You're Strong But Now You're Mine-Chapter 554 - 552: Major Morning Temper

"The target is about to break into the Imperial Court and disrupt the new emperor's enthronement ceremony. We absolutely cannot let him succeed. If we fail, we won't talk about punishment, because at that time, it will be the group of traitors from the Outer District who will punish you!"

"Here are the key points you must remember—"

"No use of firearms, no causing death or crippling injuries, no retreating even half a step!"

"The priority is to capture alive, then intercept, and finally delay!"

"Repeat once more—absolutely! No! Irreversible damage is to be done to Qin Le Yin! This is the seal order from the four Vice Prime Ministers of the Cabinet, a vow of gold and stone!"

All government orders issued by the Cabinet must have the signature of the Vice Prime Minister. In most cases, there is only one Vice Prime Minister's seal. The more seals, the more importance the Imperial Court places on it. The highest level is naturally the six-seal order—the most that can exist simultaneously in the Cabinet is six Vice Prime Ministers—if all the Vice Prime Ministers of the Cabinet sign it, it represents the unified will of the Imperial Family and the Imperial Court, with the Imperial Family as gold and the Imperial Court as stone, known as the vow of gold and stone, and those who defy it are seen as opposing the Imperial Court!

But even without this vow of gold and stone, all the agents of the Statistical Department know not to harm the one who just escaped from the Blood Prison. Along with the news from Shuiyun Palace about the enthronement, the intimate relationship between Shuiyun Palace and her follower Qin Le Yin was also spreading throughout Yanjing.

However, everyone initially regarded Qin Le Yin as a treacherous minister or a villainous official, but as the Blood Prison issued a call for help, the captains announced this vow of gold and stone to everyone, and everyone secretly updated their perception of Qin Le Yin—this is not a treacherous minister or a villainous official, this is clearly the Demon Queen who brings disaster to the country!

Not to mention harming him, everyone is already thinking about how to block Qin Le Yin while sparing him as much as possible when they meet later—they do not even expect Qin Le Yin to remember their goodwill, but just hope that when Qin Le Yin schemes beside the pillow to harm people, he doesn't remember them.

"Inspector, I've told everyone about the vow of gold and stone."

In the military vehicle, Chenchen nodded and said, "Then let's set off."

Zhao Yebai sat in the driver's seat, and the four military vehicles drove along the street towards the Blood Prison, accompanied by twenty agents wearing Swift Blade Boots. They shuttled through the dark streets of Yanjing, awakening countless residents from their nightmares, many still thinking that the rebel army had already invaded.

"Inspector, what do you plan to do?" Zhao Yebai asked while driving, "Use this chance to settle a personal score? But no matter how well you disguise it, the new emperor surely won't let you off; follow orders and intercept Qin Le Yin? You already have personal grievances, so this will certainly make Qin Le Yin resent you, and when he ascends, your life will be difficult." 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

"It's simple." Raccoon Slave sneered, "You write a suicide note saying you had a personal grievance with that little dog Qin, then just shoot him dead later. Sacrifice yourself for the good of everyone."

Zhao Yebai chuckled dryly twice, "Inspector, you still won't let me off... But I have no choice; it's the command from the high chair."

The night of the demon change, Chenchen keenly sensed that Qin Le Yin was in danger, yet when he was preparing to rescue, he ended up sleeping for the whole night because of Zhao Yebai's drowsy candy.

The next day, naturally, Chenchen was in a bad mood upon waking, but the message from the "Heart of Nesser" told him Zhao Yebai was carrying out the high chair's orders, and Qin Le Yin's capture was part of the plan, with Zhao Yebai having no choice but to put Chenchen to sleep to prevent the plan from being disrupted...

What could Chenchen do? The high chair is the leader of the four guards, and even Xie Chenyuan is just a subordinate, and among the four guards, many believe the most mysterious and terrifying person in the world is the high chair—they don't know who the high chair is, nor do they know how many there are.

