And that was indeed the case. Almost as soon as Yuan Xue changed into the new clothes she had bought through a food delivery service, she realized that Gu Hao had used magic again, right in the city of Qingzhou Prefecture.

Based on the direction and range provided by Yuan Xue, Qin Huanyu immediately checked the road surveillance footage and quickly located Gu Hao.

This kid was somewhat clever; he knew he couldn't use mobile payment, so he bought some bread and water with cash and planned to rob a car to leave the city.

However, when he tried to steal the car, Gu Hao found that he was no match for the strong driver and was instead cornered and beaten up by him... With no other option, he had to use magic to temporarily turn the paper tiger into a real tiger, which successfully scared the driver and allowed him to steal the car.

Unfortunately, Qin Huanyu had seen this scene clearly, and the vehicle was locked.

"Let's go, follow him, and make our move when we get to a less crowded area outside the city."

Qin Huanyu made a decision immediately and quickly borrowed a car from the local police, taking Yuan Baixue with her to chase after Gu Hao.

Gu Hao was likely just an ordinary person with good luck, not a professional criminal. His driving skills were also average, and he didn't drive fast. He was caught up by Qin Huanyu in no time.

However, Gu Hao seemed to recognize that Qin Huanyu's car was there to arrest him. He reacted quickly, opened the driver's side window, and threw out a handful of papers.

Qin Huanyu looked closely and discovered that the tigers were all made of paper. After floating in the air for a few moments, they all burst into flames and turned into real tigers with a whooshing sound.

Qin Huanyu and Yuan Baixue were certainly not afraid of tigers, but the sudden appearance of several tigers on the highway still alarmed other drivers. Panic can easily lead to mistakes and accidents, resulting in a chain reaction of collisions that blocked the road.

"Wow, that's insane!"

Qin Huanyu's expression was rather grim. This chain-reaction collision was quite serious; several drivers looked to be badly injured and needed immediate medical attention.

Qin Huanyu immediately opened the passenger door of Yuan Baixue's car and pushed her out:

"You, as a priestess, should know some healing magic, right? You go and save the people first, I'll continue the chase. Don't worry, I keep my word, all the credit will be yours, I only want the material reward."

"You...! Humph, all you do is bully me!"

Caught off guard, Yuan Baixue's newly bought clothes were torn when she fell off the car. Fortunately, this time it was only a minor tear and wouldn't result in a large-scale exposure of her private parts.

Yuan Baixue was both angry and annoyed by Qin Huanyu's arrangement, but she had no choice but to follow Qin Huanyu's instructions and go to rescue the drivers who had been in car accidents.

Qin Huanyu stepped on the gas and continued to accelerate. Without the influence of other cars on the road, she was able to increase her speed even further and quickly caught up with Gu Hao's car again.

Gu Hao opened the car window again, seemingly wanting to try the same trick again.

But the same trick wouldn't work on Qin Huanyu twice. Qin Huanyu, who was prepared, raised her police pistol and fired a shot, accurately hitting Gu Hao's arm that was sticking out of the car window. Gu Hao screamed and pulled his hand back, and blood splattered all over the car window.

How could someone without professional training endure the pain of a gunshot wound? After Gu Hao was shot in the arm, his car slowed down significantly, and Qin Huanyu quickly overtook him. Qin Huanyu's car then swerved and crashed into him, forcing him to a stop.

Chapter 134 The Suspicious Castle and the Beautiful Woman

After forcing Gu Hao's car to stop, Qin Huanyu opened the car door, and a leg wrapped in black stockings and boots stepped out first. The weapon, the Kanglong Mace, was right next to the black stockings on her leg.

"Ouch!"

Gu Hao's car door opened, but it wasn't Gu Hao who got out; instead, two fierce-looking tigers with menacing expressions lunged at Qin Huanyu with a roar.

Qin Huanyu was certainly not afraid of this paper tiger whose fighting power was no different from that of an ordinary tiger.

Tigers are said to be the king of beasts, but they only bullied humans in the early days when they had no weapons. Now, any healthy adult can easily kill a tiger by teaching him how to use an automatic rifle in two days... The vast majority of the tigers in the cases of vicious tiger attacks were killed by the armed police with automatic rifles.

The two tigers that pounced on Qin Huanyu now were also going to die even faster than they charged.

The first tiger's head was smashed by Qin Huanyu's horizontal swing of the Kanglong Mace. The second tiger, after being dodged by Qin Huanyu during its pounce, was strangled by alloy tentacles, its shinbone was broken, and it died of suffocation.

"It's clearly a paper tiger, but will it die if you break its neck?"

