My profession is too unique.

Chapter 52 The Shadow Approaches: Why is the Mysterious Weapon Empty?

Fatty Sun's smile deepened, but he waved his hand repeatedly, saying, "No need to be so polite."

"Oh, right, there's one more thing." Fatty Sun glanced subconsciously at the closed door and whispered, "Remember when someone came into your room when you first arrived at the Supervision Department?"

"Of course I remember." Su Chen's heart stirred slightly, wondering why the other person had suddenly brought it up.

He didn't tell Fatty Sun about the letter someone delivered to him a few days ago; the contents were hard to explain.

Fatty Sun then explained, "The minister has his sights set on the entire Nanfeng City, but he hasn't forgotten about your matter. He specifically asked me to investigate secretly, and we've only recently gotten some leads."

"Those who could evade ordinary surveillance cameras were definitely not ordinary Tier 1 professionals. At that time, there were a total of 32 Tier 2 and above professionals at headquarters,"

"Around that time point, there were only seven people who were alone."

“Two from the patrol team, three from the investigation team, one from the internal affairs team, which is me…” Fatty Sun chuckled, “and one from the secretariat. Here’s the list, see if you recognize anyone.”

Su Chen couldn't help but look at the seemingly obsequious Section Chief Sun. He himself hadn't expected this matter to have a result.

The list was handwritten, and Su Chen wasn't very familiar with the names on it. The only names that looked familiar were the head and deputy head of their patrol section.

“If you don’t have any leads, then we’re in trouble.” Fatty Sun scratched his head and took the list back. “The minister is not here, and the city lord is currently in charge of the supervisory department, so it’s not easy to continue the investigation. This is the best we can do.”

"Thank you for your trouble, Brother Sun," Su Chen said sincerely, then brought up another matter, "Brother Sun, I'm running low on Black Flame Potions and Spirit Light Potions. I'd like you to get me some more."

"Perfect timing. I made some money when I left the city last time, not much, around 20,000 gold."

This was sent to him by Hu Xiang not long ago; the batch of Azure Scaled Lions he killed outside the city had finally completed the process.

Sun Pangzi visibly tensed up when he heard the first half of Su Chen's sentence, but relaxed considerably when he saw the bank card the other party handed him.

After a moment's hesitation, he took the bank card and patted his chest to assure him, "Brother, don't worry. If I can get it for 60% above the market price, then all these years of hard work will have been for nothing."

He was naturally confident in Sun Pangzi's competence. Su Chen took the photocopy and left amidst the other party's warm greetings.

As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, his bracelet beeped, but it was from an unexpected person sending him a message.

"Old Su, I need to talk to you urgently. Could you grant me temporary access in the backend? I can't access your floor."

It was Han Da, a member of the 17th Patrol Team, which he was officially part of. He had exchanged a few words with Qi Chuan and the other two when they were arrested last time, and he was obviously very outgoing.

Su Chen thought for a moment, then swipe open the bracelet, searched on the virtual barrier, and opened temporary access for him in the monitoring department's backend.

He waited by the elevator, and soon Han Da came up.

"Old Su, wait for me here..." Han Da greeted him warmly, quite surprised.

"Why did you suddenly decide to look for me?" Su Chen led him to the room.

"Tsk, the old guys live in such nice places..." Han Da looked around enviously, then quickly explained, "I wasn't talking about you."

After he closed the door, Han Da whispered, "The captain sent me. He asked me to tell you that someone is subtly inquiring about... that person's death that day."

Su Chen immediately understood that the other party was referring to Qi Chuan.

After that day, Yuan Chenyang personally issued a gag order, erasing all traces of their deployment, including Su Chen's visit to Qi Chuan.

It wasn't their patrol day; they were temporarily reassigned by Fatty Sun. Besides, it was already late at night, so after erasing the records, no one would have known.

"...Who?" Su Chen's heart skipped a beat.

"The captain of the third patrol team," Han Da relayed Zhao Xiong's words, "first, he noticed that the patrol airship we were on that day was missing a bit of energy, but the attendance record didn't match, so he casually asked a few questions." "At first, the captain didn't take it seriously and brushed it off, but later, he secretly asked the captain if he was stealing and selling energy. The captain immediately refuted him, and only later did he realize that the guy was probably trying to trick him into saying something."

"Patrol captain? First rank?" Su Chen was slightly taken aback, then asked, "Whose man is he?"

There are hills everywhere.

Han Da seemed to have anticipated this question, and uttered a name: "Deputy Section Chief—Pan Yu."

Based on the cross-referencing of the list provided by Fatty Sun, it should be him.

"Okay, I understand." Su Chen's face showed no emotion.

As Han Da was leaving, he hesitated for a moment and said, "By the way, some time ago when we were on patrol, we received a report in the refugee area that many refugees had gone missing. One of them seemed to be someone you knew, I think his surname was Huang..."

Their patrol team was quite surprised at the time, wondering how a refugee could know Su Chen. But after a thorough investigation, they discovered that Su Chen was actually a refugee.

Captain Zhao Xiong immediately reprimanded them sternly, telling them not to spread the news. It was Han Da who suddenly remembered this incident.

Huang Peng? Su Chen was surprised. The leader of the small group his predecessor belonged to had disappeared?

Han Da added, "Also, the head of the refugee bureau in that area, I think his name is Zhang Man, asked me to pass on a message, saying that the five hundred gold coins are his congratulatory gift."

"Zhang Man? A wedding gift?" Su Chen remembered the guy who had introduced him to Jiang He and asked curiously, "What did you talk to him about?"

"So you're saying you're the minister's student now?" Handa grinned. "You didn't see how funny his expression was back then."

"Hehe..." Su Chen chuckled, and after chatting for a few more minutes, he learned that Lily was already a first-tier professional.

"It's all thanks to you that she was able to exchange that collective third-class merit for a precious potion," Han Da said mischievously. "She's been thinking about you non-stop lately. Zhou Li is definitely one of the beauties in our patrol team."

Su Chen joked and laughed with him for a while before seeing him off.

Click!

The door closed, and Su Chen's face turned grim. "As expected, they've started investigating the strange artifacts."

Yuan Chenyang and the higher-ups in Nanfeng City assumed that the strange artifact they found would be empty.

But the Cult of the Devious Gods knew that the thing was not empty at all.

Why did it become empty? Where did the power inside go?
Not only Nanfeng City, but also the Ghost God Cult is searching for, and is even more concerned about, the truth.

Even if we don't know yet that he killed Qi Chuan, because of his entanglement with Qi Chuan, he is undoubtedly a good breakthrough point.

He wasn't entirely certain about the letter from a while ago, but the additional information from Han Da made him almost certain.

It's even possible that Huang Peng's disappearance was due to the Ghost God Cult secretly investigating him. Although it might seem paranoid, it's not impossible.

“Pan Yu…” Su Chen pondered. Having a venomous snake by his side was always unsettling.

"Once the Serpent Shadow Body Tempering Technique reaches the Master level, the development progress of the Sky-Splitting Warrior will also be maxed out. At that time, I will be able to advance to the second tier. Based on my current training efficiency, it shouldn't be long."

"but…"

After a moment's thought, Su Chen activated his bracelet, located Hu Xiang, and sent a message: "Do me a favor..."

(End of this chapter)