After finishing the conversation with her mom about her dad, Yan Qi, feeling the hunger in her stomach, quickly asked her mother if she had prepared breakfast for her.
Hearing this, Li Caifeng, who had already prepared breakfast for Yan Qi knowing she would sleep in today, pointed towards the kitchen nearby, indicating her breakfast was there.
After thanking her mother, Yan Qi hurried into the kitchen and soon retrieved her breakfast.
She devoured her breakfast like a whirlwind, leaving nothing behind.
With both body and mind satisfied, Yan Qi quickly found an excuse and returned to her room.
After completing her daily novel update and using the Electronic Songstress persona to write another 200,000 words of backlog, Yan Qi stopped paying attention to her novel.
She turned and walked to her bedside, sat down, and continued her train of thought from last night, trying to figure out what other avenues she could explore to find clues about the Flame Demon cult.
But just like last night, Yan Qi simply couldn’t think of any way to find the leads she wanted.
“Is there really no other way for me to find clues?” Yan Qi wondered to herself, her thoughts hitting a dead end.
But right at that moment, she suddenly remembered the peculiar compass she had obtained from the Bishop of the Plague Lord’s cult, which could show the location of the Flesh Blooms. Immediately, an idea that might just work popped into her head.
“Silly me, how could I forget about that compass! With it, plus the residual energy from a member of the Flame Demon cult, I might be able to find these cultists’ location without any effort at all.”
Having cheerfully said this to herself, and knowing time was precious, Yan Qi quickly opened the system-provided backpack and took out the compass she had stored inside.
Looking at the peculiar compass before her and confirming it was intact and fully functional, Yan Qi placed it back into the system backpack.
Knowing she didn’t have any residual energy from a Flame Demon cultist on her, Yan Qi set her sights on the Fangfeng City Abnormal Events Bureau.
That was the only place where captured members of the Flame Demon cult were being held.
“Looks like I’ll have to make a trip to the Abnormal Events Bureau today. But before that, I should let Auntie Bai know to avoid any trouble later.”
With that, Yan Qi sprang into action.
Meanwhile, at the Abnormal Events Bureau, Bai Yuling was fulfilling her duties, busy handling the Flame Demon cult case, her head bent over the desk as she scribbled away.
Suddenly, her phone vibrated noticeably.
Feeling the vibration and knowing someone was contacting her on the encrypted chat app, Bai Yuling, though unsure what the matter was, immediately put down her work and opened her phone.
“Hmm? Why is Little Hu sending me so many messages all of a sudden today?”
Looking at the messages on her phone, Bai Yuling couldn’t help but wonder to herself.
But she didn’t dwell on it and quickly started typing on her phone to ask.
『Little Hu, what’s the matter today?』
Seeing Bai Yuling’s message, Yan Qi quickly used the “Loli Fox” account to reply.
『Auntie Bai, our organization has a very important matter that requires cooperation from your Bureau.』
“A very important matter? And it needs our Bureau’s cooperation? This thing Little Hu is talking about… it couldn’t be troublesome, could it?”
Reading Yan Qi’s reply, Bai Yuling felt a twinge of worry. But knowing she hadn’t yet figured out the full story and it was premature to make judgments, she didn’t overthink it and simply typed back to Yan Qi on the other end of the screen.
『Little Hu, will this matter be very troublesome?』
『Don’t worry, Director Bai, it’s not troublesome at all. You just need to provide me with a blood sample from a member of the Flame Demon cult.』
“Blood from a Flame Demon cult member? What does Little Hu want to do with that?”
Looking at Yan Qi’s reply, and unable to figure out what she was really up to, Bai Yuling asked further.
『Little Hu, if I may ask, what do you need the blood of a Flame Demon cultist for?』
Seeing Bai Yuling’s message, Yan Qi replied succinctly with two words.
『Tracking.』
“Tracking? Tracking the cultists?”
『Correct.』
After seeing the messages that came through on her phone, Bai Yuling finally understood why Hu Yo’er was asking for the blood of a Flame Demon cultist.
“But still, can just a blood sample really be enough to track those lawless cultists?” Bai Yuling couldn’t help but say doubtfully.
However, she didn’t continue questioning Yan Qi like before, afraid it might make her angry. So, after clearing her throat, she typed her reply on the phone.
『I understand. The blood you need will be ready by noon today. Please come and pick it up then, and while you’re at it, demonstrate your organization’s tracking technique.』
『Alright, my companions and I will arrive on time at noon and demonstrate our technique to you.』
…
“Phew, we’re here. I didn’t expect the Abnormal Events Bureau to look this nice during the day too.”
Yan Qi, transformed into Jizi Ge, looked at the Fangfeng City Abnormal Events Bureau in the distance and couldn’t help but think this to herself.
However, she didn’t focus all her attention on the Bureau.
Soon, she summoned one of her clones, the Death God少女 (Shōjo – Beautiful Girl), and together they walked towards the Fangfeng City Abnormal Events Bureau.
Before long, Yan Qi, transformed into the Electronic Songstress, and her clone, the Death God Beautiful Girl, were guided by Bureau staff to Bai Yuling’s office.
“Welcome, Miss Zige, and Miss Yexing (Night Star).”
“Thank you for welcoming us, Director Bai. But, where is the blood we asked for?” Yan Qi asked, looking at Bai Yuling before her.
“Right here.”
Hearing Yan Qi’s words, Bai Yuling quickly pulled a small glass vial from under her desk and handed it to her.
Seeing this, Yan Qi took the small glass vial. Sensing the abyssal magic power contained within the blood and confirming it was no problem she said to Bai Yuling,
“Good. This is exactly what we needed.”
“Since you have obtained what you wanted, could I ask you, Miss Zige, to demonstrate your organization’s tracking technique now?”