Qin Huanyu lifted her foot and slightly kicked away the tiger carcass lying at her feet, chuckled, and continued to look at Gu Hao.

Gu Hao released two tigers from the car, not expecting them to kill Qin Huanyu, but simply to buy some time so he could escape.

But that was wishful thinking. The two tigers didn't even have 20 seconds to fight before they were killed, and Qin Huanyu had already raised her gun at Gu Hao again.

Thinking of the accuracy with which he had hit his arm with a single shot during the car chase, Gu Hao swallowed hard, hesitated for a few seconds, and then chose to crouch down with his head in his hands, no longer trying to escape or resist.

Qin Huanyu did not let her guard down. Even though Gu Hao chose to surrender, she still used the weak arc of the electric arc rifle to shoot Gu Hao again. After confirming that Gu Hao was temporarily unable to move due to the electric shock, she approached and handcuffed Gu Hao's hands behind his back.

At this moment, Gu Hao's gunshot wound on his arm was still bleeding continuously, and the pain from having his hands tied behind his back made him sweat profusely, looking extremely miserable.

"...so weak."

Qin Huanyu curled her lips in disgust, somewhat worried that Gu Hao would die from excessive blood loss, so she went back to the car, took out the first-aid kit, and used it to stop the bleeding and bandage the wound on Gu Hao's arm.

After all that was done, Yuan Baixue finally arrived. She seemed to have used her official status to requisition a civilian tricycle and rode it with great difficulty... It was quite comical to see a beautiful woman in a dress riding a farm tricycle. Qin Huanyu secretly took a picture of her.

"Did you catch him?"

"Are the drivers involved in those car accidents alright?"

The two asked each other the question almost simultaneously.

After a slight pause, Qin Huanyu shrugged and pointed at Gu Hao:

“Here he is… Don’t forget what we agreed on before. You can take him back to the bureau to hand him over and claim the reward, but the material rewards for the three Class B cases are mine, and they all have to be the Absolute Spirit Iron.”

“Okay… It’s just Spirit-Extinguishing Iron, right? I have some at home, enough for three Class B case rewards. I can give it to you when I get back.”

Yuan Baixue saw Gu Hao like a gold prospector finding a great treasure. She walked over with a joyful expression, took out a talisman, and stuck it on Gu Hao's forehead. Gu Hao, who had just caught his breath from having his wound bandaged and the bleeding stopped, immediately fainted.

"Hmph, this time you're the one who's dumber, aren't you?"

After doing all this, Yuan Baixue proudly showed off to Qin Huanyu:

“How can a pair of handcuffs be enough to deal with criminals with supernatural abilities? It’s safest to seal their spiritual power and consciousness, just like I did.”

"Yes, yes, yes... I know you're very capable."

Qin Huanyu agreed with her a couple of times, as if coaxing a child, and then asked the same question again:

"So? All those drivers are alright, right?"

"...I didn't realize you were such a kind woman."

Yuan Baixue stared at Qin Huanyu with a strange look for a few seconds before letting out a snort:

"Don't worry, I personally treated them, what could possibly happen? I already used magic to save the lives of the most critically injured people, and the ambulances have arrived. They'll be fine after a few days in the hospital... And don't worry about the medical expenses, the Bureau of Investigation will cover the treatment costs for victims who are unfortunately caught up in supernatural events."

"That's good……"

Qin Huanyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

What happened next was simple: the two took Gu Hao back to the Qingzhou Prefecture Police Station. As agreed, Yuan Baixue would write the report and hand in the task, taking all the credit.

Yuan Baixue was equally blunt. In her report, she downplayed Qin Huanyu's existence as much as possible, making her seem like a nameless extra in a novel. She claimed that the capture of Gu Hao, the murderer, was entirely due to her efforts.

Qin Huanyu initially wanted to make a sarcastic remark after seeing the report, but Yuan Baixue quickly sent her a piece of Absolute Spirit Iron that was more than the combined rewards for the three Class B cases. So Qin Huanyu not only immediately shut up, but also helped Yuan Baixue revise the report to make it look more natural.

After all, there have been quite a few extraordinary cases in Baiguang City in the past two years, and Qin Huanyu has much more experience in writing reports than Yuan Baixue.

With the material reward in hand and the case completely handed over to Yuan Baixue, Qin Huanyu lost interest in the follow-up progress. Seeing that it was getting late, she didn't rush back to Baiguang City, but instead found a slightly upscale hotel in Qingzhou Prefecture and checked in to rest.

After taking a shower and drinking a glass of warm milk, I slept soundly until dawn, which was very comfortable.

