Wail! Wail!
Outside Yuankou District, the sirens of law enforcement vehicles and ambulances never stopped.
Batches of inspectors arrived at the scene and began dispersing the onlookers from the neighborhood.
Seeing this, Zhao Jin focused his mind, and a thought surfaced in his head: 'I want my eyes to gain the ability to hypnotize.'
This was an attempt on his part. Since Destiny Force was a power that could alter all things, then this minor request should be feasible.
In the next second, the Destiny Force in his mind dropped from 40 threads to 39.
Zhao Jin felt a faint warm current surge into his eyes. The sensation lasted for only a second before vanishing.
An information prompt appeared in his mind.
Obtained Ability: Hypnotize—can easily hypnotize those with weak willpower!
'It really works. It wouldn't even be an exaggeration to call this Destiny Force an omnipotent power.' Zhao Jin grew increasingly satisfied with this ability.
Unfortunately, his current reserve of Destiny Force was too small, preventing him from using it to his heart's content.
To acquire Destiny Force, he only needed to alter someone's original path of destiny, but that process took time.
What Zhao Jin lacked most right now was time. He could only choose the simplest and most brutal method: sending his targets to their graves early. That yielded results much faster.
However, this power had another drawback. If Zhao Jin personally killed someone, he couldn't obtain Destiny Force at all. He could only bestow Destiny Force upon a target, allowing them to disrupt the destiny of others.
“Yuankou District is temporarily cordoned off! Unrelated personnel must leave immediately!” Just then, an urgent voice approached from a distance.
Several inspectors were ushering the crowd away while walking toward Zhao Jin's position.
One of the middle-aged inspectors had just walked up to Zhao Jin and was about to shoo him away when his eyes met Zhao Jin's.
The middle-aged inspector felt his surroundings spin rapidly, expanding and contracting as if he were running a high fever.
In the next second, his surroundings returned to normal. He walked straight past Zhao Jin to disperse the others, as if Zhao Jin didn't even exist in his field of vision.
When the other inspectors looked at Zhao Jin, they also met his gaze. After a brief daze, they completely ignored him.
Before long, all the ordinary citizens had been cleared out, leaving only Zhao Jin standing by the roadside.
A minute later, at the entrance of the alley, a group of tactical inspectors carrying rifles walked out with solemn expressions.
Leading them was Wang Pingcheng, his expression grim.
Among these inspectors, Peng Fei walked out in handcuffs, his expression blank.
His pitch-black eyes caused several surrounding inspectors and medical staff to repeatedly glance back at him.
'That's quite a lot of Destiny Force. He actually turned into a Ghoul.' Zhao Jin looked at Peng Fei's eyes, as well as the Destiny Force hovering above his head, which was even denser than Xiang Ping's had been.
Wang Pingcheng scanned the surroundings and noticed a young man in a suit and a fedora standing dozens of meters away.
He frowned, but when his eyes met the young man's, he suddenly dazed for a moment before continuing to walk forward.
Wang Pingcheng turned to look at Peng Fei. “You know our regulations. Now that you've done something like this, until we have a final conclusion, you'll have to stay inside.”
Peng Fei nodded. Right now, he didn't want to say or do anything; he just wanted to be executed by firing squad as soon as possible.
A black van pulled up in front of him and the door opened. Just as Peng Fei was about to step inside, he suddenly felt a gaze on him.
Following the source of the gaze, he saw a young man looking at him from across the street. The young man carried a peculiar aura about him.
Seeing him turn his head, the young man curled his lips into a faint smile and mouthed some words.
Peng Fei watched the other's lips and read them subconsciously: “Congratulations on your new life.”
As soon as those words registered, his expression went blank for a moment, then turned into intense excitement.
With just this sentence, combined with the young man's extraordinary aura, he was certain the other man knew something—or was the mastermind behind everything.
“Catch him! He might be connected to all of this!” Peng Fei pointed at Zhao Jin, his expression agitated.
But to his absolute horror, everyone who looked in the direction he was pointing froze for a split second, then turned back and continued doing what they were doing.
Seeing this, Wang Pingcheng barked, “What are you all standing around for? Pin him down! He's clearly lost his mind!”
The others rushed forward to restrain Peng Fei, but his physical strength was terrifyingly immense. It took four or five well-trained tactical inspectors just to barely stop him in his tracks.
“What are you all doing?! He might be the real killer! Catch him, quickly!!!” Black veins bulged on Peng Fei's face as he glared at Zhao Jin and roared repeatedly.
Yet no matter how he roared, the people around him acted as if there was absolutely no one standing in the direction he was pointing.
Pfft!
Suddenly, with a muffled sound, Peng Fei felt a slight sting in his arm. He turned his head to look.
He saw Wang Pingcheng holding a tranquilizer gun, his expression complex. “What happened inside was too traumatic for you. You're having hallucinations. Rest up for now.”
Given Peng Fei's abnormal state and the brute strength that four or five inspectors couldn't restrain, Wang Pingcheng could only administer double the normal dose of tranquilizer.
Hearing Wang Pingcheng's words, Peng Fei looked at his colleagues, who were staring at him with strange expressions.
An expression of disbelief washed over his face. “Why... why don't you believe me... There's really someone there...”
At this point, the tranquilizer began to take effect. Having just become a Ghoul, he hadn't fed much, so his strength was nowhere near Xiang Ping's level yet.
Soon, Peng Fei lost consciousness and was carried into the van by the inspectors.
Nearby, a middle-aged female inspector watched the entire scene unfold.
She frowned slightly. “Chief, how do we handle Peng Fei's situation? Under these circumstances, not even the leaders of Ningcheng will be able to cover this up.”
With so many inspectors dead, along with the incomprehensible changes happening to Peng Fei, the situation had completely exceeded their ability to handle.
Just then, a corpse was wheeled out. Its hands were pitch-black and claw-like, glinting coldly under the artificial lights.
Although Wang Pingcheng had already been shocked inside, he couldn't help but stare when he saw it again. “Report it honestly. This matter will likely alarm the Parliament.”
Although they had an Emperor, the ones who truly held power were the Parliament. The Emperor was merely a figurehead.
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