Chapter 39: Utilize, Patch Up Loopholes

Feng Mu returned home, it was already nearing 12 o'clock.

Wang Xiuli had not slept tonight, sitting in the living room worried and anxious, waiting for him.

When she went downstairs to the supermarket to buy Neutralizer in the evening and came back, a close big sister secretly told her that her son seemed to have provoked some trouble outside, and was entangled by two hooligans from the Green Wolf Gang.

That big sister sets up a stall selling synthetic canned food; her husband pushes a cart selling rice noodle rolls for breakfast. When she spoke, she spat a couple of times, cursing that those two hooligans ate 5 bowls of rice noodle rolls in total and didn't pay.

After Wang Xiuli got home, she called Feng Mu, no one answered.

She called Feng Ju again, no one answered.

Finally she had to call Feng Yuhuai, no one answered.

Feng Mu was on the way to kill someone; his phone had considerately been adjusted to silent mode.

Feng Ju was on a stakeout monitoring several Extreme Evil elements who in his eyes already had dead men labels pasted on them; phones were uniformly handed in and turned off.

Feng Yuhuai was courting death; recently she had gotten familiar with the top few in the grade's Martial Dao scores, and together they established a small club. These past few days on a whim, she wandered around outside school at night, hoping to get lucky and crash into 5 exposed Extreme Evil Organization peripheral members.

The reason she hoped for 5 was because it matched their numbers, and the merit would be easy to divide.

Feng Yuhuai didn't silence her phone, didn't turn it off; she just didn't want to use her own old outdated ugly phone in front of the other club members.

Feng Mu entered the door and saw Wang Xiuli sitting on the sofa, hugging a phone, staring blankly.

"You're back? How come you're back so late? Did the Green Wolf Gang hooligans do something to you?" Wang Xiuli came to her senses, asking in rapid-fire succession.

While speaking, she dragged Feng Mu around, sizing him up and down.

The coat had a few tears; that was Feng Mu tearing off the blood-stained fabric.

The shoe uppers were very dirty with fallen ash; digging a pit and burying a corpse made it unavoidable.

The right index finger was wrapped in a ragged strip of cloth, faintly seeping a bit of blood; this was from the Jigou Ji slicing the skin, a real injury.

Wang Xiuli without a word unwrapped the cloth, looking at the exposed half section of stark white finger bone; her eyes instantly reddened: "They beat you, and even cut the meat off your finger?"

Wang Xiuli's voice choked: "Why did they beat you? No, these few days don't go out, just stay home and wait for your dad to come back."

Feng Mu gazed at the mother bandaging gauze for him, muffled voice: "No need, it was a misunderstanding, already resolved; they probably won't come looking for me again."

Seeing Feng Mu unwilling to speak, Wang Xiuli wiped her tears, pressing relentlessly.

Feng Mu helpless, could only tell some things, so Wang Xiuli would know why the son got caught up in the affair.

In one sentence: the Green Wolf Gang leader's son died, so he felt all No. 47 Middle School students looked like the culprit, running around biting people like a mad dog, highlighting one inexplicable.

"I explained clearly to them; later those two hooligans went to entangle a lame man; they shouldn't come looking for me again, right~"

Feng Mu used an ambiguous rhetorical question to end the conversation, and went back to his own room.

How could Wang Xiuli be at ease? After hearing Feng Mu's explanation, both shocked and angry, her heart hung in her throat.

She made up her mind: she must tell Feng Ju this matter exactly as it happened.

Her son absolutely could not have killed anyone; although her son's aptitude was a bit wasted, he was usually honest and dull, absolutely could not commit a crime, let alone kill.

Oh, right, Feng Mu just now mentioned the night of the 15th.

That night he came back a bit late; Feng Ju and Feng Yuhuai happened to not be home; she herself had gone to sleep early; so.....

The time gap was a bit long; Wang Xiuli thought a bit before recalling some impression; she seemed to indeed not be clear what time Feng Mu came back that day.

