In the dimly lit interrogation room, Shen Qian squinted slightly, glanced at the chandelier above his head, and tried to adjust his posture, turning his body slightly to the side to reduce the numbness in his body.
His hands and his intact left leg were handcuffed, the broken bone in his right leg had been set, and the wound on his forehead had been given basic treatment, but Chen Qian's expression was somewhat solemn.
The effeminate man met Song Ye.
When he was at the scene earlier, he noticed that the effeminate man and Song Ye were whispering something to each other, and the man even flashed his badge.
This means that one of his identities is real.
Shen Qian didn't know what the consequences of this matter would be. The only thing that reassured him was that Song Ye didn't seem to have listened to the effeminate man's one-sided story and brought everyone back with a wave of his hand.
...Of course, those who were seriously injured were sent to the hospital first, and only the effeminate man and Shen Qian were brought back.
Shen Qian didn't know how much time had passed since he was brought in. There was no clock in the interrogation room, and his personal belongings, including his bracelet, had been taken away, but it must have been a long time ago.
Before sinking, he estimated that at least three or four hours had passed, and no one had come to interrogate him.
Shen Qian vaguely sensed that this matter was not simple, and there were still many things he had not figured out.
After an unknown amount of time, the door creaked open, and the tall Song Ye walked in with a police officer holding a note.
Song Ye's expression was serious. After sitting down, he didn't waste any words and asked directly, "Tell me, what happened?"
"Don't miss any details from beginning to end!"
Before Shen Qian could speak, he added another sentence.
Chen Qian paused for a moment, not rushing to speak, first sorting through the information in his mind before taking a deep breath and slowly saying, "Around nine o'clock, I left the Kyushu Martial Arts Hall, preparing to go home..."
Shen Qian spoke slowly, recounting in detail how he encountered the men in black and the course of the conflict.
Thanks to the two spiritual stones he wore before and after, Shen Qian's memory was exceptionally clear, and he basically didn't miss anything.
He was only slightly vague about the part where the system intervened.
Throughout this process, Song Ye did not interrupt, but listened attentively, while the police officer in charge of recording was writing down everything Shen Qian said.
After Shen Qian finished speaking, the interrogation room fell silent, and Song Ye remained silent for a long time.
"Captain Song, what's wrong?" Seeing Song Ye's expression changing from time to time, Shen Qian, who had been silent for a while, couldn't help but ask.
Song Ye snapped out of his daze, let out a long breath, and glanced at Shen Qian. "You're in trouble... and big trouble at that."
"What do you mean?" Shen Qian frowned. "I think I was just acting in self-defense, and they tried to kill me afterwards."
“My intuition tells me you’re not lying, but believing you won’t change anything,” Song Ye sighed. “Do you even know who they are?”
Who is it?
"Have you heard of the 'Martial Arts Special Affairs Bureau'?" Song Ye asked slowly.
"Martial Arts Special Affairs Bureau?" Shen Qian chewed for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It feels like I have a vague impression of it, but I can't remember where I heard it before. However, the man in charge seemed to have mentioned two words, something like 'martial arts'..."
"The Bureau of Military Law was its former name."
Song Ye carefully said, "You should know that after the cataclysm, humanity went through a very chaotic period. Later, with the rise of advanced martial arts, humanity, led by pioneering martial artists, drove out the monsters, isolated forbidden zones, and rebuilt city-states, and the order of human society was slowly restored."
Shen Qian nodded slightly. This was content from the textbook on the history of martial arts, and almost everyone knew it.
"At that time, all systems collapsed, and society was ruled by powerful martial artists. But martial artists are also human beings, with emotions and desires, and the same sense of right and wrong. Ordinary laws simply cannot restrain these beings, and many bad things happened... Do you understand what I mean?"
He nodded again before sinking. It's easy to understand that powerful forces, when unrestrained, often go out of control.
"Later, at the suggestion of some people, the Martial Arts Bureau was established in response to the times, with the purpose of specifically supervising the illegal behavior of martial artists."
"However, over the past few hundred years, martial arts have gradually become more widespread, laws have become more comprehensive, and the ranks of martial arts police have continued to grow. Of course, most importantly, the Martial Arts Bureau has played an increasingly positive role, and the number of martial arts practitioners committing crimes has gradually decreased, so the Martial Arts Bureau has gradually faded from people's sight."
"...Well, according to the current Minister of Martial Arts and the Director of the Armed Police Department, the somewhat outdated Martial Law Department should have been completely phased out of the historical stage long ago."
Song Ye mumbled something indistinctly.
Shen Qian was initially puzzled, but then seemed to realize that there was probably some unseen power struggle involved.
"In short, for nearly a hundred years, the presence of the Martial Law Department has been not very strong, to the point that many people have even forgotten about this institution. However, it did exist before it was officially abolished and occasionally played a role."
"The people you had a conflict with tonight are from the Jingcheng Branch of the Martial Arts Special Affairs Administration Bureau. The leader is Chai Mu, the captain of the third detachment of the Criminal and Martial Arts Team of the Jingcheng Branch Bureau."
"He said he had already identified himself to you and shown you his identification badge, but the conflict arose because you resisted arrest."
Shen Qian shook his head: "He put away the badge before I could see it clearly. Now that I think about it, it was probably on purpose, just to make it seem like I wasn't cooperating."
"But no one can prove that; besides you, he was the only other person left at the scene."
"So what?" Shen Qian asked, puzzled. "Does that mean he's from the Martial Arts Bureau and can just arrest people at will?"
“But he doesn’t just arrest people randomly.” Song Ye suddenly stared at Shen Qian and asked, “Are you sure you’re not hiding anything from me?”
"No," Shen Qian said firmly.
He has always been law-abiding and law-abiding...
Killing a scavenger is definitely not a big deal, and besides, he didn't leave any evidence.
It's definitely impossible for him to get Xiaoxuan to give him a massage. Even if he crossed the line, at most it would just be a minor administrative penalty. The Martial Law Bureau wouldn't even bother with that.
Song Ye hesitated for a moment, then took out a transparent file bag from his pocket and placed it in front of Chen Qian. "Take a look at what's inside."
Song Ye unlocked Shen Qian's handcuffs. Shen Qian picked up the file bag with a puzzled look and took out the documents inside.
The first document made Shen Qian's pupils shrink, because it was a conscription notice from a certain military unit, with Shen Qian's name and ID number clearly written on it, dated five days ago, and requiring him to report to a designated location.
A guess popped into Shen Qian's mind, but he didn't rush to express his opinion and continued to look at the second document.
This is an official letter from the military to the Military Law Bureau requesting an investigation into "new recruits' absence from the enlistment ceremony before their deployment and their unexplained disappearances."
The third document was an arrest warrant issued by the Jingcheng Martial Arts Branch, targeting Shen Qian again, with the charge in two large, bright red characters:
"deserter."
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