Transform into a human

"What's with that expression?" Yue Lai looked at Li with displeasure. "It makes me look like a criminal."

"You do have a clear understanding of yourself."

"Miss Hua Leisi, don't you feel any remorse saying that? I'm doing this to rid the police headquarters of a cancerous tumor!"

"I don't even know whether the cancer is more harmful or you are more harmful."

Li looked warily at the heart Yue Lai was supporting: "Is it its effect?"

"Hmm, the effects of relics are closely related to the person's life experiences. Guess what that barbarian was thinking before he died?"

"If it were me, I would definitely call you treacherous and cunning."

"Why are you still holding a grudge?" Yue Lai said helplessly. "He's actually thinking, 'If only I had put in a little more effort.'"

"Therefore, the condition for using this evil relic is 'dedication'."

As expected of an evil relic, Li felt like she had heard a hellish joke: "So your heart..."

"It'll eat you."

His heart skipped a beat, as if in response to Yue Lai: "Why is the texture so dry?"

"You, you, you..."

"Don't worry, it doesn't make much difference to me whether I have a heart or not. In fact, the cost is high but the benefits are also high. Although it is a second-level relic corresponding to the Master, the effect is quite good. It can forcibly reduce a person's intelligence."

"It's perfect for tricking people, but you have to find the 'food' in advance every time you use it, which is a bit of a hassle."

After a long silence, Li finally managed to utter, "No wonder they're barbarians..."

Then he quickly added, "If you dare use that on me, I'll... I'll never forgive you!"

"Don't worry, you definitely won't notice if I use it on you."

"you!"

Yue Lai placed the Evil Heart into his chest cavity—its containment method was simple, as long as he didn't have a heart. The Evil Heart was overjoyed to be back in its "home," and a fine network of blood extended out, filling the hole in Yue Lai's chest completely, revealing a hideous dark red scar.

Li pointed to his shirt with a hole in it and couldn't help but complain:

"Do you know what people will think if they see you like this?"

"Call the police?"

"This is a university!" Li exclaimed dramatically. "They'll just think you're a member of the Strange Club and then ask you to take a picture with them!"

"..."

Tell me about the three great campus legends.

"Are you interested in them too, classmate?" Before Li could answer, a boy passing by overheard Yue Lai's words and quickly came over. "Wow, your costume is so realistic! Can I touch it?"

"Can't."

"That's a rather harsh rejection," the boy said, looking quite disappointed. "I saw your membership agreement; you're a new member who just joined the preparatory club, right?"

"Actually, every new member is overconfident and interested in the three campus legends, only to be ridiculed by the veterans. But we are different."

"you?"

"That's right, it's us!"

A blonde girl in a miniskirt suddenly appeared from the side: "Our Love and Kindness Group was founded with the hope of one day solving the three major campus legends. We've already outlasted five generations of seniors since we started!"

"So, in other words, it's been five years since it was established but hasn't achieved anything," Li said, turning into a吐槽 machine (a machine that constantly criticizes others), "What are you so proud of?!"

"It's different," the girl shook her finger. "Everyone else is here for promotion, but we're here purely out of interest. Since we can't get the vice president position anyway, we might as well enjoy the fun of exploration."

"So, would you two like to join us?" The girl's eyes sparkled.

Li pointed at Yue Lai: "I've already graduated. I came here with this guy. You can ask him."

Yue Lai nodded and said, "That sounds good. Could you tell me about these three campus legends first?"

"Looks like you're a freshman. My name is Lou Wen, you can call me Senior Lou. This is Weiswood Summer."

"The three major campus legends are the Banshee's Voice, the Homework Sprite, and the Ghost Club."

"Let's start with the Siren's Voice. Ten years ago, the academy's astronomical station suddenly received an unidentified runic signal from near the police hub. The signal was a distress message that sounded like a siren's song. However, by the time the school's exploration team arrived, the source of the signal had mysteriously disappeared."

"The same signal was transmitted to the College Observatory every month after that, but because the location of the signal source kept changing, the exploration team would come up empty-handed every time."

"Even the professors resorted to many ingenious methods, but they still couldn't pinpoint the source of the signal. To this day, no one knows who sent the signal, why they sent it, or why it always pointed towards the school's observatory. Even the professors who were most eager to publish papers have given up the search."

Yue Lai stroked his chin: "It feels like I've seen this somewhere before... Tell me about the next one."

"Let me tell you," Weiswood interjected. "The legend of the Homework Sprite comes from a post on the Chain Crystal Network."

"Because of the special relationship between the school and the police headquarters, the police often use some old cold cases with attached case files as 'bonus questions' for the final exam, encouraging students from different majors to team up and explore them."

