Xu Kuo's patience had clearly run out. He was too lazy to say another word and instead delivered another powerful slap to Li Tie's face, who had just gotten up and was still babbling on!
"Thump!"
Before Li Tie could even let out a scream, he fell straight backward, hitting the ground with the back of his head. His eyes rolled back, and he almost fainted!
This time, not only will my front teeth be lost, but I'm afraid even my back molars will be lost!
"Awooo—!!!"
A few seconds later, excruciating pain struck, and Li Tie let out a pig-like scream. He lay on the ground, clutching his almost numb right cheek, tears and snot mixed with blood streaming down his face, his voice shrill and desperate.
"You're insane! You're fucking insane! You're too arrogant! In front of the section chief! In front of so many people! You still dare to hit me...you..."
All eyes were fixed on Xu Kuo's hand, which had just landed and was still slightly suspended in mid-air, and on Li Tie, who was slumped on the ground like mud, emitting weak groans.
The villagers watching stared wide-eyed, their throats seemingly blocked by something, unable to utter a sound.
"He's insane... This guy surnamed Xu is absolutely insane!"
"In front of the head of security! In front of so many armed men! He still dared to lay a hand on me?!"
"This...this is like lighting a lamp in an outhouse—it's suicidal!"
Almost simultaneously, the same thought popped into everyone's mind: It's over! Xu Kuo is completely finished! Even a god couldn't save him!
Daring to commit violence in front of heavily armed security personnel is enough to warrant his arrest.
Li Tie, meanwhile, was lying on the cold ground, feeling as if the whole world was spinning.
Half of my face was burning with pain, my ears were ringing, and my mouth was filled with a metallic, rusty taste of blood.
The excruciating pain and boundless humiliation nearly made him faint.
But his remaining rationality told him that he couldn't faint; his savior was right in front of him!
He struggled, using all his strength, and reached out to the security chief, who was equally stunned and frozen in place. His voice was hoarse, filled with sobs and utter resentment, as he wailed.
"Section Chief... Section Chief! Help! You... you saw it all! He... he hit me again! He hit me right in front of you! This is outrageous! Section Chief! Quickly... kill him! Kill him!"
Just when everyone thought the section chief would fly into a rage and pull out a gun to execute Xu Kuo on the spot—
The next moment, something astonishing happened!
"Bang!"
The security chief, his face pale and covered in cold sweat, suddenly raised his foot and kicked Li Tie, who was still groaning on the ground, hard in the chest!
"puff--"
Li Tie was incredulous; he never imagined that his section chief would hit him.
The section chief was still not satisfied. He pointed at Li Tie and cursed him, his voice trembling slightly with anger and fear.
"You son of a bitch! You're blind as a bat! You almost killed me, you know that?!"
The entire venue fell into a deathly silence once again.
If Xu Kuo's actions just now were earth-shattering, then the section chief's actions now are simply a cataclysmic event!
The villagers were completely dumbfounded. They looked at each other, their expressions more varied than if they had seen a ghost.
"What's going on? What... what happened? Why is the section chief hitting Li Tie?"
"Are you out of your mind? The target is that guy surnamed Xu!"
Li Tie was kicked so hard he felt dizzy and disoriented, as if his internal organs had shifted. But his strongest feeling at that moment wasn't pain, but rather overwhelming bewilderment and grievance.
He struggled to lift his head and look at the section chief, his voice weak and full of confusion: "Section...Section Chief...why...why did you kick me? He...he's the one who should be arrested...that bastard surnamed Xu..."
"That's right! Section Chief! You've hit the wrong person!"
"It's that Xu Kuo! He's the bad guy!"
"Grab him! Don't let him get away!"
Some villagers who realized what was happening hurriedly shouted, trying to "correct" the section chief's "mistake".
"Shut the hell up, all of you!" The section chief turned around abruptly and roared at the noisy villagers, his eyes fierce as if he wanted to devour them.
The villagers were so frightened by his appearance that they shrank back and immediately fell silent, not daring to utter another word.
The section chief then turned to Li Tie, who was half-dead on the ground, spat, and growled through gritted teeth.
"You idiot! Do you even know who he is?! You dare come to me and complain about him?! A murderer, an escaped convict?! I think you're tired of living!"
Li Tie was even more bewildered by the scolding, his mind completely blank, and he subconsciously retorted.
"He...he's just a country bumpkin who got lucky and grew some good crops, made a little money...who else could he be? What's so dangerous about him..."
"Hmph! Who is he?" The section chief's face revealed a cold smile mixed with fear and relief, and his voice suddenly rose to make sure everyone present could hear him clearly.
"He was personally appointed by his superiors! Acting captain of the county public security bureau! He's in full charge of apprehending the notorious criminal Wang Ming! I, the head of the security section, am nothing compared to Captain Xu! You blind fool, how dare you mess with him?!"
Boom—!!!
These words exploded in everyone's head!
The scene instantly erupted, but this time it wasn't a commotion, but rather a hissing sound of gasps and suppressed exclamations!
"What?! Acting captain?! From the county public security bureau?!"
"My God! He...he's an official?! An official from the Public Security Bureau?!"
"No wonder...no wonder he dared to be so arrogant!"
The villagers' gazes toward Xu Kuo instantly shifted from disdain and anger to awe and fear.
Niu Erbao, Tan Wang, and the injured villagers stood there dumbfounded, their mouths agape.
"Master is the acting captain?!"
Niu Erbao felt his vision go black and his heart pounding wildly.
"No wonder...no wonder he wasn't afraid of the security guards at all! No wonder he dared to take action directly! It turns out...it turns out he's his boss's boss!"
"No...impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Li Tie shook his head frantically, as if he had gone mad, his face covered in blood and dirt, his expression ferocious.
"You...you must be mistaken! He's a murderer! He's the one who killed Captain Sheng! It's him! You've all been fooled! How could he possibly be the captain of the Public Security Bureau?!"
"Fool! You're about to die and you're still being stubborn!"
The section chief now looks at Li Tie as if he were a dead man, his eyes filled with disgust.
"This morning, the county public security bureau issued an urgent document, complete with photos! It's crystal clear! It's unmistakable! It appoints Comrade Xu Kuo as acting captain! The document has already been distributed to all security sections and police stations! More than a dozen units! Do you think they've all misread it?! Do you think I'm stupid?!"
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