The next morning, when Qin Huanyu was preparing to buy a plane ticket back to Baiguang City, a policeman found her at the hotel.

This policeman had met Qin Huanyu briefly yesterday. The car that Qin Huanyu and Yuan Baixue used to chase Gu Hao was borrowed from him. He was also in charge of handling the matter on the 22nd floor of the Aviation Hotel, which was a great help to the two of them.

Therefore, Qin Huanyu was quite polite to the policeman. After welcoming him into the room, she personally made him a cup of tea and asked him what his purpose was.

"Here's the thing... I might be meddling, but I'm really worried about Ms. Yuan and don't know who to ask for help, so I came to Officer Qin."

The policeman hesitated for a moment, holding his teacup, before explaining his purpose.

Qin Huanyu frowned as she listened, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Simply put, Yuan Baixue wasn't satisfied with the credit she had earned by capturing Gu Hao, and instead, she recklessly went off on her own.

After Gu Hao was apprehended yesterday, the case of the tiger attack should have been closed. A report should have been written and submitted to the Investigation Bureau along with Gu Hao himself, and then the investigators would have no further involvement.

But Yuan Baixue seemed unsatisfied. After submitting her report, while waiting for the Investigation Bureau to send someone to take Gu Hao away, she borrowed the local police interrogation room and interrogated Gu Hao again.

The interrogation revealed a lot of information, suggesting that Gu Hao had been manipulated and that there was a mastermind behind the incident.

If Qin Huanyu were in this situation, she would definitely report it to her superiors first, and continue the investigation only after receiving orders and support.

But Yuan Baixue was rather reckless and wanted to steal more credit, so she took action on her own that very night.

The policeman who came to find Qin Huanyu was worried about Yuan Baixue's safety, but he couldn't contact anyone else in the investigation bureau, so he could only come to Qin Huanyu.

After hearing this, Qin Huanyu did not immediately agree to help Yuan Baixue, but instead asked to see the interrogation video of Yuan Baixue interrogating Gu Hao last night.

This wasn't difficult. The police officer who came to find Qin Huanyu was also a captain, and he quickly sent the interrogation video of Yuan Baixue interrogating Gu Hao last night to Qin Huanyu's phone.

Afterwards, Qin Huanyu said that she would help as much as possible after understanding the situation, and then sent the policeman back to the police station to continue working.

Qin Huanyu remained in her hotel room, lying on the sofa with her two legs, clad in black stockings, crossed over the other end of the sofa, watching the interrogation video on her phone.

From a police professional perspective, Yuan Baixue's interrogation skills are extremely poor. Any student from the police academy could be better than her, and it often takes several sentences to get a single key point out of her.

However, Yuan Baixue knew magic, so she simply stuck a talisman on Gu Hao's forehead, and Gu Hao became as if he had been injected with an obedience drug, saying whatever came to mind and speaking without reservation.

Using this method, Yuan Baixue actually managed to get a lot of information out of her.

Just as Qin Huanyu had predicted, Gu Hao was originally an ordinary person who had been working on airplanes as a security guard and repairman since graduating from university.

As a crew member, Gu Hao must have frequent contact with flight attendants. As one of the professions most fantasized about by men, flight attendants are indeed quite good-looking on average; most of them would be at least class beauties in school.

Having been in contact with high-quality women for a long time, Gu Hao naturally looked down on ordinary women and pursued many of the flight attendants around him.

Just like the two flight attendants Qin Huanyu met at the restaurant, the flight attendants, relying on their good looks, had higher standards. Most of them only liked rich second-generation men and men with obvious prospects. They looked down on Gu Hao, a security guard and repairman, and at most treated him as a backup and a sycophant.

Gu Hao had been a simp for many years, flattering many of his flight attendant colleagues. He would greet them on time every morning, noon, and night and bring them breakfast and snacks, but he never succeeded in winning over any of them. He was a classic case of simp who ended up with nothing. In the end, most of the flight attendants chose men who were richer or had better prospects.

Recently, Gu Hao suffered an even greater blow.

A flight attendant colleague who had been pursued by Gu Hao for over half a year, and who was occasionally very gentle with him, and who had become Gu Hao's ideal woman, was suddenly discovered by Gu Hao on a certain resource website.

It turns out that the goddess in his eyes was just a toy dog ​​raised by some rich second-generation, and the occasional tenderness she showed him was all part of her master's job.

Even for a veteran who has suffered repeated defeats, this was still a big blow to Gu Hao. So he used up his annual leave some time ago, planning to rest for a few days and recuperate.

