“Are you the Anomaly Affairs Bureau member in charge of the cleanup here and the capture of the suspect, Liu Deli?”
Just as the person in charge of the Western Hills Cemetery was muttering his confusion, Yan Qi, who was at home busy making lunch with her mother in a dual-core operation mode, had confirmed there were no other sudden dangers at the cemetery. She no longer had her clone, Si Yexing, stay inside to protect the bureau members. Instead, Si Yexing approached the person in charge on the periphery and asked him this question.
Hearing Si Yexing’s voice beside his ear, the person in charge—who had participated in the last operation to eliminate the Cult of the Flame Demon Lord’s base—recognized her immediately. He quickly replied in a respectful tone, “Miss Yexing, I am the person in charge here. May I ask what brings you here?”
Seeing the respectful manner of the person in charge and knowing he understood her capabilities, Si Yexing didn’t say much else and got straight to the point. “This Death God needs to know if you have captured the criminal.”
“The criminal? Does Miss Yexing mean Liu Deli?”
Knowing the incredibly powerful young woman before him suffered from severe “Chūnibyō” (adolescent delusions of grandeur), the person in charge wasn’t surprised by her odd manner of speech. After thinking for a moment, he asked somewhat uncertainly.
To this, Si Yexing nodded and replied, “Correct. That is the person this Death God refers to.”
Receiving Si Yexing’s confirmation and thinking of the report he had just received, the person in charge quickly answered, “I apologize, Miss Yexing. Although our various search teams have tried their utmost, we unfortunately have not found the suspect, Liu Deli, here.”
“Not found? How is that possible?”
Hearing the person in charge’s answer, Si Yexing said to him with some surprise.
Hearing this, the person in charge, who also felt such a thing shouldn’t be possible, followed up, “Yes, I also wonder how this could happen. But… the fact remains.”
Looking at the other’s expression and knowing he certainly wasn’t lying to her, Si Yexing couldn’t help but frown. She lowered her head and seriously pondered what was going on.
As her thoughts deepened, Si Yexing suddenly remembered the monster she had recently killed—the one created from an ordinary person’s failed attempt to advance as an Awakened. Immediately afterward, a bold conjecture entered her mind.
Then, Si Yexing looked up at the person in charge before her and asked, “Hey, mortal, do you think there’s a possibility that the monster this Death God eliminated earlier is the very criminal you came here to capture today?”
“The monster Miss Yexing eliminated? Hmm… that might very well be possible.”
Hearing Si Yexing’s speculation, the person in charge thought for a moment and found her reasoning quite sound. He responded to her accordingly.
“Your bureau should have the means to detect DNA from small amounts of biological residue, right?”
Remembering the monster she had reduced to a pile of ash with her skill, leaving only tiny amounts of biological residue, Si Yexing, unsure if this material could be used for testing, proceeded to ask the person in charge.
Hearing this, the person in charge smiled, nodded, and replied to Si Yexing, “Rest assured, Miss Yexing. Our bureau certainly has that technology. Even if we didn’t, we could seek assistance from sister departments. Thank you for providing us with this valuable lead.”
Accepting the other’s gratitude, a very pleased Si Yexing soon said to him, “It is merely this Death God’s duty. By the way, you mortals probably don’t require this one’s assistance with anything further here, correct?”
Hearing this, the person in charge promptly replied to Si Yexing, “We can handle the remaining matters here on our own. So, Miss Yexing, you need not assist us any further.”
“In that case, this Death God shall not linger here any longer. Farewell.”
Having received the other’s answer and confirmed her assistance was no longer needed, Si Yexing left these words before turning and departing from the Western Hills Cemetery.
Watching Si Yexing’s departing figure, the person in charge wanted to call out and ask her to stay a little longer. But thinking of her identity and her unique temperament, he dismissed the idea. He simply stood there, watching her leave his field of vision.
“Xiao Qi, what’s wrong?”
Noticing her younger daughter’s potato-peeling speed had noticeably slowed down, Li Caifeng, who was chopping vegetables, couldn’t help but ask her this.
Hearing her mother’s words, Yan Qi, who had just been busy retrieving her transformation card and had momentarily spaced out, hurriedly replied, “It’s nothing, Mom. I just suddenly remembered some unimportant matters, so my hands paused for a bit.”
“Is that so? But Xiao Qi, as your mother, I must remind you: never let your mind wander while peeling potatoes, or you might accidentally cut your own skin with the peeler.”
“Understood, Mom. I won’t let my mind wander while peeling potatoes again.”
“If you understand, then hurry up and finish peeling that potato for me.”
“Okay, Mom.”
Having successfully brushed off her mother, Yan Qi stopped thinking about the information she had just received through her clone, Si Yexing. She focused her attention back on the half-peeled potato in her hand and continued peeling.
After working for over an hour and enjoying a hearty lunch, Yan Qi remembered she hadn’t updated her novel today. Having cleared the dishes, she quickly used this excuse to leave the living room and return to her room on the second floor.
“Phew… I originally thought helping Auntie Bai clarify the case would be very simple. I didn’t expect it to involve an existence stronger than a peak three-star Awakened. Now things are complicated.”
Sitting on the chair in her room and thinking about what happened that morning at the Western Hills Cemetery, Yan Qi, knowing a huge crisis now loomed over Fengfeng City, couldn’t help but voice her headache.
But this headache didn’t last long. Remembering her recently surged strength and the six transformation cards she had obtained from the system, she relaxed and said, “Oh well. If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up first. I’ll step in when they can’t hold it anymore. I refuse to believe that a bunch of transformation cards, equivalent to peak three or four-star Awakened, combined, can’t defeat the true mastermind behind this crisis.”