The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

Shi Qi and Shi Ji searched the scene of the massacre, wondering if they could find a survivor.

The result, naturally, was that not a single one survived.

Not only people, but even snakes in the grass, birds in the trees, and insects under the rocks die in the same way.

The surroundings were completely silent, as if all living things were dead. A gentle breeze blew, and the mist moved. Shi Ji felt a chill run down his spine.

"Third Brother, let's go. I feel something's off here. This way of dying is too strange. It doesn't seem like it was done by bandits."

Shi Qi's expression was serious, but suddenly, he had a sudden realization.

"Hahaha……"

Shi Qi reached out and waved his hand in front of Shi Ji, who was laughing loudly.

"Third Brother, what's wrong? So many clansmen have died, and we really can't explain it, but we can just shift the blame to the bandits. The clan won't pursue it too much."

"No! You don't understand! The people were killed by the bandits, and the bandits are finished! But our Shi family is about to achieve a great feat, a major victory! A great political achievement! My promotion is in sight! As soon as I get promoted, I'll promote you all!"

"Third Brother, are you feeling too much stress...?"

"Let's go! Take Second Regiment Commander Shi Youping with me to the main city to find Wang Miao!"

……

Glory City Main City, Temporary Office of the Special Affairs Bureau.

Most of the buildings in Huaxia Glory City are antique wooden buildings or traditional brick wall structures with blue bricks and gray tiles. The office location chosen by the Special Bureau is a three-story building.

Wang Miao leaned on the railing on the third floor and looked out, watching the bustling crowds of professionals from all walks of life busy in the city.

"Captain Yue, thank you for your help in monitoring these suspects."

Yue Sheng was also there; he had come to deliver the matter entrusted to him by Wang Miao.

"What's so hard about it? You're short-handed, but we from the law enforcement department have transferred a lot of people to help keep an eye on people. It's just a small matter. But... I don't know if I should ask."

Wang Miao smiled.

"Captain Yue, please speak freely. After the commotion caused by the bandits last year, there are no secrets in our organization that we can't talk about. Of course, I can only talk about what I know."

"Heh, that's true. I'm just curious, why do you suspect that the people who appeared in those rooms, or who were frequently active in the areas where the mummified corpses appeared, might be the hosts of the Dark Artifacts?"

"From a case-handling perspective, these are probably the most suspicious people."

"Yes, but if I were the host of the Dark Artifact, I wouldn't be foolish enough to commit every crime right next to my host, would I? Wouldn't that be as if I were afraid others wouldn't notice my host?"

"See, you said it yourself, every time..."

Yue Sheng had a flash of inspiration.

"Indeed, there is a problem."

Just then, Xiao Chen walked over.

"Team leader, Shi Qi, the director of the No. 3 Guard City Garrison Management Branch, and the first and second regimental commanders of the No. 3 Guard City Garrison Regiment are downstairs and say they want to see you."

"What's he doing here?"

He said he had something important to say and wouldn't tell us.

"Let him come up."

Just as Yue Sheng was about to leave, he suddenly stopped.

"Shiki and Shiyuhei should be under house arrest, how did they get here?"

Wang Miao said.

"Captain Yue, why don't you stay and hear what it's about? It might be really important, which is why they disregarded the punishment and left the city."

The Shi family trio came up.

When Shi Ji and Shi Youping saw Yue Sheng there, they turned around and left.

But Shi Qi pulled him back.

"What are you afraid of! Our Shi family is about to achieve a great feat!"

Wang Miao: "Director Shi, please have a seat. What brings you here from the city of Huwei?"

Shi Qi: "This bureau chief is hereby reporting the bandits for colluding with the Dark Artifact and wreaking havoc on Glory City!"

When he opened his mouth, he uttered astonishing words.

Wang Miao and Yue Sheng's expressions instantly turned serious.

"Is there any evidence?"

The three members of the Shi family recounted everything that had happened that day.

They didn't embellish the story.

Shi Qi knew that Wang Miao and his team were currently investigating the case of the dried corpse.

From the orders issued to him, he could deduce that these murders were all the work of the Dark Artifact.

The deaths of more than a thousand people in their own family were exactly the same as those in the murder cases in the city.

The clever Shi Qi immediately guessed that the bandits had used the Dark Artifact to kill all the members of Shi Ji's No. 1 Garrison Regiment!

That's right, the bandits were very powerful.

But it's not like Shi Ji killed more than a thousand of them in the time it took to return to the city.

My family isn't made of paper either!

Only a concept-level weapon like the Dark Relic could do something so outrageous!

There is only one truth: the bandits are the hosts of the Dark Artifact!

Shi Qi was so proud of his own cleverness that he had laughed out loud at his own family's graves earlier.

After hearing the description from the Shi family trio, Wang Miao also took it seriously.

"If what you're saying is true, then we do indeed need to investigate the bandits."

Shi Qi shouted.

"Arrest them all! Torture them severely! There's definitely one of them who's the host of the Dark Artifact!"

Wang Miao started pacing.

Seeing that Wang Miao seemed unsure of what to do, Shi Qi grew anxious.

"Team Leader Wang! Are you afraid of bandits too?"

"If the host of the Dark Artifact doesn't take action, our detectors won't be able to detect anything unusual."

They must be taken to the Special Affairs Bureau of any city for dark energy stimulation experiments in order to conduct a thorough examination.

If anyone in the official ranks knows the bandits better than anyone else, it's definitely me.

Therefore, I knew very well that the bandits would not cooperate with the testing; they would definitely resist, and the only outcome would be... suicide!

Wang Miao is very familiar with it.

The first bandit he pursued, Yaoji, was the one who self-destructed in the square of Yunshan City.

That's a great start.

To date, no one has ever been known to capture a bandit alive.

Even if you try to capture them using widespread silence control, they can still self-destruct, which is extremely strange.

The three members of the Shi family were thinking about something else at that moment.

If we arrest them, will they just give themselves away?

That's wonderful!

We want the bandits dead, to bring the head count back to the mean!

What do I care if the bandits are the hosts of the Dark Artifact?

"If the authorities can't handle it, they can leave this to the Shi family! We'll definitely capture the bandits alive and hand them over to you for testing!"

Wang Miao said seriously.

"This involves the issue of lending out law enforcement power, which I cannot make a decision on my own. I need to consult my superiors."

"Hurry! I'm afraid the bandits will hear the news and run away!"

Wang Miao made a phone call.

Yue Sheng chuckled.

"Chief Shi, you guys are practically wearing your ulterior motives on your sleeves, aren't you?"

Shi Ji got angry when he saw Yue Sheng, and stepped forward, pointing at Yue Sheng and saying.

"What's wrong? This is an open conspiracy!"

Yue Sheng immediately revealed two Abyss Rock handcuffs.

"Shi Ji! Shi Youping! You two are under house arrest, yet you left Guard City No. 3 without permission. I am officially informing you that you are under arrest! Come with me to the jail!"

Shi Qi stood in front of the two.

"Yue Sheng! Your rank is only G4, yet you dare to arrest my people in front of me, a G6 officer?!"

Please do not forget that the Enforcement Department of Blue Star is a department under the Professionals' Association.

The General Association of Professionals has twelve sub-associations under it.

This already involves at least a three-level structure.

So even though he was in charge of law enforcement, his rank wasn't very high; he wasn't even as good as Shi Qi, the branch director of the Glory Garrison Bureau.

"Law enforcement is not determined by rank. Chief Shi Qi, your position is not a means to protect your subordinates!"