Then let them offer their loyalty!

If we can really take down the entire Qin family, then the credit will be split equally.

After discussing it to the end, the two held hands tightly.

And so, the cooperation was settled, and Lin Zuo saw Qiu Tu out of the room.

As Qiu Tu reached the doorway, he suddenly stopped, turned around, smiled at Lin Zuo, and said, "Give my regards to your boss."

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Lin Zuo was visibly taken aback. His mind raced, and after a moment, he smiled and nodded.

Seeing this, Qiu Tu turned around with satisfaction and walked towards the elevator.

He wasn't trying to trick Lin Zuo; he genuinely guessed that Lin Zuo had someone behind him.

The reason is also very simple:

Although the military and the Exploration Agency belong to two different systems, their job structures are interconnected.

They all start as temporary agents and temporary specialists, then progress to level 3 agents (level 3 specialists), level 2 agents (level 2 specialists), and level 1 agents (level 1 specialists) in that order.

Above the first-level detective is the management sequence, which includes detective chief and senior detective at the grassroots level, and deputy section chief and section chief in the office.

Therefore, Lin Zuo's position as deputy section chief was actually a full level higher than Qiu Tu's. Furthermore, one was a manager, and the other a low-level employee.

Therefore, according to the principle of reciprocity in departmental cooperation, if the security department wants to connect with Qiu Tu, it should not be Lin Zuo who should step forward, but rather Lin Zuo's subordinate.

The fact that Lin Zuo is now condescending to contact Qiu Tu can only mean one thing: this is a matter that was ordered down by his superiors, and Lin Zuo's superiors specifically requested that Lin Zuo make the trip in person.

Chapter 37 Qin Shuman is dead?

'So... Qin Shuman's contact person is at least a section chief with real power in a secret department?'

Thinking of this, Qiu Tu's eyes looked a little strange...

He realized he had underestimated this woman.

I originally thought she was just an insignificant pawn among several forces, but I didn't expect her to be so influential.

As for whether Qin Shuman might also be from the security department, Qiu Tu thought it was highly unlikely.

After all... unless Qin Shuman is Lin Zuo's superior and personally arranged this, there's no reason for Lin Zuo to help her even though she's also a deputy section chief.

So, half an hour later.

"Yes, you guessed it, I am Lin Zuo's boss."

Looking at Qin Shuman's stunningly beautiful face, Qiu Tu:.....

He gestured to stop Qin Shuman from continuing, and said with a troubled expression, "Wait a minute, let me sort this out first."

After he finished speaking, he quickly recalled what had happened in the past half hour.

Half an hour ago, after discussing the cooperation with Lin Zuo, Qiu Tu returned to the Qin family from the Milan Grand Hotel.

Upon arriving at the guard regiment's encampment, Qiu Tu first inquired about Cao Dabiao's situation.

After learning that Cao Dabiao had not yet returned to the team, he did not wait any longer, but went directly to Qin Shuman to find out what Qin Shuman was up to.

Qin Shuman seemed to be waiting for him at the time, so the two hit it off and went to the bar where they had been drinking the night before to continue their conversation.

Because of his habitual tendency to deceive, after finishing his conversation with Qin Shuman about Lin Zuo, Qiu Tu casually probed, "Actually, if you want to cooperate with me, you don't need to have your subordinate come to me."

Is there anything about our relationship that we can't talk about?

Qiu Tu had only intended to bluff casually, but to his surprise, Qin Shuman actually admitted it outright...

.......

Trying hard to bring his thoughts back to normal, Qiu Tu looked at the beautiful woman in front of him under the bar lights and seriously analyzed the possibility that she was Lin Zuo's boss.

But... no matter how he analyzed it, he felt there were too many loopholes.

So, after finding himself unable to proceed along this path, he looked at Qin Shuman with a strange expression and said, "Are you kidding me?"

Having seen Qiu Tu's shrewd and calculating expression so often, Qin Shuman laughed uproariously the first time she saw him break down, her breasts heaving.

After laughing, she regained her composure, sighed, and then said calmly, "Actually, even if you told Lin Zuo everything right now, he probably wouldn't believe it."

Qiu Tu was completely confused by Qin Shuman and looked at her with a bewildered expression.

Qin Shuman suddenly asked a question, "Qiu Tu, do you remember the question I asked you last night: Do you believe that a person can suddenly become another person?"

Qiu Tu keenly caught the hidden meaning in Qin Shuman's words. He narrowed his eyes slightly, "What do you mean? You're not the Qin Shuman you used to be?"

Qin Shuman nodded.

She leaned against the bar counter, looked at Qiu Tu, and then said softly, "You've been in contact with that girl Shen Lingshuang these past few days, so you should know about the [Cataclysm], right?"

Qiu Tu nodded.

Qin Shuman took a sip of her drink. "Actually... I am a Cataclysm."

"Or rather, he was once a cataclysmic being."

Her eyes were filled with memories and melancholy. "My original identity was the head of the reconnaissance section of the military security department, codenamed Rain Butterfly."

"My path to catastrophe is mystery. And the ability of catastrophe is [manipulation and possession]."

"This ability allows me to remotely control the person I possess. Not only can I possess her body and communicate with her remotely to see what she is thinking, but I can also forcibly control her body."

"This is a very powerful ability."

"And Qin Shuman... or rather, the original Qin Shuman was one of the people I possessed."

"She was a very kind and lovely girl. Despite her tragic background and short life that was only meant to be a plaything of powerful people, she was still very positive and optimistic."

"Perhaps because I was too lonely, even though I wasn't friendly to her, she always treated me as a friend. She not only chatted with me often, but sometimes she would also take the initiative to help me look up things."

