As Chen Yifei sliced through his own face, the only sound left in Grim Winter Harbor was the whistling wind.
For some reason, everyone felt a creeping sense of horror as they looked at Chen Yifei's slit face and faint smile...
"...That's enough." The six-stripe law enforcement officer finally spoke, "Take him to the room to heal his wounds and prepare for interrogation."
The two law enforcement officers breathed a sigh of relief as they supported Chen Yifei and walked straight towards a nearby shack.
This shack was obviously requisitioned temporarily, probably someone's private home, narrow and dim.
Chen Yifei was escorted inside and sat down by the bed. The two law enforcement officers gave him gauze and medicine and then left him to wait here... Chen Yifei heard them push the door open and leave, but they didn't actually leave; they were guarding outside the door.
Chen Yifei simply applied some medicine to his face and wrapped it with two layers of gauze, then left it unattended.
After all, for him who possessed the ability of "Faceless", his face was just a consumable item. As long as he tore off this facial skin, he would still have a perfect, flawless face.
In the next half hour, four or five groups of people came successively.
Some of them were law enforcement officers, some were politicians from Aurora City, and the rest were unknowns to Chen Yifei, but they should be important figures in Aurora City...
They asked about the details of the incident repeatedly, especially about the deaths of Yan Xicai and Lu Xuanming.
Chen Yifei directly attributed Yan Xicai's death to Jian Changsheng, and as for Lu Xuanming's death, he pushed the blame onto No. 8.
Strictly speaking, Chen Yifei didn't actually lie. He just omitted some details and misrepresented some characters' actions.
Even if these people entered the ancient ruins again and searched the crime scene thoroughly, they would almost find no loopholes, unless they went down to the abyss at the bottom of the cliff and found the body of the law enforcement officer from District One that he had thrown down.
But even if they found it, their faces were all scratched by Chen Yifei. With their bodies smashed into pulp, it would be almost impossible to confirm their identities.
Soon, the law enforcement officers received another message:
They found an empty K18 train in a warehouse near Grim Winter Harbor, which was suspected to have been fused with some kind of sacrificial artifact.
This discovery further corroborated Chen Yifei's testimony. The Face Stealer did complete the face swap by attacking the train... The K18 train connected the seven major districts. A train that didn't exist in the records picking up law enforcement officers from District One at the starting station would basically not raise suspicion. Moreover, the Face Stealer had cleaned up the train too thoroughly, leaving no clues at all.
As for whether it was possible that someone from another district had been replaced... No one had suspected it at all, because Chen Yifei had no need to lie about this matter, and he himself had taken the train and had not been replaced, which was the best evidence.
"...So, is the interrogation over?" Chen Yifei rubbed his eye corner wearily, "When can I go back?"
"It should be soon," a law enforcement officer guarding the door answered hesitantly.
"Should be?"
"After all, this is the first time such a serious trial accident has happened, and it involves too many things... Moreover, the Star Chamber and that seven-stripe law enforcement officer are not easy to deal with. They originally hoped that their protégés could go through trials and step on the path to godhood, but they all died inside... You tell me, will they let it rest?"
Hearing this, Chen Yifei's eyebrows furrowed tightly, "What does this have to do with me? It was the Face Stealer who killed them."
"But the Face Stealers are all dead," the law enforcement officer said meaningfully, "Everyone is dead, but only you survived... If they want to avenge the Face Stealers, they can only start with you and try to find more clues."
"But I've said everything I know."
"If you concealed something? These big families always have some means to make people spill everything they know, and even restore everything you've seen... Only then will they feel at ease.
Of course, after doing this, most people would either die or go insane..."
Chen Yifei's heart sank immediately.
If those people in Aurora City really used such methods on him, wouldn't everything be exposed?
"Isn't this private punishment? Won't the law enforcement officers intervene?"
"It is. It's explicitly prohibited in Aurora City... But you tell me, which law enforcement officer or judge would dare to oppose them? If they want to take you away, who dares to stop them?"
Chen Yifei fell silent.
At this moment, the law enforcement officer seemed to realize that he had spoken too much and quickly explained, "Brother, I just said it casually... It's not certain yet."
Chen Yifei didn't respond. He suddenly remembered that after repeatedly asking him about the details of Yan Xicai and Lu Xuanming's deaths, the group of people who had just questioned him all had somber faces...
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A bad premonition welled up in his mind. He closed the door and started thinking in the room. If someone really wanted to take him away, how could he break the situation?
Run?
With so many law enforcement officers surrounding him, where could he run?
Just then, a low murmur came from outside the door, followed by the door being pushed open.
Outside the door was a man dressed in black. He was not wearing the uniform coat of a law enforcement officer but an expensive and warm fabric. Two law enforcement officers followed him, one of whom was the one who had just spoken to Chen Yifei, looking at him with sympathy.
"Law enforcement officer Chen Yifei," the man at the forefront said slowly, "Come with me."
"Where to?"
"Aurora City."
Chen Yifei's eyebrows were tightly locked, "Who are you? Why do I have to go to Aurora City?"
"Who I am is not important. What's important is... You have to come with me today." The man's gaze condensed, and a terrifying aura emanated from his body, engulfing Chen Yifei like a tsunami!
The illusion of a godly path appeared, one that Chen Yifei had seen not long ago... The Path of the Book God.
Compared to this man's mental strength, Chen Yifei's was vastly different. There was no doubt that this man's rank was above fourth-tier but not yet at the fifth-tier level, as there was still a gap compared to the aura of that five-stripe law enforcement officer.
If there were no surprises, this man was sent by the Star Chamber or that seven-stripe law enforcement officer.
Because taking Chen Yifei away was obviously against the regulations of Aurora City, they couldn't directly dispatch law enforcement officers to do it. They had to use some strong individuals outside the system, and the Book God path owner in front of him was obviously their man.
"If I refuse?" Chen Yifei spoke in a measured tone.