"I tracked every dollar they paid. I documented every communication they made. I have evidence of their crimes, evidence that would stand up in any court. I'm giving you that evidence, and I'm giving you the chance to bring them to justice through official channels. But I'm not asking. I'm not requesting. I'm telling you: you will arrest these people within three hours, or I will destroy everything they've built. Their assets, their reputations, their freedom, their lives. And if you try to stop me, I will bring down your entire defense network just to prove I can."
"That would be an act of war," Bradford said.
"No," Zhou Yuxi replied, still with that terrible calm. "It would be an act of love. Everything I'm doing right now is for him." She gestured toward Mu Yunchen's unconscious form. "And I will tear apart your entire infrastructure if that's what it takes to get justice for what was done to him."
The silence that followed was absolute.
