A Top Scholar in Everything-Chapter 958 - 944: Trouble Never Ends

Wansheng Prison is becoming increasingly lively all around. Tie Hao's prison break team and the prison guards have erupted into an extremely fierce conflict.

Of course.

Calling them guards isn't quite right.

After all, these people live beside the prison, and when nothing is happening, they're just ordinary citizens.

But now.

Now that something has happened, these people emerge one by one, becoming the most solid defense outside the prison.

Tie Hao and his team are all blocked outside for now, their advance stalled, making it difficult to move forward again.

Baiyu is in the hotel.

Watching the drama outside, he only feels that hiding in the hotel today is an incredibly correct decision.

If he were to get involved.

Wouldn't it mean another bloodbath?

Too old for such violence.

However.

Although Baiyu doesn't want to get involved, it's still fine to watch the development from here. After all, being a bystander is human nature.

But.

The more you want to avoid trouble, the more it finds you.

As Tie Hao and his crew continue their assault, Central City's military finally appears outside Wansheng Plaza, instantly sealing all the surrounding streets, not even a fly could escape.

Then.

They start evacuating civilians and checking outsiders.

Given the current emergency, outsiders are likely unstable elements. Baiyu, unfortunately, gets caught in the screening.

Honestly speaking.

He is very low-key, and his appearance isn't fierce by any means.

But for some reason, the officer keeps questioning Baiyu nonstop, eventually receiving a list and going through its questions one by one.

Later on.

Out of nowhere, someone whispers something to the officer, whose gaze suddenly becomes stern, scrutinizing Baiyu: "Did you go to Wansheng Prison today?"

Baiyu nods: "Why? Is there something wrong?"

The officer says gravely: "Tonight, Wansheng Prison experienced a vicious attack. You've been inside, which makes you a big suspect. You need to come with us for investigation."

Baiyu furrows his brow: "Does the Federation have this law? I don't remember it. If it exists, please show it to me."

The other party pauses for a moment.

They actually can't find such a law.

But ten minutes later, Baiyu still ends up at Wansheng Police Station.

It's frustrating.

The officer says that although there isn't such a law, he is not under the protection of Free Federation laws since he isn't one of them. He plays masterfully with the legalities.

"Why did you come from Free Federation?"

Inside the Police Station.

An aging officer with glasses interrogates Baiyu.

"To see an old friend, who's being executed tomorrow, so I came to see him." Baiyu answers truthfully.

"Machima?"

"Yes."

"Then do you know about tonight's prison break? The target of that team is Machima. You came to visit her; you should be aware of this, right?"

The officer's tone becomes serious.

Baiyu senses that one wrong answer might trigger dozens of burly men to rush at him.

"What prison break plan? I have no idea. The noise outside was just too loud, and I was curious. Then you guys showed up." Baiyu replies.

The officer's brows furrow tightly, forming a character of worry on his forehead, but ultimately, he can't get anything out.

Despite not getting answers.

He still requires Baiyu to spend the night at the Police Station, partly to protect Baiyu, partly to prevent him from joining the prison break team.

Baiyu has no objections.

The provided living conditions are quite favorable, even better than the hotel's. Is it not just staying there?

But.

Just as Baiyu lies down, yet to rest for a moment, sudden explosive sounds erupt next to his ears, shaking the eardrums.

The entire police station gets blown up.

Instantly surrounded by ruins, Baiyu stands alone at the site. Flames still burn around, blocked by his protective aura.

At this moment.

Facing the sudden change, Baiyu is utterly perplexed. Even for a prison break, there's no need to blow up this place, right? It's quite far from Wansheng Prison.

He raises his head.

With the roof already destroyed by flames, a glance upwards reveals the endless starry sky and a man covered in flames.

The man floats dozens of meters above the ground, flames blazing all over, launching fireballs one after another that fly from the sky to the ground.

From afar.

He resembles a fully automatic fireball shooter.

And around him, buildings are blasted apart, countless casualties unknown.

Baiyu furrows his brow.

"Mu Shanlan, your Steel Front wreaking havoc in Central City at this time will surely face the onslaught of the entire Free Federation later."

A loud shout echoes from the darkness.

A man dressed in an officer's uniform, his troops from Central City gathered, shouts at the fiery man in the sky.

"Hahaha, am I afraid of you lot? Over the years, how many times have you hunted me down in the Desert? Has any one of you killed me?"

The fiery man laughs loudly from the sky.

At that moment.

The space around the fireman suddenly undulates like water waves, engulfing him in dark space, as if he's being stripped from this world.

Only now does Baiyu emerge from the ruins, coming to the street side, finding a rock to sit on.

This night's series of events gives him a vague feeling of unease.

Trouble seems to be looming.

While lost in thought, the sky battle concludes, a fireball plummets rapidly from above, soon landing next to Baiyu.

It's the same man who launched fireballs earlier.

Baiyu just barely gets comfortable when the fiery blast discomforts him.

This Extraordinary's level seems rather high.

"Mu Shanlan, you won't escape today."

At the fireman's back, a large, dark-faced man swiftly chases him, carrying a strong gust of pressure, the two chase each other down the street.

With reddened eyes, the fireman shouts at Baiyu: "Get lost!"

Baiyu furrows his brow without moving.

The opponent's face subtly turns cruel, raising his hand to launch a fireball full of burning heat at Baiyu.

This attack.

Utterly enrages Baiyu.

Even a clay figure has some anger; tonight, despite doing nothing, trouble finds him repeatedly. Do they really take him lightly?

Bang.

The fireball explodes at Baiyu's sitting spot, flames shooting everywhere.

Not batting an eye, Mu Shanlan continues forward; for him, clearing a troublesome obstacle is all that it was just about.

However.

Amid the flying flames, a large gold hand suddenly reaches out to grab his head.

"Bastard, you're really crossing the line."

Baiyu's angry voice echoes through the flames.