Chapter 270 269: Long Overdue for Discipline

"Get away! Are you trying to get me killed?"

Shi Qian Dong shoved Shi Qianxi away. Shi Qianxi was stunned. 'Big Brother is actually ignoring me!'

"Brother!"

Shi Qian Dong's face was stern. "You clean up the mess you made. Don't drag me into it!"

Mu Lin laughed. "Oh, you're definitely a part of this!"

"Aren't you the vice-captain of Team 10? Your younger brother is illegally using Scattering Pills. Shouldn't you be doing something about that?"

What the hell? Shi Qian Dong started to panic. This was no small matter; it wasn't something to be thrown around lightly.

"There must be some mistake, right? Why would my brother do something like that?" Shi Qian Dong hurriedly argued. He couldn't accept this responsibility, or he'd never be able to clear his name.

"Is it a mistake?" Mu Lin didn't answer directly, only offering a cold smile.

This deliberate air of mystery thoroughly unnerved Shi Qian Dong.

"Mr. Mu, you can't just slander people! If I say he didn't, he didn't! I know my own brother!" 'I absolutely cannot back down on this,' Shi Qian Dong thought. 'Otherwise, I'll lose all face.'

Shi Qianxi added, "That's right! Just because you're a good fighter doesn't mean you can spout nonsense! You killed Su Longfei, but that doesn't mean everything you say is true!"

Shi Qian Dong shot Shi Qianxi a look.

'Can you not bring up Su Longfei right now? Are you trying to provoke Mu Lin into killing you?'

"I gave you a chance," Mu Lin said, striding quickly toward Shi Qianxi. He lashed out with two swift kicks.

CRACK! CRACK! Shi Qianxi's legs snapped in response.

"What are you doing! Are you just going to use brute force?" Shi Qian Dong flew into a rage. "Are you showing me, a vice-captain, no respect?"

"Heh, the likes of you," Mu Lin sneered, then shot out a fist, striking Shi Qian Dong squarely in the chest.

Shi Qian Dong was sent flying backward, slamming into the wall with a sickening, bone-shattering crunch.

"Now watch closely!" Mu Lin hauled Shi Qianxi up, grabbed a spot on his clothes, and tore the fabric open.

Several black pills tumbled out of the torn pocket, causing Shi Qian Dong's expression to turn ghastly.

Mu Lin's face was grim. "I imagine you have nothing to say now?"

Shi Qian Dong was furious, his expression utterly foul. "Mu Lin, are you looking to die?"

"Caught red-handed and still talking tough. How interesting! Shi Qian Dong, such a display of authority from a mere vice-captain. You're terrifying us!"

A peculiar voice suddenly drifted in from outside the door.

Two men walked in slowly. Shi Qian Dong looked and saw that it was Wu Henghai and Gu Wu.

Shi Qian Dong's expression shifted repeatedly. "Captain Gu, Captain Wu, what a coincidence! What brings you two here?"

The corner of his mouth twitched. The words came out awkwardly; even he knew something was wrong.

Wu Henghai's gaze was ice-cold as he looked down at Shi Qian Dong, practically regarding him as a dead man.

"Hmph."

That single grunt struck Shi Qian Dong's heart like a bolt from the blue. But no matter how he might plead, Wu Henghai had no intention of lingering in front of him.

Wu Henghai bowed slightly to Mu Lin. "Mr. Mu, I apologize. This is a management issue within our Military Suppression Bureau. We've made a fool of ourselves in front of you."

A member of the Military Suppression Bureau, and a cadre at that, was abusing his power to bully others and even covering for his brother's possession of Scattering Pills. How outrageous.

And yet, it was happening right here, right now.

It gave them a sense of absurd surrealism.

Gu Wu's face was filled with shame, like a child who had done wrong and didn't dare look at his parents.

"Mr. Mu, thank you for your miraculous, life-saving treatment! Back at the Bai Family's residence... I am so sorry. I hope you can forgive us."

Mu Lin said, "Saving your life was no trouble at all; you don't need to dwell on it. It's just that I've been rather disappointed with your organization lately. The things you people have done... it's simply..."

Gu Wu's expression grew even more pained. Wu Henghai quickly interjected, "Mr. Mu, surely Shi Qian Dong alone doesn't represent the entire Military Suppression Bureau?"

Mu Lin replied, "You're right, he doesn't. But isn't his brother here too? Can the two of them represent it? How many more people like these brothers are there in all the Military Suppression Bureaus across the land?"

