Chapter 22 Disorder
The average quality of people in this world is truly terrifying. Or rather, very terrifying. Even Li Lin himself was startled by his own actions.
Exceeding his reaction speed, while the young man who failed the sneak attack was stunned, he punched him right in the bridge of the nose. Theoretically, this shouldn't cause much, but from a visual effect perspective, with him exerting his full strength, the young man's face rapidly deformed under his gaze.
Teeth were the first to shatter, then the bridge of the nose, cheeks, eye sockets. The entire fist deeply indented into the face, countless blood and fragments splattered out, carried backwards by the immense impact force. As if in slow motion, like being hit in the head by a cannonball. The young man spun and flew up, plunging headfirst into the adjacent toilet, smashing through three partitions before hitting the wall and falling unconscious.
"Don't move! This is the Special Mobile Unit!"
And such a loud noise naturally couldn't escape Officer Ch'en. Disregarding propriety between sexes , she kicked the door open with one foot, subconsciously drawing her gun and aiming at the person inside the room.
Then she saw Li Lin, fist still dripping blood, looking innocent, and the young man who had plunged headfirst into the ruins. Looking at the fellow with a broken water pipe above his head, his entire cheek caved in, unconscious, Ch'en was somewhat surprisedly stunned, then looked towards Li Lin, hoping he could give an explanation.
And regarding Ch'en's surprised expression, Li Lin thought for a moment and felt there was no need to hide, so he recounted the previous events. There were indeed many gazes, but very few that could make Li Lin feel somewhat uncomfortable. If it were normal attention, theoretically he wouldn't feel it was too big a problem. Only those gazes full of malice could make Li Lin feel somewhat uneasy. And after reaching the toilet, he intuitively felt there might be another person in the room.
"I just bluffed a bit, and then he jumped out. Used some strange method to melt the mirror, then I acted in self-defense and punched him in the face."
And then it became like this.
Pointing at the young man lying in a pool of blood on the ground, Li Lin also raised his eyebrows somewhat surprisedly.
This body was much stronger than he imagined. Perhaps saying 'Terra average quality' was a rather euphemistic way of putting it; it was very likely the average quality of Terra after training. At least normal people couldn't smash a person's face with one punch, send them flying into the toilet, and also burst a water pipe.
"Sudden attack? In any case, let's control him first. Then interrogate him about what exactly happened."
There's definitely an insider.
Ch'en nodded understandingly after listening, without saying anything. Although theoretically such an attacker couldn't possibly know who Li Lin was, nor know about this place, the fact that he appeared meant there was still someone acting as a sieve in the Guard Bureau. But this was also within expectations; although it was a bit strange why their speed was so fast, Ch'en, however, unsurprisedly took out handcuffs from her waistband, preparing to restrain this person.
But the young man lying in the pool of blood seemed to tremble due to some stimulus, recovering from his original unconscious state. He let out a cough, then began to gasp for breath continuously. However, he also seemed to realize his predicament, lying prone on the ground and roaring in a hoarse voice:
"You Lungmen people… all deserve to die…"
"Ah, you're still alive?"
"…"
Seemingly stimulated by the water flow, the young man slowly propped himself up, his swollen eyeballs staring angrily at the two before him.
Ch'en showed an unpleasant expression, subconsciously resting her hand on the weapon hanging at her waist, but Li Lin intuitively felt something was wrong, put his arm around Ch'en's waist, and pulled her back. Seeing her somewhat surprised expression, he shook his head, then looked towards the trembling young man.
The young man, whose head was smashed by a punch, should be unable to see anything; his entire eyeballs were protruding without focus, his nervous system also appearing very disordered. He leaned against the wall trembling, constantly spitting blood, but his shattered expression was filled with ferocity and hatred. The some crystal fragments embedded in his cheek, and some black patches in his blood, also made Li Lin frown involuntarily.
Oripathy patient. An Oripathy attacker of unknown motive.
"You Lungmen people all deserve to die…"
This person, clearly having lost his ability to discern, roared, pointing towards an empty direction, as if someone was standing there.
"Corrupting others with money, selling others' lives, you animals… You all deserve to die… No one in Lungmen is innocent… You should be buried with the sins of your Lungmen people! Cough cough… No… What was I going to say… What was I going to do…"
He staggered, clutching his head; the heavily impacted skull couldn't provide any normal suggestions. He pretended to think for a moment, then coughed up a series of bloodstains, pointed at Li Lin who was holding Ch'en's waist and restraining her. His already distorted eye corners trembled violently, as if wanting to see something, yet seeing nothing. Only more blood spurted from his face, contaminating the entire toilet into a tragic, bloody scene.
"You should have died… Li Lin… You Lungmen people shouldn't live… Everyone… shouldn't live…"
"We are born unequal… But you… you shouldn't… No… You must die… Only if you die is it normal…"
"You are going to die, I should have known long ago… Bastard, son of a bitch, how do you deserve to live…"
Looking at the man who was gradually spewing obscenities , Ch'en's face gradually flushed red, seemingly becoming somewhat angry.
"You—"
'Wait a moment, don't act rashly. He probably can't clearly distinguish how many people there are now, and his mind is very disordered, maybe we can ask something out of him.'
Placing his hand on Ch'en's shoulder, he smoothly put his arm around her waist and pulled her back. Li Lin whispered in her ear, his gaze passing over Ch'en's somewhat flustered and trembling shoulder, looking directly at the coughing man.
His intuition told him that if they maintained this state, the crazed Oripathy patient would give him a lot of information. For example, what he was currently looking for: information about Lungmen's gradual descent into chaos. So he subconsciously pulled Ch'en close to his side, intently observing the man's every move, analyzing his state and emotions.
This person is about to reveal valuable intelligence.
Squinting his eyes, observing the coughing man, Li Lin thought secretly.
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