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She couldn't help but clench her fists, her gaze fixed on Duan Yue, who was still completely unaware on the hospital bed. An overwhelming surge of emotions welled up from the bottom of her heart, and she almost squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth: "It's because her parents want to abandon her that Xiaoyue lost control."

“But there’s nothing we can do to change this.” Song Lingge sighed and walked to her side. “Captain, calm down.”

Lu Zhao gritted his teeth, took deep breaths to calm the resentment emanating from this body, and after thinking for a long time, asked, "Then... what if I become her guardian?"

The original owner didn't want to see such a child suffer, so why not take another step forward and try to win him over?

Chapter Sixteen: Debuting as an Idol to Save the Team

As soon as she said it, Lu Zhao knew that her decision was a bit too abrupt. Putting aside the adoption process, the first thing to consider was that she was currently staying at Xia Zhifei's house, so how could she possibly bring a child home?

However, Song Lingge was only slightly surprised for a moment before smiling and saying, "Alright, if the captain wants, we can discuss it further."

You agreed so easily?

Lu Zhao had a feeling that things wouldn't be that simple, but since he had already said it, he could only continue along the line: "We also need to see if the child is willing to come with me. Let's talk about it later."

"Alright, Captain, think it over before you make a decision." Song Lingge seemed to never refuse her, responding to everything in a gentle and soft manner, which made her feel rather lost.

Feeling rather uncomfortable, Lu Zhao turned his head away to avoid the person in front of him and coughed lightly: "Is...is there anything else?"

Song Lingge smiled slightly, not noticing her unnatural expression, and took out a stack of papers from her handbag. "Didn't you apply to recruit people for the team a few days ago? These are the candidates selected by the General Planning Office. I brought them over for you to see today."

We're hiring...

Lu Zhao was momentarily dazed before remembering that their action team only consisted of four people: herself, Xia Zhifei, Messiah, and Song Lingge in front of her.

Moreover, Xia Zhifei is an unofficial member who only appears when necessary. Some players have complained that to trigger the encounter with Xia Zhifei, they have to go to her house every day, and they almost failed to complete the main quest.

Leaving that aside for now, the reason why the first action team is small is because the work is too arduous. Many of the people assigned there couldn't handle the high intensity of the work, so they chose to transfer to other departments.

Besides their team, the entire operations department also has a second team. However, the second team was established later and required a lot of effort from the higher-ups at Sky Dome to train, so its overall strength is slightly higher than that of their team, which was temporarily set up to deal with the crisis.

Of course, the main reason is that the second team has more people, more than ten in total, and there has been basically no staff turnover since they joined the company. So in this respect, the first team is indeed not as good as the second team.

However, in terms of individual strength, apart from the second team captain, everyone else is a slacker—this idea was naturally conveyed by the original owner of the body.

It's clear that while Lu Zhao wasn't fond of the second team, she was also very dissatisfied with the current state of the first team. This was probably because she was injured during her last mission, which prompted her to apply to the General Strategy Office for recruitment.

She nodded, took the stack of resumes, glanced at them briefly, and couldn't help but frown.

"This person is only sixteen? Shouldn't someone who's still in school be allowed to work as a child laborer?"

"And this one's psychic power is rapid aging. Is this so we can help the elderly on our missions?"

"This one is somewhat reliable; psionic energy can translate all languages, but this one should be sent to the logistics department or the monitoring department."

"Oh, this guy who changes the face value of banknotes by friction should be put on the monitoring department's list to prevent him from doing anything that disrupts the market."

After criticizing all the resumes, Lu Zhao seemed to come to his senses and touched his throat in surprise.

These are things I wouldn't normally say.

Could it be... that the original owner's consciousness is still influencing her?

However, Song Lingge seemed unfazed, snatched the stack of papers from her hand, and said with a smile, "I knew you would be dissatisfied with them."

I knew you were right, yet you still sent it over.

She muttered a curse to herself, and Lu Zhao stared at her for a while with a not-so-pleasant expression. However, what she was dissatisfied with was not the resumes, but her current situation.

