Although it was still weak and slow, and its abilities were immune, leaving it unable to retaliate, the sheep-headed kangaroo had stopped howling and instead taunted the situation with a smug and relieved air:
"Looks like you've run out of those special bullets... It's a shame you couldn't eliminate me, you were so close... Why don't you go back and bring some more bullets and try again?"
Chapter 31 Times have changed, and things have become bizarre!
"Tsk."
Ignoring the enemy's taunts, Qin Huanyu continued to try various methods to repeatedly attack the sheep-headed kangaroo, hoping to completely eliminate it.
However, none of it worked.
Qin Huanyu and this unknown, grotesque creature resembling a sheep-headed kangaroo actually restrained each other.
The kangaroo's ability to manipulate people through jealousy is extremely dangerous for most people; even a determined elite armed police officer would succumb instantly. Yet, it happened to encounter Qin Huanyu, a narcissistic and arrogant woman, and remained unaffected by the effect.
Qin Huanyu's extraordinary abilities are better suited for dealing with monstrous entities that have physical forms and, to a certain extent, obey the laws of physics. Her ability is more of a support ability; she cannot directly attack spirits with spiritual essence like the ancient sect's extraordinary individuals.
She can easily observe the most vulnerable parts of the physical monster and accurately predict every move of such monsters. Even if her attributes are much worse than the opponent's, she can easily win against the stronger one.
Unfortunately, the kangaroo's true form is a pure spiritual being, immune to physical attacks, which means that Qin Huanyu's extraordinary power is not very useful in the battle.
If that were all, it wouldn't be so bad. Qin Huanyu still had plasma bombs. 42 plasma bombs were enough to eliminate that powerful evil spirit that had accumulated resentment for many years.
Unfortunately, this sheep-headed kangaroo has very weak attributes in all other aspects, but it has a very long health bar and can regenerate itself. This has put Qin Huanyu in the current awkward situation where she can corner the enemy and beat him up at will, but she just can't completely eliminate the enemy.
Going back to get weapons and then coming back is impossible. Support has already been called in, but it will take time for them to arrive.
The kangaroo's breath was returning every second, and it was gradually transforming from a jelly-like semi-solid into a pure spirit.
Once the sheep-headed kangaroo reverts to its pure spirit form, even though Qin Huanyu's strength and speed far surpass its own, it will be difficult to stop it from escaping.
Qin Huanyu herself possessed enough narcissism and arrogance to be unaffected by jealousy, but others were not.
Putting everything else aside, once this sheep-headed kangaroo recovers, it can rush onto the main road outside the residential area and use its abilities to control the drivers on the road to crash into each other, creating a major news story with heavy casualties.
This is the only thing Qin Huanyu is determined to avoid at all costs.
It's not that she's too soft-hearted to bear any casualties; if that were the case, she wouldn't have been qualified for the job in the first place.
Compassion is one aspect, but more importantly, this is the first case related to supernatural powers that Qin Huanyu is handling alone. If she messes it up, wouldn't she look stupid and incompetent?
Given Qin Huanyu's pride, this was intolerable.
But in such situations, one must not be hasty, nor should one fall for the enemy's provocations and start engaging in verbal sparring, as that would only make one appear as impotent and furious.
So, aside from clicking her tongue, Qin Huanyu basically ignored the sheep-headed kangaroo's taunts and continued to corner the kangaroo in various ways and beat him repeatedly.
The police automatic pistol had only one spare 9mm magazine left. Qin Huanyu tried to use anything she could pick up nearby that was made of different materials as a weapon, but none of them could harm the sheep-headed kangaroo.
"Haha, it's useless!"
Feeling himself getting better and better, and knowing he'd be fully recovered in a few more minutes, the sheep-headed kangaroo was no longer panicked at all, and was quite pleased with himself despite being constantly beaten up:
"Don't waste your energy, you arrogant fool! I'm not one of those lowly, weak monsters you think I am... Hmph, I can indeed be hurt by lightning, but you've already used up all your special bullets, haven't you?"
