[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi":3,"chapter-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-85":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Reborn in 2014: I Am the King of Criminal Investigation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2315941,4529,"Chapter 85: Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-85",85,"\u003Cp>At this moment, Yu Dazhang had no interest in negotiating with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the crowd closing in, his adrenaline surged, blood rushing to his head; he swiftly drew his pistol and shouted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Police! Step back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what if you’re police?” One of the triangular-eyed youths pointed at his own head and yelled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come on, shoot here! Who are you trying to scare with that broken gun?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single gunshot rang out, striking the youth squarely in the chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body jerked, eyes wide open; even after being shot, he stared at Yu Dazhang in disbelief:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang!” Another shot—again in the chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As everyone stood frozen in shock…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang!” A third shot, hitting the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth collapsed backward, blood splattering wildly around him…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang had seen clearly: as the triangular-eyed youth was shouting, he had slipped his right hand behind his back and made a drawing motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though subtle, the movement escaped none of Yu Dazhang’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the youth fall, he stepped forward two paces and kicked the body hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kick was powerful, flipping the corpse onto its back, face-down on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang looked at the waist of the corpse—there, indeed, was a pistol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the youth’s right hand now gripped the pistol’s grip tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Type 92, standard-issue police sidearm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Found it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Close call… Yu Dazhang couldn’t help but feel a surge of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he’d hesitated even half a second, he’d be the one lying there now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“AHH!! He’s killed someone!” The middle-aged woman suddenly screamed and lunged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A normal person would freeze momentarily at such a scream—it’s a natural reflex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang was no exception, but his reaction was faster, for he already sensed danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman wasn’t rushing at him—she was going for the police pistol at the corpse’s waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as her hand was about to grasp the pistol grip…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gunshot rang out, freezing her in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bullet struck her squarely in the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned her head slowly, staring at the fat man standing beside her, eyes bulging wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang!” Yu Dazhang fired again—this time into her forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bullet shattered her skull and the brain tissue behind it, spraying blood mixed with white fluid everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She died with her eyes open, face twisted in shock and terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who else?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang, having eliminated three, roared at the youths surrounding him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youths stood frozen—but not one stepped back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bunch of madmen… Yu Dazhang cursed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He now realized these men were determined to fight him to the death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another police pistol lay on the corpse at his feet—but he dared not bend down to pick it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was certain: the moment he moved to bend, those hungry-wolf youths would pounce without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly, different land breeds different people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This village was a den of bandits!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are human traffickers really this desperate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yu Dazhang remained locked in stalemate with the youths, the family’s young boy ran in from outside the iron gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the middle-aged woman lying in a pool of blood, he immediately screamed and charged toward Yu Dazhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang narrowed his eyes, fixing his gaze on the boy’s swinging right arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the two were about three meters apart, Yu Dazhang lowered his gun barrel…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bullet struck the boy’s ribcage, piercing skin, shattering bone, and knocking him unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang glanced at the boy lying on his side, then looked at his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the boy held a real knife!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, when examining the injured officer’s wounds, he’d noticed something odd: it was an upward stab wound, forming a slightly angled cone shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only someone significantly shorter could strike at that angle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the only one here fitting that description was the boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Women, children, the elderly, the mentally disabled, the handicapped…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These five types are most likely to make people let their guard down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This boy himself qualified for two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his mental disability was clearly faked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youths surrounding Yu Dazhang were stunned by the scene—none dared move forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn’t expected this fat man to be so ruthless—shooting children, aiming straight for vital points, leaving no mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing they still dared to encircle him, Yu Dazhang roared again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Step back! All of you, step back!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought they’d be intimidated—but instead, two of them slowly moved behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please... collect... 6...9...books...!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now a full circle surrounded him—no matter which way he faced, he was attacked from front and back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clever—they knew how to block his line of sight… Yu Dazhang had to keep rotating his body, shifting angles, guarding against surprise attacks from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In barely ten seconds, sweat beaded thickly on his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This couldn’t go on!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These bastards clearly knew he wouldn’t strike first—they were draining his stamina this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he slipped up, someone would pounce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These men were all outright death-seekers—intimidation no longer worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yu Dazhang hesitated whether to take down another, a sharp gunshot suddenly rang out from the direction of the nearby self-built house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, one of the youths behind Yu Dazhang screamed and collapsed heavily to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other officer inside had quietly slipped out unnoticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he stood firmly at the doorway, gripping a pistol tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black muzzle pointed directly at the youths encircling Yu Dazhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth just shot lay on his side, his right hand tightly clutching a short-barreled shotgun holstered at his waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining youths erupted like a detonated barrel of explosives, roaring and charging en masse at Yu Dazhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang didn’t hesitate—he stepped back two paces and fired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang! Bang! Bang!” Gunshots rang out in rapid succession—but only the three leading attackers were hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other officer also took shots from the doorway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afraid of hitting Yu Dazhang, he could only aim at the farther targets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the attackers’ speed and the suddenness of the attack, both his bullets missed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could fire again, the last two had closed the distance to Yu Dazhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One tried to grab his waist, the other lunged for his pistol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two men—no problem… Yu Dazhang kicked out with his thigh in an instant, striking the first man squarely in the groin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That spot was a man’s weak point—once hit, he’d lose all resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man immediately doubled over, clutching his groin and collapsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same moment, Yu Dazhang pulled his right arm back, bent his elbow, and drove it into the second man’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The searing pain made the man’s body arch—but he quickly straightened and swung a punch at Yu Dazhang’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bastard’s tough… Yu Dazhang didn’t dodge—he clenched his left fist and slammed it hard into the man’s stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The force drove the man backward several steps, then he dropped to one knee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he tried to rise…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang gave him no chance—a shot to the chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man clutching his groin writhed, rolled over, and crawled toward the corpse with the police pistol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand had barely reached out when Yu Dazhang shot him in the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1185,"2026-06-20T14:22:46.062Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8a9f7494aa73a85014bf753c98ba9700a8c35a5c9c50f7f158477a7e43bf3f12","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-86","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-84",763,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-cover.jpg"]