Chapter 16 Spectral Subpoena — Compliance Isn't Optional

"Weren't they being shy just now? She said she'd recommend him to me later, but now she's leaning on him herself?" Fu Yingxue said unhappily. They didn't care about others at all. She was still sitting right next to them!

Fu Yingxue looked up at the front and could vaguely see the narrow tunnel exit in the distance gradually getting bigger.

"Wake up! You can't sleep anymore, Xiaoxi!"

"We're about to get out of the tunnel, and Xiufeng Slope is coming up soon!"

Fu Yingxue shook Tan Yuxi for a long time, but Tan Yuxi didn't show any sign of waking up. Leaning on Xie Yizhi's shoulder, she was sleeping soundly like a log, and her breathing was unusually steady.

Seeing that no matter how she tried, Tan Yuxi didn't seem to be waking up, Fu Yingxue had no choice but to turn her attention to Xie Yizhi. Xie Yizhi was holding a bag, and it seemed that he was still clutching something in his hand. Like Tan Yuxi, he was also sound asleep. Fu Yingxue patted his shoulder for a long time, but Xie Yizhi didn't react either.

"Whoosh..." Before they could be woken up, the bus had already driven out of the tunnel.

Fu Yingxue tried calling Tan Yuxi in a low voice several times. In order not to alarm the other passengers on the bus, she couldn't make too much noise. If it were normal times, when waking Tan Yuxi up, she definitely wouldn't be this gentle. She would just take off her shoe and put it on Tan Yuxi's face!

"What on earth is going on?" Fu Yingxue sighed. She and Tan Yuxi graduated from the same police academy, and she knew Tan Yuxi very well. Although this woman usually seemed a bit simple-minded, she was very serious when it came to work and important matters and would never make big mistakes. Logically speaking, she shouldn't be able to sleep peacefully at such an important moment.

Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to Xiufeng Slope, their mission location, and Tan Yuxi couldn't be woken up, Fu Yingxue could only brace herself and get ready to complete the mission alone.

The road sign for Xiufeng Slope was under a streetlight, so it was still easy to identify. As soon as she saw the sign for Xiufeng Slope, Fu Yingxue had to take action immediately.

On both sides, streetlights passed by one after another, and the light and shadow alternated and changed inside the bus, and the tense atmosphere reached its peak.

Fu Yingxue let out a long sigh of relief. Ignoring everything else, she stood up from her seat. She slowly walked to the middle of the bus, grabbed the handrail, ready to take action.

Finally, the road sign for Xiufeng Slope appeared far ahead on the road. As soon as the road sign came into view, Fu Yingxue quickly stepped forward and came to the side of the driver's seat. She took out her ID from her pocket and said, "Hello, I'm Fu Yingxue, a police officer from Rong City Police Station."

"I'm currently conducting a routine investigation. Please pull over and stop here to cooperate with the investigation."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar on the entire bus.

"This young girl is actually a police officer... She was eating snacks at the back for a long time. I thought she was a college student."

"The police are handling a case. Could there be a criminal on this bus?"

"Check if your valuables are still there. Have they been stolen?"

"What's going on? Why do we need to stop for inspection?"

"..."

The passengers on the bus were talking about it. They were startled by Fu Yingxue's sudden action. Not to mention anything else, if there was a criminal on the same bus as them, then their safety wouldn't be guaranteed.

"Driver, please stop the car! Let the police officer check."

"Yes, stop the car. We'll cooperate, we'll cooperate!"

The passengers were quite conscious and were all shouting for the driver to stop the car.

But strangely, the driver, who was driving, seemed not to have heard what Fu Yingxue said. He didn't even look up and didn't show any intention of braking at all. He just continued to drive the car forward on his own.

Seeing this, Fu Yingxue said again, "Please stop the car as soon as possible and actively cooperate with our case handling!"

The driver was wearing a driver's uniform and a hat. Under the brim of the hat, his eyes became extremely gloomy at this moment. Even though Fu Yingxue repeated her words, he ignored her completely.

"Driver, what's wrong with you! Stop the car!"

"We're willing to cooperate with the investigation! Stop driving!"

"What does this driver mean? He doesn't stop even though the police officer told him to?"

"Could there be something wrong with this driver?"

The passengers weren't that panicked at first. But seeing that Fu Yingxue had said it twice and the driver still ignored her, they couldn't sit still anymore.

Not only the passengers, but Fu Yingxue also felt that there must be something wrong with the driver.

Before Fu Yingxue could continue speaking, the driver suddenly stepped on the accelerator to speed up and turned the steering wheel to the right. He was about to crash into the cliff on the right side. He really was a man of few words but decisive actions.

"Ah!! What are you doing!?"

"Are you trying to kill us?"

The passengers exclaimed.

Fu Yingxue quickly pressed the steering wheel to bring the car back on track. But the driver suddenly let go of the steering wheel and kicked Fu Yingxue in the abdomen. Fu Yingxue was kicked several steps backward, and the pain made her lose her composure. She felt as if her internal organs had been kicked out of place.

The passengers were stunned. The driver was crazy! He even hit a police officer?

Looking through the rearview mirror, the driver's eyes had already dilated and turned pitch black, completely unlike a normal living person.

This wasn't over yet. The driver even unbuckled his seat belt and stood up, ready to kick Fu Yingxue again. Fortunately, Fu Yingxue's martial arts skills were not bad. She was caught off guard just now, but this time she easily dodged by stepping to the side.

"Bang!!"

She punched the driver and knocked him to the ground. But the driver seemed not to feel the pain. Although he fell down, there was no expression on his face at all. And at the moment he fell, he also firmly grabbed Fu Yingxue's leg, preventing her from grabbing the steering wheel.

The out-of-control bus was driving on this sharp-turning mountain road and almost crashed into the mountain beside it.

"Officer, let me help!"

Fortunately, a passenger quickly rushed to the driver's seat. First, he grabbed the steering wheel to straighten the car, then shifted gears to slow down, and then stepped on the brake firmly.

The bus finally stopped at the end of Xiufeng Slope.

Almost at the same time, several police cars surrounded the bus and blocked it. A large group of police officers in uniforms got out of the cars and rushed into the bus, holding down the driver who had been knocked to the ground by Fu Yingxue.

"Are you injured? Where's Tan Yuxi?" Zhang Qi asked.

Fu Yingxue shook her head, indicating that she was okay, and pointed to the back row, saying, "I'm fine. Xiaoxi is at the back."

Then, Yan Xu changed into a long robe, strode onto the bus, and went straight to the driver.

At this time, the driver was held up by two police officers. His body was twitching continuously, foaming at the mouth, and tears of blood were flowing from his eyes.

Yan Xu rubbed his middle finger and thumb to warm them up, then pinched the driver's cheeks. Suddenly, the driver's mouth opened automatically as if a switch had been pressed. A visible black meatball rolled out of the driver's mouth.

"This is the thing!"