After asking, Lu Yuan stared intently at the middle-aged man’s eyes, his expression solemn, even a bit grave.
His primary concern now was the rat man’s identity and origin.
The rat man’s existence had completely shattered his previous perception of the world.
If he hadn’t experienced it firsthand, he would never have believed such a monster could exist.
That was something that should only exist in sci-fi... no, fantasy movies.
The middle-aged man, the captain of the criminal police squad, seemed to have an "ambiguous" attitude when handling this case.
Lu Yuan suspected the man knew something.
"The world is vast, and technology is so advanced now... It’s quite normal for a few monsters to appear occasionally..."
The middle-aged man glanced at Lu Yuan and responded vaguely.
"It’s probably something that escaped from some biological research institute. There have been similar cases before, so it’s not particularly strange..."
Lu Yuan frowned. A biological research institute? He wanted to believe this explanation. But how could one explain the rat man muttering "Spells" and the sudden eruption of Gray Gas from its body? That didn’t seem like something biotechnology could achieve.
"Officer, is this rat man connected to the recent missing persons case?"
"It’s still unclear. If there are any clues, we’ll announce them. Just keep an eye on the news."
Lu Yuan asked a few more questions, but the middle-aged man clearly didn’t want to say more.
Is it because I’m just a high school student?
Lu Yuan was tempted to use the hand that had just shattered the rat man’s head to pry open the middle-aged man’s mouth! But on the surface, he could only let it go.
As he was leaving, several fully armed police officers passed by, carrying the hovering disc Lu Yuan had seen earlier.
Lu Yuan couldn’t help but stop. He turned back to the middle-aged man and said, "If you plan to pursue that rat man, you’d better send more people. That rat man is not easy to deal with."
He was being sincere.
If he hadn’t reserved one attribute point to add to his strength and then experienced a surge of power during the confrontation, the police arriving now might have been collecting his body instead of the rat man’s.
The ordeal... it was too perilous to describe in just a few words.
Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man just chuckled at Lu Yuan’s warning and replied nonchalantly, "Alright, I get it. Rest assured, our team has plenty of members with martial arts training, just like you."
Lu Yuan pursed his lips. He had said his piece; whether they listened or not was up to them.
Once Lu Yuan was further away, the police officer standing beside the middle-aged man suddenly gasped for air, as if he’d been holding his breath for a long time.
"Was it that rank? Look at you, so spineless."
The middle-aged man glanced at his subordinate, then stirred and started walking into the alley.
"Is the surveillance footage ready? Let me see it."
The subordinate quickly handed over a tablet, saying, "Captain, this case is indeed a bit strange... The surveillance shows the kid wasn’t lying. There really was a creature that looked neither human nor rat..."
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The middle-aged man replied casually, tapping to play the video on the tablet.
Since the last kidnapping case in this alley, cameras had been installed on the road outside and at the alley’s entrance.
The footage was very clear, starting from when Lu Yuan entered the alley, chasing the giant rat.
When he saw the supposed female victim suddenly transform into the rat man, the middle-aged man blinked.
He said nothing and continued watching.
Soon, the footage showed Lu Yuan unleashing his strength and brutally overpowering the rat man.
While watching, the middle-aged man glanced up to survey the actual scene in the alley.
Before him were cracked concrete walls and ground, with scattered chunks of cement. And on the wall, several shockingly large, bloodstained indentations. It looked as if a violent demolition had just occurred...
Lowering his gaze, the middle-aged man watched the boy in the video swinging the rat man around like a toy. He tutted in amazement, No matter how you look at it, this kid seems like the real monster... A high school student? Does he look like any ordinary high school student?
The subordinate beside him nodded deeply in agreement. Though he had seen the video before, his face was still etched with shock.
It was hard to imagine how Lu Yuan’s seemingly thin and ordinary physique could harbor such incredible power.
A kid in his teens, how did he train to become this ferocious?!
The video continued to play.
Shortly, the footage showed the rat man’s "mutation."
The middle-aged man holding the tablet instantly narrowed his eyes.
He quickly paused the footage and zoomed in, staring intently at the rat man, now wreathed in Gray Gas and visibly larger by a full measure, over and over again.
His lips were tightly pursed, his expression more serious than ever before.
After a long moment, he suddenly cursed aloud.
"I can’t believe they actually managed to cultivate such a monster... We need to thoroughly investigate how many lives are behind this. It’s enough to execute them several times over!"
The subordinate officer beside him, somewhat stunned, couldn’t help but ask, "Captain, is it really that serious?"
"You don’t know shit!"
The middle-aged man snapped, his expression flickering rapidly before he quickly issued orders:
"Quick! Tell the brothers who went down with the ’dogs’ to pull back immediately! This case is beyond us!"
"When we get back, I’ll write a report for the higher-ups. Didn’t they just send some people over? Let those arrogant types handle it. Aren’t they always looking down on us? Well then, let the ’capable ones’ do more work..."
The middle-aged man scanned the bustling scene, shoved the tablet into his subordinate’s arms, and, with no intention of going further in, turned and walked out of the alley.
"Once the scene investigation is complete, leave a few men to guard it. The rest of you, pull out!"
Damn it, what kind of cases have I been stuck with lately... SIGH...
It was already eleven-thirty at night when Lu Yuan got home.
The sign of their family’s small shop was still lit.
Seeing his mother from a distance, sitting at the counter and clearly anxiously waiting for him, Lu Yuan gritted his teeth... and sprinted past the shop entrance.
"Mom, I’m heading upstairs to shower!"
"You get back here! Where have you been so late? Did you get into another fight again?!"
Lu Yuan slipped into the stairwell through the backyard; he didn’t dare let his mother, Zheng Qiuling, see his current state.
He bolted upstairs in one breath.
Lu Yuan hid in the bathroom and scrubbed himself vigorously for half an hour, using over half a bottle of shower gel to finally wash off the sewer stench clinging to him.
He hadn’t even dared to use the main bathroom; instead, he’d showered in the en-suite bathroom in his sister Lu Jing’s room.
His discarded clothes were obviously beyond saving. They were practically pickled in the stench.
Pinching his nose, Lu Yuan stuffed them into a garbage bag, planning to toss them out the next day.
Just as he tiptoed out of Lu Jing’s room, he was caught red-handed by Zheng Qiuling, who was sitting in the living room.