Zhao Xintong was sure she had heard this voice before. Everyone's vocal tone was different, like a fingerprint. There might be similarities, but no two were exactly the same.

But she couldn't remember where she had heard it. She thought about it and concluded that the owner of the voice was someone she wasn't familiar with, but who held some special significance that made her remember it.

Who could be someone unfamiliar yet hold special significance?

Just as Zhao Xintong furrowed her brow in confusion, she heard the person say softly, "The Way of the Extraordinary ID Zhao Xintong, real name Zhao Xintong, 14 years old, studying at No. 3 Middle School in Baila City. Hehe, still a minor, youth is wonderful, unlike me, a fragmented and pitiful person."

Fragmented…unfamiliar! Zhao Xintong's eyes widened instantly, as if a bucket of enlightenment had been poured over her head.

She knew who this interrogator was!

It was Yuanshi Tianzun of the Songhai Branch, that pitiful worm that everyone occasionally discussed in their small group. He brought a shot in the arm of encouragement to the Redeemers in the team. Every time everyone felt life was too hard and humanity too ugly, they would think of Yuanshi Tianzun, and then encourage each other in the small group.

If Yuanshi Tianzun could live so strongly, what right did we have to be negative?

He's here to save me...can he save me? A glimmer of hope appeared in Zhao Xintong's weary eyes.

"You are very lucky that the student you pushed down the stairs is not in mortal danger and is not paralyzed, but her leg bones, pelvic bones, and ribs are broken, and her organs are bleeding. She just came out of surgery."

Zhang Yuanqing resumed his low, hoarse voice, "If she had died, even if you were a minor, the government would send you back to The Way of the Extraordinary. You know, the law does not apply to our group. You will not receive the protection of the 'Protection Law'."

Zhao Xintong was silent for a few seconds, then said faintly, "My actions were a bit extreme, but even if she died, I wouldn't regret it."

Hey, hey, although the camera isn't on, there are people watching behind the one-way mirror, Zhang Yuanqing thought.

Victoria and Ling Jun were next door, observing Zhao Xintong through the one-way mirror.

Zhang Yuanqing ignored Zhao Xintong's words.

"Zhao Xintong," he said with a serious face, "Now I need you to be honest about some things, it's very important. I don't want to hear angry words, and you better not be arrogant in front of me. If you don't cooperate well, I will give up this interrogation and switch to someone else."

The little girl might still be arrogant, but seeing Yuanshi Tianzun put on a serious expression, Zhao Xintong didn't dare to be presumptuous.

This fragmented guy is the sickest. If you annoy him, he'll leave. He doesn't care if you're a teammate. When dealing with this kind of mental patient, just go along with him.

It's like how the mentally ill in mental hospitals are also afraid of the most severely ill.

"Okay, okay!" Zhao Xintong nodded obediently.

Very obedient, just like that, Zhang Yuanqing immediately took out a rusty token and held it in his hand. He took off his sunglasses, and his eyes shone with white light, filled with an aura that made the human world fear and believe.

"First of all, apart from dungeons, have you ever killed official The Way of the Extraordinary members or ordinary people?"

"Have you committed acts such as theft, robbery, or intentional injury? Apart from the incident the day before yesterday..."

"I usually occasionally use Gu poison to retaliate against classmates, but they always bully me first, and the Gu poison I use is not fatal, it only torments them for a few days at most."

"Why do they bully you?"

Zhao Xintong bit her lip and didn't speak.

Zhang Yuanqing continued, "Regarding your identity information, the Baila branch has already completed the investigation. Now I want to personally verify the situation with you. I hope you don't hide anything, as it is related to the Baila branch's assessment of you."

The assessor was next door, none other than her Shimu, Victoria. Even with Ling Jun mediating, Victoria wouldn't let go of an evil profession so easily.

Zhang Yuanqing repeatedly assured that Zhao Xintong was a kind and innocent evil profession.

Seeing her little lover's pleading, Victoria said, "If this evil profession hasn't done anything evil, I will pardon her once."

