Phantasmal Genesis - Chapter 43: The rule that you cant say

“Officer! I want to turn myself in!”

Wu Qiang shouted out loud the moment he entered the police station.

His yelling stunned the female officer at the receptionist’s desk, but thankfully, another older officer was passing by.

“Turn yourself in? What crime did you commit?” The older police officer looked up and down at Wu Qiang. Not only did he reek of alcohol, but he also looked like a criminal based on his appearance alone.

“I can’t say.”

Was he kidding? Wu Qiang had already committed an error once that would’ve probably deducted some points for him, how could he say that he had reincarnated again?

“You can’t say?” The police officer looked at him again, he was a fierce-looking guy, but he seemed pretty cowardly?

“You can’t say it but you’re turning yourself in? Did you do something that you’re too embarrassed to talk about?”

The police officer grumbled as he brought Wu Qiang to the interrogation room.

He had seen these kinds of cases before, where criminals would turn themselves in at the police station but refused to admit what crime they had committed out of shame.

These kinds of people either were paedophiles, or it was familicide, most of these cases were in bad taste and hateful. However, since he was here to turn himself in, it was impossible for him to leave him in an open space.

Wu Qiang sat on the metal chair, an indescribable feeling accompanied by slight excitement filling his heart.

According to the rules, he would get an almost perfect score just by sitting here!

Not only that, he could truly experience the police interrogation of this time period, it was indeed a rare event!

After this test, he could probably flaunt his results around.

Tch tch.

It’s important to note that the routine morality tests were famous for being tricky, and famous for being difficult!

In the past, there was a guy whose test revolved around the invasion of an advanced civilisation in the Human Federation, and the human race was on the brink of extinction. That guy……actually thought of ways to take refuge under the invaders……

His persistence in doing so actually astounded the test administrators.

And then, this guy went viral.

After he came out and realised that everything he had gone through was a test, he went crazy.

………

“Did you bring your ID?”

The door to the interrogation room opened, it was the same older officer accompanied by a younger officer.

“ID? No.” Wu Qiang thought for a bit and laughed.

“Eh?”

The older policeman paused for a bit, before sitting down on the chair and asking again,

“Name.”

“Wu Qiang.”

“Gender.”

“……Female.”

“Huh?” The older policeman had a stupified face.

“You’re a woman?”

Wu Qiang rubbed his unshaven face as he laughed, “What do you think?”

The older policeman’s brows furrowed and he spoke with a deep voice, “You’re here to turn yourself in, cooperate with us a bit here.”

“Your interrogation methods are so rigid, can’t you tell if I’m a man or a woman? Do you really have to hear me say I’m a man to believe it?” Wu Qiang couldn’t help but complain.

Was this some weird rule from this time period?

A cute girl with a soft supple figure might not be a woman? A burly man digging at his feet with a face full of hair might not be a man?

And once his basic information was recorded, the older policeman asked again, “Are you turning yourself in because you did some unspeakable thing? Something that you’re embarrassed about?”

“Embarrassed?” Wu Qiang was puzzled, “What’s there to be embarrassed about, if I’m going to get embarrassed about this, then how would I even live?”

“Then what did you do?” The older policeman was getting irritated, and he lit up a cigarette, puffing away without a care in the world.

“I can’t say.” Wu Qiang shook his head.

As if he had already guessed that this would happen, the older policeman waved his hand, “There’s only the two of us here, there’s nothing you can’t say.”

“Even if it’s just the two of us, I still can’t say it, its a rule.”

“Rule? What rule?”

“I can’t say.”

“…….”

“Then why are you even turning yourself in if you can’t say anything?”

“There’s a rule, I have to turn myself in.” Wu Qiang was persistent.

The policeman raised an eyebrow, this situation wasn’t as simple as it seemed. Could it be, that this man had a brain-washing organisation behind him?

“Is it brainwashing or a cult? Why can’t you say it? Did they hold your parents as hostages?”

“Eh……” Wu Qiang didn’t know how to explain, this was a stalemate, and he was certain of the rules, but he also needed to explain himself for turning himself in.

Was this a contradictory test?

“Can’t you just lock me up for a few days?” Wu Qiang tried asking.

The older policeman started to doubt his sanity, and he turned to look at the younger policeman who was recording this conversation.

“If you haven’t done anything, what you’re doing here is hindering our work! We can officially warn you! do you know that?” The older officer looked at him sternly.

“Obstruction of justice?” Wu Qiang scratched his head and laughed, “I’m actually in a more difficult position, I actually did commit a crime, but I can’t say it.”

Because the following ten years from 2018 were specially sealed off, the lawmakers of that time probably didn’t expect someone to break through it.

The Time Management Bureau was officially established after those ten years, and if he had travelled back into a time before 2028, this wouldn’t have been a problem at all.

“Fuck this, this is an impossible test! I’ll die if I don’t turn myself in, but I need to explain myself to turn myself in, but if I explain myself I’ll die.”

Wu Qiang’s heart was filled with complaints as he cursed at the person who had created this test. What kind of test was this, it should be something given to Ministers of Law!

“Why can’t you say anything.” The older policeman couldn’t help but ask.

Wu Qiang felt powerless.

“Didn’t I say why? It’s a rule!”

“……”

“My apologies, we are unable to handle this.”

The older policeman could feel a headache coming, he had to report this after organising the recording, this was a sensitive time and he had no choice but to report even the smallest of things.

And as a result, Wu Qiang was chased out of the police station. Standing at the doorway, his expression was full of depression.

“Officer! I want to turn myself in!”

A man yelling and shouting outside of a police station was bound to attract a crowd.

“Didn’t I tell you that we can’t help you with your situation……eh? Who are you?”

The older policeman had just handed over the interrogation recording, and he didn’t even take a step out before he heard this voice. In annoyance, he flippantly spoke.

However, when he raised his head to take a look, he paused and looked at the man again. This wasn’t the same guy?

This time, it was a strong, tall man wearing a red soccer uniform, his body drenched in sweat.

“You……are you here to turn yourself in too?” The older policeman asked uncertainly.

“That’s right! I came here to turn myself in the moment I realised something went wrong! How is it? Do I get full marks now?” The man in the soccer uniform outfit spoke with pride.

“Test? What test?” The older policeman asked in a daze.

“Eh? A test is a test, what do you mean by what test……?” The man paused, speaking strangely.

“Wait a minute.” The older policemen sensed that something was off, and quickly cut him off, “Do you guys have a rule? The rule that you can’t say?”

Instantly, the man’s eyes widened as it filled with amazement, he nodded quickly.

“Right right right! There’s a rule! I can’t say it!”

“……”