The stolen magic is a bit magical

"Therefore, the only thing we can do right now is to control the damage caused by the Soul-Binding Gu incident."

"Can it be controlled to below 10%?" the headmaster asked.

The beautiful woman shook her head: "That's absolutely impossible! At headquarters, keeping it below 30% should be the best possible outcome."

“Yes, your estimate of 30% is an optimistic number, and my estimate is roughly the same as yours,” the headmaster said. “However, some people just think that a 10% target is reasonable.”

"This is insane! This is absolutely impossible... Who set such a stupid goal?"

The commander-in-chief let out a soft sigh: "Xiao Juan, execute Contingency Plan No. 4. You carry it out yourself!"

Xiao Juan froze, staring at the headquarters for a long time.

The leader said, "My era has ended, not by the hand of Qianlong, nor by the hand of Lin Xiaosu, but by the arrogance and prejudice above. However, after so many years of dominating the Great Xia, I have left myself a way out. I want to see who will take my place after I leave. I also want to know if the person who takes my place is the one I have been looking for all along."

Hydra had made a preliminary assessment.

Qianlong also made a prediction.

The process of anticipating the events is unfolding in every corner of Daxia.

In a southern city, a man got into a car and started the engine when suddenly a cold, eerie voice came from the back of the car: "Engineer Zhang, where are you headed?"

The bespectacled engineer in the driver's seat froze, then slowly turned around: "I don't want to go anywhere, I'm going home."

"Not going to Jiangcheng?"

"No! Absolutely impossible! I... I never intended to go to Jiangcheng." The engineer trembled all over.

"Then why did you book a plane ticket to Jiangcheng?"

Engineer Zhang flung open the car door and ran...

However, as soon as he opened the car door, he smelled a delicate fragrance.

puff!
He collapsed.

The man in the back of the car got out and disappeared into the darkness. He glanced back at the building behind him, sighed deeply, and embarked on his journey to leave the country.

By eliminating his threat, his own path was also cut off.

Both sides suffer.

In a northern region, a young man wearing glasses looked up in a laboratory and stared at a person slowly walking towards him.

The man said, "Little Li, have you seen this notice?"

The young man smiled and said, "I've seen it before!"

I advise you not to have any inappropriate thoughts.

The young man smiled even more sweetly: "You mean, the idea of ​​reporting me? You can rest assured!"

"Young people are so smart!"

"Yes, young people are smart. I'm young, and I do look smarter than you!" the young man said. "Boss, haven't you realized that the person standing in front of you is just a robot?"

The boss was utterly shocked: "You..."

"Sorry, I've already arrived in Jiangcheng! If you're so capable, send this bottle of perfume you're carrying over by express delivery!"

The middle-aged man stumbled and almost fell over.

This can be considered a successful comeback!

Using a lifelike robot to replace oneself and escape from danger is, it must be said, very difficult for a skilled young person to control.

The same plot, a similar plot, yet completely different plots...

In the land of Great Xia, every corner is constantly being innovated and transformed.

The Hydra's dark hand kills those it controls.

There are instances where those who were controlled turned the tables and killed Hydra.

Some cicadas shed their shells.

There have been reports online.

Almost all of the Qianlong gold medalists were mobilized.

This was only one night, and there are signs that an even bigger storm is yet to come...

The battle against foreign forces is far more brutal than imagined.

The calamity brought about by this Soul-Giving Gu was far more painful than imagined.

However painful it may be, one must eventually make the difficult decision to cut off one's own arm.

Lin Xiaosu, who stirred up a storm, seemed to have a bit of a "I'm gone, who cares about the deluge" attitude, and returned to Fengcheng on this spring night near May.

Outside the detective agency, he carried his suitcase and made a phone call to Miao Ruolan.

A moment later, the detective agency's roller shutter door opened from the inside, and Miao Ruolan appeared before him, wearing the old nightgown that Lin Xiaosu remembered so well, like a begonia flower.

"You haven't had dinner yet, have you?" Miao Ruolan asked.

"I really haven't eaten."

"You wash first, I'll cook for you!"

After washing away the dust of her journey, Miao Ruolan delivered the fragrant meal to his room.

Lin Xiaosu gently hugged her, and Miao Ruolan gave him a kiss, glancing at the next room and giving him a meaningful look.

Lin Xiaosu understood completely...

In the past, whenever he came back, Zhou Xi would always keep the "appointment with Li Fang." They would shake the box open at the detective agency without any problems. But tonight, Lin Xiaosu caught the two women off guard. Zhou Xi couldn't possibly put on her pajamas and go to the appointment with Li Fang in the middle of the night, could she? She's still here.

So, kisses were allowed, but nothing else. Following the basic principle that Zhou Xi was sleeping next door and she shouldn't linger in his room, Miao Ruolan quickly left after he finished eating.

Lin Xiaosu slept soundly until dawn.

The next day, when he went downstairs, the two girls were waiting for him, their faces flushed...

Why wait for him?

report!

What they were about to report was incredibly exciting.

Because this was real money, an amount they couldn't even imagine...

Lin Xiaosu left Fengcheng and entered Jiangcheng in early April.

Today is only April 17th.

At most, it takes half a month.

Within half a month, they received three remittances.

