This actor is full of tricks.

"What is this?"

Cheng Jing obviously didn't expect that there were symbols on the back of the deceased. The first two cases were also closed hastily, so he didn't know whether the first two deceased had this thing on them.

"This is what I've been investigating." Lin Jue didn't say much more and changed the subject: "Minister Cheng, do you have any information about this deceased person? Please send it to me."

Cheng Jing acted quickly, sending over the deceased's information while asking in confusion, "It's strange, the deceased's name is on the letter you sent me, but he died before we could even begin our operation. Who wrote that letter?"

“It’s the cat-faced girl. She wanted to kill everyone on the letter.” Lin Jue answered while looking at the information about the deceased.

Now only one name remains. Given Wang Qingya's killing speed, she'll probably make her move within the next day or two.

"Written by the cat-faced girl!?" Cheng Jing was taken aback. "Then should we protect the last person?"

Cheng Jing was very humble, asking for Lin Jue's opinion.

"Why protect him? Just arrest him. Even if the cat-faced girl doesn't kill him, he won't escape the law." Lin Jue turned off his phone. "Minister Cheng, please do it now. I'm afraid that guy will hear the news and run away."

“Okay, no problem.” Cheng Jing quickly issued the order.

At 8 a.m., after all the investigators in the room had left the scene, Cheng Jing stretched and yawned: "Minister Zhou, would you like to go get some breakfast together? I know a place that makes really good oil tea."

Lin Jue thought for a moment, and since he had nothing else to do later, he simply agreed: "Okay, you treated me to lunch yesterday, so I'll take advantage of you today and treat you to oil tea."

"Haha, no problem, no problem." Cheng Jing laughed heartily.

After arriving at the breakfast shop, they ordered two bowls of oil tea and porridge, plus two baskets of steamed buns. The two then sat down and chatted idly.

The steaming hot oil tea was served, and Cheng Jing urged Lin Jue to try it quickly. He then stuffed a small steamed bun into his mouth, his mouth dripping with oil as he ate: "Try it, I've been eating here for years."

Lin Jue stirred the seasonings of the oil tea, ate a bite with his porridge, and had to admit that it tasted quite good.

"Speaking of which, Minister Zhou, how come you and Director Xiao are so close? This is the first time I've seen her care so much about someone." Cheng Jing took a sip of porridge and then put the steamed bun in her mouth.

Are you close...?

He did care, which is a fair assessment, since Xiao Lin had never refused any of Lin Jue's requests. However, this was also because he himself had demonstrated sufficient value.

If Cheng Jing can solve so many bizarre events, it will definitely attract attention.

Lin Jue didn't know what had caused Cheng Jing to misunderstand, and he didn't point it out. He just chuckled awkwardly twice and didn't reply.

Cheng Jing continued, seemingly oblivious, "But it makes sense. Minister Zhou, you're so young, yet you're already at the fourth rank. When Director Xiao is promoted to headquarters, you should be the next Director of Jiangdong Province."

"Ah, this..." Lin Jue opened his mouth, realizing that Xiao Lin hadn't told Cheng Jing that he was just a figurehead minister and wouldn't follow the procedures of the Inspection Department for any promotion. Cheng Jing mistakenly thought Lin Jue was still being modest and laughed, "Minister Zhou, you don't need to be modest anymore. No one in the entire Jiangdong Province is more suitable than you. You are powerful, young, and deeply favored by King Zhuanlun. You have both ability and connections. The position of the next director is undoubtedly yours."

"Wait a minute, you just said the Wheel King's favor?" Lin Jue interrupted Cheng Jing, wondering why he himself didn't know that there was another king paying attention to him.

Lin Jue had heard some information about this Wheel King. He was a very senior king, one of the first to light up the domain, and made great contributions in the early stages of the fog descending. He joined forces with several other kings to establish the Inspection Bureau.

It can be said that this Wheel King possessed supreme power and status throughout the entire country.

Cheng Jing was bewildered by Lin Jue's reaction: "Minister Zhou, don't you know?"

His expression changed as soon as he finished speaking, realizing that he might have let something slip. The fact that the other party didn't know meant that the Wheel King didn't want to tell them for the time being. He had just heard a bit of a rumor from Xiao Lin and then revealed the information as soon as he turned his back.

"Here, Minister Cheng, have some more steamed buns." Lin Jue pushed the basket of steamed buns in front of him to Cheng Jing: "Tell me what you meant by what you just said?"

Once words are spoken, they cannot be taken back, and there's no way to fool anyone. Cheng Jing had no choice but to bite the bullet and explain, "Please don't tell anyone that I said this. I only heard a little bit of information from Director Xiao."

"Minister Zhou, I heard from Director Xiao that you just joined the Inspection Department. You probably don't know how long ago the last Wang appeared, right?"

Before Lin Jue could answer, he continued, "The last War King, Chi Xiao, broke through to the fifth rank and became a King in 2018, which means that there has been no new King for six years now."

"But the fog is descending more and more frequently, and the strange forces that appear are becoming more and more powerful. Some extremely evil monsters have even broken through the fog and escaped into the real world. In the past, the kings basically only needed to guard, but now the kings have to take action. If this continues, the number of kings may be less than the number of extremely evil monsters. Therefore, the headquarters high-level executives have formulated a new king training plan."

"The New King Training Program?" Lin Jue repeated.

"Yes, headquarters is preparing to cultivate a new king. Five investigators with the greatest potential to become kings will be selected from across the country and given special resources to cultivate them. It is expected that a new king will be cultivated within two years."

"Director Xiao is one of them, and Minister Zhou, you are the only fourth-level among the five, but you are also the only one personally recommended by Wang."

"The king who recommended you is King Chakravartin."

Is there such a thing?
Lin Jue never expected that he would be noticed by a king, who would even be preparing to cultivate him.

"But why hide something so important? Is it because the Inspection Department is afraid I'll become arrogant and overconfident?" Lin Jue thought to himself, and asked aloud, "You just said you'd allocate resources to nurture it, but a Spirit Realm shouldn't be able to grow through external intervention, right? This thing has to rely on itself to fight against the strange and cleanse the pollution to improve. If it all depends on itself, then what's the point of talking about nurturing it?"

"That's the key point." Cheng Jing took a sip of porridge: "You know that dense fog has loopholes, right?"

"Hmm, but is there any necessary connection between them?" Lin Jue asked, puzzled.

"If even the most heinous criminals can escape through the loopholes, then why can't we go in?"

(End of this chapter)