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"That's fine, that's fine..."

The woman finally breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to look at Xiaotong with a fawning smile. "Xiaotong, you have to be strong. You can't do things like this again, okay? Mom will help cover it up with your father."

Xiao Tong's eyes flashed with resentment: "So what if he finds out? Let him come back and beat me to death!"

With that, he turned and ran away without looking back.

"Hey! This child..." The woman turned back and smiled at them apologetically, then quickly chased after them.

Lu Zhao watched silently from behind them, then turned to the person next to him and asked, "You should have investigated their backgrounds, right?"

“Yes, every Spirit Race Awakening will register.” The other party said frankly, “Han Tong’s father works away from home all year round, and only his mother takes care of him. If it weren’t for the certain subsidy for Spirit Race Awakening, his family would probably be in even more difficulty.”

Every family has its own difficulties.

She shook her head, turned towards the elevator, and said, "Let's go, I'll go up and find your minister while I'm at it."

The little girl blinked, and a slightly gossipy smile appeared on her previously serious face.

Chapter Thirty-Five: Duan Yue's Suspicion

As everyone knows, Chi Ying, the head of the Monitoring Department, and Lu Zhao, the captain of the First Team of the Action Department, have always been at odds. Whenever Captain Lu is around, Minister Chi will not have a good look on her face, and Captain Lu, who has never had a good temper, will often avoid Minister Chi.

This unusual phenomenon once led people from both departments to speculate about the relationship between the two. However, since the two had not had any contact over the years, the speculation gradually dissipated, and everyone thought that they were just simply at odds.

Recently, Lu Zhao has taken the initiative to visit Chi Ying on several occasions, which has caused the employees who had stopped paying attention to Xie Xie to become excited again.

As soon as he stepped off the elevator, he was bombarded with stares. Lu Zhao frowned, feeling rather uncomfortable, and almost thought he had been given the body of some rare animal again.

She finally reached the office door, stopped, and was about to knock when she turned around and immediately spotted the gossipy employees secretly watching her.

That's strange. It's just looking for someone, is it really that big of a deal?

He knocked lightly on the door, and the instant he heard a "Come in" response from inside, Lu Zhao immediately pushed the door open, slipped inside, and blocked the strange gazes from the outside.

Turning around, she met Chi Ying's suspicious eyes.

"what are you doing?"

She paused for a moment, then smiled casually, "Nothing... By the way, you messaged me today saying there's been a new development regarding the attack on me?"

Chi Ying nodded. "Please have a seat."

As he spoke, he took out a document and his work ID and pushed them forward.

Lu Zhao sat down with great curiosity, picked up the document, scanned it with Chi Ying's work ID, and after flipping through a few lines, he couldn't help but frown. "That man doesn't know anything, the van was destroyed and only the steel frame was left, and nothing was extracted from the trench coat. What kind of progress is this?"

“The key is the van,” Chi Ying snorted and leaned back in her chair. “When we found the van, it was almost burned to a crisp, but there were psionic fluctuations on it, so we can be sure it was the Spirit Race who did it.”

Moreover, she possesses the same fire-based abilities as her.

After flipping through a few pages, Lu Zhao's gaze lingered for a few seconds on the photo of the car that was almost completely burned down before he whispered his assessment: "Ordinary spirit race members wouldn't have the ability to burn a car so cleanly in such a short time. Where did you find this car?"

“You’ve hit the nail on the head,” Chi Ying reached out and flipped through a few pages for her, pointing to a place name. “You should be very familiar with this place, right?”

Near No. 126, Qixi Road, East Suburbs of Yongling City.

That was Duan Yue's home.

Lu Zhao's pupils contracted as she recalled the entire incident. She had just transmigrated and encountered this case, which was triggered by Duan Yue losing control due to her parents' argument.

After rescuing Duan Yue, she unconsciously grabbed her trench coat and was then put into an ambulance along with her coat.

Subsequently, a man was commissioned to go to the hospital to retrieve his trench coat, and the person who offered the reward also arrived in a van to pick him up in the hospital parking lot.

She only discovered the man's whereabouts by chance, which also alerted the person behind the scenes, giving them a chance to leave.

In the following days, the monitoring department found the burned-out van near Duan Yue's home, and the person behind it all disappeared without a trace.

Therefore, the person who entrusted someone else to pick up their trench coat may not have been targeting themselves, but rather Duan Yue, who had also handled the trench coat.

But the other party clearly had the opportunity to take Duan Yue away with them, yet they didn't...

"Chi Ying!" She stood up abruptly, placed her hands on the table, and leaned down to look directly at the person in front of her. "You said that no suspicious components were extracted from the trench coat, so what about the non-suspicious components?"

Chi Ying was clearly startled. Facing Lu Zhao's sudden approach, her expression froze for a moment before she leaned back slightly. "Unsustainable components, you mean..."

“Yes,” Lu Zhao said, enunciating each word clearly, “Duan Yue’s fingerprints, and her epidermal tissue cells, shouldn’t they also be there?”

“…Of course.” Chi Ying’s expression gradually became serious, and finally she nodded.

Sure enough.

With a long sigh of relief, as if a mystery had finally been solved, Lu Zhao sat back down, his eyes glazed over.

The fact that Duan Yue was targeted by such a sneaky person can only mean that there is some other information about her that she is unaware of, and this unknown information is likely the part that was overlooked in this incident!

"You..." Chi Ying hesitated for a moment when she saw her like this, and then comforted her, "Don't worry, these are just guesses right now. Since you're planning to adopt that child anyway, why not take this opportunity to investigate more carefully?"

Lu Zhao was taken aback, looking at her with some confusion: "How did you know I was planning to adopt Xiaoyue? Who told you?"

