paranoianovel Chapter 98 Fatal Accusation!
Chapter 98 Fatal Accusation!
Chapter 98 Fatal Accusation!
A crackling sound came from the walkie-talkie, followed by a stern, middle-aged male voice: "Bring them down and assemble them in the square for screening. Be vigilant; something is very wrong with this school."
"receive."
The sheriff put away his walkie-talkie and nodded to Jiang Ming and the others: "Let's go, line up, and put your hands where I can see you. Don't try anything funny, we've already got the outside under control."
Jiang Ming nodded obediently and was the first to turn and walk towards the door.
In the instant he turned around, his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of the sheriff's sidearm at his waist.
Type 92.
Ammunition capacity: 15 rounds.
If it were to erupt within three meters, relying on my current agility and strength, coupled with the suppressive effect of [Gravity Spell]—
Jiang Ming instantly deduced three plans for seizing the gun and killing the suspect.
The success rate is over 95%.
But he didn't move.
He walked out of the training building that had once served as their base, just like any other ordinary survivor, dragging his heavy steps.
The sunlight outside was blinding.
The long-lost warm wind, carrying the smell of industrial exhaust, blowing on my face gave me a feeling of being in another world.
Yellow warning tape has been put up on the main road of the school.
The once familiar campus now feels both strange and absurd.
The walls of the teaching building still bear deep scratches left by the Gale Iron Feather Eagle, the flower beds are filled with mud trampled into pieces by the Highland Wolves, and on the stone pillar at the school gate, there are even a few pieces of limbs that belong to some unfortunate soul.
Beyond all this, towering office buildings and huge LED signs stand in the distance.
This strong sense of visual dissonance left every student who came out looking dazed.
Jiang Ming and his group were taken to the small square in front of the administration building.
This place has been temporarily requisitioned as a survivor assembly point.
Several ambulances were parked nearby, and doctors in white coats were bandaging some injured students.
Many more students, wrapped in thermal blankets provided by the police department and holding hot water in their hands, sat on the ground with blank expressions.
Some people were sobbing quietly, some were frantically calling home, and others were hysterically describing the "monsters" to the sheriff.
Name, Class, Student ID.
A female security officer in charge of registration stopped Jiang Ming and his group.
"Jiang Ming, Computer Science Department, 2027 ——————" Jiang Ming answered calmly.
Wang Yang, Li Bin, and others also reported their information in turn.
Just as they were registering, a commotion suddenly broke out among the crowd not far away.
"It's them! It's definitely them!"
A sharp, venomous voice suddenly rang out.
Jiang Ming raised an eyebrow slightly, and without even turning his head, he already knew who the voice belonged to.
Zhang Wei, who was in the same class as him.
That scumbag who tripped over his classmate to save his own life while being chased by orc cavalry.
Zhang Wei was wrapped in a blanket. His once slicked-back hair was now a mess, like a bird's nest, and his face bore several scars.
He pointed in Jiang Ming's direction, his whole body trembling with excitement, his eyes filled with both fear and, more so, the madness of having found a powerful backer.
"Sheriff! I want to report this! I want to expose this!"
Zhang Wei shoved aside the nurse who was examining him and stumbled towards them, pointing at Jiang Ming and shouting, "Murderer! He killed so many people! He killed so many people!"
That shout was like a depth charge dropped onto a calm lake.
The once noisy square instantly fell silent.
All eyes turned to Jiang Ming.
The female sheriff in charge of registration stopped writing, instinctively took a step back, and placed her hand on the baton at her waist.
"Hey kid, calm down, what did you say?"
A security officer who appeared to be the captain walked over with a frown and stopped Zhang Wei.
"I said he killed people! He killed many people!"
Zhang Wei clung to the sheriff's sleeve as if grasping at a straw, his twisted face contorted with glee. "It was him! He killed our student council president, Wei Yuan! And just yesterday! Over there! He used this long sword to sever another student's head! Blood splattered everywhere! Lots of people saw it!"
"And that Black exchange student! He was murdered too! You must have seen the body, it's in the bushes over there!"
"He even stole our supplies! He just stood by and watched us die! He's a monster! He's a madman!"
As Zhang Wei began his accusations, the student council members around him seemed to snap out of their daze and started to echo his sentiments.
"Yes! He's the one who killed Chairman Wei Yuan!"
"I saw it too! He had a weapon! He killed the boy with the buzz cut!"
"He did kill that black man; one sword stroke wasn't enough to sever his head—"
Accusations are coming one after another.
In civilized society, the word "murder" carries far too much weight.
It is heavy enough to break down the psychological defenses of any ordinary person.
wow-
Almost instinctively, the dozen or so sheriffs who had been maintaining order instantly went into combat mode.
More than a dozen dark gun barrels were raised at the same time, aimed at Jiang Ming, who was standing in the center of the crowd.
"Don't move!"
"Hands up! Now!"
"Hands behind your head! Kneel down!"
Stern reprimands came from all directions.
The tense atmosphere was ten times more oppressive than it had been in the training building.
Wang Yang was so frightened by the scene that his face turned pale and his legs were trembling.
When he was killing those beasts and orcs in the other world, he dared to be at the forefront, but this was when he was facing a sheriff who represented the state apparatus!
The reverence for the law that he had developed since childhood made him instinctively want to kneel down.
Li Bin's glasses slipped down to the tip of his nose, and he was covered in cold sweat.
Zhao Yanzhi was so frightened that he immediately covered his head and squatted on the ground, fearing that he would be hit by a stray bullet.
Only Jiang Ming.
He still stood there, his back straight, like a javelin that would never bend.
Faced with more than a dozen gun barrels pointed at his head, his heart rate did not even exceed seventy beats per minute.
[Iron Will] is operating at full speed, stripping away all fear and leaving only absolute rationality.
He looked coldly at Zhang Wei, who was jumping around, as if he were looking at a clown.
"Young man, is what he said true?"
The security captain stared into Jiang Ming's eyes, his finger already on the trigger guard even though the safety on his gun wasn't off.
He is a very experienced criminal sheriff.
His intuition told him that the young man in front of him was dangerous.
Extremely dangerous.
That look in his eyes wasn't the panic or ferocity of an ordinary murderer, but rather indifference.
A disregard for life, as if in his eyes, everyone around him, including the armed sheriff, was nothing more than weeds to be harvested at any time.