Then let them offer their loyalty!

Qin Shuman looked at Qiu Tu, then asked softly, "I remember you said last night that Yin Caimei had a forbidden book among her personal belongings?"

Qiu Tu nodded. "Yes. It's called 'Brave New World'."

Qin Shuman's gaze turned somewhat serious. "Have you already read that book?"

Qiu Tu recalled for a moment and said uncertainly, "I think I only flipped through seven or eight pages and glanced at it, without looking at it in detail."

Qin Shuman frowned slightly. "Although it can't be 100% certain, it is indeed a reasonable speculation that anti-government organizations print curses on banned books, allowing their members to carry and read them, and then easily eliminate them at any time."

Qiu Tu said, "So you also suspect that the book might be the vessel for [Resentment and Entanglement]?"

"So, have I already been infected?"

Qin Shuman rested her chin on her hand, recalling the events as she slowly said, "I don't know much about the effects of the [Cursed Printing Machine] either."

"I only heard some rumors during my training at the shelter."

"Therefore, I'm not sure how much impact reading just a few pages will have, or whether there's any danger to my life."

At this point, Qin Shuman seemed to have made up her mind. She said to Qiu Tu, "I think instead of guessing here, we should just verify it directly."

Before Qiu Tu could react, Qin Shuman deactivated the effect of the [Mist Index Book] and then used it on Qiu Tu again.

Qin Shuman was clearly worried about Qiu Tu's situation, and her actions were incredibly swift. So Qiu Tu didn't even have time to refuse before he felt a mysterious force appear out of thin air and descend upon him.

At that moment, Qiu Tu's expression changed several times, but in the end he chose to accept Qin Shuman's kindness.

The mist slowly reappeared, filling the entire morgue.

The lines begin to separate, and the material world begins to gradually fade away.

Soon, Qiu Tu's body was "lit up" in the mist, just like Yin Caimei's corpse.

Qin Shuman stepped forward and carefully examined the traces of catastrophic power outlined on Qiu Tu's body by the [Mist Index Book].

'Hmm... there are traces of catastrophic power on its head, this isn't good.'

'There are traces of catastrophic power on her neck, hmm, that's normal.'

'The limbs bear traces of catastrophic power, and so do the internal organs....'

'How can this [Resentment Obsession] curse be so powerful?'

"Huh?" Qin Shuman was taken aback. Suddenly, she felt something was wrong.

She quickly took a step back and examined Qiu Tu's entire body. She discovered that every organ and cell in Qiu Tu's body was filled with catastrophic power!

Qin Shuman stood there stunned, somewhat dazed!

'How can there be so many?!'

The next second, Qin Shuman finally realized what was happening!

This isn't the effect of a curse! This is... a full-body enhancement from cataclysmic abilities!

Qiu Tu is actually a Cataclysm!

Thinking of this, Qin Shuman suddenly realized something.

She looked at Qiu Tu with disbelief. When? When did Qiu Tu become a Cataclysm?

She tried to recall, but had no recollection of it.

Moreover... wasn't Qiu Tu also possessing this body, just like me?

Can one awaken a cataclysmic awakening after possession?

Does this awakened cataclysmic ability belong to the soul, the original body, or the current body?

If I possess Su Xiaowan's body and drink the catastrophic potion, will it be me who awakens or Su Xiaowan?

Qin Shuman felt a barrage of questions piling up in her head, making her feel like she couldn't keep up with everything.

Fortunately, at this moment, she had not forgotten the purpose for which she used the [Mist Index Book] on Qiu Tu.

She forced herself to come back to her senses, then stared at Qiu Tu's left chest for a while.

This time, without the interference of Qiu Tu's own catastrophic abilities, she finally saw the small mass of [resentment entanglement] shrouding Qiu Tu's heart.

The bad news is that Qiu Tu did indeed contract the virus.

The good news is... the amount of that swirling resentment was much smaller than the traces left on Yin Caimei's body.

Qin Shuman breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that even if the curse were to erupt, it should only make Qiu Tu suffer for a few days at most, and wouldn't harm Qiu Tu's life.

However, after breathing a sigh of relief, Qin Shuman felt that she had been presumptuous and had worried for nothing.

Although she didn't know Qiu Tu's previous identity.

But Qiu Tu was able to get me the Cataclysmic item that would restore my body so quickly, and he could also awaken Cataclysmic Awakening while possessing someone, so obviously... he must have been an extraordinary person before.

He is very likely a high-ranking Cataclysm.

Therefore, Qiu Tu may not be good at investigating cases, but he is not bad at solving these disaster-causing abilities and curses.

Thinking of this, Qin Shuman deactivated the effect of the [Mist Index Book] again, and said somewhat listlessly, "I did get caught in it, but it's not a big problem."

After saying that, she looked at Qiu Tu with a complicated expression and added, "You're not actually worried about this catastrophic curse, are you?"

Actually... just now, when Qin Shuman used the [Mist Index Book] on Qiu Tu, Qiu Tu's heart skipped a beat.

Having lived two lives, he has become accustomed to holding back from everyone.

So even though he had a very close relationship with Qin Shuman, he never told her that he had awakened his Cataclysmic Awakening.

Even when treating Qin Shuman, he deliberately concealed this fact using the Nightmare Crystal Bottle.

Unexpectedly, Qin Shuman used the [Mist Index] on herself out of concern for her.

Qiu Tu had just witnessed the effect of the [Mist Index Book], which practically outlined the catastrophic power of a person's entire body.

So, the moment Qin Shuman used it on him, he knew he was in trouble: Qin Shuman would definitely discover that he was a Cataclysm.