"Everything was fine until you..." Qin Shuman glanced at Qiu Tu, paused, and added, "Or rather, your predecessor."

Qin Shuman said, "She and your predecessor fell in love at first sight. In just a few days, they were deeply in love..."

Qin Shuman sighed, "I was quite busy at that time and didn't possess her body, so I didn't know about this."

"So, when I possessed her one day, I realized things had already spiraled out of control..."

“I was really terrified at the time. It wasn’t because I was worried that something would happen to her and cut off this source of information, but because I knew that with Yan Chen’s personality, if she found out about their affair, she would definitely not let them off the hook.”

"So I tried my best to dissuade her and get her to give up. But she was more determined than ever before."

"I still remember what she said to me back then."

She said, 'Sister Yudie, I only have five short years in my life, and it's so rare to meet someone I like. I don't want to die and look back on my life only to remember being pinned down by a fat man...'

"I didn't know how to persuade her, so I could only watch helplessly as they walked step by step into the abyss."

"And then...until that day."

Qin Shuman covered her face with her hands and said painfully, "That day, after finishing my official duties, I was worried about her and wanted to go see how she was doing."

"But who knew that when I used my power and possessed her, I found her and your predecessor lying naked on the bed. Their bodies were still alive, but their souls were completely shattered."

"I was startled and tried to run away. But then a sharp pain that went deep into my soul came over me, and I lost consciousness immediately."

At this point, Qin Shuman's eyes were filled with sorrow, "And when I woke up again, it was when you suddenly forced yourself on top of me."

"I was terrified. I wanted to fight back, but I couldn't at all."

She sighed, "That's when I realized that I had become 'her'."

"I went from a third-person perspective of possession to a first-person perspective. I went from being able to break possession at any time to being 'permanently possessed'."

"So, although I don't know what happened, I can only take it one step at a time and pretend to be her for now."

"Fortunately, I had often observed her life and communicated with her frequently. In addition, due to the residual physical habits in her body, no one except her close relatives could tell."

At this point, her gaze drifted into the distance. "Of course, she didn't have many close relatives either."

"Except for... your predecessor."

After hearing Qin Shuman's words, Qiu Tu's mouth slowly opened wide, and he remained stunned for a long time.

Chapter 38 A Magical Reality (Please continue reading!)

Qiu Tu felt that his worldview had been greatly impacted, and everything that had happened during his time travel seemed to be overturned by Qin Shuman's story.

He quickly reconstructed the truth of the entire story based on Qin Shuman's account.

As it turns out... it's surprisingly self-consistent.

Qiu Tu was somewhat lost in thought.

He felt this was too surreal.

So, what exactly happened that day? Why did not only did I transmigrate, but Qin Shuman was also trapped in this body?

Just then, as Qiu Tu was questioning his life, Qin Shuman spoke up.

Her red lips lightly touched the rim of the glass, a mysterious yet provocative smile in her eyes, as she asked, "Qiu Tu, I've told you everything about my identity. Shouldn't you also be open with me and tell me about your background?"

As she spoke, she rested her chin on her hand and looked at Qiu Tu with a playful gaze, "Who exactly are you? And why are you trapped in this body just like me?"

Qiu Tu: ....

Upon hearing this question, Qiu Tu instinctively wanted to lie and cover things up. However, when he saw Qin Shuman's eyes, he paused for a moment.

What kind of eyes were those?

Confusion, melancholy, hesitation... and a glimmer of hope hidden deep within...

In that instant, Qiu Tu seemed to understand the beautiful woman before him:

A privileged young woman from a shelter is suddenly trapped inside a cloned female body that has only two years left to live and is in critical condition.

She didn't know if she could return to her original body, what fate awaited this body, or whether her soul would dissipate along with it. She must have been utterly desperate.

Then, at that moment, she discovered that there was someone else in her life who had the same experience as her...

At that moment, she must have felt a lot more at ease in her despair, right?

It's like... one lonely soul meeting another lonely soul...

That's why she relies on herself so much.

Because... he might be the last ray of light in her life...

Thinking of this, Qiu Tu took a deep breath and then said softly, "My situation is probably more complicated than yours."

"I did indeed enter his body only after my predecessor died."

"But... I'm not from the New Territories, and I don't even know where the New Territories City is."

"I don't know why I ended up in this body."

"If I hadn't discovered his remaining memories after entering his body, I probably wouldn't even have been able to fake it."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Qin Shuman gently swirled her wine glass, a bright smile spreading across her face. "I knew my feeling was right. We're kindred spirits."

As she spoke, she raised her glass to Qiu Tu in a gesture of respect.

Qiu Tu smiled, picked up his wine glass, and clinked it against hers.

"Ding~" A crisp sound rang out.

The two looked into each other's eyes and drank the wine in their glasses in one gulp.

At that moment, they both felt as if the distance between them had shrunk considerably...

After drinking a few more glasses of wine, Qiu Tu, emboldened by his drunkenness, asked the question that interested him most: "Have you ever thought about going back to your original body?"

Qin Shuman gently stroked the rim of her wine glass, her eyes hazy, her breath sweet as orchids, "Of course I've thought about it."

"I've even tried every method I can think of these past few days, but they've all failed."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't be so depressed."

Qiu Tu sighed slightly and asked, "Have you considered asking the military or the security department for help?"

Qin Shuman gently shook her head. "I know very well what abilities the security department has in terms of the number of disaster survivors. But... they can't help me."

Her eyes revealed her exhaustion. "As for the military, they won't care about me."

Qiu Tu asked curiously, "Why?"

Qin Shuman gave him a deep look. "Have you forgotten who I am now?"