The most common guess is that there are four high chairs, leading the four guards, while some believe there's only one high chair in control of the "Heart of Nesser" itself, and some think there are five high chairs, four leading the guards, and one leading the others...

This hidden loss, though Raccoon Slave took it, his small stomach obviously couldn't digest it; even if he couldn't really fry Zhao Yebai, harsh words and sarcasm were inevitable. Three days in, he pulled away Zhao Yebai's chair just as he sat down nine times, like a mischievous little cat.

However, Zhao Yebai was very good at smoothing his fur, changing the topic, "But why did Qin Le Yin break out of prison? Even if he could meet Shuiyun Palace, so what? Why is the Cabinet so afraid of him? One word from above, and we run our legs off..."

Inevitably, Chenchen immediately shifted his focus to complaining about the carnivores, "Exactly, clearly it's a state affair concerning the safety of Yanjing and even the country, yet it's turned into a farce by that little dog Qin and the Cabinet! If it weren't for not knowing the inside story, people would think we were going to stop the little dog Qin from crashing a wedding!"

"A proper state affair, turned into a sappy romantic drama, these people are all utterly lost, Qin Le Yin doesn't know the weight, and even the Cabinet is wreaking havoc to accommodate Shuiyun Palace... so much so that I'm starting to understand why those Backlight Particles are rebelling!"

"What's most exasperating is that I actually have to get involved in this mess!" Raccoon Slave angrily punched the car, causing the entire vehicle to shake, "No killing, no crippling, just capture, huh, why doesn't the Imperial Court just muzzle our Statistical Department? We might actually bite the little dog Qin to death!"

Zhao Yebai comforted, "Better than being on the battlefield, right?"

"I'd rather fight the rebels on the city wall!" Chenchen cursed, "If not for the fact that the military pillars are all defending the wall, any of them could easily hang up and whip that little dog Qin, sparing us the trouble! So, what exactly is the Ministry of Punishment doing, isn't Judge Cui guarding the Ministry of Punishment, how did that little dog Qin manage to escape? Is there a dog hole in the Blood Prison?"

"At this moment, the only one who could rescue Qin Le Yin from the Blood Prison might be White Night." Zhao Yebai analyzed, "The Grand Minister of Justice was probably intercepted by White Night's military pillar."

Chenchen was so angry he punched the air, "White Night, the Imperial Court, Qin Le Yin, each one more outrageous than the last!"

Suddenly, a yellow firework burst on the distant street, a signal from the scouts who went ahead, indicating the target Qin Le Yin was right at that location.

"So what do you plan to do, Inspector?" White Night offered sincerely, "Le Yin is a real hot potato."

"And it just had to be me who got stuck with this troublesome dirty work..." Raccoon Slave clenched his teeth. Most of the agents from the Statistical Department were drafted for city wall defense, and the chief Xie Chenyuan along with Inspectors Dou Yaqing and others were assisting on the front line. Those left in Yanjing to maintain order were only Backlight Particle and his group.

The other departments were similar; the Yulin Guard, who were originally in charge of guarding the outer city, were of course involved, and even the Imperial Guard had pulled out most of their personnel.

However, even if the remaining guards in Yanjing were old and weak, it wasn't something someone like Le Yin could easily penetrate. Without a miracle, Le Yin absolutely couldn't enter the Imperial Court, at least not before having breakfast outside and then seeing Shuiyun Palace.

Just then, on another street, several military vehicles appeared, accompanied by more Swift Blade agents than those from the Statistical Department. However, the Statistical Department wore green, while the others wore black — they were from the Patrol and Punishment Department.

Capturing escaped prisoners was, after all, the main task of the Patrol and Punishment Department. Other departments might slack off, but the Patrol and Punishment Department had to exert every effort to intercept Le Yin — Former Chief Mo Yu was killed on the Night of the Demon Transformation for becoming an Iron Wolf, and now the interim head is the gloomy Judge Cui Yan. Without Mo Yu's protection, Cui Yan would have demoted everyone for dereliction of duty, and the main person responsible might even go straight to prison!

