Chapter 405: Chapter 405: I Believe in You, Damn It

Chapter 405: I Believe in You, Damn It (Update 4)

“Ah…”

Guan Changxuan staggered backward and yelled in anger, “You…”

“Me, what?”

Xiao Yu watched Guan Changxuan retreating, a mocking glint in his eyes. “I really can’t tell if you’re brilliant or an idiot. I dare stand here alone before you—haven’t you ever wondered why?”

Guan Changxuan froze for a moment, wincing through his pain.

Without delay, a cold glint flashed in his eyes as he spun around and swung his foot at Xiao Yu.

The kick was executed with decisive force, accompanied by a rushing gust and a vicious intensity.

A normal person could even have their neck snapped from a kick like that.

“Boom!”

The impact of foot against forearm echoed with a resounding crash.

Xiao Yu intercepted Guan Changxuan’s thigh with one swift arm.

Knowing full well it was futile to try doesn’t make one brave.

It was sheer self-destruction… as Xiao Yu lifted his leg.

“Boom!”

Like a flash of lightning, his powerful thigh struck Guan Changxuan’s waist.

“Ugh!”

The brutal blow nearly left Guan Changxuan gasping for air.

A fierce pain surged from his waist, spreading throughout his body.

He felt his waist nearly split in two from Xiao Yu’s kick.

Forced to continue retreating—if he didn’t, he’d be finished!

The force from his opponent was terrifying, almost inhuman.

Yet, Guan Changxuan had managed only two heavy steps backward.

A formidable figure, propelled by a wild gust, closed in on him.

“Boom!”

A knee crashed harshly into Guan Changxuan’s abdomen.

The brutal force sent him flying off the spot.

“No…”

Suspended in midair, Guan Changxuan let out a hoarse cry.

Dread, excruciating pain, and the mastery of his opponent’s combat skills filled him with the certainty that a violent barrage was coming.

Sure enough.

He saw Xiao Yu’s thigh rising swiftly.

Guan Changxuan’s eyes bulged with terror as he stared in disbelief.

“Boom!”

A leather-shoed foot drove upward, striking his chest and abdomen.

“Ah…”

Guan Changxuan screamed miserably, nearly blacking out.

His body was once again sent soaring through the air.

But just as he was about to fall,

Xiao Yu’s powerful thigh swung once more.

This time, it came from above, slamming into Guan Changxuan’s lower back.

“Boom!”

“Crash!”

Like a humanoid sack of rags crashing to the ground, Guan Changxuan hit the floor.

Time passed slowly.

Lying motionless on the ground, Guan Changxuan’s vision blurred into emptiness.

The pain in his body gradually began to dull.

Not because it was easing, but due to the sheer overwhelming brutality of the blows.

Even his pain receptors numbed from the onslaught…

Gazing at Xiao Yu’s face, Guan Changxuan saw nothing but a slab of cold ice.

His heart sank as terror spread within him.

He tried to struggle and sit up.

Xiao Yu’s thigh swung up once more.

“Boom!”

A crushing kick landed on Guan Changxuan’s head.

In an instant, his consciousness was swallowed by darkness…

……

When he finally came to,

Guan Changxuan felt as if his body had been shattered to pieces.

Every ache and pain made his muscles tremble uncontrollably.

The unbearable agony suddenly jolted his eyes open.

He discovered his limbs fastened to an interrogation chair.

The very man who had knocked him out, Xiao Yu, now sat behind an interrogation table, staring coldly at him.

Memories from before he lost consciousness flooded back.

Guan Changxuan was stunned.

In that exposing moment, he had prepared a plan.

To subdue Xiao Yu and use him as leverage.

Guan Changxuan was supremely confident in that idea.

After all, with his fighting prowess, subduing an ordinary person would be a piece of cake.

But…

Guan Changxuan soon realized that his once-vaunted fighting skills

paled in comparison to his opponent’s terrifying strength, like a puny chicken before a giant dragon.

His eyelids twitched as he looked at Xiao Yu, despair reflecting in his eyes.

Xiao Yu met his gaze with a cold stare.

Looking into those eyes filled with regret and despair,

he noted a common trait found in all criminals.

Before capturing them,

they strut about arrogantly.

But once caught, they turn into lambs seeking absolution,

sometimes even begging for forgiveness…

“Not saying anything?” Xiao Yu’s voice cut through the silence.

“Say… what?”

Guan Changxuan’s body trembled uncontrollably.

“The massacre from five years ago—you did it, didn’t you?”

·· ····· Flowers, please··· ········

Xiao Yu enunciated slowly, “The Five Elements Open the Way, the Red Robe Sustains Life?”

His eyes turned intricate as Guan Changxuan asked in despair, “Can you tell me how you found out?”

“You made that case look flawless,”

Xiao Yu replied coldly, “There were indeed no traces at the scene—you covered your tracks too well. It was as if the master of the house had lost his mind and killed his wife and children. The case only seemed off because of Che Yu.”

“What’s wrong with him?”

Guan Changxuan’s face twisted with rage, gritting his teeth.

“His suicide was far from normal,”

Xiao Yu responded, “A man who clearly did not want to die ended up taking his own life. It could only mean there was some great terror forcing him into it. And then I recalled the case from five years ago—the tragic aftermath of the victims. Later, it all pointed to a perverse ritual of life extension!”

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“I see.”

A cold, venomous glint flashed across Guan Changxuan’s face and eyes before it soon faded into despair. “I should never have used him!”

“If you hadn’t used him, how else would you have drawn them out to make you kill?”

Xiao Yu sneered, “The only thing you’ll regret is that we still managed to find you, isn’t that right?”

His words struck Guan Changxuan’s heart like a knife.

In an instant, that face, once pale with despair, contorted in agony.

He fought desperately to control himself and stifle his grief,

but could not hide his facial expressions or control his shaking body.

Guan Changxuan knew it was only a matter of time before the disease claimed him.

He would be dragged to the execution ground, ending his life of sin.

“I wasn’t always a bad person.”

Looking at Xiao Yu, Guan Changxuan stammered, “Do you believe me?”

None are completely good in this world.

Nor is anyone entirely evil.

Heaven and hell lie only a step apart.

Five years ago, he was a vibrant young man.

Five years later, he had become a cold-blooded, merciless demon.

“Mm, I believe you.”

Xiao Yu stood up and walked toward the interrogation room door.

As he opened the door, he turned with a calm expression to look at Guan Changxuan and said, “I believe you, damn it!”