“Even… even if you say so…” Xiong Ji still didn’t give in, he said with a sincere face, “I’m really not the Phantom Thief BeArs_eye!”

One has to admit, for a criminal who readily confesses his crimes, his acting skills, like a split personality, are commendable…

“Alright, Xiong Ji-jun…” Feng Bujue revealed an evil smile, “The notes on the card have already betrayed you…” He paused, “If I’m not mistaken… heh… that criminal notice card from earlier, you asked Old Wang next door to write it for you with watercolors, right!”

Jue-ge’s ability to deceive people can be described as masterful. He has a corresponding method for dealing with targets of various intelligence levels and personalities. Right now, he’s using an effective routine to deal with characters like Xiong Ji – putting on a confident look, telling a set of wrong deductions, and speaking quickly with enough momentum.

He understood that in this bizarre and hilarious universe full of loopholes, as long as the atmosphere of the exchange reaches a certain delicate tipping point, it can lead to…

“Non… Nonsense!” Xiong Ji retorted loudly, “I clearly wrote it myself with a fountain pen in my left hand!”

Pa—

“Smack you across your bear face!” Before Xiong Ji could finish his words, Xiao Tan slapped him with his wing.

“I’m sorry…” Xiong Ji, induced to confess and slapped in the face, knelt down readily, “Please forgive me… Phantom Thief this and that… criminal notices this and that… were all spur-of-the-moment ideas after watching a few episodes of Detective Frogman on TV… No matter what… I only sent a card, and I haven’t… uh…”

In that instant, Feng Bujue once again used a move of "Gorilla Chokehold" to restrain Xiong Ji, interrupting him: “Don’t gloss over the important points when confessing…”

“Ah… I’m dying…” Xiong Ji replied with a painful expression and a hoarse voice, “I can’t… breathe…”

Seconds later, Jue-ge released him: "Hmph… trash with a combat power of only five…"

“Haa… haa…” Xiong Ji knelt on the ground, panting, “So… so painful… I felt like I saw the Sanzu River just now.”

“Heh… Penguin Assistant is waving to you from across the river, right?” Jue-ge smiled grimly, adding a line.

“Wh… what…” Xiong Ji’s face changed again in an instant, turning into a state of horror, “Why suddenly bring up Penguin Assistant…”

“What do you think?” At this moment, Xiao Tan had vaguely sensed Jue-ge’s strategy, so he also put on a stern face and said to Xiong Ji, “You think… the matter of killing Penguin Assistant will just be forgotten?”

“Eh?” Xiong Ji’s face was iron-orange (because that’s just his color tone), and he trembled all over as he replied, “Wha… what are you talking about? The… the murderer who killed Penguin Assistant was clearly Ape…”

“Ape Ji?” Jue-ge interjected, “Ha!” He chuckled drily, “Don’t forget, the one who framed Ape Ji through reasoning…”

Xiao Tan continued, “…was precisely us.”

“From the start, we knew that the real culprit was you.” Feng Bujue brought his cat face close to Xiong Ji and said in a deep voice, “So… you better be smart…”

Xiao Tan also took over, reciting, "We can have the innocent Ape Ji arrested, and we can naturally have you, this pervert with countless crimes, arrested."

“You… why are you doing this?” Xiong Ji asked hesitantly, with a look of horror.

Pa—

“Smack you across your bear face!” Feng Bujue also slapped him, “Don’t ask questions without permission!”

“I’m sorry…” Xiong Ji immediately knelt down properly, respectfully replying, “Lord Maosaburo, Lord Hayatarou, please instruct me…”

“Even his honorifics have changed…” Xiao Tan thought to himself after seeing this. To be honest… the speed at which this perverted bear’s integrity was disappearing left him amazed.

Seconds later, Jue-ge gave Xiao Tan a look, and then he squatted down, bringing his line of sight level with Xiong Ji’s, and said, “Listen up, Xiong Ji…”

At this moment, Wang Tan Zhi, and everyone familiar with Feng Bujue should be clear… Jue-ge’s brainwashing heresy is about to begin.

“From a criminal’s point of view, you’re really too weak.” Jue-ge sneered, “As a perverted gentleman, always getting arrested… don’t you think it’s too embarrassing?”

“Lord Maosaburo… what do you mean?” Xiong Ji asked tentatively.

“Let me teach you…” Feng Bujue said, “The supreme art of how to remain free from the law…”

“I’m going… after saying so much, that’s the real purpose…” Xiao Tan couldn’t help but cast a contemptuous glance at Jue-ge. The corner of his mouth twitched, and he thought to himself, “But… just like Tu Mei’s ‘stare’, Xiong Ji’s ‘mentally retarded self-exposure’ and ‘foolish on-the-spot crime’ are his basic character attributes… can they really be corrected?”

“Is… is there really such a technique?” Xiong Ji asked, looking at Jue-ge with a hopeful expression.

“Heh…” Feng Bujue revealed a very煽动性and bewitching smile, “As long as you listen obediently and do as I say, I guarantee that you can commit crimes as usual and never be arrested again.”

“Hey hey… is it really okay for a protagonist to say lines like that…” Xiao Tan finally couldn’t help but complain, “It will corrupt those innocent and kind little children and teenagers.”

“Those adjectives of innocent and kind should be reserved for the fictional heroines in those Korean dramas. The people reading this book have long lost any integrity.” Feng Bujue replied calmly, “The lives of those guys… at the end, the revolving lantern flashing before their eyes must all be embarrassing scenes.” He paused and added, “As a protagonist, I’ve stubbornly held on for sixteen chapters in this story, is it easy for me? Other people’s protagonists are eating delicious food, drinking spicy drinks, killing bosses, swallowing treasures, and by the way, taking in dozens of uniquely characterized beauties to form a harem and live a decadent life of excessive wine and women every day… Even Kurama Rokuro (a fictional detective in the Japanese drama *33 Minute Detective*) has a beautiful assistant, right… but what about me… I can only entangle myself here with a birdman and a good-for-nothing with a bear face, and there are still seventeen chapters to hold on for…” He glared at Xiao Tan, “Under these circumstances, you’re still nitpicking my way of doing things, are you embarrassed?”

“I’m sorry… I was wrong…” Xiao Tan lowered his head, revealing an expression of sympathy and guilt.

“Very good, let’s get back to the topic.” After educating Xiao Tan, Jue-ge turned his head again and looked at Xiong Ji, “Then… Xiong Ji-jun, since you’ve already issued a criminal notice, then that’s good… tonight, let’s act under my guidance…”