Chapter 72

As a person with a relatively mild temperament, after cooling off for an entire day, his anger had subsided quite a bit. But when he saw this guy who wouldn’t leave him alone, he couldn’t help but feel another surge of irritation.

“You’re never going to stop, are you?”

Putting down the sniper rifle and stepping back from the shooting position, Leon, who was covered in dirt, asked with a grimace:

“I’ve already said it many times: what happened yesterday morning was just an accident. The reason your target escaped was mainly because your disguise had too many flaws; you didn’t look anything like someone selling coffee! Even if I did mess up your arrest, you handcuffed me all morning and then took away my lunch at the canteen. That should be enough, right? If you keep pestering me, don’t blame me for not being polite!”

“Y-you!”

After hearing Leon mention yesterday’s incident, remembering how she was made a fool of in the morning and the embarrassing scene at the canteen at noon, the female police officer immediately felt her anger rise. She glared with her eyes ready to shout back.

But upon seeing Leon’s thin frame and the old coat covered in dust, her fighting spirit deflated instantly. Instead of yelling, she slouched and lowered her head, muttering softly:

“Can’t you talk to me nicely?”

“…”

“Huh???”

Did you take the wrong medicine or something?

Looking at the female police officer who transformed from a roaring lioness one second to a submissive little housewife the next, Leon’s mind couldn’t keep up. His previous accusatory momentum also waned.

Is this…a hidden knife smile? First courtesy, then force? A covert operation? Or some new tactic I don’t know about? Just as Leon was completely confused by her soft-spoken “yell” and started staring at the female police officer suspiciously, wondering what tricks she had up her sleeve, she actually pinched the edge of her clothes and shyly asked in a low voice: “Have you been…doing okay recently?”

“…”

I can’t…I really don’t understand what she’s trying to do…

Completely baffled by the female police officer’s schizophrenic behavior, Leon was stunned for several seconds without any reaction. Only after desperately recalling all the annoying things about her could he barely gather a bit of residual anger and replied irritably:

“Well, thanks for your concern, but aside from being harassed by a petty troublemaker, I haven’t encountered any other misfortunes lately.”

“You!”

Managing to suppress her anger only to be insulted again, the quick-tempered female police officer became even angrier. She raised her head sharply and glared back, eyebrows furrowed as she shouted: “You…you’re fine, aren’t you…”

“…”

“…”

Sneaking a glance at Leon, whose eyelids were twitching wildly and whose expression looked like beef stew mixed with chocolate—awkward and uncomfortable—the equally uncomfortable female police officer abruptly turned her head away. It wasn’t until the sight of that old coat disappeared from her vision that she felt slightly better.

There’s no way around it. After reading Leon’s file yesterday and learning about the debts owed to his family by her father and the military department, the female police officer spent the whole night sleepless, scratching the wall beside her bed until it was full of nail marks.

In the past, while capturing other rebels, the female police officer wasn’t unfamiliar with their angry accusations. At most, she sympathized with their situations but still acted decisively when it came to arresting them.

Because she always believed that no matter what injustices one might have suffered, once a person joins a rebel group and begins resorting to assassination, poisoning, explosions, and other methods endangering the safety of innocent people to seek revenge on the injustices they faced, they become new perpetrators who deserve to bear the consequences of their actions.

He didn’t only refrain from raising the sword against innocents but even saved an entire hospital’s worth of people. His evaluations were filled with words like hardworking and kind-hearted, almost no one spoke ill of him, making him a nearly perfect victim.

And worse yet, much of the injustice and betrayal he endured stemmed from the military department controlled by her father. Even the proposal to prematurely cut off the pensions of his parents bore her father’s signature! Dammit… I’ll probably never be able to hold my head high in front of this guy…

Biting her lips in frustration and sadness, the female police officer glanced at the pile of air reservoirs stacked like a small mountain nearby and tried her best to sound stern: “What exactly…are you doing with such dangerous shooting practice…”

“…”

Damn! Seeing the face that had intruded into her view again, looking at her with confusion, the female police officer learned her lesson and closed her eyes tightly before mustering up her courage to shout again: “I’m warning you! This extremely dangerous shooting method has been banned by the Public Security Bureau!”

“In the future, I will carefully check the records of the nails issued to you. If there’s a similar attack in the Capital City, you’d better be able to explain the whereabouts of every single nail!”

“Don’t think I’ll give up investigating you just because you haven’t slipped up yet! I will definitely keep an eye on you!”

“Leon Lane! Listen to me! You still have no record of harming innocents, so there’s still time for you to turn back!”

“I know you’ve suffered a lot of injustice, but that’s no excuse for you to give up on yourself! I can help you get away from them!”

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“Did you hear that? Speak up!”

Maintaining a (〃＞皿＜) expression while shouting for a long time and receiving no response, the female police officer cautiously opened her eyes to peek, only to see her face quickly turning red, becoming liver-colored with embarrassment.

That despicable rebel bastard actually put on noise-canceling ear muffs early, turned his backside towards her, and crawled back onto the over-one-meter-high shooting position. All her heartfelt advice was directed straight at his butt!”Ahahahaha!!!”

Seeing those two calm cheeks facing her, shaking violently due to the recoil of firing, mocking her as if laughing loudly, the female police officer screamed in shame and rushed forward with clenched fists, delivering a powerful punch directly onto that infuriating rear end!”Ah!!”

“What the hell is wrong with you?!”

…

“Brother?”

Hearing the strange footsteps and opening the door in advance out of worry, Anna couldn’t help but throw the bag in her hand and rush forward when she saw Leon, covered in gray dirt, limping toward her. While brushing the dirt off Leon’s body, she asked worriedly: “Brother! What happened to you?”

“Uh… Although I don’t go on patrol, I am still part of the Public Security Bureau, so I practiced some combat skills.”

After secretly rubbing his still sore bottom, Leon waved his hand with a gloomy expression, half-jokingly lying:

“It was actually nothing serious, but the person practicing with me has some brain issues… My thigh got hit by a punch, but moving around a bit should fix it…

By the way, how’s your packing going? Can we make it for tomorrow morning’s move?”

(End of Chapter)