Thus, there was this interrogation.

Zhang Yuanqing opened Zhao Xintong's file and said, "Your father committed suicide by jumping off a building when you were six. You lived with your mother and stepfather. When you were nine, a fire broke out in your house, and your mother and stepfather died in the fire. You have lived with your widowed grandfather ever since."

"Then answer me, when did you become a The Way of the Extraordinary member?"

Zhao Xintong looked at him and said, "When I was nine."

Zhang Yuanqing frowned, "The time your mother and stepfather died in the fire?"

"Yes," Zhao Xintong said in a low voice.

"I set the fire to burn them to death. Not long after burning them to death, I obtained a character card and became a Witch Gu Master."

What kind of "parents sacrificed to heaven, boundless magic power" is this? Zhang Yuanqing's heart sank, and he glanced imperceptibly at the one-way mirror.

A child who personally burned her biological mother and stepfather to death. Anyone with normal values would sentence her to death, right?

Although Victoria had slept with her adopted son, her values should be normal.

"Can you tell me the reason?" Zhang Yuanqing thought, "This is your last chance!"

"Reason?" A cold smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Xintong's mouth.

"Isn't avenging my father a reason? Isn't escaping a terrible family environment a reason? My father was a businessman. When I was little, my family was well-off, and my father doted on me. Before I was six, my life was full of happiness and joy. But when I was six, that bitch had an affair with my father's partner, and also swindled all of my father's money, and took out loans from the bank in his name."

"My father lost everything overnight, and also owed endless loans. He felt that the future had lost hope, and finally chose to commit suicide by jumping off a building. I was taken to a new family by that bitch. Those two dogs were not good to me. The man beat me and whipped me with a belt, and my biological mother also scolded me as a bastard and said that I should have jumped off a building with my father. The reason they accepted me was just to make their reputation sound better, and for legal custody obligations."

"I endured them for three years. One day, I poured the sleeping pills at home into their wine. After they drank the wine, I set fire to that disgusting house. They died, and I was reborn."

Zhao Xintong laughed, her laughter full of resentment and sadness. Zhang Yuanqing looked at her for a long time and sighed, "The shadow of your father's suicide and the long-term personal insults from domestic violence led to a distorted mentality. It is understandable that you became an evil profession. So, what made you change yourself?"

The last sentence was said for Victoria to hear.

Zhao Xintong said faintly, "I haven't changed. I just want to change my life. I've lived happily these past few years living with my grandfather. My grandfather treats me very well, and his pension is barely enough for us to live on, but in order to cultivate me, my grandfather spends three months of every year doing hard labor outside."

"A highly respected senior told me that people's hearts are the dirtiest things. They pollute society and pollute the world. But there are also true, good, and beautiful things in human nature. We must learn to be grateful for the beauty of human nature and tolerate the ugliness of human nature."

"I want to try to tolerate the ugliness of human nature for my grandfather's sake, but I haven't been able to succeed so far. I can't forget the harm the past has done to me. That senior said that if you put down the butcher's knife, you can become a Buddha on the spot. But for us, putting down the butcher's knife is the most difficult thing in the world. It's not just lip service, it requires great enlightenment."

"I understand your situation." Zhang Yuanqing nodded, "A few last questions."

"You just said that you occasionally use Gu poison to retaliate against your classmates. Do they often bully you? Since you usually use Gu poison to retaliate, why did you choose the most extreme method the day before yesterday?"

Zhao Xintong looked at him and smiled coldly, "Have you ever gone to school?" Zhang Yuanqing seemed provoked.

"I can tell you very clearly that back then, the principals of Tsinghua and Peking University almost had a brain-busting fight over me. Cambridge and Harvard even sent representatives to recruit me. I told them coldly that I was destined to be a student they couldn't get. And against that background, MIT didn't even have the courage to send me an offer."

