"Chen Mei, you have the right to remain silent..."

Interrogation room.

Chen Mei looked at the old fellow in front of him. He had already prepared himself to remain silent. However, unexpectedly, Zhou Jiren did not announce the rights that the constitution required to be informed to the person being interrogated, as was the rule.

"If you choose to remain silent, then I will also remain silent."

Zhou Jiren pulled up a chair and sat opposite Chen Mei. He glanced at the young man's curly hair and his hands.

Those seemingly fair and slender wrists were tightly bound by rattan shackles, with several overlapping scars from struggling.

"Unrealistic ideas are best abandoned early."

Hearing this, Chen Mei couldn't hold back.

His expression was gloomy, and he suddenly stood up, but in reality, his body didn't move at all. After a violent pull, a tightening pain came from his waist, where he was also tightly bound by a vine...

This rattan, which appeared out of nowhere, looked old and easily breakable, but it was actually much stronger than alloy!

It was impossible to break free.

"Let me go!"

He said in a low voice, "The Tribunal only has the power to enforce the law, not to detain and interrogate. Either you kill me, or... you transfer me to the prison."

"I'm sorry, everything I'm doing right now complies with the laws of the Eastern Continent. Because once a special operations team is established, it can enjoy the exclusive power of intercommunication between the three departments before special events." Zhou Jiren said lightly, "This answer should be considered a free gift out of great kindness. Next... if you want to know anything from me, then you need to exchange it with corresponding information."

Special operations team?

Chen Mei suddenly fell silent.

The old fox in front of him clearly knew that there was no point in holding out and wanted to conduct an "information exchange" with him.

But he... didn't want to know anything, nor did he want to say anything.

Zhou Jiren wasn't in a hurry either, and just waited for time to pass...

Until the door opened.

The place in charge of detention and interrogation was not large, and somewhat dark. After the door opened, light appeared.

Chen Mei frowned as he saw a familiar figure.

...

...

"Teacher... I'm here."

Gu Shen received a temporary notice that Mr. Shu needed him to accompany him in interrogating Chen Mei.

When he arrived here and saw the "familiar" interrogation environment, he suddenly found it a bit funny.

It really was... times have changed.

He had once again come to the interrogation table, but this time, he was no longer the one being interrogated.

When Chen Mei saw Gu Shen, his eyes suddenly changed. His originally lazy eyes instantly became as sharp as swords. He couldn't wait to stand up immediately, but unfortunately, he was firmly suppressed and bound by the rattan.

The cause of all this was the young man in front of him... the power outage in the Nanwan Building, his pursuit of the suspect. Now it seemed that this was likely a trap set by the Tribunal.

And at that moment of gaffe, Chen Mei realized that he had fallen into the old fox's trap.

It wasn't that he didn't want to know anything... at least, he wanted to know the truth of all this.

"Calm down, calm down."

Gu Shen sat down casually and greeted Chen Mei in a friendly manner. Just twelve hours ago, the identities of the two sides were still hunter and prey, cat and mouse, but now, everything had been reversed.

Now, looking at Chen Mei's cloudy and angry expression, Gu Shen didn't feel nervous at all.

He even... wanted to laugh a little.

He couldn't help but change his sitting posture.

He had to say, sitting on the other side of the interrogation table was really comfortable.

"When does the interrogation start?" Gu Shen asked.

"It's already started... Chen Mei is refusing to say anything."

Zhou Jiren still had that waiting attitude, looking at the clock, "However, not everyone has arrived yet. We have plenty of time."

Not everyone has arrived yet?

Gu Shen was stunned. The next moment, the door of the interrogation room was opened again, and a red-haired figure in a windbreaker came into view. The person who came sat down in the chair, her voice clear and cold, with a hint of apology, "Sorry, something delayed me for a while."

Then, the voice of apology abruptly stopped—

Lu Nanjin looked at Gu Shen, and Gu Shen also looked at Lu Nanjin. Both of them had strange expressions. Obviously, before meeting, they had no idea that... the other would be here.

"Senior Sister?" Gu Shen was a little confused.

Shouldn't Senior Sister be out there performing missions all over the world at this time?

Especially after learning about the secrets of the Lu family's Lion Lane, Gu Shen originally thought... Senior Sister might not return to Da Du for a long time.

Zhou Jiren smiled and raised his hand. In an instant, the rattan rose from the ground, completely wrapping Chen Mei in a muffled groan of angry resistance, instantly turning him into a human-shaped wooden stake, so that no sound from the outside could reach Chen Mei's ears.

"Alright. Everyone is finally here."

He smiled with relief, "Now I will explain the specific situation to you two..."

"You already know about the merged case file of the Zhou Yu case... This matter has attracted widespread attention from the higher-ups. After an emergency meeting, the council decided to establish a 'Special Operations Team' in Da Du. During specific actions, Deep Sea will be responsible for providing personnel support and planning consultants, but the selection of core members will be decided by me."

"So... I chose three people."

"The in-depth investigation of the Zhou Yu case, plus the 'Compass' obtained by Gu Shen, has basically confirmed that a dangerous person is hidden in the darkness of Da Du. He is trying to create riots and destroy order."

"We call him 'Owl'."

"And the plan carried out by this special operations team is also named 'Operation Owl Hunt'."

The old fellow said with a solemn expression, "The danger rating of this case file is tentatively set at 'S'. If handled improperly, it is very likely to plunge an entire city into crisis. The selection of core members is very important. It's not because you are my proud students that I have included you in the core members of the special operations team. In my plan, each of you three will play a huge role. If Operation Owl Hunt wants to succeed, the three of you are indispensable."

"Wait a minute."

"Three... who is the other one?"

Nan Jin frowned.

And Zhou Jiren just slowly turned his gaze towards that human-shaped wooden stake.

Gu Shen was a little surprised, "Are you saying... Chen Mei?"

"That's right."

"Think about it, if I forcibly arrest Chen Mei, how could Chen San, as a member of the Eastern Continent Council, easily agree?" Zhou Jiren said calmly, "At least... he wouldn't just turn around and leave."

That's right.

Chen San's reaction that night was extremely abnormal.

After talking with Mr. Shu in his domain, he agreed to let the other party take away his son.

Gu Shen suddenly understood.

"However, this interrogation is real. To ensure that he joins our team, there must be such an interrogation." Zhou Jiren said in a low voice, "Chen Mei's file has already been retrieved by me. You can take a look at it first."

Gu Shen and Nan Jin exchanged glances.

They took the files and started reading.