Chapter 773: Chapter 546: Nameless in Life, Eternal in Death
The ship, on high-altitude patrol as per the orders from above, captured the scene below on its massive surveillance screen with clarity.
In the middle of a circle of ruins lay a brutally murdered corpse, its lifeless eyes staring at the sky.
A metal rod-like object had been nailed into the head of the corpse, and beneath it, brain matter and blood were spilled everywhere.
What was most horrifying was that the body looked as if it had been pierced through by countless steel pipes, the sight of its riddled holes sending a deep chill to anyone who glanced at it.
The scene resembled a car crash just as much as a slaughterhouse.
Upon seeing the bloody images on the screen, the stomachs of all the soldiers and officers on the patrol ship were churning.
The most hair-raising aspect was the silent figure standing beside the corpse, quietly watching the patrol ship where they were.
It was clear this was the perpetrator, and upon seeing their ship, there was no sign of any intent to move.
Everywhere was imbued with an eerie feeling, and the officers in front of the screen exchanged glances in silence.
Eventually, a captain adjutant managed to tear his gaze away and saluted the major, saying, “Sir, please direct our next course of action.”
“Our mission was to monitor this area, descend for arresting the murderer, and ascertain the factual truth,” the major settled the matter with a single sentence.
Thus, under Mu Fan’s tranquil gaze, the patrol ship that had been cruising high above slowly descended, and when it was less than a hundred meters above the ground, its powerful searchlights shone down on Mu Fan.
Mu Fan narrowed his eyes, facing the blinding light fearlessly.
Compared to a frail individual, the patrol ship, even at its smallest, was still a colossal beast.
“Area scan complete, no threatening personnel detected.”
“Area confirmed safe.”
Inside the bridge of the patrol ship, a series of confirmations for landing broadcasted continuously.
Outside the patrol ship, the cold, formal language repeated mercilessly.
“Please drop your weapons below and maintain a non-threatening standing position. Violators will be shot on sight.”
“Please below…”
Finally, in Mu Fan’s calm eyes, the patrol ship landed smoothly.
The doors opened, and first, two lines of warriors clad in exoskeleton armor rapidly descended, guns aimed at Mu Fan.
Next came a group of officers led by a major, with the leading major at the forefront.
“A terror attack occurred here; preliminary counts already exceed 3,500 casualties and injuries. You have one minute to explain your purpose here and the sequence of events that took place,” said the major.
“Do not attempt to flee or resist, or else, in accordance with wartime special protocol Article Seven, we have the right to shoot you on the spot.”
When the major spoke, the soldiers were surprised to find that the young man before them showed no fear; instead, he looked scrutinizingly around before his gaze settled on the major in the lead.
“If there are no discrepancies, the culprit responsible for the explosions that rocked three streets… is him.”
Mu Fan glanced down at the corpse at his feet and spoke indifferently.
…
“What! The perpetrator behind the terror attack has been found?”
In Zhongjing City’s Garrison City Defense Department, more than ten high-ranking officers with somber expressions were sitting around the screen, listening to a major general losing his temper at the front.
They noticed their major general’s sudden change in countenance and then shockingly uttered that phrase when a guard rushed in, panting.
With the aid of an adjutant, the large tactical screen swiftly connected to the video feed from the deployed troops.
“Major Long De reporting to you!”
“Major, please report your findings swiftly.”
On the screen, the dark-skinned Major Long De was recounting the content he had just gathered as completely as possible.
Then, as his report unfolded, the expressions of the senior military officers in the defense department changed over and over again.
Finally, the high-ranking officers, led by the major general, had faces filled with a vivid mixture of emotions.
Major General Lick said in disbelief, “All of this was told to you by that person you just encountered? Just one person caused a city massacre with over 6000 deaths!? And then this person was killed by a student, and this student is actually waiting for your arrival to tell you the whole story!?”
“Major Long De, please tell me you were in a sound state of mind when you said all this. You should know it’s better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”
“Major General Lick! Although this sounds unbelievable, I choose to trust what he said. I swear on my mother’s grave, I love my mother,” the dark-skinned Major said solemnly as he saluted in the light screen.
“Reasons,” the General said noncommittally.
“He said his name is Mu Fan, and our Military Department has a file on him…”
Bang!
Officers at the Garrison City Defense Department jumped in surprise, but it was their boss who had slammed his fist onto the conference table with a heavy thud.
“Take me to him.”
Major General Lick was breathing heavily with anger.
As the light screen went off, the General’s dead fish eyes swept over the room, his voice barely containing his rage, “Colleagues, let’s go together. No matter what happens, the military is about to gain notoriety again.”
He heavily stressed the word “again.”
“Oh, and contact Director Andris of the Zhongjing City Security Bureau. Make sure he gets there. We can’t let the military take the fall for this alone.”
…
Mu Fan was very politely invited onto a hovering patrol vehicle by Major Long De.
As a student whose name had been continuously appearing before the military brass, Mu Fan’s name was as good as a free pass, especially at critical moments.
With the backing of Dingchuan Academy, numerous high-ranking officers had already been thwarted in their dealings with this young man.
So much so that many in the military had heard of his name before even knowing the specifics.
“The Star of Calamity,” that was the nickname the military folks had privately given to Mu Fan.
Major Long De liked his job very much and had decided to remain completely honest and forthright.
There was a minor incident when Mu Fan was leaving.
It involved the desire to transport the body of Testom, which was barely distinguishable from a pile of rotten flesh.
An officer tried to pull out the twisted Triangular Spear from the body, but despite exerting all his strength, the spear remained lodged in the thick concrete slab beneath the corpse.
Eventually, with no other recourse, the military sawed off half of the concrete block, and Testom’s body was preserved in its original state and loaded onto the transporter.
Hmm, with a Triangular Dagger embedded upside down in his forehead…
If the first massacre of the overweight Morris outside school was like dropping a pebble into a pond,
then this was like a bomb going off in a crowd.
The military’s information lockdown lasted only ten minutes before the police, Dingchuan Academy, the government, and the media each got wind of the explosion case.
The flames in districts E7 to E9 hadn’t even died down yet, and now this particularly heinous public attack was about to be blown wide open?
Who was the perpetrator?
The family members of the victims watched the news screens with eyes full of grief and grinding teeth.
They wanted nothing more than to tear the murderer to pieces.
Yet when the body, riddled and holey like a honeycomb or sieve, appeared on the media screens, everyone wore a look of disbelief.
Especially that twisted Triangular Dagger buried in the forehead, and those lifeless artificial eyeballs.
Testom of the Night Teeth Team had achieved a feat no member of his organization ever had – displaying his gruesomely deceased body for tens of millions to witness publicly.
He and Morris, both, could certainly rank among the top ten most tragic deaths in Night Teeth Team’s history.
During their lives, they were nobodies in the ordinary world, but now, they had finally carved out a name for eternity.
The news at the epicenter of this information storm spread at an unprecedented speed.
At the same time, a huge question arose in people’s minds…
The murderer was dead, but who did it?