"But since it's a long-standing case, it's naturally extremely difficult to solve, let alone with just one set of files, so the police didn't expect that a student could actually crack it."

"About seven years ago, someone casually accepted a 'bonus question' to try, glanced at it once, and then left it in their email. But to their surprise, as the deadline approached, they unexpectedly found the 'answers' in their inbox!"

Yue Lai felt a surge of curiosity: "Was that answer correct?"

"That's right!"

"The police initially just thought it was a try, but they didn't expect to actually solve the case. Thus, they had their first lucky person. That senior's final exam score that year was off the charts, and I heard that he is now a chief superintendent."

"After that, more and more people started storing the files in their email inboxes, and the mysterious Miss Ghost did not disappoint everyone's expectations, consistently providing 'answers' at a steady pace, and never making a mistake."

"Later, everyone affectionately called her the Homework Fairy."

"Uh, why 'Miss'?"

"Of course, such a compassionate bodhisattva who saves people from suffering is a girl!"

Lou Wen chimed in: "Not to mention the students, even the police would have to kowtow to her. Over the years, they've solved countless backlog cases."

Li nodded: "When I first joined the police force, Wan De even borrowed my email account. This story is known to many officers in the police force."

Yue Lai's eyes widened in amazement: "And the last one?"

Lou Wen chuckled sinisterly:

"The legend of the Ghost Club is the oldest, and it has been passed down through countless generations in the school."

"If a junior student goes back to the dormitory alone late at night, there is a certain probability that he will be stopped by a ghost and invited to join some strange clubs. Once he agrees, he will be plagued by all kinds of troubles and encounter all sorts of incredible paranormal events."

"What if you don't agree?"

"If you don't want to agree, then you don't have to," Weiswood said nonchalantly. "Those ghosts won't bother you, which is probably why the school administration is too lazy to deal with them. But the students are quite enthusiastic about it."

Yue Lai finally satisfied his curiosity and then asked about his original purpose:

"You two were just saying that about us... "

"Love and kindness."

"Oh right, the Love and Kindness Group... wait, why such a strange name?"

"Since we'll be dealing with all sorts of paranormal events, we definitely need to choose a name that can protect us!"

"Okay, that makes sense. You two just mentioned that our Love and Kindness Group has been established for quite some time now, so surely we should have some clues?"

"Does this junior student genuinely want to join?"

"Why are we even talking about joining or not? We're already on the same side, Senior Lou."

Lou Wen lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Alright, tonight at midnight, in the main hall of the Divine Catcher Preparatory Society, we'll meet there. I'll show you around!"

……

Meanwhile, at the Steam History Museum, in the Elf exhibit area.

Yue Hao quickly covered Mo's mouth: "Good sister, just say what's on your mind. I, Yue Hao, will do anything for you, even if it means going through fire and water!"

Of the three sisters, Clockwork Elf is the one who likes to tip Yue off the most!

Mo nodded, and Yue Hao finally let go of her hand: "Xiao Dong and I are truly in love..."

"Do you think Yue Lai can accept this?"

"That old fogey of his..." Yue Hao muttered a few words, then said irritably, "Tell me, what exactly do you want to extort!"

"Take me to get my skin replaced."

"Are you crazy?!" Yue exclaimed, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. "You're going to kill me!"

"He'll beat you to death if you don't take me with you."

Yue Hao leaned against the snow elf's shoulder, utterly dejected: "You really are influenced by your surroundings... and isn't this a good thing?"

"I don't care, I want the best skin!"

This elite federal agent racked his brains and finally came up with a feasible plan:

"There's an elf lab at the Federal National University's Police Branch. I'll go ask around; maybe they have that kind of skin that doesn't alter your mechanical structure..."

Mo was overjoyed. She had feelings for every gear in her body, and it would be even better if she could have the best of both worlds!

Moreover, her plan was quite simple. Since Yue Lai didn't know when he would arrive, she could put on the skin first and enjoy it, then change back when they met!

"I'm simply a genius among elves!"

After discussing the ransom, Mo looked Yue Hao and Snow Elf up and down: "It hasn't been that long since we last met, have you been keeping this from us all along?"

"No, it's not true. Xiaodong and I fell in love at first sight, and I actually had a mission to take me to the police headquarters this time."

"Tell me about it!"

Yue Hao glanced around guiltily: "I'm only telling you this, don't tell anyone else!"

"Don't worry, Yuehao." Mo patted her chest.

"Isn't there a legendary ghost club on campus at the Federal National University? I don't know what touched a nerve, but the director personally ordered me to negotiate with the university and find a way to completely resolve this issue. If necessary, I can even command the local police superintendent."