"Unless you can learn those lousy mages' lightning spells in a few minutes, which is obviously impossible, you are destined to leave empty-handed today."
"I will remember this humiliation, you arrogant and narcissistic fool! Don't think you're so great just because you're unaffected by my jealousy. Soon I will control countless people who are jealous of you to tear you to pieces and devour you completely!"
"...It seems that's right. Among conventional methods, only electric shock can truly harm you."
Even after being mocked so bluntly, Qin Huanyu did not show excessive anger. Instead, she calmly analyzed the situation and considered ways to break the deadlock.
'I still can't directly sense the existence of spiritual energy, let alone control it in battle like the ancient methods.'
"Thunder magic is even more impossible. When I was a kid, I studied magic for a while with an old Taoist priest the research institute found for me, but I was judged to have no talent at all, and continuing to study would just be a waste of time."
'I've run out of plasma bombs, and there's no way I can learn lightning magic in a few minutes... Am I really just going to have to retreat in disgrace and watch this despicable bastard escape?'
'No, absolutely not! Think of something quick, Qin Huanyu!'
'I have a brain too, and I'm the smartest girl in the world! Just because my abilities have no effect on purely spiritual entities and I can't analyze or calculate solutions doesn't mean I can't find the answer!'
'I'm not the kind of weakling who just copies answers. Even if I can't use my superpowers right now, I can definitely solve problems with my own wisdom!'
'Stay calm! Observe! Think! Judge! And be decisive!'
Constantly boosting her mental strength, Qin Huanyu maximized her observation and thinking abilities.
She can't really calculate anything for the sheep-headed kangaroo, which almost ignores the laws of physics, but she can calculate other things around her!
Finally, when something that had previously gone largely unnoticed came into view again, Qin Huanyu's eyes lit up with a sudden flash of inspiration.
There is a way!
Qin Huanyu stared intently at the two ever-burning lamps that had originally been placed on the offering table, which had long since been destroyed in the battle, leaving only fragments on the ground.
But the lamp itself isn't the main point. The main point is that the person who placed the lamp here before actually ran an electric wire from outside the window so that it would stay lit, and even installed a very basic circuit breaker on the wall next to the window.
Who says you can only use plasma bombs to deal with electric shock damage? Alternating current is still electricity!
Of course, under normal circumstances, it would be difficult to find an opportunity to attack the grotesque with alternating current, but this sheep-headed kangaroo happens to be a weakling with both strength and speed, and was previously reduced to half a solid state by a barrage of plasma bullets!
If we can find a way to restrain the sheep-headed kangaroo with a conductive material and then connect the power source, we can shock it however we want.
It works!
Qin Huanyu glanced at the sheep-headed kangaroo, who was still huddled in the corner mocking her, then at the air switch on the wall by the window, and finally at the steel cable wristband on her left arm. She smiled.
Times have changed, and things have become bizarre.
Next, I'll show you what a new-era lightning mage is all about!
Chapter 32: Zero on the left and fire on the right, Thunder God helps me!
Whoosh!
Qin Huanyu immediately shot out the steel cable from inside her left armband and used the cable, which was about the thickness of a barbecue skewer, as a rope to tie up the sheep-headed kangaroo tightly.
"You...what do you want to do?"
The sheep-headed kangaroo sensed something was wrong and struggled desperately, but to no avail. Its strength was only about the same as that of a four- or five-year-old human child, and it was no match for Qin Huanyu's binding.
Not only that, when Qin Huanyu was binding the sheep-headed kangaroo, she also referenced the yellow waste material in the brain of the third-rate transmigrator she absorbed when she was 4 years old. She tied the steel cable to the sheep-headed kangaroo in a pattern that looked like the pattern on a tortoise shell, so that the more the sheep-headed kangaroo struggled, the tighter it was bound.
'Hmm... I didn't expect my rope-tying skills to be so pretty good... Maybe one day I can tie myself up in front of the mirror and play around with it? After all, my body is so beautiful, being tied up should be very alluring... Uh!'
