First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!

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Beneath his mask, Zhan Tingzhou let out a hearty, unrestrained laugh from the depths of his soul.

Hell yeah!!!!

This felt way too good.

This was so much better than just killing Yu Ci outright!

Even though his past life had taught Zhan Tingzhou to experience many things and do whatever it took to survive—because as long as you lived, you were right—this life was different. He had joined the 749 Bureau, and his only true friend was a special envoy of the Bureau.

He didn't want to put Lu Ding in a difficult position.

But if Yu Ci wasn't killed, Zhan Tingzhou's inner demons would never be purged.

So, he had to kill Yu Ci while also ensuring he didn't trouble Lu Ding.

The only way to do that was to provoke her like crazy!

This was also one of Zhan Tingzhou's vicious schemes. He had planned everything three months ago when he set the meeting with Yu Ci.

He never explicitly said he was coming to settle a grudge in three months. He only said he would come to find her in three months.

Although everyone tacitly understood that a conflict was inevitable, that they'd both be frothing at the mouth with rage.

But as long as it wasn't stated outright.

Then Zhan Tingzhou could easily say, "I just set a time with her. I never said I came to fight. She attacked first, I defended myself. She tried to kill me, I killed her in self-defense..."

It made sense. It was plausible.

It's not like you could just take a beating, with your life on the line, and not fight back, right?

For a moment.

Yu Ci's aura became unstable. Her once-clear pupils began to fill with blood, showing signs of falling into demonic possession. Her face twisted as she ground her teeth and said, "I don't understand! What grudge is there between us that makes you want to destroy my cultivation heart like this!?"

Towards the end, she was practically screaming.

But honestly, that question actually stumped Zhan Tingzhou.

Only he and Lu Ding knew about his rebirth.

Everything that had happened was from a past life. In this life, he and Yu Ci seemed to have no direct conflict at all.

But he couldn't reveal his rebirth. It was his greatest secret.

While Zhan Tingzhou was silent.

Lu Ding, openly in front of everyone, leaned slightly sideways towards Zhan Tingzhou.

"What about that little girl back then? Did she hold a grudge against you?"

Zhan Tingzhou immediately echoed, "What about that little girl back then? Did she hold a grudge against you?"

Lu Ding said, "You could kill her. I'm just here to mess with you. What's the matter? Can't handle the boomerang hitting you right between the eyes?"

Zhan Tingzhou quickly repeated, "You could kill her. I'm just here to mess with you. What's the matter? Can't handle the boomerang hitting you right between the eyes?"

Hearing these words, Yu Ci's aura exploded, her hair whipping in the wind. "No!!! No!!! That's not right!!!"

"I was young and foolish! It was just a moment of impulse!!!"

Given Lu Ding's temper, if he had a grudge against Yu Ci, he would have already made a move.

But now, Zhan Tingzhou was the main character.

Since he couldn't think of these points, Lu Ding was happy to hit the nail on the head for him.

He continued whispering.

Zhan Tingzhou repeated it aloud: "Then just consider this my moment of impulse too! You didn't apologize to her back then, so I'll apologize to you now. I'm sorry. Please forgive my impulse. Does that feel good to hear? Hahahahahaha..."

Amidst the laughter, Zhan Tingzhou followed Lu Ding's openly transmitted instructions and changed his tone: "Oh, right, your inner demons have been amplified. An apology won't solve the problem anymore. It's like even if you realize your mistake, apologize, and reconcile with yourself, you're just fooling yourself. Because the harm you caused her is already a fact. It can't be changed."

This one sentence completely cut off Yu Ci's escape route.

In her past life, she had relied on a bit of self-deception and reconciliation with herself to overcome her inner demons. She had fooled everyone, including herself.

As for the specifics of how she did it, that was her secret.

And it was precisely because of this reconciliation that she had told Zhan Tingzhou about it in her past life. Since she had already made peace with it, she didn't care whether it was a secret or not.

But in this life, this method was no longer an option.

Pfft!!!

