"Aaaaah!" Pierce's face was covered in blood, and he felt utterly miserable. He likely felt as if his skin were being torn apart by man-eating ants; this sensation is impossible to comprehend without experiencing the effects of chili oil spray.
"Let go! Detective He, I lost. If I go back, the organization won't let me live! I am the Lord of Changyue!"
"So you are from Polaris?"
"Heh, yes. I am happy to serve the organization. I originally wanted to recruit you, but there was no opportunity. I have utterly failed!"
"No! I won't let you die. You deserve to be punished by law!"
"Haha, no need. I can't stand life in prison, not for a single day. I also don't want to be executed. Alright, let go, Detective He!"
Pierce held his head high. For some reason, his blood-stained face unexpectedly stirred a moment of pity within me.
I rarely felt compassion for suspects, but this time, I didn't know why.
At that moment, Gao Mingqiang, Xiao Yuande, Xiahou, and Lu Chusheng rushed over. They all helped me hold Pierce!!
Liu Yuning and He Xiaoyu looked down at him.
"What are you doing?" Pierce asked us, astonished.
"Saving you!" we all replied together. Pierce, his face streaked with tears, said, "Let me go, please. I don't want to live without dignity. I cannot betray the organization!"
"At this point, why are you still protecting it? Are you not afraid of death?" I questioned.
"Life is nothing to me. We will not betray the organization!"
"I know. As long as you don't betray it, that's all that matters. As long as you are alive!"
As I spoke, everyone helped me slowly pull Pierce up.
Lu Chusheng took out handcuffs and put them on him. "I have a spare pair here!"
"Heh, Officer Lu, I knew you were clever. I didn't expect this failure to be because of you!"
"You flatter me. Let's go back, Pierce."
I searched Pierce and found a mobile phone. This phone was special; it could make calls from here. It was likely tampered with. I immediately contacted the police station.
As soon as He Xin heard my voice, she burst into tears, "Dad, I thought you were all dead!"
"How could that be? Did you have another nightmare? Alright, send for backup! Otherwise, I'm worried a certain foreign gentleman here will develop a severe skin disease later. Hehe..."
Approximately five hours later, we were back at the police station. After being treated by the police doctor, Pierce was in much better condition. He was now sitting in the interrogation room, facing me and Lu Chusheng.
"Pierce, do you now understand the wrongdoings you have committed?" Lu Chusheng began.
"In all my years in China, I have never regretted anything I've done, including sitting in this interrogation room now. If I hadn't been willing to come back, you wouldn't have caught me!"
I retorted, "Is that so? If we hadn't saved you earlier, you would probably be dead by now and couldn't be here!"
"Therefore, it was because I was willing to come here that you were able to save me!"
Pierce was quite stubborn. No matter what we said, he had to argue back, as if he would be uncomfortable if he didn't. Perhaps it was this persistent spirit that allowed him to recruit so many people.
I wanted to ask him directly how he managed it. When I mentioned the people in camouflage, Pierce said, "They are my servants. Of course, they must follow me. What's the problem with that, Detective He?"
"Why did they become your servants? Don't you want to explain?"
"They felt that by following me, they could live a different kind of life! In fact, it proved that I did transform them!"
Lu Chusheng became angry when this was mentioned. "You call that transformation? You've completely pushed them into a fire pit, just like yourself. Now they will all be sentenced, and quite severely!"
"As long as we weren't caught, this is all your doing!"
"Heh, you committed wrongdoings, broke the law, and now you're blaming us? Is that your way of life?" I said disdainfully.
Pierce seemed to dislike my demeanor. He gritted his teeth and said resentfully, "If it weren't for you, I would have fallen. I am grateful for that, but my original intention in gathering them was truly to let them live a free life, to let them stand up again. You can investigate these people, and you'll find they were all oppressed before, the weak in society. They have now stood up and gained a new life, and you've ruined it all!"
"I've seen people twist facts before, but this is the first time I've seen someone like you, who completely denies their mistakes and thinks we ruined you. Don't you think your thoughts are different from others?"
"It is precisely because of this that I can become like a heavenly being. You mortals cannot possibly understand, hahaha! You cannot judge me. Even in court, the judge will become my believer!"
Lu Chusheng said, "You're completely insane. Do you think a judge will even spare a criminal like you? You are an unforgivable scoundrel, a sinner who deserves eternal damnation. You are not a god, but a devil, a devil who will be cast into the depths of hell for judgment. You are worse than Satan himself!"
"Haha, I am Satan. You mortals will all be consumed by my evil thoughts and eventually become like me. Even judges and juries will be possessed by me. I will become the god in their minds. They can only worship me, bow down at my feet! Haha! I am Pierce, I am your great god!"
I didn't want to argue with him any further. This guy truly thought he was a god. He was a complete lunatic, and the more he spoke, the more nonsensical he became. Continuing this conversation would probably drive me mad.
"One more thing. Where is my uncle? Pierce, don't tell me you don't know?" I said sternly.
"He Zhiming? After I die, he will become my successor, and Du Yuting will continue to lead Polaris!"
"What? You mean to say you are the leader of Polaris?"
"Aaaahahaha! Of course not. I am just one of the ten leaders. My successor is merely the administrator of my region. You all slowly endure the devastation from the other nine leaders! I will kill you all, defile your women, dig up your ancestral graves! Destroy your ancestors, everything you have! Ahahakakakakakakaka!!"