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Boom—The sound of explosions erupted on the TV news, followed by the panic-stricken escape of pedestrians on the scene, shrill police sirens approaching from a distance, and thick black smoke obscuring the sky."According to our reporter, at 10:30 this morning, a robbery occurred at a bank in Shenhai City, resulting in explosions and multiple injuries. Currently, one of the four robbers has been captured, while the other three are still on the run..."The TV image froze, and the broadcast by the female presenter on the screen came to an abrupt halt.The interrogation room returned to an unsettling silence, followed by a slap sound as a thick dossier was slapped onto the table."Zhang Zhao, male, 32 years old, registered as a Grade B Evolver two years ago."The interrogator read out the basic information on the first page of the file, then lifted his head, looking at the man shackled to the electric chair across from him: “Five days ago, you and your accomplices robbed a bank causing an explosion, injuring 17 pedestrians on the scene, fortunately, no fatalities.”The four walls were embedded with blast-proof steel plates, and pinhole cameras were everywhere, with a solid steel door inlaid with an inconspicuous metal plaque—Shenhai City Radiation Evolution Supervision Office, Third Interrogation Room.In the middle of the interrogation room, on a huge iron chair that could conduct a million volts of high voltage electricity, Zhang Zhao, with his hands shackled, raised his eyebrows at the interrogator, his contempt unmistakable:"Is this how you, a mere mortal, speak to an Evolver like me, Mr. Interrogator?"The interrogator took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing his emotions."Answer my question, Zhang Zhao. You're a partner in a consultancy, with a high income. Why risk being captured by our Supervision Office to rob a bank?"Zhang Zhao seemed to hear an interesting joke: "Why? Because it's boring, of course."The interrogator thought he misheard: "Boring?""Watching ordinary people scream in terror and crawl on the ground like ants, isn't it very interesting?"Zhang Zhao changed to a more comfortable sitting position, staring at the interrogator's livid face with a smile: “The purpose of establishing the Supervision Office supposedly was to manage us Evolvers, but in reality, most inside the Shenhai City Supervision Office are incompetent mortals, with only a minority being the lowest D and C grades—what can you do to me, a precious Grade B Evolver, hmm?”“...”“Execute me?” Zhang Zhao's eyebrows lifted higher, his tone laden with exaggerated mockery.Silence filled the interrogation room.After a long while, the interrogator snapped the dossier shut with a sound, icily saying: “What exactly do you want, Zhang Zhao?”A victorious expression appeared on Zhang Zhao's face as he leaned back in the chair.“You just want to know the whereabouts of my three accomplices,” he said lazily, “Come, let's make a deal.”Numerous vigilant gazes inside and outside the surveillance simultaneously fell on this arrogant robber.“The day of the bank explosion, I saw a young man in black clothes sitting in a car on the phone. Even when I was captured, he didn't spare me a glance through the car window—I know he's your boss, the Chief Inspector who rules all Evolvers in Shenhai City.” Zhang Zhao lifted his head towards the surveillance camera, saying, “My condition is that he comes to see me personally.”The air seemed to freeze for a moment.The interrogator's complexion changed slightly: “Why?”Zhang Zhao's arrogant smile deepened: “Because I want to see him beg me...”“I want to see a pleading expression on his cold face.”Meanwhile, downstairs.A black sedan silently stopped in front of the steps, and four armed Evolvers simultaneously saluted and came forward to open the car door: "Inspector, you're back."A slender figure wrapped in a black suit stepped out of the car.He looked quite young, his face clean and pale, a bright light reflecting off the Supervision Office's gray building windows onto his sharp and cold jawline."Inspector Shen." "Chief Inspector!"...From the first-floor lobby to the elevator entrance, every employee seemed to have paused, standing still, greeting, and stepping aside to watch the young man's shiny shoes pass by, followed by the elevator ding.Shen Ju, the highest officer of the Shenhai City Supervision Office, stopped, his hands clad in black leather gloves crossed in front of him, his face showing no emotion, disappearing behind the closing elevator doors."Has he gone mad?" Outside the interrogation room, in front of the surveillance screen, everyone looked at Zhang Zhao on the electric chair, the atmosphere almost uproarious: "What did he just say?" "What exactly does he want?" "We don't want to die with you!"..."No, intelligence reports say those four escaping Evolvers may take radical actions that pose a great social threat. We must find out their whereabouts from Zhang Zhao as soon as possible." A staff member with furrowed brows stood up, saying, "I'll go ask for instructions from the higher-ups. If the situation is urgent, it's very likely that Chief Inspector Shen will have to intervene—"He opened the office door, and his words cut off abruptly.Four Evolvers stood outside the door, uniformed in white and armed.All Evolvers in the Supervision Office had metal collars around their necks, engraved with different numbers, the four people in front had two starting with B and two with C—indicating their respective evolutionary grade levels.And enclosed by these four guards was a familiar, slender, and tall figure, clad in a black suit and white shirt, gloves never leaving his hands, his eyes dark and deep as cold pools.Shen Ju.Everyone in the office stood up sharply, the staff member at the door instinctively stepping back half a step: "Inspector, Chief Inspector!"Shen Ju's gaze passed through the crowd, landing precisely on the surveillance screen."