“Even… even if you say so…” Xiong Ji still didn’t give in, he said with a sincere face, “I’m really not the Phantom Thief BeArs_eye!”

It must be admitted, as a criminal who exposes his crimes at every turn, his seemingly split-personality acting skills are still worthy of recognition…

“Alright, Xiong Ji-jun…” Feng Bujue revealed an evil smile, “The notes on the card have already betrayed you…” He paused for a moment, “If I’m not mistaken… Hehe… that crime notice card from just now, you asked Old Wang next door to write it for you with watercolors, right!”

Jue-ge’s ability to bluff people can be described as masterful. He has a corresponding method for dealing with targets of various IQs and personalities. Right now, he was using an effective routine for dealing with characters like Xiong Ji—putting on a confident appearance, telling a set of wrong deductions, and speaking quickly with sufficient momentum.

He understood that in this kind of gag-filled and bizarre universe, as long as the atmosphere during the exchange reached a certain delicate tipping point, it could lead to…

“Non… Nonsense!” Xiong Ji replied loudly, “I clearly wrote it myself with a fountain pen in my left hand!”

*Pa—*

“Smack you in your bear face!” Before Xiong Ji could finish speaking, Xiao Tan slapped him with a wing.

“I’m sorry…” Xiong Ji, having been tricked and slapped, knelt down in response, “Please forgive me… Phantom Thief and all that… Crime notice and all that… It was all because I watched a few episodes of Detective Kodama on TV and had a temporary whim… No matter what… I only sent a card, and I haven’t even… Uh…”

In that instant, Feng Bujue used a “gorilla choke” to restrain Xiong Ji again, interrupting him, “Don’t downplay the important issues when confessing…”

“Ah… I’m going to die…” Xiong Ji replied with a painful expression and a hoarse voice, “I can’t… Huff… Breathing…”

Seconds later, Jue-ge released him: “Hmph… Trash with a combat power of only five…”

“Haa… Haa…” Xiong Ji knelt on the ground, panting, “So… So painful… I think I just saw the Sanzu River.”

“Hehe… Penguin Assistant is waving to you from the other side of the river, right?” Jue-ge smiled darkly and added.

“Wh… What…” Xiong Ji’s face suddenly changed again, turning into a state of shock and horror, “Why suddenly mention Penguin Assistant…”

“What do you think?” At this time, Xiao Tan had vaguely realized Jue-ge’s strategy, so he also put on a stern face and said to Xiong Ji, “You think… the matter of murdering Penguin Assistant will just be forgotten?”

“Eh?” Xiong Ji’s face was iron-orange (because that’s his color), and he trembled all over as he replied, “Wh… What are you saying? The… The murderer who killed Penguin Assistant was clearly Ape…”

“Ape Ji?” Jue-ge snatched the words, “Ha!” He laughed dryly, “Don’t forget, the person who framed Ape Ji through deduction…”

Xiao Tan continued: “…was us two.”

“We knew from the beginning that you were the real culprit.” Feng Bujue brought his cat face close to Xiong Ji and said in a deep voice, “So… you better be smart…”

Xiao Tan also took over the conversation, reciting: “We can let the innocent Ape Ji be arrested, and naturally we can also let you, this pervert full of crimes, be arrested.”

“Wh… Why are you guys doing this?” Xiong Ji asked, his face filled with horror, stuttering.

*Pa—*

“Smack you in your bear face!” Feng Bujue also slapped him, “Don’t ask questions without permission!”

“I’m sorry…” Xiong Ji immediately knelt down properly on the ground, respectfully replying, “Lord Maosaburo, Lord Hayatarou, please instruct me…”

“Even his honorifics have changed…” Xiao Tan thought to himself upon seeing this. To be honest… the rate at which this perverted bear was losing his integrity amazed him.

Seconds later, Jue-ge gave Xiao Tan a wink, and then he squatted down, bringing his line of sight level with Xiong Ji’s, and opened his mouth to speak: “Listen carefully, Xiong Ji…”

At this moment, Wang Tanzhi, and everyone familiar with Feng Bujue, should be clear… Jue-ge’s brainwashing heresy was about to begin.

“From a criminal’s point of view, you’re really too weak.” Jue-ge sneered, “As a perverted gentleman, always getting caught… Don’t you think it’s too embarrassing?”

“Lord Maosaburo… What do you mean?” Xiong Ji asked tentatively.

“Let me teach you…” Feng Bujue said, “The superb skills to let yourself get away with it…”

“I’m going… After saying all that, is that the real purpose…” Xiao Tan couldn’t help but cast a contemptuous glance at Jue-ge. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he thought to himself, “But… just like Tu Mei’s ‘stare,’ Xiong Ji’s ‘brain-dead self-exposure’ and ‘foolish on-the-spot crime’ are his basic character attributes… Can it really be corrected?”

“Is there… Is there really that kind of skill?” Xiong Ji asked, looking at Jue-ge with anticipation.

“Hehe…” Feng Bujue revealed a smile that was extremely煽动性 (shāndòngxìng - inflammatory) and 蛊惑 (gǔhuò - deceptive), “As long as you listen obediently and do as I say, I guarantee you can commit crimes as usual and not get caught again.”

“Hey hey… Is it really okay for a protagonist to say lines like that…” Xiao Tan finally couldn’t help but complain, “You’ll corrupt those innocent and kind little kids and teenagers.”

“The adjective ‘innocent and kind’ should still be reserved for those fictional heroines in Korean dramas, the people reading this book have long lost any integrity.” Feng Bujue replied calmly, “The lives of those guys… when the end comes, the revolving lantern flashing before their eyes must all be embarrassing scenes, right?” He paused, and then said, “As a protagonist, I’ve stubbornly supported sixteen chapters in this kind of story, is it easy for me? Other people’s protagonists are all eating delicious food, drinking spicy drinks, killing Bosses, swallowing treasures, and by the way, taking in dozens of uniquely characterized beauties as a harem, living a decadent life of excessive drinking and sex every day… Even Kurama Rokuro (fictional detective in the Japanese drama *33 Minute Detective*) has a beautiful assistant, right… But me… I can only bring a birdman and a bear-faced waste here to entangle, and there are still seventeen chapters of content to support next…” He glared at Xiao Tan, “In this situation, you’re still picking on my way of doing things, are you embarrassed?”

“I’m sorry… I was wrong…” Xiao Tan lowered his head, revealing a look of sympathy and guilt.

“Very good, let’s get back to the topic.” After educating Xiao Tan, Jue-ge turned his head again and looked at Xiong Ji, “Then… Xiong Ji-jun, since you’ve already issued a crime notice, then perfect… Tonight, let’s act under my guidance…”