The fortune telling was so accurate that I accidentally accumulated a huge amount of merit!

Chapter 119 They're all dreaming! (2nd update)
After consuming the little black snake formed from evil energy, the paper doll's body underwent a significant change. From a distance, it truly resembled a real rag doll.

"Master, I can sense the presence of other evil energies!"

The little paper doll's voice was still sweet and childlike, but to everyone else, those words were like heavenly music.

Yunran: ...

At this point, it would be a bit unreasonable for her not to lend out the little paper figure.

"Alright, go and help collect these evil spirits, then come back as soon as possible, okay? Don't get too carried away!"

These words were too pointed; Director Liao couldn't ignore them even if he wanted to. For a moment, he wanted to retort firmly, "Give it back then!"
But in the end, he didn't say it, afraid of being embarrassed again!
With the help of the paper doll, Director Liao consulted with his former superior and began a comprehensive manhunt.

By nightfall, they had captured 22 people. Adding the two families who had already died, the so-called messengers of the gods made a total of 24 people.

The little paper figure only left one divine messenger card as evidence; the rest it ate.

At this moment, the little paper figure had grown to the size of an infant, and its paper figure characteristics were gradually fading away, making it look more and more like a doll.

Yunran rested in the temporary office of the Special Administration Bureau. She waited for a long time, but her little paper doll did not return. Her face darkened immediately.

Looking at the angry Yun Ran, Wang Lin whispered to Liu An beside him, "Those people up there, they wouldn't really have confiscated Ran Ran's little paper doll, would they?"

Liu An was usually carefree, but at this moment, he completely suppressed his temper, glancing at Yun Ran from time to time, feeling immense sympathy for her.

He had witnessed the abilities of that little paper figure before. A paper figure that had gained sentience was incredibly rare, not to mention that it was also the nemesis of evil spirits.

Leaving aside those people mentioned above, even he himself is somewhat interested in it; it's much more useful than magical artifacts.

"We're valued by Director Xie, after all. They've come all the way here to steal from us, so Director Xie definitely won't ignore it."

Yunran tried to recall the paper doll, but her recall spell was useless; clearly, the paper doll was trapped.

"bite…………"

The phone rang, and Yunran saw that it was Xie Xuzhi calling. She answered it.

All eyes turned to them. The atmosphere had been really tense just now, and now that this phone call had come in, they wanted to know who was so unlucky.

"You still have the nerve to call? Don't you even know what kind of people you promoted before? They're all so short-sighted that they actually managed to hold my little paper doll hostage."

"How shameless! Why don't you just bring out your own magical artifacts and let me choose whatever I want, and then not give them back..."

Unbeknownst to Yun Ran, Xie Xuzhi was on speakerphone at the moment, and there were other people in the conference room listening to Yun Ran's sarcasm and cursing.

Apart from Xie Xuzhi and the people he promoted, everyone else looked extremely uncomfortable.

Just now, they were discussing whether the growing paper doll in Yunran's hand should be handed over as a sample to the Special Administration Bureau's Magic Item Research and Development Center.

Gu Yuan sat in the back with a sarcastic smile on his face. He thought these people were really out of their minds, and Yun Ran's scolding was really satisfying.

Isn't that shameless? He sees something good and wants it all. He really thinks he's something special. Even his boss, the deputy director of the Special Administration Bureau, who is actually the top leader, has never been this shameless.

In his opinion, the eldest brother should have directly and forcefully demanded that all the Xuanmen families behave themselves and stop causing trouble. However, when his gaze fell on his second uncle, the smile on his face faded somewhat.

Especially after his second uncle glared at him, Gu Yuan shrugged helplessly.

Well, he's a negative example among many scions of Xuanmen families. He doesn't care about his family and only knows how to curry favor with Director Xie. He should keep a low profile.

After Yun Ran finished her rant, Xie Xuzhi calmly said, "We are in a meeting. The little paper doll you lent out has not only gained sentience, but it can also cultivate and grow by absorbing evil energy."

Many members of the Xuanmen families were very interested and wanted to use this little paper figure as an experimental sample to improve the methods of refining other magical artifacts.

Yun Ran got even angrier: "Pah, you're all dreaming! I'm warning you, if you dare touch my little paper doll, I'll make you pay. Don't blame me for destroying your lair!"

She had previously received an invitation to a competition from the Xiahou family, and she was thinking that since they were all from the same system, they should at least give her some face.

She thought she would just do a token gesture, but now it seems she was overthinking it.

These guys, all they know is how to scoop the good stuff into their own bowls, regardless of whether it's their own or not.

If she didn't teach these guys a lesson, they would really take her for a fool.

Xie Xuzhi was very satisfied with Yun Ran's performance, and then hung up the phone.

"Everyone, you've heard that. Yun Ran has such a bad temper that she won't even give me face. Our Special Administration Bureau isn't some bandit bureau that just wants to snatch other people's powerful magical artifacts."

Let's not mention this matter again. Also, Yunran's paper doll was a great help this time, so I plan to specially allocate some resources to her. Everyone, meeting adjourned!

After Xie Xuzhi finished speaking, a smile was clearly on his lips. He stood up, turned around, and left, followed by his close associates.

"Director Xie is clearly biased, just because Yun Ran was specially recruited by him! If we just hand over that little paper figure, we can find a way to refine it, and maybe in the future our magical artifacts will also gain sentience."

"This is clearly an attempt to suppress us. No, we absolutely cannot sit idly by and wait to die. We've finally encountered such an opportunity, we can't let it slip away."

"What do we do now? Although we trapped the little paper figure using special methods, Director Xie has already spoken."

If we don't release them, then Director Xie will have a legitimate reason to cut our resources.

"Put it out first!"

"But……"

"Who says you can't arrest someone again after you release them? Since we can't go through the proper channels, let's go through the informal channels. Besides, there's more than one of these little paper figures!"

……

Yunran was unaware that her two sentient paper dolls had been targeted.

While Song Ye was out of town working hard to catch criminals, he looked at the little paper figure on the front line and, for some reason, suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

A babyish voice came from afar: "Hey, ha, you little thief, where do you think you're going? Take this punch from grandpa!"

(End of this chapter)