Raccoon Slave glanced at their convoy and suddenly said, "Crash into their cars."

"What?"

"I said, crash into their cars."

"Inspector, it's Master Jun's order to make you faint, I really have no choice, please have mercy on your humble servant..."

"I said, crash into their cars." Backlight Particle said calmly, "This is the third time now."

White Night was slightly taken aback, glanced at the expression of the young Backlight Particle, confirmed he wasn't joking, and revealed a strange expression: "Inspector, why don't you open the drawer, the box of candy on the right isn't drugged, have one to calm down... why do you want to help Le Yin?"

Backlight Particle actually took out the box of candy on the right and ate one, casually tossing the box on the left out of the car: "Didn't you just analyze it for me? I can't kill Le Yin, nor stop Le Yin, so my only choice is to let Le Yin through, right?"

"But, but you have a grudge against him, don't you, Inspector?"

"That's your fault," Raccoon Slave said leisurely. "If you hadn't drugged me that night, letting me save Little Dog Qin once to repay the life-saving debt from the Platinum Tower, I could now have squashed him into the mud without hesitation."

"That's just an excuse!" White Night directly retorted, "You're not the type to repay a small favor with a great one, Inspector... and if you wanted to repay the debt, you could've just slowed down a few steps, why help Le Yin intercept the Patrol and Punishment Department?"

"Of course, there are multiple reasons," Backlight Particle replied, "For example, I'm also curious what other cards Le Yin holds; for example, the White Night operatives of the Imperial Court are all messing around, so I want to mess around too; for example, I want to lull Le Yin into a false sense of security, and in the future, when I have high status and he loses the favor of Shuiyun Palace, I'll completely cast him down to dust..."

"Or it could be... I want to retaliate against Master Jun!" Raccoon Slave growled low, "He actually suspected I'd defy the orders of the four guards for Le Yin? He doesn't trust me, and instead sends you to monitor me? I've earned honors for the four guards, I've shed blood for the four guards, yet he dares to treat me like this?"

"In this whole world, besides Le Yin, no one else has ever let me suffer without paying a price! He doesn't want Le Yin to pass? Too bad, he made me sleep, so I can't carry out his orders!"

"Now, crash into them, for me!"

White Night turned the steering wheel, and the military vehicle abruptly swerved and crashed the Patrol and Punishment Department's car into the side wall, causing a pile-up as the following vehicles couldn't brake in time, colliding one after another and smashing the rear of the lead car!

"What the hell are you doing, Statistical Department!" A Patrol and Punishment Department captain stepped out of the lead car, forehead bleeding: "Do you even know how to drive, crashing over all of a sudden like that!"

"Why are you shouting so loud?"

A young figure, wearing a cap and dressed in green, stepped out of the car, his tender face full of a grim smile: "Mo Yu's been beaten to death, and yet you Patrol and Punishment guys dare speak so loudly in our presence? Hmm?"

Seeing it was the infamous, cruel, and unpredictable Inspector Backlight Particle, the Patrol and Punishment Department captain couldn't help but take a step back, softening his tone: "I meant no disrespect, but why did you suddenly crash into us..."

"What's with this attitude, when did you bunch of dogs under the Penal Department start barking madly in front of the Statistical Department?" Young Backlight sneered, "Take them down! Make them clearly recognize their position in the food chain!"

The Statistical Department agents did not hesitate and started to beat up the Patrol and Punishment Department agents. They knew it probably wasn't right, but the Statistical Department had always been used to being overbearing, with superiors backing them even if trouble arose, so naturally, they didn't hesitate.

The Patrol and Punishment Department captain watched in rage and despair, but was powerless against this unexpected disaster—he couldn't defeat Backlight Particle either! All he could do was roar in bitter fury, "Was this necessary!"

"This really has nothing to do with you." Raccoon Slave adjusted his hat: "I just woke up, and I have quite a bit of morning anger."