"Ghosts!" Mo keenly caught the key word, shrinking back. "You...you mean the university is sheltering ghosts?!"

"I haven't figured it out myself yet, and I have no idea what that old man is up to."

"Let's not talk about work anymore. I haven't even asked you how you ended up at the police headquarters!"

"It's a long story..."

"Did my brother get into trouble again?"

"Yes……"

Yue Hao sighed, rubbing his forehead. Mo quickly tried to save face for Yue, saying, "This time it wasn't intentional; it was for Mrs. Castile's request!"

Yue Hao certainly remembered that kind old woman. When she was a child, she often went to Casti's house to borrow detective novels, and even her current status as a secret agent was partly due to that.

"That's a legitimate reason, so where is he now?"

"All I know is that he's at the police station. We arranged in advance that he would pick me up from the museum once things were settled."

"Alright then, I'll take you to get the skin replaced first, and we can also find an expert to do some maintenance for Xiaodong."

As her long-held dream drew near, Mo felt a pang of fear:

"Are we going to run into Yue Lai?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Yue Hao waved his hand boldly. "The police headquarters is so big, how could it be such a coincidence? If I really ran into them, I'd just turn around and go to the gambling ship!"

……

……

Ninth Star Harbor, Dock Area.

Almost all the officers and superintendents from the Star Harbor branch were present. The stitches on Superintendent Malfoy's body had been completed, and it was time to hold his funeral.

Of course, the funeral was not held for him alone. In front of everyone stood a portrait of another person—former police advisor and ship commander Ji Yungui.

At the very back of the crowd, Wan De whispered, "Do not look at what is improper, do not speak what is improper, do not listen to what is improper."

The barrier unfolded discreetly, and he tugged at Donald's sleeve: "What did the boss say?"

"He agreed to ask for leave for Hua Leisi, but this can't go on forever; it will be exposed eventually."

"I knew it wasn't right," Wan De gritted his teeth and lowered his voice, "That Yue Lai not only killed Malfoy, but also Old Man Ji, so how could he possibly let Hua Leisi go!"

As soon as he and Donald returned to the police headquarters, they hurriedly contacted Li to find out what had happened. Then they received news that the suspect had returned to the police headquarters using some unknown means, and that Ji Yungui had been murdered.

Combined with the fact that Li had disappeared without a trace, the two immediately had many bad suspicions.

"Don't try to contact her easily via the Chain Crystal Network. I have a feeling this isn't as simple as it seems," Donald, being a veteran police officer, sensed something unusual. "Wallace grew up in Starport. Even if Old Man Ji isn't her biological grandfather, they're pretty close. If Yue Lai really killed Ji Yungui, she will never compromise!"

Wan De said viciously, "Is that what I'm worried about? I'm worried she'll be scammed! A swindler with no real skills could completely drive her mad. Even we and the boss fell for it, how could she possibly escape unscathed!"

"Then why didn't he lie to Ji Yungui? Was it just because Li is a girl and prettier?"

"That's an immortal being, what kind of woman hasn't she seen!"

Wander was stunned. Donald rubbed the calluses on his hands and continued, "Old Ji was a remarkable man, far more valuable than any ordinary person. He was easier to fool than a 'capable man,' and we could have helped him escape by boat at any time. Yet a swindler killed him. That's illogical!"

"If he's truly that bloodthirsty, why doesn't he just kill Hua Leisi?"

Most federal citizens choose to have a crystalline implanted to connect to the crystalline network, and police officers grant the police headquarters access to monitor their vital signs. This is why Malfoy's death alerted the police, allowing Donald and Wander to ensure that Leigh was still alive.

"Furthermore, Malfoy died from some unknown evil relic, while Old Man Ji died from being betrayed. Don't you find that strange?"

"So what do we do now?!"

"What's the rush? Do you think the boss hasn't thought of these things?"

The two looked at the superintendents at the front of the line, where Falken stood solemnly behind Bryce.

"Stay calm and wait!"

……

……

"Heaven's grace is sweet, like dew on the felt. My past transgressions are now all forgiven..."

"Heaven bestows its might, yet it fills my heart with sorrow. Heaven bestows its peace, yet it soothes my weary soul..."

During the final song, Bryce, with a somber expression, placed a bouquet of white sword-blue flowers in front of the tombstone before leaving the funeral.

A few minutes later, the chief superintendent entered the conference room alone.

He quietly closed the door, took out a pigeon from a hidden compartment, and crushed it with a single blow.

A voice came from the other side of the magic circle:

"Is there any progress?"

"We found him! He's in the university town!"