'No, no! I can't let my mind wander! It's all that damned third-rate transmigrator's fault; those yellow-skinned memories from almost 20 years ago are still attacking me!'
Shaking her head to banish the fleeting thoughts from her mind, Qin Huanyu moved swiftly. First, she turned off the air switch on the wall by the window, then temporarily removed the steel cable from her wrist guard and connected both ends to the screws on the air switch.
"Enjoy the new era of lightning magic, how bizarre!"
After confirming that the sheep-headed kangaroo was securely tied up and that her leather boots were insulated, Qin Huanyu didn't hesitate any longer and immediately switched on the circuit breaker.
"Left zero, right fire, Thunder God assist me, by command!"
crackle.
"Ah ah ah ah ah……"
A faint crackling sound and the agonizing scream of a sheep-headed kangaroo rang out simultaneously.
Alternating current is much stronger than the current of a plasma bomb.
The kangaroo seemed to have a relatively high resistance, which prevented the circuit from breaking down. Instead, it made the circuit run more stably than Qin Huanyu had expected.
The effect was immediate. The sheep-headed kangaroo, which had recovered to about 70-80% of its previous condition, began to weaken rapidly again, and soon surpassed its previous weakest state, entering a near-death state.
Seemingly realizing its doom was sealed, the sheep-headed kangaroo stopped struggling and uttered no more words. With its last ounce of strength, it glared fiercely at Qin Huanyu, leaving behind a curse:
"Don't think you've really won! As long as jealousy exists in people's hearts, I will return one day! And you! Narcissistic and arrogant fool, I curse you to fail because of lust! To fall because of arrogance!"
Snapped!
Almost as soon as it finished speaking its last words, the sheep-headed kangaroo completely solidified, then turned into a pile of black powder like burnt charcoal.
The circuit breaker on the wall by the window also exploded into a fireball and broke down... After losing the sheep-headed kangaroo resistor, the circuit was completely short-circuited.
Qin Huanyu quickly took out her phone to check the changes in the concentration of spiritual essence in the current environment. Only after confirming that the concentration of spiritual essence was indeed slowly decreasing did she breathe a sigh of relief.
After peeling open a preserved plum and eating it to shut down her abilities, so as to prevent herself from being tempted by her abilities to destroy the scene or finish off her teammates outside the door, Qin Huanyu called Xiao Liu and told him that she could go and capture Song Guangxi, Tian Tian, and Shui Haohua.
"Remember to bring a stun gun when making arrests. If they exhibit any unusual behavior, a stun gun will most likely solve the problem."
"Yes, Sister Yu!"
. . . . .
Ten minutes later, the results from all parties came in turn.
Armed police, research institutes, and hospitals arrived at the scene one after another.
Armed police were responsible for sealing off the scene and evacuating nearby residents. The research institute collected all the black powder that the sheep-headed kangaroo had turned into after its death, and also collected various spiritual element data at the scene. Hospital staff took the injured armed police officers to receive treatment.
The two armed police officers who were personally taken down by Qin Huanyu were only temporarily unconscious and were not seriously injured. The armed police officer who fell down the stairs suffered a mild concussion, but that was also not a major problem.
Only the two armed police officers who were firing shotguns at near point-blank range died on the spot, beyond any hope of recovery.
Qin Huanyu could only express her condolences, saying that she had done her best.
The arrest of the other three suspects by Xiao Liu went relatively smoothly.
It is clear that the kangaroo had established some kind of connection with Song Guangxi, Tian Tian, and Shui Haohua, and the three of them also reacted violently shortly after the kangaroo's death.
Tian Tian and Shui Haohua were in a better position; they simply lost consciousness and fell into a coma, and were arrested by the police without any resistance.
Song Guangxi, suspected of having too deep a connection with the sheep-headed kangaroo, suddenly started bleeding black blood from all seven orifices and died within seconds. The preliminary forensic examination concluded that he died of cardiac arrest.
