, every tongue had been cut off from the root.
No wonder he had only heard them cry until now, yet had not heard a single person speak.
Li Mu directly opened the communication interface on his phone and handed it to the calm girl.
He let her type an explanation for him.
Were there any other imprisoned people nearby?
The girl took the phone and typed:
“There were many people who were captured, but they are not here. They were transported away.”
“After we were selected, we were kept here for his amusement.”
“Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Bureau, Zong Hongsheng!”
When the girl finished typing those last few words, she clenched her white teeth tightly.
Tears lingered at the corners of her eyes. She returned the phone to Li Mu and raised her hand to wipe the tears away fiercely.
Hatred burned fiercely in her eyes.
A trace of killing intent flashed through Li Mu’s eyes.
So it was not only these thirty!
There were even more?
Li Mu put away the phone and nodded.
“Let us leave first.”
At this time, the restaurant had already fallen into chaos.
The diners screamed as they rushed outside.
The plainclothes Law Enforcement Team screened the crowd and let people leave. All the staff members were blocked and forced back.
Lu Chenfeng led his people in a thorough sweep from top to bottom.
In this small restaurant, there were at least a dozen Seventh and Eighth Grade Martial Artists disguised as servers!
They had all rushed up from the warehouse on the first basement level.
One had to know that Yellow Rank Seventh and Eighth Grade Martial Artists could hold positions such as Law Enforcement Squad Captains or senior members even within the law enforcement departments!
Lu Chenfeng and the others were not wearing law enforcement uniforms either.
These people had no idea who Lu Chenfeng and his group were.
The leading Eighth Grade Martial Artist pointed at Lu Chenfeng and the others and shouted coldly:
“Do not leave a single one alive. Beat them all to death!”
It did not matter who they were. As long as they dared to cause trouble, killing them all was the correct choice. After all, this was the Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Bureau’s pleasure den.
Even if the sky collapsed, the Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Bureau would be able to hold it up!
Although they did not know what had happened, no matter what, they could never have imagined that someone had come to raid the Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Bureau’s lair!
Lu Chenfeng sneered.
His front foot stomped heavily on the ground.
Bang!
A terrifying deep-blue energy rose from the ground, knocking everyone off balance.
That blue energy instantly attached itself to Lu Chenfeng’s body.
A Martial Artist’s long saber slashed horizontally toward Lu Chenfeng’s neck!
The instant the attack struck the blue energy, “ROAR!”
An earth-shaking tiger roar made everyone’s scalp go numb and their hearts pound wildly.
The roaring sound seemed to condense into a huge, ferocious tiger head that pressed down upon the enemies in front of Lu Chenfeng!
In an instant, all of those Seventh and Eighth Grade Martial Artists were shaken until blood sprayed wildly from all seven orifices.
They were all blasted away, smashing countless walls and wooden cabinets behind them.
Although Lu Chenfeng was currently only Eighth Grade, one grade lower than Zhang Zhiwei,
under the enhancement of his top-tier Double-S defensive talent, this abnormal version of the Tiger Roar Iron Shirt used defense as offense!
Not a single opponent could withstand it.
If they did not die, they were gravely injured.
The people Lu Chenfeng had brought under him were also elite soldiers and strong fighters he had begun selecting from the moment he entered the law enforcement system.
At this time, they swarmed forward and instantly killed more than a dozen servers!
The Eighth Grade Martial Artist who had just shouted so domineeringly for them to beat Lu Chenfeng to death
was embedded into the wall in a single exchange.
Lu Chenfeng personally dug him out.
The man was stunned. His fear instantly transformed entirely into anger, and he roared wildly:
“Are you insane!?”
“Do you know what kind of place this is?”
“Do you know who...”
Before he could finish speaking, Li Mu had already walked up from the exit of the first basement level.
Behind him was a large group of girls.
The gatekeeper’s eyes went wide as he stared at this scene in disbelief.
He was about to make one final struggle and name the great backer behind him to intimidate this group of people.
Unexpectedly, they had clearly come for the Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Bureau himself!
“Do we need to keep this one for interrogation?”
Lu Chenfeng grabbed the gatekeeper by the neck and asked Li Mu.
“No. Keeping two cowards alive is enough.”
As for exactly how the Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Bureau had turned the underground space beneath this restaurant into his own pleasure den,
Li Mu did not need a reason.
But Lu Chenfeng needed to obtain clear evidence for the case.
Li Mu spoke casually, without even looking at them, and led the girls outside.
Lu Chenfeng turned to the gatekeeper with a cold smile.
“You heard him.”
The gatekeeper was so frightened that his courage shattered. His features twisted as he wailed:
“No, no! I am a coward!”