"Not right, that day I personally watched Feng Mu enter the door; it was only a tiny bit later than usual; if anyone asks in the future, I must answer like this, including Feng Ju."

Wang Xiuli vigorously rubbed her temples, gaze determined; she wasn't covering up or lying for Feng Mu; she just felt answering this way could avoid unnecessary trouble.

Also saved Feng Ju from then baselessly scolding Feng Mu because of this matter, making the father-son relationship even more estranged.

Feng Mu closed the door, leaned against the door and stood for a while.

For having slightly utilized Wang Xiuli, Feng Mu felt a bit apologetic in his heart; after all, this original body's mother was the only person in the family who truly cared about him.

Although Wang Xiuli also cared more about Feng Yuhuai and Feng Ju; he could only be at the bottom.

But this was understandable; this favor, Feng Mu noted down; later if there's a chance he will repay Wang Xiuli.

In this family, the only one he truly needed to repay a bit of kindness was Wang Xiuli alone.

"The Patrol Bureau already settled the case culprit; the Green Wolf Gang side is also nearly resolved; then fill in the previously missing alibi, and throw out the Lame True Culprit."

Feng Mu pondered a while, felt that by now this case counted as patching up all possible loopholes.

In the future, no matter who comes to investigate again, it will be very hard to trace it to his head again.

Although Feng Mu didn't feel that after resolving the Green Wolf Gang, there would be anyone else coming to re-examine this case in the future; but he was cautious by nature, still put all the patches on in advance.

Sitting at the desk, as usual reviewing today's actions, summarizing and reflecting.

Pen tip on paper rustled down; behind every "Self-Assessment Item" a checkmark was marked, representing Feng Mu's great satisfaction with today's performance.

Whether plan target, or final result, or unexpected handling during the process, today he did all impeccably.

Except

Feng Mu pinched the pen tip, gaze slightly bewildered: "Since I guessed Ma Bin's purpose, I could have taken a safer method, stayed out of it to watch the show; how come at that moment my whole body was restless, my mind full of wanting to participate and stir things up?"

Review again once more, Feng Mu absolutely would not choose to make that phone call with Ma Bin.

Although the harvest was large, it linearly raised the risk coefficient, and was damnably hate-drawing.

Feng Mu's face darkened; he pulled open the drawer; inside several syringes were neatly arranged.

"Because I draw blood every day, causing the blood volume in my body to never be full; 【Blood Frenzy】 works continuously for 24 hours; my reason, or say my heart-nature, is imperceptibly changing a tiny bit."

Feng Mu traced the root cause — 【Blood Frenzy】!

"When nothing's happening, my pure good nature and reason can suppress this influence."

"But once battle occurs, I'll uncontrollably become like a different person; me provoking Huang Mao at that time wasn't lying; I seemed to really have a bit of hope the opponent would counter-kill me at a sliver of health~"

Feng Mu carefully recalled the pathological state of mind during battle; a few drops of cold sweat oozed on his forehead.

"I hoped the opponent's attacks would be more fierce, let me suffer greater trauma; I yearned for my skin and muscles to be torn open, yearned for blood vessels to tear open, yearned for fresh blood to gush out continuously, until only one drop of blood remained inside the body."

"Because that is when I am closest to the divine; the body instinctively yearns for it, even if the price is dying one second later."

This battle made Feng Mu's understanding of 【Blood Frenzy】 more profound; his face alternated between dark and clear.

"So when I discovered an Opportunity to stir up trouble, I couldn't suppress my Excitement, because Blood Frenzy refuses calm — it innately seeks danger and death."

"The only thing that puts me at ease is that even under Blood Frenzy's influence, I won't Shao Shui in battle, won't deliberately get Shangzhen and bleed."

"Wait, my choice not to retreat, this desperate head-on fight-to-the-death style — is it really not influenced by Blood Frenzy even a tiny bit?"

Feng Mu's thoughts froze for an instant; his Line of Sight slowly Condensed on Blood Frenzy.

He muttered inwardly: "Damn, this Blood Frenzy entry is a bit sinister~"

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