After resting for a while, Qin Huanyu first went back to the police station to meet up with Xiao Liu and the others, and then personally examined Tian Tian and Shui Haohua.
After confirming that Tian Tian and Shui Haohua were not in any danger, Qin Huanyu handed over the remaining interrogation work to Xiao Liu's team.
Without the kangaroo's superhuman strength to back them up, it would be easy for professional detectives to get the whole story out of them.
Qin Huanyu then plunged into her office, first exporting the video recorded by the body camera on her chest, then creating a new document and typing furiously on the keyboard to begin a detailed summary report of the case.
That evening, when Qin Huanyu had typed out about 10,000 words, Xiao Liu finished questioning Tian Tian and Shui Haohua.
The two were interrogated separately, and both were given lie detector tests.
The answers obtained in the end all corroborated each other and matched with known clues, so they should be the truth of the whole incident.
Aside from some incomplete details, Qin Huanyu's previous speculations were largely close to the truth.
Song Guangxi can be said to be the cause of everything and the most crucial figure in this case.
He was originally a local bully and scoundrel. Even after enlisting in the army, he did not change his ways. After being forcibly discharged from the army, he returned to his old ways and joined a gang in Baiguang City as a thug.
During that time, Song Guangxi met by chance Tian Tian, a female student who was looking for an older man to provide her with sexual services.
The two quickly fell in love and became accomplices in their crimes. Tian Tian's main way of making money changed from prostitution to working with Song Guangxi to set up honey traps, specifically extorting single men from other places who came to Baiguang City on business trips.
Unfortunately, the couple's happiness didn't last long. Song Guangxi ended up in jail because his gang was wiped out.
Although Song Guangxi was only a minor thug and his sentence was short, he made a good friend, Shui Haohua, in prison.
After Song Guangxi went to prison, Tian Tian could no longer run honey traps on her own. She was also getting tired of the efficiency of making money through regular compensated dating, so she boldly went to nightclubs to help people sell addictive hallucinogens.
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Chapter 33 Case Announcement
Tian Tian was both unlucky and lucky. She was arrested on her first day of helping to sell addictive hallucinogens, which was considered an attempted crime.
In addition, Tian Tian was not yet 18 years old at the time, so she only served one year in prison. Otherwise, she would have been out in eight or ten years, and it's not impossible that she would have been eating peanuts with her brains.
In contrast, Shui Haohua, who was imprisoned for economic crimes, has spent the longest time in jail among the three suspects.
Song Guangxi, the first prisoner to be released, came to the old neighborhood in the west of the city not long after his release.
Because this place was sparsely populated and consisted entirely of dilapidated buildings, Song Guangxi had long ago taken over an abandoned house to use as a private hideout—a safe house for spies or a secret base for children. He also hid a considerable amount of stolen goods and cash there. Tian Tian had been to that place a few times before.
What exactly happened when Song Guangxi went to the hideout to retrieve something has now become a complete mystery with his death, and even his girlfriend Tian Tian doesn't know.
In short, it was around that time that Song Guangxi encountered the sheep-headed kangaroo, came into contact with extraordinary powers, and shared this extraordinary experience with his girlfriend and fellow inmates who were later released from prison.
According to Tian Tian, the three of them had never seen the bizarre sheep-headed kangaroo image; they only recognized the strange statue with the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a spider.
The statue is said to grant the three people extraordinary powers by having them worship it according to a certain ritual. These powers can be used to make money or take revenge on their enemies.
The specific method involves lying down near the statue of a deity after the ceremony and sleeping there, allowing you to remotely control the target's body in your dreams and do whatever you want.
Fu Wenguang forcibly had sexual relations with women, Qian Mengyao sought out greasy middle-aged men for prostitution, and Wei Bin committed armed robbery—all of which were remotely orchestrated by the three of them in their dreams.
The motive was simple: jealousy. After coming into contact with the sheep-headed kangaroo, the three of them became increasingly jealous, and even gradually regarded the target of their jealousy as the person they hated the most.
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