She felt like she had usurped a body that wasn't hers, but the original Lu Zhao had disappeared, and there was no scene of him talking to her in her mind.

The original Lu Zhao was very strong, both mentally and physically, so even if she disappeared, her remaining consciousness could very well remain in her body.

If similar incidents of being affected occur again in the future, does that mean she will be assimilated by the original Lu Zhao?

The thought of this possibility sent chills down her spine.

“But we always have to go through this process,” Song Lingge casually put the resumes into her handbag, her eyes crinkling into a smile. “The Operations Department is the most stressful department in the Bureau of Spirits. The staff keeps coming and going, which is not good for us. It just so happens that other departments in the Bureau are also short-staffed, so I’ll show these to them.”

Lu Zhao realized what was happening and was slightly taken aback. At first, she thought that this Miss Song was just beautiful on the outside, but now it seemed that her inner qualities were enough to support her appearance.

"In short, anyone who wants to join our team must be a reliable person. I'll trouble you to do the screening in that regard," she thought for a moment and then solemnly reminded him.

Song Lingge nodded, "Okay, I will investigate carefully. But Captain, the General Strategy Office recently issued instructions saying that if our team's performance targets don't improve, they will consider dismantling the team and setting up a new team three."

A wave of frustration washed over him instantly. Lu Zhao waved his hand impatiently: "I know, let's wait until we recruit the people first, then we'll see how it goes."

She's already facing the prospect of disbanding the team right from the start. Will she have to debut as an idol to save the team?

She dismissed Song Lingge with a few words and then sat back down, looking displeased.

Others who transmigrate receive all sorts of perks and gifts, or at least a system. But what about her? Not only does she have nothing, but she also inherits the original owner's terrible interpersonal relationships and mess.

Most importantly, he must always be wary of these guys who can fly and disappear into the ground, as they will see through his disguise as Lu Zhao. He must also prevent Lu Zhao's consciousness from assimilating him.

Now, another quota for dismantling a team has been issued.

He sighed heavily, looking wearily at the little girl who was still asleep on the bed.

Should we mention Duan Yue to Xia Zhifei?

If it were up to Miss Xia's personality, she would definitely agree to any request she made. However, since she is not the original owner of this body, it would not be good for her to owe someone a favor.

"Internal and external troubles..."

With a headache and a long sigh, Lu Zhao was drifting off to sleep when another message popped into her mind. This time, however, it wasn't from the original owner of the body, but rather a game synopsis she had once seen.

It seems... the female protagonist of this game was recruited by the Department of Spirits because they were short of staff!

Chapter Seventeen: Investigation Begins

The female lead is about to appear!

The thought flashed through Lu Zhao's mind for a moment, and he began to fidget.

In the game "Lingzu", the plot is roughly about the female protagonist starting the story, and then fighting monsters, leveling up and falling in love. But what's frustrating is that there are two common storylines.

Players take on the role of the female protagonist and can choose to join the righteous organization, which is the storyline after joining the Bureau of Superstitions, or they can choose the evil organization and turn against the Bureau of Superstitions.

This evil organization is called Alien.

According to her junior from elementary school, the final outcome of the Dark Line is the downfall of the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, and the female protagonist and her lover from another planet rule the world together.

This is supposed to be a romance game, so why is there a dark route?!

Although she was screaming in her heart, Lu Zhao knew very well that now that she was a member of the Spirit Management Bureau, her position could not be changed, so she only had two choices.

First, interfere when the female lead chooses an organization to ensure she doesn't enter the dark side.

Second, find a way to travel back in time before the female protagonist officially begins the story.

Logically speaking, Lu Zhao would definitely want to choose option two, but the possibility is not clear enough. She doesn't even know how she got here, let alone how she can get back.

Therefore, you need to find the female lead as soon as possible and get her to willingly enter the Bureau of Spirituality and start the path of light. This way, you can ensure that you won't be killed for no reason.

If there were a game interface now, the main quest in the task list would be to find the female lead and hide yourself, while the side quests would be to manage the original owner's interpersonal relationships, investigate the reason for your transmigration, and if possible, adopt Duan Yue.

