Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 985 Overtime
Shangguan Yan lay on the hospital bed, pondering Xia Shou's description.

Even without deep thought, one can sense that there's something seriously wrong with this assassination attempt.

As Dongya said, the people of Moyu Division must possess forbidden knowledge about time.

Because of the special nature of the Moyu Division, the gods imposed restrictions on these forbidden knowledges. That is, apart from the head of the Moyu Division, everyone can only be familiar with one forbidden knowledge related to time. Once they know one, they cannot learn another forbidden knowledge related to time.

Therefore, each of them has different abilities in the Moyu Division, and these abilities are their labels, which can be recognized once they are used.

Therefore, Winter Crows at that time concluded that the member known as the Fisherman of the River of Time was a traitor.

But now, Xia Shou has described another application of the forbidden knowledge of time.

If I remember correctly, this fighting style should be unique to the Zhen (a type of fighting style).

"There are many traitors, and he is one of them?" Shangguan Yan frowned, deep in thought.

Something's not right; I feel like there's something fishy going on.

Should we send Kehen to rewind the scene and investigate in reverse?
In fact, Shangguan Yan had this idea before in Foggart: to have Kehen trace back the activity trajectory of the human host and find out everything that was related to the other party.

However, since Kehen had been captured by the other party once, and since the other party dared to manipulate her with the Bone Point Pen and then let her go, they must have been prepared for failure.

That day, she didn't kill a human being, and the location was in Foggart. After thinking it over, she felt the risk was too great, so she didn't let Kehen follow the investigation.

But this time, should we let Kehen investigate?

If all goes well, they will find out how the other party neutralized Xia Shou's invisibility spell, and with good luck, they may gain even more.

However, if the other party is on guard, it would be very easy for them to destroy Kehen.

Especially recently, even though the Bureau of Control has kept Kehen's special ability highly confidential, it seems that a very small number of criminals have still guessed some of the effects of [The Bystander].

They didn't know who Kehen was, but they did know that there was a "detective" in Jiangbo City who could recall past events.

A while ago, Kehen saw something he shouldn't have seen while carrying out a normal mission. It was an abnormal entity that, whenever its appearance was witnessed, would create in the witness's mind a scene of their loved ones being brutally murdered.

If Kehen hadn't had such a strong will and hadn't already experienced similar things, she might have been driven insane by that experience.

In the supernatural world, some things are inherently unsuitable to be witnessed, so these things are often used as "barriers" to obstruct investigations.

After much deliberation, Shangguan Yan decided to abandon the idea of ​​using Ke Hen. The risk was too great, and the other reason was that Ke Hen, in conjunction with the story centipede's damaged eye, could foresee the general course of history. This extraordinary ability should be properly preserved and allowed to play a greater role.

Investigate the traitor's matter, and then tell Winter Crow; that man should be able to make a judgment.

In short, let's deal with the Heart of the Rending King first, put an end to this matter completely, and then investigate the Kingdom of Witch Tree.

The investigation into Wushu Kingdom was a direct order from the Council of Scepters, and it was no longer just a matter for her to investigate alone. If there really was some unspeakable truth behind that old man, then she had to be the first to know.

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Even at night, all three offices were still staffed with employees working overtime.

Xia Shou couldn't help but ask curiously, "Speaking of which, isn't our department a bit too small? I saw that Departments One and Two have a lot of people. I heard that not all of them work here; they also have temporary offices outside."

Kehen: "Wow, senior, you really don't care about anything. Did you just notice it now? Or did you notice it before but didn't ask around?"

"Stop keeping me in suspense, I'm exhausted, please just tell me." Xia Shouchang let out a long sigh.

"Our boss's management philosophy is a bit different from others. Don't you know how you were recruited? Our minister doesn't like to recruit people through formal channels. Look at Xiaoming and Xiaogao, they were recruited during the execution of tasks because they were qualified. As for me, it's a long story."

"But we can't finish all the work if we don't have enough people! Why doesn't the minister recruit people through proper channels?"

"Who knows? Anyway, we have enough people to go on missions with the help of the Public Investigation Department. And it's not that we don't recruit people through normal channels at all. It's just that we don't usually encounter specially recruited people and normally recruited people."

"Is that so?" Xia Shou felt like he had learned something interesting.

"What do you think? Senior Xia Shou, how difficult do you feel about your job? Is it particularly challenging?"

"That's right, you mean?"

"It's just like you think. How could a department have such dangerous tasks every day? A department's daily work is mostly harmless and low-risk, accounting for 90% of its tasks. What you're responsible for is the remaining 10%," Ke Hen said.

"I haven't heard of that at all!"

"Me too!" Jiang Wengao exclaimed in shock.

"You two are such a pair of clowns. But then again, you don't interact with other employees much, while I do... How should I put it? There's no need to put in the effort to socialize with them because the department head works overtime and transfers departments frequently, so there's no need to cultivate good relationships with them."

"Comrade Kehen, you're not implying that your way of getting along with us is about cultivating good relations, are you?"

"Senior, I'm really hurt by what you're saying. Haven't I helped you enough?"

"It's one thing to help a lot, but you never talk to us properly." Xia Shou rarely spoke his mind; he had actually wanted to say this for a long time.

Kehen smiled slightly: "No, it's just that there are too many things to complain about about you guys, especially Fatty and you. Oh, and Xiao Gao is also becoming more and more of a target for ridicule lately."

"Sister Ke, you said you were mocking me, right? This is your true feeling! You've spoken your mind!" Jiang Wengao shouted.

The office was bustling with activity as several people temporarily stopped their work to complain and grumble to each other. Only Li Ming was diligently handling his official duties.

Just then, the office door opened, and Su Weiyu walked in, carrying a large bag of steaming hot late-night snacks: "Time for a late-night snack!"

"Stop! Hold on a minute, let's have some midnight snacks first!"
Same as usual tonight, my treat to late-night snacks!

Xia Shouhao declared confidently, "Xiaoming, you should take a break too. Being a scab is shameful."

"No, I just helped you finish a report, Brother Shou." Xiao Ming emerged from behind the pile of documents.

"Then you're a model worker, so eat more later."

Meanwhile, Kehen had already started choosing a late-night snack that suited his taste.

"Senior is so generous, always buying so much for late-night snacks. Have you never thought about getting a girlfriend?"
"Your seniors must get a lot of bonuses, right? Without a 'bad woman' to help you spend money, you can't make ends meet by working overtime."

Upon hearing this, Su Weiyu raised an eyebrow, smiled slightly, and took out another box of late-night snacks from behind her: "This is specially prepared for you, boyfriend~"

"Um, it feels weird being called that by you."

"Actually, I also think it's quite strange, but don't worry about it, just eat!"

Xia Shou opened the late-night snack box, which was full of grilled oysters, with what appeared to be beef and lamb kidneys underneath.

Xia Shou frowned, sensing that things weren't so simple. He glanced at Su Weiyu, who shrugged sheepishly and explained:

"I didn't mean you can't do it, it's just that it's better to take care of your health in advance. I'm the kind of person who likes to plan ahead."

(End of this chapter)