Gu Hao is from Baiguang City, so during his vacation, he chose to explore several scenic spots near Baiguang City. Although these spots are not well-known, the scenery is beautiful, and the prices are much cheaper than at famous tourist attractions, making them perfect for a relaxing vacation.

However, Gu Hao, as a local, had visited attractions like Shuanglongtan many times and was very familiar with the area.

So after buying his ticket and entering the Shuanglongtan Scenic Area, Gu Hao didn't follow the designated route this time. Instead, he wandered off to places he hadn't been before... The surrounding areas of such well-developed scenic spots are usually extensively developed, so there shouldn't be any danger.

Gu Hao didn't encounter any real danger. He didn't even encounter a pheasant, let alone a wild beast. However, he got lost in the forest, and his phone inexplicably lost signal, so he couldn't call for help.

Gu Hao's choice at the time was to climb a nearby mountain first. He felt that with his local knowledge of the scenic area, he could find his way back from a high vantage point and might even be able to get a cell phone signal again.

The idea was correct in theory, but when Gu Hao climbed the nearest small mountain, he encountered an ancient castle he had never seen before, a castle in the style of the Western Continent.

The situation was clearly somewhat strange. Gu Hao was initially a little scared, thinking he had encountered some kind of vampire or monster, and wanted to turn around and leave.

Unexpectedly, the castle owner came out to greet him and invited him to come inside and rest.

Gu Hao rationally wanted to refuse, but his second brother wouldn't listen to him... The owner of the castle was a very wild and sexy woman, and he went in in a daze.

The first day at the castle went quite normally. The beautiful castle owner arranged a room for Gu Hao to rest and even brought him steak and bread for dinner.

But the next day, everything was very strange. Although Gu Hao did not encounter any danger, he discovered that there were supernatural phenomena everywhere in the castle, as if he had traveled to a magical world.

Taking advantage of Gu Hao's deeply shocked state, the castle lord talked to him at length, telling him many truths about this world, and even inexplicably made him become his disciple.

The beautiful woman who originally had many ideas suddenly became his master, and Gu Hao was a little stunned at the time.

However, after the castle lord personally demonstrated several extraordinary abilities, Gu Hao forgot all about them... Compared to power, what are beautiful women? Once he has power, won't he be able to have any beautiful woman he wants? Are rich second-generation heirs so great? What use is mortal wealth in the face of extraordinary power?

With this in mind, Gu Hao settled down in the castle and began learning martial arts from his beautiful master.

However, the beautiful castle owner soon said that Gu Hao started too late. He had some talent but had missed the best age for cultivation. If he wanted to succeed, he would have to use some extraordinary means... Then she presented several plans for Gu Hao to choose from.

Gu Hao frowned deeply as he looked at those plans, realizing that he might have fallen into a demonic trap.

Because those plans involved either massacring villages and destroying formations through blood sacrifices, offering one's own body parts to sign a pact with demons, or implanting alien insects into the body for physical modification... In short, they were all methods that looked evil and had endless consequences.

Gu Hao spent a long time choosing before finally selecting the Tiger Subduing Divine Skill, which had the lowest relative harm.

While releasing tigers to injure people and incite fear is a heinous act, it is still much milder than massacring villages and towns or spreading plagues, and is within Gu Hao's acceptable limits.

The beautiful castle owner didn't say much about Gu Hao's choice and immediately began to guide Gu Hao on the most basic way of condensing magic power.

Perhaps Gu Hao truly possessed some talent for cultivation, or perhaps the beautiful castle lord used other methods on him. In any case, in less than three days, Gu Hao was able to condense a magical flame that resembled a lighter's flame.

Then the beautiful castle owner sent Gu Hao down the mountain, leaving him to continue his cultivation on his own.

Of course, the beautiful castle owner knew that Gu Hao couldn't conjure a tiger on his own, so she gave Gu Hao a whole box (at least a hundred) of paper tiger cards.

The quality of each paper tiger card is about the same as the small advertising cards that often appear under hotel door cracks... Gu Hao only needs to use his magical flames to ignite the card, and he can turn the paper tiger card into a real tiger that will attack people nearby indiscriminately.

In addition to a box of paper tiger cards, the beautiful castle owner also gave Gu Hao a crystal, saying that when the purple crystal turned completely black, it would mean that humans' fear of tigers was enough, and Gu Hao could then go and hunt tigers to formally cultivate the Tiger-Taming Divine Skill.

As a security guard on the plane, Gu Hao was also armed. In addition, he had been able to condense magic power and his body had been initially strengthened, so hunting ordinary tigers was no problem for him.

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