Zhao Xintong automatically ignored this passage. "Since you've studied, you should know that good grades and a withdrawn personality, when combined, are the best target for school violence, right? I can tolerate it most of the time, but I occasionally lose control of my emotions. For example, the girl I pushed down the stairs the other day called me a bastard without a father or mother, deserving of dead parents. The reason she was so mean to me was just because the boy she liked wrote me a love letter."

"Why should I tolerate these scumbags? I clearly have the power to destroy the entire school, but I have to be bullied by them again and again. Is it so-called order that makes me swallow my humiliation? So I often wonder, why should I reconcile with such a world?"

Zhang Yuanqing looked at the rebellious little girl. He had originally wanted to reprimand her in the guise of an experienced person, but suddenly remembered what he had said to Dr. Sun that day: "Why should I coexist with it?"

He sighed, got up and left, saying, "I'm done asking questions. You wait for news here!"

Leaving the interrogation room, he went to the observation room next door. Ling Jun and Victoria stood shoulder to shoulder in front of the one-way glass, staring at the junior high school girl.

Seeing Yuanshi Tianzun come over, Victoria stood with her hands behind her back, not looking back, and said faintly, "I will verify those things she said again. If they are true, I can give her a chance. It will take about three days to complete the process."

Zhang Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, I owe you a favor."

Zhao Xintong wouldn't lie. The members of Master Wuhen's team were not villains. Victoria wanted to confirm things again out of caution, but the ending wouldn't change.

"Ling Jun owes you more favors, just consider it repayment for him!"

Victoria said brightly and coldly, "Let me give you a piece of advice. Don't have too much contact with evil professions, especially those that are excusable."

Zhang Yuanqing bowed, "Thank you for the reminder."

He chatted with Ling Jun for a few words and then left the Baila branch.

"The little girl has more courage than I do." Ling Jun smiled and said, "I don't have the resolve and courage to personally kill my biological father."

Victoria ignored his joke and frowned, "Yuan Tianzun is having too much contact with these evil professions. Sooner or later, something will happen. You better remind him. If he doesn't listen, then draw a line with him as soon as possible."

Ling Jun said perfunctorily, "I know, I know!"

Victoria glared at him, "I'm not joking with you."

"I look at people when making friends, not at fame and fortune. As long as he can still be recognized by me, he will always be a brother. The day he doesn't keep his original intention and goes down the wrong path, I will break with him without you reminding me." Ling Jun yawned.

"Help with this matter, I'm going back to sleep."

The Gulfstream soared above the sea of clouds, the roar of the aircraft engines being isolated from the cabin.

Zhang Yuanqing was still in the soft and luxurious seat, holding his mobile phone and calling Xiaoyuan: "Zhao Xintong's matter is settled. The Baila branch will release her in two days. She will contact you to report that she is safe. I'm going back to Songhai first. I should be entering a dungeon within two days, so I probably won't have time to see you."

Xiaoyuan gave an "um" in response, her tone actually a little gentle. "You go ahead and do what you need to do."

Listening to the cold and glamorous auntie's voice hiding tenderness, Zhang Yuanqing's heart began to stir. He sighed, "What a heartless woman. I'm working hard for you, slaving away like a horse, and yet you're not even willing to see me once."

Xiaoyuan's voice turned cold, "Speak properly, don't be sarcastic."

"Although I don't have time to come to Wuhen Hotel this time, you can come to Songhai to see me," Zhang Yuanqing suggested his long-awaited request.

"I want to take you around Songhai."

"Does your girlfriend agree?"

Zhang Yuanqing suddenly stalled. If it were the experienced old driver Ling Jun, he would probably say: My girlfriend has my heart, but my body is yours, or I cruelly tore my heart in half, only giving her half because I know the other half already has a home.

But he wasn't scum enough to say that. Just then, Zhang Yuanqing suddenly felt the sky outside the window darken. The azure sky became deep and black.

It was as if a layer of black velvet had been laid down, and the fiery sun had disappeared. It had just been a clear and sunny day, and in the blink of an eye, it was a lightless night.