The two captains were truly at a loss.

Mu Lin's words made them extremely uncomfortable.

"Mr. Mu, I will file a report as soon as I get back. I won't just report what these two have done, I will also call for a large-scale rectification within the Military Suppression Bureau."

Mu Lin just smiled and said nothing.

'Easy for you to say,' he thought. 'But the Military Suppression Bureau has such a long history. How many times have those same words been spoken?'

'Has anything ever changed?'

'It's probably just old wine in a new bottle. No real difference.'

But he had no desire to get deeply involved with the Military Suppression Bureau. He truly didn't care what happened to them.

He smiled and said, "I understand. I know there are good people, of course."

"You two are very honorable. I think that's good," Mu Lin said.

Wu Henghai felt a great sense of relief. At least Mu Lin didn't think he was a bad person.

'If the Shi brothers made Mu Lin think the entire Military Suppression Bureau was evil and implicated me in the process, I'll definitely make them pay later. I'll make their lives a living hell, that's for sure.'

Mu Lin's greatest value lay in his earth-shattering medical skills that could bring back the dead. They didn't really care much about his other attributes.

Mu Lin was a powerful fighter, but the Military Suppression Bureau had far too many of those.

Mu Lin was in the Innate Divine Realm, but the Military Suppression Bureau had people hidden away who were far beyond that level.

So that wasn't considered too valuable.

But his life-saving techniques were truly unique to him. No one else could do it as well as he could.

If Mu Lin lost his favorable impression of the Military Suppression Bureau, getting him to save someone would come at a much higher price.

Fortunately, that hadn't happened.

But it was hard to say. Mu Lin was no fool. He could easily put on a show of being cooperative on the surface while cutting off all ties with the Military Suppression Bureau in private.

Wu Henghai turned to Chen Bing and said amicably, "You must be Young Master Chen Bing? We just arrived, so we're not aware of what happened. Could you explain it to us?"

Seeing a captain from the Military Suppression Bureau speaking to him, Chen Bing immediately focused and recounted the events truthfully and in full detail, without any embellishment.

He wasn't a petty man like the Shi brothers; he disdained such underhanded tactics.

Wu Henghai and Gu Wu exchanged a look, their expressions extremely grim.

'What does Shi Qian Dong think the Military Suppression Bureau is? He's just a vice-captain, yet he's already throwing his weight around like this.'

'If he were given any more power, would he dare to tear this whole place down?'

"Shi Qian Dong, what do you think you're doing? You can't even manage your own family, yet you want to be a long-term member? I think you've lost your mind!"

Shi Qian Dong trembled all over, his face a mask of despair.

'How does Mu Lin know two heavyweights like them? Two captains...'

'And Gu Wu is one of them, sigh...'

"I was wrong!" Shi Qian Dong dropped to one knee, assuming a posture of accepting punishment.

Shi Qianxi was terrified. He never thought his brother would admit fault so quickly.

'What am I supposed to do now?'

'Big Brother definitely won't protect me anymore...'

'In fact, to save himself, he might even...'

Shi Qianxi watched as Shi Qian Dong walked toward him, bent down to pick up a Scattering Pill from the floor, grabbed his jaw, and forced it into his mouth.

Just like that...

Shi Qianxi felt the internal energy in his body rapidly dissipating with a series of sharp crackles, then vanishing completely.

It was gone. He... he was finally a cripple.

'This should be enough, right...?'

But Shi Qian Dong didn't stop. He raised his foot and stomped down hard on Shi Qianxi's knee.

The knee instantly shattered into dust, a gruesome sight.

Next were his hands. Steeling himself, Shi Qian Dong twisted them until they resembled pretzels.

No doctor in the world could likely fix that.

Mu Lin could, but he would never agree to it.

Wu Henghai and Gu Wu looked at each other, both feeling a sense of alarm.

'Heavens, what is he doing? How ruthless! How could he do that to his own brother?'

To save his own skin, Shi Qian Dong was truly capable of anything.

Mu Lin watched coldly, not saying a word.

When he was finished, Shi Qian Dong turned to Mu Lin. "Mr. Mu, are you satisfied now?"

He knew the two captains were only trying to appease Mu Lin, so he wouldn't waste time on them. He might as well go all-in on pleasing Mu Lin himself.

Mu Lin said, "You certainly are thorough. That's your own flesh and blood. Don't you feel even a shred of pity?"

Shi Qian Dong was speechless.