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"Grab him."
With a loud shout, more than ten burly men surged up from the surrounding area and charged towards him.
Xiao Wenbing had never studied formal martial arts, but he was quite experienced in fighting. Among the children who grew up in the orphanage, there were quite a few who had never been in a fight.
At this moment, his abilities increased greatly. His legs and feet were as nimble as if they were equipped with powerful springs, his strength in his hands was several times greater, and his eyesight and reaction were far beyond what they could match.
After several rounds, the ground was covered with wounded people, and he had knocked down more than ten burly men one by one.
Xiao Wenbing also showed mercy, after all, these people did not have any deep grudges against him, and he would not take their lives for such a trivial matter.
Apart from the first man, when he was dealing with someone who was too rough and used excessive force, the others, although in great pain and with their arms and legs twisted and crooked, did not suffer any fatal injuries.
After completing the round, Xiao Wenbing clapped his hands in satisfaction, never expecting that he would have such a day.
This feeling is like that of a legendary martial arts master who can easily defeat so many people. In the past, it would have been unimaginable.
He raised his head, his gaze lingering on the only remaining person.
This man was the first one to come to his side and ask him to go out and discuss things.
By this time, he was already pale. The fact that so many of his companions couldn't handle one person was far beyond his expectations.
When Xiao Wenbing glared at him with ill intent, he became extremely nervous, knowing that if the other party wanted to, he could make him lie on the ground and groan a few times at any time.
Suddenly, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a pistol.
"Stop! Don't move!"
Xiao Wenbing's nerves tensed up immediately; the feeling of having a dark gun barrel pointed at him was not pleasant.
If it were Lu Jun and Ming Mei, they might have a way to stop the bullets, but Xiao Wenbing knew his own limitations and knew that he absolutely could not dodge them.
A bead of sweat trickled down both of their heads simultaneously.
Xiao Wenbing's gaze was fixed on his fingers, ready to strike at the slightest sign of movement.
The man wasn't faring much better. He had witnessed Xiao Wenbing's skills firsthand; his speed, strength, and reflexes were beyond human limits. He was only holding an ordinary pistol, and he had no confidence that he could harm his opponent.
In the distance, the wailing of police sirens could be heard. With such a commotion, it was impossible not to alert the police.
The man in the standoff seemed to have become slightly less alert.
Although he didn't know why, Xiao Wenbing just had that feeling, and in that fraction of a second, he chose to trust his instincts.
He suddenly lowered his body and lunged forward, like a cheetah that had been poised to pounce, instantly appearing in front of the man.
In a flash, Xiao Wenbing had vanished, and he knew something was wrong. However, before he could react, a sharp pain shot through his wrist.
He groaned in pain, his grip on the gun involuntarily loosening. Then, a sharp pain shot through his stomach, and he curled up like a shrimp.
"You little punks, you think you can mess with me? Possessing firearms? Heh heh... When the police come, we'll take you all down." Xiao Wenbing stepped on the pistol and sneered.
The man was sweating profusely. He endured the excruciating pain and struggled to lift his head, his eyes displaying an extremely strange expression.
The police arrived quickly. Before Xiao Wenbing could recover from the joy of suddenly becoming a martial arts master, more than a dozen armed police officers had already surrounded him.
They immediately noticed the wounded scattered on the ground, while Xiao Wenbing stood there smugly, smiling and greeting them.
If it were Lu Jun or Ming Mei, they would have already left and wouldn't have stayed here dealing with these police officers. But Xiao Wenbing is different. He has only just come into contact with the magical profession of cultivating immortality and is not mentally prepared for it at all. It is impossible for him to suddenly become otherworldly and detached from worldly affairs.
So he chose to stay; it was simply the duty of an ordinary citizen.
"Swish... Snap..."
Xiao Wenbing's expression changed drastically. These armed police officers were completely unreasonable; without asking any questions, they simply pulled out their guns. What surprised and angered him even more was that all the gun barrels were pointed at him.
No one would feel any pleasure or excitement if they were pointed at by more than ten dark holes.
Xiao Wenbing was no exception. His face instantly turned extremely ugly, but at this moment, all his muscles were tense, and he dared not make the slightest unnecessary movement.
"Don't move..." A stern voice came from the group of police officers.
Xiao Wenbing cursed inwardly, "Of course I can't move. Do you even need to tell me that?"
"Raise your hands, turn around, put your hands on your head, squat down, and do it slowly..."
Xiao Wenbing dared not delay and followed the instructions in the voice step by step.
My wrist tightened; I was firmly handcuffed, and luckily, three pairs of handcuffs were used in total. It seemed they treated me as an extremely dangerous person.
"Get in the car..."
Several hands pushed and shoved him to a police car.
Xiao Wenbing held his breath for a long time, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that most people had put away their guns. However, he was still indignant about the attitude of the police: "Officer, I have not broken the law, why are you arresting me?"
"You didn't break the law?" The armed police behind him looked at him as if he were a monster.
"Yes, at most it was excessive self-defense, but I haven't done anything illegal," Xiao Wenbing said solemnly.
Indeed, apart from this reason, he really couldn't recall doing anything else that violated rules or laws.
“Excessive self-defense. You injured so many police officers; that’s assaulting a police officer, enough to get you sentenced to ten or eight years in prison. Hmph… Go ahead and try to argue your way out of it when you get to the station.”