A mouthful of blood sprayed from Yu Ci's mouth like a mist. Her inner demons had fully erupted.

Yu Ci's eyes were bloodshot. She danced her sword in a deadly pattern and lunged straight for Zhan Tingzhou's head. "Tell me!!! Is she still alive!!!?"

The elder-like leader of the Purple Cloud Sect finally saw through Zhan Tingzhou's scheme.

He immediately flashed forward, trying to stop it, and shouted, "Stop!!!"

Lu Ding took a step from beside Zhan Tingzhou.

His form moved like a teleport, directly blocking the Purple Cloud Sect leader's path.

He raised his hand and grabbed, seizing the leader's wrist. His terrifying strength forcibly halted his movement.

The leader of the Purple Cloud Sect, Ziyin, looked at the man before him with a heavy heart.

At that moment, the sound of fighting erupted beside them.

The residual force of the clash made Lu Ding's scholar-warrior sleeves rustle, while Ziyin's long robes billowed in the wind!

He spoke in a deep voice, "Grand Duke Lu, you two are public officials, investigators of the 749 Bureau, special envoys. Engaging in such entrapment and induced confession, I'm afraid that's not quite proper, is it?"

Lu Ding looked at him. "Entrapment? Induced confession?"

"She would have to have actually done it for her to be lured out, wouldn't she? The state she's in now is practically a confession. The fact that I haven't personally laid a hand on her is already due to the lack of concrete evidence. And you still dare to accuse me of induced confession and entrapment? Slandering a 749 investigator? You've got some nerve!!!"

Lu Ding's final words suddenly boomed like a dragon's roar.

The sound wave spread outward.

It swept past Ziyin's body and slammed into the building behind him with a deafening crash. The building shattered.

Ziyin spat out a mouthful of blood.

But his body remained pinned in place by Lu Ding's grip on his wrist.

He knew Lu Ding was strong, but he hadn't known he was this strong. As a sect leader, not only could he not free his wrist from Lu Ding's grasp, but a single roar from the man had him coughing up blood.

The gap between them was immense.

However, Ziyin still didn't back down.

"Even if she did it, it was when she was a child, many years ago."

Lu Ding laughed. "Right. That's exactly why we came to find her after she became an adult. Does doing something wrong as a child mean you don't have to pay for it?"

"Or what, if you borrowed money from someone ten or twenty years ago and never paid it back, does that mean you just don't have to pay it anymore? Because it's been too long, so the money just becomes yours?"

Ziyin was momentarily speechless.

Lu Ding tightened his grip.

Crack!!!

He crushed Ziyin's wrist in one go, sending blood, torn flesh, and bone fragments flying.

"Slandering a special envoy, obstructing law enforcement, attempting to shield a criminal, making excuses for a criminal, and now, when faced with my question, who gave you the guts to hesitate before answering!?"

Boom!!!

A single kick.

Heavy and forceful, it struck Ziyin squarely in the chest, sending him flying backward. He crashed into the Purple Cloud Sect's building, shattering a pavilion, and coughed up another torrent of blood.

Lu Ding stood his ground.

He cast a sidelong glance, then flashed in front of an elder of the Purple Cloud Sect, instantly maxing out the pressure. "What were you so restless about?!"

In the arena, the battle between Zhan Tingzhou and Yu Ci was growing increasingly fierce, with both sides exchanging killing blows.

Zhan Tingzhou, empowered by the Five-Colored Divine Light, grew stronger and stronger as he fought. Yu Ci, on the other hand, was already showing signs of defeat.

In the blink of an eye.

Zhan Tingzhou thrust his palm forward, aiming straight for Yu Ci's face. If this strike landed, it would be the end—body and soul destroyed, her skull shattered!

But just as his palm was less than an inch from her forehead, it was intercepted by a pale-skinned hand.

The owner of that pale hand was Ling Tian, a powerful Celestial Armor Beetle sent by Su Yun to watch over Yu Ci!

"That's enough, human. I have no interest in the weak."

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