"This arrogant little..." Wu Wang gritted his teeth in frustration. Despite having his bearing trained in the military, he could barely restrain himself from punching Yuan.

Shi Fa raised his hand in front of Wu Wang and said to Yuan, "Before we talk business, I want to know who here had relayed our message to you first."

Immediately, the man who had encountered Yuan first rushed to the front and said, "It was me, right?!"

However, Yuan shook his head and said, "I don’t remember."

"What?! You’re lying!" The man shouted while pointing at him with a trembling finger.

Yuan smiled and said, "Fine, if you insist, let’s just say it’s you."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Shi Fa sighed out loud, "Since the situation is like this, rather than just rewarding one person, we will reward everyone who has encountered him before he came out. However, since we don’t have that many points to give out, we’ll just give everyone here a training session. Anyone displeased by the outcome?"

Everyone present shook their heads.

"Good. Give Wu Wang your information, and we’ll reach out to you once we are ready."

"Now then... You, follow me." Shi Fa glared at Yuan.

Yuan didn’t make things difficult for him any longer and quietly followed him.

Some time later, Yuan entered a private room with Shi Fa.

After closing the door, Shi Fa turned to face Yuan with a serious expression.

"I will get straight to the point. Who did you learn that technique from?" Shi Fa questioned.

Yuan raised an eyebrow, looking genuinely puzzled by his question, "Excuse me?"

"You heard me!"

"I don’t know which technique you’re referring to."

"Are you still playing dumb?! There’s only one technique I am talking about—the one that a civilian like you shouldn’t possess!"

Yuan frowned and responded in an irritated tone, "Can you stop being so damn vague and tell me the name of this technique because I really have no idea what you’re talking about?"

"Void Control! I am talking about Void Control!" Shi Fa exclaimed angrily.

"Void... Control?"

Yuan was unfamiliar with the name of this technique, but he knew of one with a similar name.

’Is he talking about Void Manipulation? So it’s a technique that’s only accessible by the military, huh?’

"I think there’s been a misunderstanding," Yuan said a moment later. "The technique you think is Void Control is called Void Manipulation. And quite frankly, it’s technically not even a technique."

"What are you talking about? Of course it’s a technique!" Shi Fa replied with a deep frown.

However, Yuan then said, "Regardless of whether it’s a technique or not, I didn’t learn this technique from anyone."

"Are you claiming that you discovered and learned it all by yourself? Do you really expect me to believe that?"

Of course, Yuan didn’t discover Void Manipulation alone. However, since telling the truth would only complicate things, he decided to lie.

"Well, I am a genius," Yuan replied in a bragging tone.

Shi Fa narrowed his eyes at Yuan and spoke, "If you aren’t aware, a civilian possessing this technique is strictly prohibited, regardless of how you acquired it, and if we report you, there’s a good chance you’ll be executed."

"Is that a threat?" Yuan asked.

"No, it’s the law and your reality in the near future. However, if you tell us who gave you the technique, we’ll put in a good word for you and avoid the death penalty."

"So what you’re saying is, as long as I join the military, everything will be fine? That’s great, since I plan on joining during the next recruitment."

"That... That’s not how things work!" Shi Fa exclaimed.

The door suddenly opened, and Wu Wang, who had just finished with his business outside, walked inside.

"Did you learn how he acquired Void Control yet?" Wu Wang asked as he closed the door behind him.

Shi Fa shook his head and sighed aloud, "He claims to have discovered the technique by himself."

"Hah!" Wu Wang immediately sneered loudly. "He discovered the technique himself? Even a monkey can make more believable lies!"

He turned to look at Yuan with narrowed eyes and continued in a cold voice, "If he won’t willingly tell us, we can beat it out of him."

Wu Wang approached Yuan with a wide grin.

However, Shi Fa quickly stopped him and said, "Even if he’s committed a crime, we cannot harm a civilian if he’s not an active threat, unless you’re also trying to get in trouble."

"Then what do you suggest?" Wu Wang asked.

"I have a suggestion," Yuan suddenly said.

"Huh? Who the hell is asking you?" Wu Wang sneered.

"Let’s hear it." Shi Fa said.

"Let’s play a game. If you win, I will tell you how I acquired the technique. However, if you lose, you’ll forget about the whole thing."

"A game...?" Shi Fa raised his eyebrows with a puzzled face.

"Have you ever played tag before?"

"I have."

"Good. Then in a custom game, we’ll be playing tag. However, we can only use Void Control—unless you cannot use it."

"Of course I can use Void Control," Shi Fa said.

"In that case, what do you say? If you don’t want to play, you can just go ahead and report me. I highly doubt I’ll get the death penalty, though. Hell, just to make things even more entertaining, I’ll make it two on one."

Shi Fa turned to look at Wu Wang and asked using voice transmission, "What do you think of his proposal?"

"Why not?"

To Shi Fa’s surprise, Wu Wang actually wanted to play.

"We just need to catch him, right? Even if his Void Control is stronger than ours, there’s no way he can defeat both of us at once!" Wu Wang continued with a confident smile.

"Also, if we form a contract, he won’t be able to back out of his own words. In other words, it’s a win-win for us."

"Alright."

Shi Fa then said to Yuan, "We’ll play your little game."