Chapter 197: You Two Are the Real Demons?

“Why didn’t you say all this earlier?”

“Huh? You never asked. You only asked if I was the one who killed him…”

“…”

Five minutes later, the interrogation was over.

Reck’s attitude had clearly changed… although Bai Ya still managed to say something that left him speechless at the end.

“Ahem, Uncle Reck, don’t mind her. It’s obvious her head isn’t screwed on right.”

Seeing this, Lu Wei quickly tried to smooth things over. “To be honest with you, her Perception is only 1.”

‘One point?’

Reck was stunned. “For real?”

“Of course it’s real. Otherwise, how could she mistake a human for a Kobold?”

“So, does the law take that into account? After all, she had no idea what she was doing at the time.”

Lu Wei countered his moves, attempting to use an “insanity” plea to get Bai Ya acquitted.

Unfortunately, the laws of this world were clearly not as “sound” as those in his previous life.

“Hmm? Why would the law consider that? If a fool commits a crime, should they be exempt from punishment?”

Reck looked bewildered. “Wouldn’t that be unfair to normal people?”

“Er, you have a point…”

Lu Wei scratched his head and immediately abandoned that line of reasoning.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the iron bars, Bai Ya quietly pursed her lips, muttering to herself, ‘I’m not a fool.’

“Alright, I understand the situation now.”

Reck glanced at her, then his gaze returned to Lu Wei.

“According to Miss Bai Ya’s description, the deceased’s actions do indeed count as robbery.”

“If no one had reported it, we could have just let it slide.”

“But now that a report has been filed and Miss Bai Ya has confessed to being the killer, then according to the Kingdom’s laws, this is a classic case of excessive retaliation.”

“If someone steals your money, you can beat them up. If someone chops off one of your hands, you can chop off both of theirs.”

“These are all within the bounds of the law.”

“As for robbery, the scope of justified retaliation includes all of the other party’s property and any non-lethal injuries.”

“Unfortunately, Silas is as dead as dead can be…”

Shaking his head, before Lu Wei could even ask, Reck answered preemptively:

“There’s only one way now.”

“You must prove that Miss Bai Ya was under a lethal threat.”

…

…

You had to admit, professionals were just different.

With just a single sentence, Reck had pointed Lu Wei in the right direction.

Following the address Reck provided, he found Watson, who was just about to leave Heitai Town.

There wasn’t much to say about the process. In short, Lu Wei used just 2 Gold Coins to make Watson change his testimony.

And so, the case turned from “excessive retaliation” to “justifiable self-defense.”

“Let me confirm one last time. So, you and Silas tried to borrow money from Miss Bai Ya, and when she refused, you flew into a rage and tried to rob her, correct?”

“Yes, yes!”

“Then Silas attempted to kill Miss Bai Ya, but was killed by her in return?”

“Yes, yes!”

“And you guarantee everything you’ve said is the truth?”

“Yes, yes!”

“Good. In that case…”

In the main hall of the garrison, before Watson’s astonished eyes, Reck suddenly stood up and declared loudly:

“I now have sufficient evidence to confirm that you have committed the crimes of robbery and perjury!”

“Huh??”

Watson’s eyes went wide. He shouted in a panic, “Wait, that’s not what you guys told me just now!!”

“Shut up! I have no idea what nonsense you’re spouting!”

Reck glared and immediately denied it.

Lu Wei fanned the flames from the side. “Uncle Reck, he’s clearly slandering you!”

“Ah, right, now you’ve added slander to your list of crimes!”

Reck nodded slightly. “Robbery, perjury, and slander. What a heinous criminal! He must be locked up immediately to face the judgment of the law and the Divine Spirit!”

“Indeed! Even I, an Ordinary town resident, can’t stand to watch this!”

Lu Wei stepped forward, kicked Watson to the ground, and simultaneously bent down with practiced ease to snatch the man’s coin pouch.

Then, he immediately gasped in exaggerated surprise.

“Uncle Reck, isn’t this your coin pouch?”

“My… Ahem, yes, that is indeed my coin pouch.”

Reck went with the flow and took the pouch, putting on a look of someone who despises evil. “I didn’t expect him to be a Thief, too.”

“How despicable!”

Filled with righteous indignation, Lu Wei added another kick. “Robbery, perjury, slander, and Theft! He’s committed every crime in the book!”

Full of righteous bravado, Reck pulled out a rope. “Heitai Town will not tolerate the existence of such scum! I’m arresting him now!”