They're all from 101.
The first sum is 100 million!
The second sum is 500 million!
The third sum, 500 million!
1100 million in half a month.

Is this still the same detective agency that charged 3 yuan to find a dog, which was so exorbitant that even Miao Ruolan herself thought it was an astronomical fee?
The three-person shell company achieved the net profit of a medium-sized enterprise, which the two women found unreal for a long time.

Listening to the two women's excited report, Lin Xiaosu figured out where the three sums of money came from.

The first reward of 100 million was for taking down the central Utopia center. To be honest, the reward was quite low, but given Qianlong's tendency to offer low rewards, it was still normal.

The second reward of 500 million is the revelation of the Soul-Bearing Gu. This matter is of great importance. No matter how much Qianlong tries to reduce the reward, he cannot reduce it below 500 million. He can only cap it.

The third reward of 500 million can only be explained by one thing: Wing Blade.

Although Wingblade is just a machine, no amount of reward is too much. This is a task that even the Heavenly King cannot complete. It would be unreasonable to not set a limit.

In just half a month, they amassed wealth that ordinary people couldn't accumulate in three lifetimes; it seems money is too easy to make.

However, those familiar with the situation have a different interpretation: money is simply too hard to earn. Each of those ten million yuan likely represents a human life.

Lin Xiaosu glossed over the details, summarizing it in one sentence: "Ruolan, it seems our detective agency has exceeded its performance target again this year. Let's give Zhou Xi a quarterly bonus."

“Okay!” Miao Ruolan nodded immediately: “You decide how much to send.”

"If I give her too much, she'll become rich and might run away. I can only give her a steady, long-term approach... Hmm, how about giving her 200,000?"

“Okay!” Miao Ruolan skillfully picked up her phone and transferred money to Zhou Xi.

Zhou Xi's mouth gaped open, probably wanting to utter a familiar sigh: What have I done now that you guys are handing out money without a second thought...

But the final result was something else entirely: "I received so many quarterly bonuses all at once, I have to share them with Li Fang tonight, so I won't be coming back tonight."

Miao Ruolan's face turned bright red.

Is this how you repay your two bosses?
A "Li Fang appointment" early in the morning?
Zhou Xi leaned closer: "Brother Lin, two days ago, a familiar pretty girl came to see you."

"Huh? Who?" Lin Xiaosu's heart skipped a beat.

That familiar pretty girl, could it be Catherine?
Catherine has returned to Roba to carry out a very special and important mission.

If it were her who came, it would be enough to set his nerves on edge...

"That beautiful policewoman on the top of the tower!" Zhou Xi blinked. "Brother Lin, who are you thinking of?"

"Stop playing mysterious!" Lin Xiaosu glared at her. "What does she want?"

If it's Zhou Mei, then there's not much sensitivity involved.

"It's a case involving feudal superstition..." Miao Ruolan took over, using the case to dilute the ambiguity of the "Li Fang appointment"...

This case is a typical example of feudal superstition.

This involves a folk taboo called "hair-wearing people".

It is said that there was a man named Zhang Dalu on Tashan Mountain who had a grudge against another family surnamed Li. Zhang Dalu dug up the birth date and time of Li Shuisheng, the son of the Li family, made a "scarecrow", and used a blood needle to prick the scarecrow's forehead.

As a result, Li Shuisheng had an accident outside and died.

Li Shuisheng's parents were outraged and reported the incident to the nearby Tashan Police Station, insisting that Zhang Dalu had killed their son.

There weren't many residents on Tashan Mountain to begin with. Those with the surnames Zhang and Li made up 80% of the village's population. This is how the two surnames became enemies, and the atmosphere was tense with constant conflicts and disputes.

Zhou Mei's job was not to handle conflicts and disputes among villagers.

Her greater function is to protect the stone pagoda on Tashan Mountain.

However, this is only her internal function; to the outside world, the Tashan Police Station is still a police station.

Therefore, she was also in a state of great distress.

I've told the villagers a million times that "Zha Mao Ren" (a type of folk ritual involving hair sticks) is a feudal superstition and could never have caused any murder. Li Shuisheng was killed in a car accident while driving under the influence of alcohol; it has absolutely nothing to do with Zhang Dalu. Zhang Dalu has never even left Fengcheng, so legally he has no suspicion of murder. You can tell him he's practicing feudal superstition, and the police can educate him, but to insist he committed murder is pure nonsense.

But the villagers surnamed Li are stubborn and firmly believe that hair-tightening people can kill them.

They also listed more than a dozen cases of people dying while being shaved in the county for Zhou Mei…

Initially, Zhou Mei was a staunch defender of jurisprudence and absolutely did not believe that "hair-wielding people" could cause death.

However, when she conducted a small investigation into the dozen or so deaths reported by the villagers, she was shocked to discover that these incidents were all true stories.

So, she wasn't so sure anymore.

I came to the detective agency and asked Lin Xiaosu... and also my two good friends to analyze whether the recent spate of strange events really indicates the existence of some kind of mysterious phenomenon.

Miao Ruolan and Zhou Xi initially shared the same judgment as Zhou Mei: it's feudal superstition, what's there to investigate? Just explain it to them and that's it.

However, by chance, while investigating other cases, they arrived at the village where another hairy person incident had occurred and were surprised to discover a common thread. (End of Chapter)