As expected, Qin Shuman's expression changed after examining his body.

And now her words are laced with sarcasm... she's clearly angry.

So, after hesitating for half a second, Qiu Tu decided to tell the truth: "Yes, I have a way to lift this curse."

What Qiu Tu was actually saying was that his cataclysmic ability was somewhat special and could remove this kind of cataclysmic curse.

But to Qin Shuman, it sounded like Qiu Tu had admitted that his past identity was extraordinary, and that such a low-level curse was nothing to him.

Therefore, Qin Shuman confirmed her conjecture once again: Qiu Tu must have indeed been a high-level cataclysmic being in the past.

But...thinking about this, she couldn't quite understand it again:

Since Qiu Tu's true form is a high-level Cataclysm and he has the ability to break free from possession, why doesn't he ever return to his original form?

Why did he keep possessing "Qiu Tu"?

Is it for Yama's sake?

After all, the highest-ranking person that "Qiu Tu" could contact was Yan Chen.

Thinking of this, Qin Shuman continued to think along these lines...

Who or what forces would want to investigate Yan Chen?

Furthermore, recalling Qiu Tu's actions during this period: he neither befriended the Investigation Bureau nor was he familiar with the anti-government forces, and he had no interest in those big businessmen...

On the contrary, they are very close to themselves and the security department.

Thinking of this, Qin Shuman's eyes suddenly lit up...

'Could he be a private soldier of some high-ranking military official, or an investigator dispatched from a shelter to the planned area?'

'But...I've never heard of anyone like that coming to the New Territories to carry out a secret mission...'

As she guessed and guessed, because there was so little information, Qin Shuman felt that the mystery surrounding Qiu Tu was only growing stronger.

Therefore, she could only suppress her speculations about Qiu Tu's identity for the time being:

She knew all too well that people working on the secret front were most wary of others finding out their true identities.

Qiu Tu has never harmed me or damaged the interests of the security department or the military so far. Therefore, I don't need to find out his identity; I can just get to know him gradually.

Especially since... this case might involve anti-government forces. Helping Qiu Tu is also helping myself; I might even gain some credit, so it's not a bad deal!

Thinking this through, Qin Shuman adjusted her mood before saying to Qiu Tu, "Since you can lift the curse, I don't need to worry anymore."

"Let's continue analyzing the case."

She paused for a moment, then said, "What is now certain is that Yin Caimei did indeed die from homicide."

"The most likely culprit who killed her was the anti-government armed group she belonged to: the Allied Forces."

"As for the murder weapon, judging from the curse on you, there is a 90% chance that it came from that forbidden book she always carried with her."

As she spoke, Qin Shuman patted the [Mist Index Book] in her hand and said, "So, what we need to do now is to identify the murder weapon."

"After all, although there is a 90% probability that 'Brave New World' is the murder weapon, what is needed in solving a case is not 90%, not 99%, but 100%!"

“Besides the fact that the forbidden book was the murder weapon: the fact that you and Yin Caimei read the same thing, drank the same water from the same source, and ate the same food may also have caused you to suffer the same curse.”

"even......"

"We cannot rule out the tiny possibility that someone is so depraved as to randomly or on a large scale release curses into the Investigation Agency."

At this point, Qin Shuman paused, her face serious, "Case handling must be rigorous."

"Therefore, let's first identify the murder weapon before proceeding with the next step of the deduction."

Qiu Tu nodded upon hearing this.

He knew he was a novice agent, far less experienced than Qin Shuman. But his strength lay in his willingness to accept advice. So he immediately said, "That copy of 'Brave New World' is still in the investigation team's temporary office as evidence."

"I'll go get it now and then compare it with the catastrophic curse on Yin Caimei."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the door.

As a result, just as he reached the door and his hand touched the doorknob,

Suddenly, the steady footsteps of riding boots came from outside the door, "tap...tap...tap..."

Qiu Tu paused for a moment, his hands stopping what they were doing.

"Tap...tap...tap..." The footsteps continued forward, finally stopping at the door of the morgue.

Qiu Tu frowned slightly and released the doorknob.

Then, he turned the doorknob a few times, making a "click-click-click" sound.

However, because Qiu Tu locked the morgue door when he came in, the door was not opened.

This clearly surprised the person outside.

The person outside paused for half a second, then asked in a deep voice, "Who's inside?"

Upon hearing that person's voice, Qiu Tu was stunned for a moment, and then his heart skipped a beat.

Because that was the voice of Zheng Tao, Yan Chen and Jia Shu's confidant, his superior, and the head of the interrogation department.

'Why is he here?'

Thinking of this, Qiu Tu frowned slightly, sensing that something was amiss.

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Qiu Tu's feeling that something was wrong was not without reason.

He specifically requested this morgue to store Yin Caimei's body separately.

Judging from Zheng Tao's footsteps, he wasn't patrolling the floors, but heading straight for the morgue.

But the problem is... the Yin Caimei case was handed over to Qiu Tu by Jia Shu alone, and it had nothing to do with the interrogation department.

Zheng Tao wasn't a member of the investigation team, so he had no reason to come to the morgue.

Thinking of this, Qiu Tu quietly took a few steps back, creating the illusion that he wasn't by the door, before speaking to the outside, "I'm inside."

Zheng Tao was clearly familiar with Qiu Tu's voice, so upon hearing it, he hesitated and asked, "Deputy Section Chief Qiu?"

Seeing this, Qiu Tu pretended to realize something and said, "Oh. It's Section Chief Zheng. What's wrong?"

After saying that, Qiu Tu winked at Qin Shuman.