Lu Wei picked up a rag and stuffed it into Watson’s mouth. “He’s definitely been possessed by a Demon!”

“…”

???

Watson, tied up like a pretzel and on the verge of fainting:

‘You two are the real fucking Demons!!!’

…

…

“Uncle Reck, thank you so much.”

“Don’t mention it. I should be thanking you for helping me catch this villain who was running amok.”

“It’s only right. Everyone has a responsibility to maintain public order.”

“Hahaha, alright, hurry and take Miss Bai Ya home. I’ll handle things here.”

“Okay, then I’ll come visit another day…”

About ten minutes later, after confirming there was no chance of Watson escaping execution, Lu Wei left the garrison with Aryan and Bai Ya.

Although Bai Ya had just washed her face and put on Aryan’s Cloak, her dress was still covered in a large amount of blood, making it very conspicuous.

Fortunately, there were enough Adventurers in Heitai Town that seeing her like this, people would just assume she had just come back from the forest.

If this were anywhere else, she would probably be the subject of pointing and whispering.

“Bai Ya, are you sure you don’t want to go to a clinic for a check-up?”

“No, no, I’m not hurt.”

“Then I’ll bring you some Ning Shen pollen later. It can help calm you down.”

“I’m actually quite calm…”

Trailing behind Lu Wei, Aryan and Bai Ya spoke quietly to each other the whole way.

It sounded like Aryan was very worried about Bai Ya’s current “mental health.”

After all, no matter how you looked at it, killing a person was different from killing a monster.

Little did she know, Bai Ya had already killed someone over half a month ago.

She had stabbed the leader of that Bandit Group to death with her Sword.

Lu Wei had taken care of the rest.

Thinking about it, Furen was the only one in the Mushroom Squad who hadn’t killed anyone.

‘Hm?’

‘Why does that make us sound like an evil organization?’

“You’re so much trouble.”

Glancing back at Bai Ya, Lu Wei said very seriously, “The 2 Gold Coins I gave to Uncle Reck this time are on your tab. You don’t have a problem with that, do you?”

“No, no.”

How could Bai Ya dare to have a problem? She quickly nodded. “I’ll pay you back as soon as we get back.”

“That’s more like it.”

Lu Wei nodded slightly, then suddenly changed the subject. “So, what did you learn from this incident?”

“Huh? I… I learned…”

Bai Ya’s mind went blank. She felt like she hadn’t learned a single thing.

After struggling for a long time, she finally squeezed out a sentence—

“Don’t act impulsively…”

“Bullshit! If you hadn’t been impulsive today, we both would’ve been robbed!”

Lu Wei glared. “Think again!”

“O-Okay…”

Bai Ya trembled in fright and quickly lowered her head to think hard again. Then, her eyes suddenly lit up.

“I know! You have to trust the law!”

???

“Even more bullshit! If you trusted the law, you’d be on the gallows tomorrow!”

Lu Wei gritted his teeth and clarified further, “Keep thinking! Think about how to solve the problem at its root!”

“At its root…”

Bai Ya blinked blankly. “Are you saying I should have bribed Uncle Reck from the very beginning?”

“…”

‘It’s over. This woman is a lost cause.’

Taking a deep breath, Lu Wei did his best to suppress the rage in his heart. He felt the same kind of helplessness as a parent trying to teach their child homework.

Even though he didn’t have kids.

But if he were to put himself in the shoes of those parents he’d seen driven mad in short videos in his past life, it would probably feel about the same.

Painful, yet something he had to endure.

‘I want to delete this character and start over, but I can’t.’

After all, a child is your own flesh and blood, and he had already invested too much in Bai Ya.

In short, the way Lu Wei looked at Bai Ya now was the same way one would look at a small child who couldn’t even solve 5+7.

But Bai Ya, completely oblivious to the look on his face, asked with great “eagerness to learn”:

“Captain, so what is it?”

“…Think for yourself!”

Lu Wei shot her a vicious glare, turned, and walked away.

Leaving Bai Ya standing there stunned, completely unable to figure out what lesson she was supposed to have learned.

In the end, Aryan couldn’t bear to watch anymore and reminded her in a low voice:

“Bai Ya, what Lu Wei probably means is that if you’re going to do something, you should do it thoroughly and not leave any loose ends.”

“For example, today, if you had also killed that Watson guy, there wouldn’t have been any trouble afterward.”