Chi Ying was speechless for a moment, a hint of panic flashing in her eyes.

That's strange. She had only mentioned this to Xia Zhifei, Messiah, and Li Manqiu. These three people aren't the type to gossip, so how could they have told Chi Ying?

"Could it be..." She narrowed her eyes and leaned closer to her with a suspicious look.

In a panic, Chi Ying quickly explained, "I just happened to pass by your ward on my way to the hospital and overheard it by accident!"

Eh?

Lu Zhao, who was about to ask her if she had sent someone to monitor him, was stunned.

Chi Ying even made a special trip to the hospital to see him?

When did this happen?

How could she not know?

Noticing that Lu Zhao's emotions were off, Chi Ying's expression changed, and she immediately slammed her hand on the table to bring Lu Zhao back to his senses. "What are you going to do about Duan Yue's matter?"

what……

She paused for a moment, then stammered, "Then...then I'll go to the hospital now and bring the person back, and have them checked again at the logistics department?"

"Then please do as you wish." Chi Ying snorted coldly, finally regaining her previous calm and composed demeanor.

Lu Zhao's gaze shifted to the documents and work ID on the table. A plan suddenly came to mind. He quickly tidied up the documents and, taking advantage of Chi Ying's inattention, also put the work ID inside. He then coughed and said, "I'll take the documents back and look at them slowly. I'll return them to you later."

"Okay, I understand." Chi Ying was focused on getting her to leave quickly and didn't notice her little actions. She simply opened the door and saw her off.

Ah this...

As soon as he stepped out of the office, he was bombarded with stares. Lu Zhao gave an awkward laugh, feeling a chill run down his spine, and walked out while staring at the gossipy eyes.

At least she didn't lose out this time; letting people see her won't hurt her.

Chapter Thirty-Six: Each One More Skilled at Deceiving Than the Last

To prevent Chi Ying from realizing what was happening and demanding his work ID, Lu Zhao didn't rush to the hospital. Instead, he went to the archives first, easily found Duan Yue's file, and quickly browsed through it.

Duan Yue, a native of this country, nine years old, awakened her powers half a month ago, her ability level is B, and she possesses fire-type spiritual energy...

All of the above was basic information. She glanced at it briefly and quickly flipped to the pages she hadn't been able to see before.

Sure enough, the last few pages contained much more information than the previous ones.

"A small amount of white powder was found near the well-preserved bathroom."

"The fourth instance of white powder appearing..."

"Judging from the previous suspected incidents, theft, robbery, explosion, fire, the scope of the incidents is constantly escalating. The only common point is that an unidentified white powder was found at the scene."

Lu Zhao silently read the line above, his gaze lingering on the word "explosion" for a moment.

If she remembered correctly, the last incident the original owner experienced was a bombing. Song Lingge had also said that if it weren't for the original owner, their entire team, including the little girl who was tied up, would have been blown up by the bomber.

Could it be?!

An idea flashed through Lu Zhao's mind, and he quickly found and read the corresponding files based on the keywords above.

Theft case, handled by: Lu Zhao, Messiah.

Robbery case, handled by: Lu Zhao, Xia Zhifei.

The bombing case is being handled by the entire First Team of the Operations Department.

In addition, she and Messiah were also the ones handling this fire case.

The four incidents occurred at different times and in different places, and the suspects were all different. Apart from the fact that they were all members of the Spirit Clan, all happened in Yongling City, and the scope of their impact was getting wider and wider, there was no other pattern to be found.

However, they don't only have one thing in common: white powder. In fact, there is another thing: Lu Zhao was involved in all of these incidents.

She couldn't help but gasp.

If there's a reason why she inexplicably transmigrated and was forced to take the place of the original owner, it's most likely related to these events.

It's very simple. The first and second teams of the action department take turns to go out, and since they are paired up, the number of times they go out is actually irregular and difficult to predict. However, these four incidents perfectly anchored their own deployment pattern.

If there were no connection between the two, Lu Zhao would have ripped his own head off and used it as a football.

She carefully photographed and saved these files, and after confirming that they were correct, she left the archives room as if nothing had happened.

As for Chi Ying's work ID... I'll return it after I bring Xiao Yue back.

Having made his decision, Lu Zhao went out to the hospital to pick up Duan Yue, but as soon as he arrived on the first floor, he saw Messiah walking towards him while sneezing.

"Messiah," she rushed forward and asked with concern, "Have you caught a cold? How is Xiaoyue doing?"

The other person was stunned for a moment, then their round eyes widened, and they stammered as they pulled Lu Zhao's arm to the side: "Captain, you're discharged from the hospital so soon?"

"Yes, you're recovering quite well," Lu Zhao smiled, looked her up and down, and asked, "You don't look too good. Have you been too tired taking care of Xiaoyue lately?"

Come to think of it, with her collapsed, Xia Zhifei had to take care of her, and Song Lingge was busy recruiting people, leaving Messiah alone to look after Duan Yue. After working day and night for half a month, it's no wonder she was exhausted.

Thinking this, she added, "Go back and rest for a while. I'll approve your leave later."

“This… I’m fine,” Messiah quickly shook her head. “I just caught a cold a few days ago when I fell asleep while keeping watch, but I’m almost better now! Really!”

Sigh, why work so hard? She's just a girl in her early twenties; in her world, she'd only just graduated from university.

She's not a capitalist; she doesn't advocate for 007, let alone 996.

Lu Zhao sighed, reached out and stroked her long hair, and gently comforted her, "Alright, don't push yourself so hard. You've really had a tough time these past few days. I'll go pick up Xiaoyue later, and you can go home and rest for a couple of days."