The sudden attack took Jounouchi Hiromi by surprise, yet her hands instinctively met the iing de.


    A glint of blue shed in her eyes, and in the blink of an eye, she had discerned the trajectory of the stabbing de and grasped the assant''s wrists.


    It felt as though the assant''s wrist was mped by two iron pincers, their knife-wielding hand seemingly fixed in mid-air, unable to advance an inch.


    In the moment of his surprise, Jounouchi Hiromi twisted her hands, and the assant merely felt a pain in his wrist before the knife slipped from his grasp. Immediately afterward, a force made him lose his bnce, and he toppled sideways.


    Seeing the assant''s knife fall from his hand, Jounouchi Hiromi twisted one of his wrists while her other hand grabbed his shoulder, then she exerted force with both hands simultaneously!


    "Crash!" The attacker''s back mmed heavily onto the floor.


    "Click! Click! Click!" The reporters, only just realizing what had happened, saw their cameras shing nonstop, eager to capture this freshly baked spicy news.


    Under the flicker of sh photography, the assant finally felt the pain in his back and realized what had urred.


    "You witch! You have indeed desecrated the truth!" The assant''s mind was suddenly flooded with the words he had heard before he arrived.


    This witch had indeed gained powerful strength by desecrating the truth—otherwise, how could he, a former Self-Defense Forces soldier, have been subdued so easily?


    With this thought, the assant''s other hand swiftly reached for Jounouchi Hiromi''s hand that gripped his shoulder, attempting to struggle.


    "Hm?" Jounouchi Hiromi noticed the assant was still resisting and narrowed her eyes with a sneer, "Hmph!"


    Under her cold snort, Jounouchi Hiromi used her strength with both hands while rotating her waist; she lifted him off the ground and, using a backdrop move, flung the still-resisting assant over her head, mming him onto the floor once again.


    After his back took another hard hit, the assant was finally dazed entirely, losing any ability to resist.


    "Someone call the police!" Jounouchi Hiromi shouted to the reporters nearby.


    Seeing the assant had been subdued, a few male reporters quickly ran over to help Jounouchi Hiromi pin the assant to the ground.


    As for the other reporters, some took out their phones to call the police, while others, still adhering to their professional ethics, kept their camera shutters firing nonstop.


    Meanwhile, the assant pinned to the ground, now without the capacity to struggle, continued to rant, "You witch! The truth will punish you! Desecrater of truth! You will face retribution!"


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    By the time Chen Yu learned of the attack on Jounouchi Hiromi and rushed to theb, the assant had already been apprehended by the police who responded to the call and were preparing to take him away, while Jounouchi Hiromi was being questioned by two officers, with many other police officers on guard around them.


    "Mr. Chen Yu!" Seeing Chen Yuing over, Jounouchi Hiromi hurriedly waved at him.


    "Hiromi, what happened? Howe I heard you were attacked?" Chen Yu was actually not worried about Jounouchi Hiromi getting injured, after all, she was a Dragon Blood Knight of Sub-Legendary strength. If she could be stabbed by an ordinary person, that would be a joke indeed.


    What Chen Yu was really concerned about was whether Jounouchi Hiromi had been stabbed, because if tomorrow''s headlines read "Female doctor attacked, unharmed despite multiple stabbings, true identity a giant dragon", that would be very troublesome.


    "I''m fine, just when I was leaving theb, I saw someone suddenly rush over, so I gave him a couple of backms. He might be quite injured, as I think I dislocated his shoulder, but I''m okay," Jounouchi Hiromi knew what Chen Yu was worried about and quickly exined to him.


    Having heard what Jounouchi Hiromi said, Chen Yu finally let go of his worries and turned to the police officers nearby, asking them, "Officers, what exactly happened here? I remember that due to the journalists who have beening for interviews recently, security checks have been increased at the hospital entrance, so how could the assant bring a knife inside?"


    "We''ve already investigated this matter, he concealed the knife in the metal frame of camera equipment, and it wasn''t detected during the inspection," the officer exined to Chen Yu after his inquiry, and also turned to Jounouchi Hiromi, adding, "We''ve understood the situation at hand; this attacker is likely a cult member or an extremist opposed to the Artificial Womb experiment. This case might be handed over to colleagues from the Ministry of Public Security, and they mighte to ask for more details from Doctor Jounouchi, so we ask for your cooperation when that happens. We''ll take our leave now."


    After saying this, the two officers turned and left, joining the police escorting the attacker towards the elevator nearby.


    "What on earth are these people thinking? Fortunately, it was me who was attacked. If it were another doctor, the consequences would be unimaginable," Jounouchi Hiromi said to Chen Yu,ining after the officers had walked away.


    "They must be upset about the Artificial Womb experiment. After all, there has been opposition all along, and Hiromi, you''ve seen the protestors at the hospital entrance yourself. If not for the security guards…" Chen Yu was trying tofort a somewhat dejected Jounouchi Hiromi when suddenly, he heard shouts of "Catch him!" from behind.


    Chen Yu quickly looked back, only to see that the attacker they had just captured had somehow broken free from the police and was running toward another corridor, clearly trying to escape.


    However, before he could get into the corridor, two quick-responding officers already blocked his path.


    With no way forward, the attacker was forced to flee in another direction.


    However, the space in front of theboratory wasn''trge, barring the elevator and the corridor, there was only a skylight on the other side next to the hospital''s hall.


    The attacker had hardly made a few steps before being cornered next to the skylight.


    "You''ve got nowhere to run! Surrender!" The officer who had been questioning Jounouchi Hiromi had drawn his gun and was pointing it at the attacker, who was now leaning against the railing.


    The attacker seemed to be truly trapped. Even though below the skylight was the hospital''s reception hall, theb was on the fourth floor, and even though there were esctors on the side to go down, jumping from such a height would either kill or cripple him.


    Yet, the attacker nced down and a crazed look appeared on his face. He suddenly shouted at Jounouchi Hiromi standing beside Chen Yu, "Witch who defies the truth, you shall not die a good death! The followers of the truth will not let you off!"


    With that, the man started chanting "Long live the truth," leaped over the railing, and threw himself down.


    The police rushed forward, but all they heard was a muffled thud from below, followed by a wave of screams.