Hmm... Although I was mentally prepared when I transmigrated here, the pressure of having so many tasks all at once is really too much.

"Ouch... Mom... it hurts so much..."

As she was racking her brains, the child who had been sleeping soundly on the hospital bed finally frowned and began to murmur softly with a sob in his voice.

Lu Zhao was taken aback, then quickly stepped forward and touched her forehead with his hand.

Strange, I clearly sealed the child's spiritual energy temporarily, so why did his body temperature suddenly rise again?

Without thinking twice, she pressed the call button by the bedside, and a doctor arrived shortly afterward with several nurses.

“I previously implanted a psionic cage inside her, but her body temperature still rose today. Can you tell what’s going on?”

After briefly explaining the situation, Lu Zhao consciously stepped back, giving the medical staff enough space to conduct the examination.

On the other side, Messiah stood somewhat bewildered at the elevator door. Only after seeing her step out did he awkwardly approach, asking, "Is there another problem?"

"Still a high fever." Lu Zhao sighed helplessly.

"Um... Captain, don't worry, the Bureau of Spirits also has suppressants. If it really doesn't work, we can give her an injection." Messiah tiptoed and peeked into the doorway, awkwardly trying to comfort her.

If it's an inhibitor, can it be a good thing?

Lu Zhao rolled his eyes. "That's for prisoners. One injection can leave them weak for at least a month. Xiaoyue is so young, and you want to use that on her?"

The original owner had fought that thing before, and then had to be fed three meals a day. Although it could effectively suppress psionic energy, it was also quite hurtful to one's self-esteem.

"There's nothing I can do about it..." Messiah blinked innocently.

Lu Zhao didn't say much to her. Only after the doctor inside came out, covered in sweat, did he ask with concern, "How is she?"

"It's stabilized, so there's no need to worry for now. We just monitored it with instruments, and the patient's energy fluctuations were very abnormal, and her internal spiritual energy was also very volatile. We suggest you check carefully the areas where she has been to see if there is anything that might be stimulating her."

The doctor meant that Duan Yue's awakening was likely triggered by something else?

The monitoring department's report stated that, apart from factors related to her parents, there were no other abnormalities.

She glanced at the doctor, nodded, and said, "I understand, thank you."

With that, he turned to Messiah and said, "You stay here and watch over her. I'm going out for a bit."

"No problem, Captain, don't worry!" After a night's rest, Messiah's spirits were noticeably better, and he probably wouldn't have time to dream for the time being.

Looking at Xiao Duan Yue, who had fallen back into a deep sleep, from afar, Lu Zhao still remembered how the child clung tightly to his clothes when she was carried out of the fire scene.

Even knowing that it might have been an unconscious action by the child while he was unconscious, he was still the first person to send her a distress signal since she transmigrated.

She took a deep breath, turned around, and left the ward without looking back.

For other players, this is just a game; if they can't beat it, they can just start over. But for her, this is a different reality. She doesn't know if she will ever travel back in time, but as long as she is here, she will live each day to the fullest.

Let's start with Duan Yue's incident.

Driving to the scene of yesterday's fire, the place was still sealed off and guarded by many police officers. The biggest fear after a fire is that it could reignite, so for the sake of the Lingju Authority's work and the safety of the surrounding residents, no unauthorized personnel are allowed to enter the area for the time being.

Lu Zhao took out his work ID and checked it for them. They were then able to enter smoothly. All around were charred ruins, with only one place that was relatively well preserved: the bathroom where Duan Yue had been rescued.

Perhaps because of the principle that the spirit cannot harm the Lord, even though the fire clearly originated from here, there was no sign of the bathroom floor tiles being burned.

Presumably, the monitoring department learned from this that Duan Yue had hidden in the bathroom when the incident occurred.

Wearing shoe covers, Lu Zhao carefully avoided several marked important marks and examined the area thoroughly. Although the floor was fine, the main items such as the toilet were deformed to some extent due to the high temperature.

She remembered that the monitoring department's report stated that the bathroom door was forcibly broken open by firefighters, meaning that the fire was spreading outwards through this space because the air pressure prevented the door from being opened normally.