The one who pounced, naturally, was Chen Huijie.
On the way over, she and Hoshiguma had spotted the massive Guard Department convoy and changed direction to follow it. Along the road, they had even run into a few thugs trying to rob passersby and lost some time dealing with them.
The more she thought about it, the more inexplicable fury rose inside her.
Today had gone against the current from start to finish. Everything had gone wrong. It was infuriating.
The perimeter officers recognized both her and Hoshiguma, so no one stopped them. They passed straight through.
And the moment Chen Huijie lifted her eyes, she saw the face of that home-invading stalker pervert.
Instantly, shame, anger, irritation—everything erupted at once.
Using the momentum of the braking scooter, Chen Huijie launched herself forward.
"You damn gutter rat! Where do you think you're going?!"
No one saw that coming.
On top of that, Chen Huijie was highly skilled. Before anyone else had time to react, a gust of wind whipped through the air and she was already right in Chen Huijie's face.
Then he caught her arm, turned with her force, and flung her away—adding a hidden burst of force so that after landing she stumbled several steps backward. Even bracing with her tail, she couldn't stabilize herself and ended up sitting hard on the ground.
Of course Chen Huijie recognized this woman—the one who might be blood-related to him. He had seen the Guard Department uniform on her. He understood why she was furious.
But did that justify attacking him here?
"Nonsense!"
The shout cracked out like thunder.
Just as Chen Huijie was preparing to rush him again, Chen Huijie bellowed sharply enough that every officer nearby instinctively shrank their shoulders.
Cold-faced, he looked straight at the dragon woman and reprimanded her:
"As a member of the Guard Department, when you arrive at a scene, the first thing you do is neither ask about the case nor handle the situation—you attack a superior officer over a personal grievance? What exactly is inside your head? Do you have any idea what it means to be part of the Guard Department? What are you glaring for? Am I wrong? Swire!"
Swire had not expected to be dragged in and nearly jumped out of her skin.
"At attention!"
"What's her name? Which squad is she from? Who's her captain? Who trained a subordinate like this?"
"She's Chen Huijie! Captain of Action Special Group Three!"
"Chen… what did you say her name was?"
Chen Huijie stopped dead.
He looked at the woman before him, then at Swire, his voice thick with disbelief.
Swire had no idea what was so strange about the question, but answered anyway:
"Chen as in Chen. Hui as in spring sunlight. Jie as in clean. Chen Huijie."
Hearing that, the female Chen Huijie's head snapped around as she stared at the dragon man before her, suddenly dazed.
Her name is pronounced exactly like mine… and she knows the Chi Xiao Sword Arts…
Wait.
Could it be…
Lowering his voice, Chen Huijie asked Swire:
"Her uncle is Wei Yenwu, the Governor of Lungmen?"
"I have nothing to do with that man!"
Though he had spoken quietly, Chen Huijie was a trained fighter. There was no way she would miss it.
The anger that had just been cowed down flared right back up.
"I got where I am through my own ability!" she snapped, glaring at him. "You want to talk official business? Fine. Let's talk official business. Who are you? There are only a handful of Superintendents in the Guard Department. Where did you come from, you fraud? Get down on the ground!"
With that, she charged him again, intent on pinning him down.
This time Chen Huijie moved to meet her.
As their figures crossed, a clear, ringing note of steel sang out.
Failing to catch him, Chen Huijie instinctively reached for the hilt at her waist, expecting him to be counterattacking.
But when she turned and saw the situation clearly, she froze just like Swire and Hoshiguma.
Because in the man's hand now blazed a red straight saber, dazzlingly bright.
Her hand flew to the other side of her waist.
Empty.
The weapon in his hand was hers.
Chi Xiao.
And strangely, Chen Huijie didn't get angry this time.
She forgot to be angry.
Because Chi Xiao was a sword with spirit.
At her current level, she could not even properly draw it except in rare moments of blessed instinct, let alone harness its power. If she tried to force it, the sword qi within would even wound her.
That was why, although she had never given up on "conquering" Chi Xiao, for now she could only rely on other weapons in actual field operations.
Chi Xiao hanging at her waist was, more often than not, just an ornament.
But now—
This fraud had drawn it.
And Chi Xiao sat in his hand with uncanny docility.
No—it was more than docility. It was eager, even joyful, as if it could not wait to be wielded by him across the four corners of the world.
Why?
Why can you draw Chi Xiao?
Why are you so compatible with it?
I'm the one who's supposed to be Chi Xiao's master!
Chen Huijie's mind went utterly blank.
Shaken.
Devastated.
If even a home-invading pervert and fake officer could draw Chi Xiao, then what exactly did that make her?
Hummm—!
A sharp sword-hum tore through the air and yanked her mind back to the present.
Chen Huijie watched as the man ran two fingers along Chi Xiao's blade. The fierce gleam softened obediently beneath his touch. Then he lightly tapped the blade with his finger, and the burst of Chi Xiao sword qi that followed was so keen that everyone present felt as if their skin had been nicked.
"It's Chi Xiao… it really is Chi Xiao…"
Chen Huijie murmured the words, gently stroking the blade.
Though the Dragon-Slaying Sword: Chi Xiao had been forged by Raythean using fire-forged Originium techniques—and though those techniques, rare as they were, were not impossible to reproduce—a true swordsman would never fail to recognize a blade that had once fought beside him through life and death.
And now that companion rested in the hand of someone else.
A person whose name was pronounced exactly like his own.
"I see. So that's how it is. So that's how it is…"
His voice grew faint and distant.
He understood now.
Yes, he had transmigrated.
Yes, he had returned to the "past."
But he had also arrived in a new world.
In this world existed everything he knew, everything familiar to him—
Yet none of it had any connection to him anymore.
He stood in his homeland.
And yet he had become a man without a homeland.
"Who exactly are you?!"
Hoshiguma had already stepped up nearby, shield in hand, expression grave.
"I already checked with the higher-ups. There's no one like you in the Guard Department. Why are you impersonating a Superintendent?"
"Put down the weapon," Chen Huijie added at once, unable to keep the tension from her voice. "Do not resist."
As the inheritor of the Chi Xiao sword style, she could feel that the man was using genuine Chi Xiao sword intent, and at no low level either. If he truly lost control here, the people present would not be able to take him down.
In truth, even without Chi Xiao, if Chen Huijie wanted to leave, doubling the number of officers present still wouldn't help.
But…
If a fake Superintendent openly lectured real officers and then swaggered out of the scene, it would do terrible damage to both morale and the Guard Department's reputation.
Thinking that, Chen Huijie looked around at the officers.
All of them had their weapons trained on him.
Naturally. They knew Hoshiguma and Chen Huijie.
They didn't know him.
Of course. Why would they know me?
…But I am a Guard Department Superintendent.
In the end, Chen Huijie gave a helpless sigh.
He sheathed Chi Xiao, planted it point-down into the ground, and under the watchful, tense gazes of everyone around him, said softly:
"I surrender."
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