—Unless your boss named Shen personally comes to beg, I won’t say another word.” Zhang Zhao comfortably crossed his legs in the electric chair, smiling at the grim-faced interrogator: “Now, you can go. You're not qualified to talk to me."Silence pervaded in front of the surveillance screen, everyone holding their breath.In that suffocating atmosphere, Shen Ju turned his head to look at the interrogation room on the other side of the corridor, calmly saying, "Open the door."No one dared to lift their heads to see his expression; a guard quickly stepped forward and swiped his pass card.The half-ton blast-proof steel door thunderously opened, and as Zhang Zhao looked up, the interrogator stood up in response: "Chief Inspector! You—"Shen Ju walked into the interrogation room, one hand in his trouser pocket, the other pressing on the iron table in front of Zhang Zhao, tapping the table surface with two slender fingers without a word wasted:"Where are the three accomplices?"Zhang Zhao had to lift his head to meet the Chief Inspector's downward gaze.At first glance, Shen Ju's face was startling, for it was too sharply beautiful—pale and cool, with dark eyebrows and eyes, his facial features and jawline clean and clear, nearly devoid of any buffering curves.This near-perfect bone structure was visually striking, especially his dominance and status which pushed this sharpness to the extreme, almost to a soul-shaking extent."..." Zhang Zhao slowly smiled, dragging his tone with interest: "Shen—Ju."No one answered him."I've heard that Chief Inspector Shen is famous for two things: first, as one of the top ten inspectors globally, he rules over twenty thousand Evolvers in Shenhai City with thunderous methods, yet he himself is a completely, unevolved ordinary person.""Second," Zhang Zhao paused maliciously, saying, "He also has a face that really moves people.""..."The interrogation room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, as Zhang Zhao lifted his upper body from the electric chair, staring straight into Shen Ju's eyes: "Beauty, let's make a deal. You give me a thrill, I'll tell you where those three Evolvers are, how about it?"Shen Ju stared at him, silent.The clock on the wall ticked softly, Zhang Zhao, with his hands shackled, pointed up, smiling: "Your time is running out. Three dangerous Evolvers are at large, guess what they might do?"If everyone was barely breathing before, now it was as if an invisible hand squeezed all the air out of their lungs.As if an eternity had passed, or perhaps just a moment, we saw Shen Ju finally speak:"Unlock his handcuffs."The interrogator's knees trembled beneath his uniform trousers, he walked forward with forced calmness, unlocking the handcuffs on both sides of the electric chair with a key.With everyone watching but daring not to speak, Zhang Zhao sat up satisfactorily, moving his left and right hands: "That's more like it." Then he reached out towards Shen Ju's meticulously neat white shirt collar, laughing: "Chief Inspector Shen, you this person..."Slap!Zhang Zhao felt his hand clamped down by an iron hoop, but in reality, it was just Shen Ju’s long, gloved fingers. The next second, unimaginable force came down on him, and before he could even believe his eyes, he was hoisted up from the electric chair by Shen Ju and slammed into the wall with a thunderous bang, the wall's outer shell instantly cracking!Completely powerless to retaliate, Zhang Zhao, a young and strong Evolver, was held by Shen Ju by the scruff of his neck and brutally smashed against the wall—force enough to shatter his skull alive, faster and more ferocious with each strike, broken bricks scattering all around.Boom!The interrogation room wall broke off, revealing the anti-riot steel plate.Bloodied Zhang Zhao was forced to crash headfirst into the steel plate, blood splattering all over the wall!"Your mother—” Zhang Zhao could hardly believe how a mere human could possess such overwhelming strength, in his dying frenzy, a fireball suddenly appeared in his palm.Evolvers above Grade B possess the ability to manipulate fire and water, the interrogator shouted in alarm: “Chief Inspector, be careful!”In that instant, Shen Ju kicked Zhang Zhao heavily onto the ground, mysteriously producing a specialized collar, swiftly locking it around Zhang Zhao's neck with a click, a metal automatically locking, displaying the number—B002465.Then, he pulled out a controller from his suit trouser pocket, pressing it down."Ah ah ah ah—”Screams echoed through the interrogation room as two hundred thousand volts of electricity coursed through Zhang Zhao, causing him to crackle and burst for more than ten seconds before finally collapsing to the ground, severely convulsing and emitting smoke.Those four Evolvers wearing the same collars standing outside the door cast cold glances.Shen Ju lifted his trouser leg, crouched down, and waved the small silver controller in front of Zhang Zhao’s listless eyes:"Specially for Evolvers, it can instantly release a million volts of electricity, fatal to anyone below Grade A."Zhang Zhao gasped heavily, his once arrogant demeanor completely vanished, his pupils reflecting primal fear."You committed armed arson, posing serious social harm, and will serve a life sentence at the Shenhai City Supervision Office. From now on, you have only two choices, obey me like a dog, or be eradicated like an ant.""Now," Shen Ju picked up Zhang Zhao’s blood-soaked hair, forcing him to look up and meet his gaze, asking for the last time calmly: "Where are your three accomplices?"