Transform into a human

On the eve of the trial, Yue Lai climbed a small hill on the campus of the National University, where Li Zheng sat on the grass at the top, gazing at the sky in a daze.

Due to its unique functional positioning, the police hub has very few industrial clusters on this beautiful planet, so every night one can enjoy the night sky without any obstruction.

"Li?"

The policewoman tilted her head: "Principal Tang really let you out?"

"He was afraid I would make a mistake at the hearing, so he insisted on going through the process with me and Yue Hao several times."

"You don't seem to be in a good mood?"

"How could this be good?" Li muttered softly. "I really didn't expect that the person who killed Grandpa Ji would be my own superior, or even a Grand Justice who stands at the pinnacle of power in the police force."

Yue Lai laughed and said, "What, have you demystified the police headquarters?"

"You idiot, my beliefs for the first half of my life have all crumbled, don't just say it so casually..."

"What are you talking about the first half of your life? How old are you? The lifespan of a star is over two hundred years."

"The stars," Li stretched out her palm, as if trying to grasp the stars in the sky, "I no longer feel any reverence for them, and even..."

Yue Lai spoke up for her, saying, "Even the director you once admired doesn't seem so perfect anymore?"

Li gave a muffled "hmm".

"The conflict between the three factions is not a reason for her to allow the police force to become corrupt. There are certainly many more people like Avery and Bryce. And she already holds divine power, and could have withstood the pressure from the three factions and reformed the corrupt police force, but... she chose to let it go."

"Why would Bryce do that? He's already a young and promising man, considered young even among the younger generation. He's a Superintendent of Police, you know. In other star systems, he could govern an entire planet."

Yue Lai grabbed Li's head, messing up her originally neat hair, which drew an angry glare from the girl.

"Principal Tang told me about the early three-level ritual for spies. Although it is an outdated method, there are still many things to refer to and learn from it."

Li didn't understand why Yue Lai would suddenly bring this up.

Yue Lai recalled the information Tang Xiao had given him:

"The Divine Arrest Clan's path was seized by humans in the early stages of the Expansion Wars. At that time, the Emperor was still in power. Do you know how the officials of the Ministry of Justice referred to the three levels of the Divine Arrest Clan's rites?"

Yue Lai directly revealed the answer: "【释万卷】".

Li frowned. Although the Imperial language was the common language, it was only the modern language. From middle school to university, the ancient Imperial language had always been her weak point.

"This is certainly not the 'reading' in 'being inseparable from books,' but the 'explanation' in 'interpretation,' and the 'books' are not ordinary books, but the national archives stored in the Ministry of Justice."

"So the three-level ritual is a case study?"

"Uh... that's one way to understand it," Yue Lai forced back his disrupted train of thought. "'Ten thousand' is just a figure of speech; in reality, only a hundred case files are needed to support the entire ritual."

"But the key point is that a case file can only be used by one person, and the quality of the case file directly determines the number of petals after the flower is put on."

"So I have a guess that even today, the underlying logic of the ritual remains unchanged, and case files, especially those of major and serious cases, must be an extremely scarce resource within the police headquarters."

Li's pupils widened suddenly. She had a certain sociological background and understood that as long as this ritual did not undergo fundamental changes, corrupt elements would inevitably breed within the police force!

"So Bryce colluded with pirates for this reason?"

"Well, the case files used as resources must be accurately closed, so they can't use those old cases, and they can't steal simple serious cases. The young and promising guys without any background can only choose to create cases artificially."

"So Bryce's shadow is bigger than we thought."

Under the clear night sky, Li felt a faint sense of suffocation. Even with a pure heart, could there be such a great shadow...?

"The director, she..."

"She must know, but what can she do? Even gods aren't omnipotent. The Federation needs a law enforcement team filled with spies; we can't let a bunch of liars enforce the law, can we?"

Li fell even more silent.

"What I want to tell you is that these are far from things we need to worry about, so there's no need to get caught up in grand narratives."

"But I still can't be happy."

"Let me guess, do you think I broke my promise?"

The girl did not respond. Yue Lai had promised her that he would use "all means forbidden by law" to tear the murderer of Ji Yungui to pieces, but now it was clear that this goal could not be achieved.

Not to mention that the Federation has no tradition of the death penalty, after all, the laws of the entire Fifth Republic are based on the ancient aristocratic law, and the ancient Empire also had the tradition of "the law does not apply to high-ranking officials". The worst outcome that Everley could foresee was that he would be imprisoned in a sanatorium until he died, which was obviously too lenient for Li.

Yue Lai said softly, "Li, I never go back on my promises."

The girl suddenly turned her head, staring wide-eyed at Yue Lai, her eyelashes trembling slightly.

After a long while, she choked out, "Yue Lai, thank you."

"You're welcome."

……

"Don't say you're welcome! Shouldn't you be hugging me right now?"

The principal's office is located at the highest point of the school, and Yue Hao regretfully left the astronomical telescope placed on the balcony.

Unexpectedly, these words enraged Xia Du: "You stinky cat, whose side are you on anyway?!"

Yue Hao patted her on the shoulder:

"You need to think long-term. I'm getting anxious about your lukewarm approach with your brother. Haven't you thought of any other solutions?"