“I am a coward!”
In the next instant, a fist as large as a clay pot slammed directly into his face. Clearly, whether he was or not, he had to die.
As soon as Li Mu led these girls out of the restaurant, Wang Yinhuan quickly trotted over.
The calm girl from before suddenly cried out with a sob and threw herself into Wang Yinhuan’s arms.
Wang Yinhuan also held the girl with heartache.
This calm girl was actually a girl from the dormitory next to Wang Yinhuan’s.
Wang Yinhuan belonged to the extremely well-behaved group at school, and she could only be considered acquainted with this girl.
They had spoken no more than five sentences in total.
Yet at this moment, the two of them were like old friends who had not seen each other for many years.
Wang Yinhuan kept comforting her.
However, under Wang Yinhuan’s careful questioning, she discovered that all of these girls had actually had their tongues cut out and had become mute.
Then, when she saw the bite marks on their bodies, Wang Yinhuan cried until she was a mess.
“You need to come with me and identify Zong Hongsheng face-to-face. Do you dare to go?”
Li Mu asked the girls.
The thirty mute women all nodded in unison without the slightest hesitation. Furious light shone in all of their eyes!
They had not merely been humiliated by Zong Hongsheng.
Zong Hongsheng had also killed their parents!
The follow-up work was left to Lu Chenfeng.
Li Mu brought the mute women straight to the Law Enforcement Bureau Headquarters.
At this time, the Law Enforcement Bureau Headquarters had already been surrounded so tightly that not even water could pass through.
Chen Chong, the Overall Commander of the Wanren Military District, had brought several thousand soldiers and surrounded the Law Enforcement Bureau Headquarters.
As for Zong Hongsheng’s subordinates, they ordered Law Enforcement Teams who did not know the truth to attempt a confrontation with the Abyss-Suppression Army.
Several ringleaders were killed on the spot by Chen Chong, and the others surrendered of their own accord.
They had no idea what had happened at all.
The buildings inside the Law Enforcement Bureau, however, had already been smashed to pieces!
A small half of the Law Enforcement Bureau Headquarters had been blown into ruins by several Profound Rank experts.
Among the ruins, Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Bureau Zong Hongsheng stood facing An Xing, Chen Chong, and Patrol Department Minister Long Jianying from a distance.
This matter had to be traced back to twenty minutes earlier.
An Xing had personally visited Zong Hongsheng.
Zong Hongsheng had very warmly welcomed An Xing into his office.
While the two were chatting idly, Zong Hongsheng’s phone began vibrating wildly.
With only a single glance, Zong Hongsheng’s expression changed drastically.
He angrily questioned An Xing about what this meant.
An Xing then knew that Li Mu had already made his move.
What else could he say?
He immediately told Zong Hongsheng to confess if he was guilty and strive for lenient treatment.
At the same time, he secretly sent a message to Chen Chong, telling him to bring people over as reinforcements.
Zong Hongsheng turned and was about to leave. Clearly, he wanted to deal with the aftermath of this matter.
Of course, An Xing had to hold him back. He attacked on the spot and fought Zong Hongsheng.
It had to be said that Zong Hongsheng was extremely strong.
An Xing was Profound Rank Sixth Grade, while Zong Hongsheng was Profound Rank Seventh Grade. Zong Hongsheng almost completely suppressed An Xing.
An Xing could only barely hold him in place.
Fortunately, Chen Chong arrived quickly.
Chen Chong’s cultivation was even lower than An Xing’s, so if he came alone, he would only be giving himself up for nothing.
Fortunately, this fellow had many schemes in his head and called Patrol Department Minister Long Jianying over with him.
Long Jianying was Profound Rank Seventh Grade. Logically speaking, her arrival should have been enough to reverse the situation.
But no one knew what kind of evil art or secret method Zong Hongsheng possessed.
He actually managed to fight three opponents at once and barely reach a stalemate!
However, Long Jianying truly did have strength. After injuring Zong Hongsheng, the three of them surrounded him and prevented him from easily escaping.
They waited for more reinforcements to arrive.
Amid the ruins, Zong Hongsheng gnashed his teeth as he looked at the three people encircling him. His eyes were full of rage.
“You are not even certain whether I committed a crime! Yet you insist on clashing with me to the end?”
“What the hell are you trying to do?”
He was truly furious.
It was not that he had never imagined the day he might be exposed.
He had countless contingency plans!
Even if he truly could not suppress the situation, he would absolutely still have time to escape.
But this was the only outcome he had never imagined!
Several major officers of the Military District, without any real evidence at all, actually dared to openly oppose him with force!
This was more than just failing to follow procedure.
This was not playing by the rules at all!