Xiao Wenbing was taken aback, then suddenly remembered the strange look in the man's eyes. So they were police officers after all; no wonder they had that expression when he told them he was going to hand them over to the police.
With a slight sigh, I realized that this is, after all, China, a place with extremely strict regulations.
Street thugs might not have a hard time getting their hands on kitchen knives or iron bars, but getting a real gun is quite difficult.
Aside from those truly skilled and experienced big shots, who else could openly carry firearms on the road? I should have realized that long ago.
The police cars sped to the police station. There were already people waiting to meet them, and as soon as Xiao Wenbing got out of the car, they immediately adopted a tense, almost hostile, demeanor. It seemed his earlier behavior had indeed gone too far.
They took him directly to the interrogation room, where the police not only did not remove the handcuffs from his hands, but instead locked the handcuffs firmly to the horizontal bar next to him.
Volume One: Farewell to the Mortal World, Chapter Seventeen: The Stolen Car
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This position was very uncomfortable, and he also felt humiliated. A sense of resentment slowly rose in Xiao Wenbing's heart.
"Captain Wang, that's him." Several neatly dressed police officers entered from outside, and one of them pointed at Xiao Wenbing.
Xiao Wenbing glanced at Captain Wang, who did have a handsome face with square eyebrows and big eyes.
They turned around and locked the interrogation room. Captain Wang flipped through the files on the table and asked, "Name?"
"Xiao Wenbing".
"Profession?"
"Employee of Good Luck Express Company."
"…………"
After a series of routine questions, Captain Wang got down to business.
"Why did you assault a police officer? Who ordered you to do it?"
Xiao Wenbing took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't know they were police officers. None of them identified themselves to me, and they attacked me right away." After a pause, Xiao Wenbing thought of his current situation and added, "Of course, if I had known they were police officers, I would have cooperated very well."
Captain Wang smiled slightly, neither confirming nor denying, and continued to ask, "You took down twelve people all by yourself, one of whom is lying unconscious in the hospital, and you even managed to steal Captain Zhang's gun. That's quite a feat. Where did you learn that?"
Xiao Wenbing was troubled; these were difficult questions to answer.
He was able to take them all down with his superhuman speed, strength, and reflexes. It wasn't because he had undergone years of rigorous training and acquired extraordinary skills.
However, he knew that such an answer would certainly not satisfy the other party, but he couldn't very well say that he had cultivated in seclusion within the sect's mountain gate. If he said that, regardless of whether they believed him or not, they would probably first and foremost regard him as a madman.
"What, don't you want to talk?" Captain Wang's sharp eyes immediately saw Xiao Wenbing's hesitation. He curled a cold smile from the corner of his mouth and said disdainfully.
"Yes." Even a clay Buddha has some temper, and Xiao Wenbing believed he had acted uprightly and honestly. Even if he had knocked down those policemen, it would have been self-defense. But the policemen's attitude was extremely hostile from beginning to end, treating him completely like a wanted murderer.
Before he became the disciple of the old Taoist priest Xianyun, he might have swallowed his anger. After all, the person sitting opposite him represented a righteous national institution. But now, he sneered and said, "I believe this is my personal matter and has nothing to do with you."
"Hmph...still stubborn." Captain Wang picked up the documents on the table and shook them, saying, "Where you learned your skills is not within my jurisdiction. I can choose not to ask, as long as you explain where your accomplices are."
"What accomplices?" This time, Xiao Wenbing was completely baffled. He had a vague feeling that something must have gone wrong.
Captain Wang lit a cigarette and took a puff. He couldn't detect any flaws in the man's expression. If he didn't possess such terrifying skills, even he, a veteran detective, might have been fooled. It seemed that this was going to be another tough tug-of-war, and it would be a long and arduous process.
"Let's be frank, where did you get your car from?"
"Car? What car?"
"Bang..." A young detective next to him slammed his hand on the table and shouted angrily, "Still pretending to be confused? Where did you steal that car you parked in the hotel from?"
A sudden realization dawned on Xiao Wenbing. The real problem lay with that 2007 Santana station wagon.
No wonder there was a hint of panic in the receptionist's eyes, and the dozen or so police officers arrived so quickly, probably having been prepared in advance, just waiting for me to appear before rushing over.
He immediately cursed Ye Qingchun in his heart, wondering what kind of car this guy had given him that had gotten him into such a huge mess.
Stolen? Could it be a stolen car?
"This is a used car rented from a car detailing shop, is there anything wrong with that?" Xiao Wenbing's face remained expressionless, even though he had already figured out the reason. But the moment he figured it out, he had already made up his mind to conceal the truth.
Who am I now? I am a cultivator. If they came to me with a kind and gentle tone, I might be tempted to help them out of momentary kindness. But this tone is almost threatening.
Hmph... If he really told me, wouldn't he be disgracing the Secret Talisman Sect?
In that instant, Xiao Wenbing had already decided to drag the Secret Talisman Sect into the mess and use the sect's power to back him up.
This is undoubtedly the best excuse for himself, and I suppose that when the old Taoist priest hears this explanation in the future, he will be very pleased.
"A used car? Great, which dealership is it?" Captain Wang asked with a sneer.
"I asked a friend to help me rent it, so I didn't know," Xiao Wenbing replied calmly.
"So you didn't rent it yourself. What's your friend's phone number? Can we call him over for a chat?"