Xia Du said bitterly, "What can I do!"

"Think about it, your brother isn't actually targeting you; he's just not interested in any human woman. All he needs is one woman to change him, then all the other women will have a chance, right?"

Xia Du pondered for a moment, feeling that Yue Hao's words made some sense, but it was also unlikely...

She recalled the breathtaking kiss in the starry sky, her face slightly flushed—if that's the case, why can't she be the woman who wins first place?

While experiencing the strange feeling of his carefully nurtured outstanding graduate being abducted by an extraordinary person, Tang Xiao forcefully steered the conversation back on track:

"In short, Ms. Xia is a key witness at tomorrow's hearing. She must make her account of her experience of going to Sector 56 to collect evidence more compelling in order to attract more attention and increase credibility."

"I never thought someone like me would ever be in the spotlight," Xia Du said with a self-deprecating laugh, pulling out a black staff. "Speaking of which, what should I do with this staff? Return it to the museum?"

Tang Xiao carefully accepted it: "I already know who did this. Just leave it to me; it will be crucial evidence."

"Evidence?" Yue Hao asked, somewhat surprised. "Wasn't the evidence submitted to the committee already?"

"It didn't say we couldn't add things on the spot, so we'll catch those bastards off guard."

……

In addition to Yue Lai and Xia Du, there was another heavyweight guest present at the hearing.

In a luxury hotel in the university town, Qiqi paced anxiously, while Mo, who had already confessed, was having a great time with Winona, who was still drooling.

I really don't know how Clockwork Sprite got along with anything...

"What should we do? The hearing is tomorrow, and Winona, as a key witness, must attend!"

Deeford put down his coffee cup: "What else can we do? With our little darling in this state, we can only let the imposter go first."

Which one are you referring to?

"Of course, it's the one right in front of you."

"Aaaaaah!" Qi Qi was going crazy. "We've already seen the best pharmacist in the police headquarters, why hasn't she regained her senses yet?!"

Diefu sighed: "Haven't you realized yet? This little devil has been awake for a long time, she's just deliberately stalling."

Qi Qi looked on incredulously: "What kind of pretense can be addictive?"

Deefu was heartbroken: "Isn't this all the fault of that rebellious son's lineage? They always have to go against us!"

Winona pretended not to hear, and even more drool spilled from the corner of her mouth, but she did indeed have a bit of a crush on this elf lady!

You can't wake someone who's pretending to be asleep. Qiqi could only give up helplessly, approaching Diefu and whispering:

"Have you received a response yet?"

What she was asking about was the request made by Winona's grandfather, Shevchenko Loan, before his death. The mysterious organization in Esfri only accepted face-to-face meetings in the real world, and given the private nature of the matter, it was indeed inconvenient to discuss it on the Chain Crystal Network.

Who knows if some higher-ranking old monster is spying on us from the sidelines.

"I haven't contacted them yet. This matter is of great importance, so it's best not to take any action prematurely."

"We'll leave immediately after the hearing."

"Sigh, I wonder how big this hearing will go."

Qi Qi was taken aback. Die Fu held a higher position in the family than her and knew many secrets.

"Is this hearing not simple?"

Jasmine pricked up her ears.

The meticulous Deeph did not choose to lower his voice:

"Regarding the turmoil at the police headquarters, our North Wind faction is roughly divided into two factions. The Dimitrov family hopes to intervene through Winona's matter, but the family does not want to get involved in the struggle for the Prodigal God's power."

"But the problem is that one of the three members of parliament who attended the hearing is named Dimitrov!"

……

In Prison Number Fourteen, the cell that originally held Yue Lai (Cavendish) and Wen Qing (Yue Lai) became vacant, and Damian, the son of the Taiyang Group, moved in.

A faceless woman came to the cell door, and Damian gave a self-deprecating laugh:

"Wow, you've got some nerve coming to laugh at me?"

The sparrow seemed not to hear what he was asking: "I'll take you away."

"You..." Damian, who was about to retort, froze. "You haven't realized it yet, have you? From the very beginning, I've been a pawn abandoned by the group's higher-ups."

Sparrow stubbornly insisted, "I said, I'll take you away."

Damian took a deep breath: "Don't you value the group's interests above all else? Taking me with you would make all our efforts go to waste."

The woman suddenly lost control of her emotions. Her right arm detached from her body, reached into the cell, grabbed Damian by the collar, and pulled him roughly in front of her, shouting:

"I said I'll take you away!!"

Ignoring the pain from his face hitting the cell, the young nobleman asked in a rare gentle tone, "Are you injured?"

Que burst into tears, but Wuhua's face had no other organs besides her mouth, and even her eyes were located under her armpits, making her look more like a monster when she cried.

"I never expected that you would be the one crying for me in the end, Sparrow."

Even though they had been together for a long time, Damian only now remembered the little things he had shared with this retainer.

The two grew up together and were childhood sweethearts. But at some point, the girl began to deliberately keep her distance from him, and he gradually began to treat her as his father's lackey.

until today.

"I'm so slow..."

"bird."

"...Yes, I'm listening."

"We're just like the male and female leads in a tragic drama, unable to be at ease, unable to... cry."

No one will sleep tonight.