Then let them offer their loyalty!

Qin Shuman tacitly handed the [Mist Index Book] in her hand to Qiu Tu, and then looked around the entire morgue.

Finally, they crawled into a morgue cabinet.

At that moment, Zheng Tao's questioning voice came over, "What are you doing in the morgue?"

Qiu Tu quietly closed the morgue cabinet, then walked to the door and opened the morgue door.

Sure enough, Zheng Tao, looking puzzled, was standing outside the door.

Qiu Tu stood at the door and said with a smile, "How novel! I'm obviously performing autopsies in the morgue. Otherwise, am I here to be a corpse?"

Having met with a rebuff from Qiu Tu's neither-soft-nor-hard approach, Zheng Tao frowned. He glanced into the morgue and then asked, "Is Deputy Section Chief Qiu investigating a case?"

Qiu Tu frowned slightly, but still nodded. "Yes."

After saying that, he asked in return, "What is Section Chief Zheng doing wandering around the morgue so late at night?"

Zheng Tao said "Oh" and then said, "I'm fine, just doing a routine inspection."

"When we got here, we found that the lights were still on in your morgue, and we could vaguely hear voices coming from inside, so we came to check it out."

After saying that, he gestured with his hand, "May I go in and take a look?"

Although he was asking a question, he had already stepped into the morgue before he finished speaking.

Qiu Tu's gaze darkened slightly, but he did not stop him.

Zheng Tao, wearing riding boots, walked slowly through the morgue, making a "tap...tap...tap..." sound as he looked around at the layout. "Deputy Section Chief Qiu all by himself?"

Qiu Tu smiled and hummed in agreement.

The moment Qiu Tu discovered Zheng Tao outside the door, he was already pondering whether or not to let Zheng Tao meet Qin Shuman (Su Xiaowan).

However, considering that he and Tang Feifei hadn't really gotten to know each other yet, exposing Su Xiaowan now could lead to all sorts of unforeseen circumstances. So, in the end, he decided to have Qin Shuman (Su Xiaowan) hide while he went to the door to deal with the situation.

He originally thought that he could just give Zheng Tao a few perfunctory words and get rid of him.

As it turned out, Zheng Tao had only come to investigate after vaguely hearing the noise, and then, ignoring his refusal, barged right in. He was being utterly disrespectful.

Perhaps sensing Qiu Tu's resistance, Zheng Tao lifted the white sheet covering Yin Caimei's body, glanced at it, and then looked back at Qiu Tu, saying with a smile, "Deputy Section Chief Qiu, don't misunderstand."

"It's not that I'm meddling."

"But... as you also know, there are many strange and mysterious forces in this world."

"And corpses are particularly attractive to this power."

"I did vaguely hear some strange noises just now, and to put my mind at ease, I'll definitely investigate further."

After saying that, he walked to the morgue cabinets on both sides and began to pull them out with a "sizzling" sound.

Because this morgue was specifically set aside for Yin Caimei, the morgue cabinets were all empty.

Zheng Tao would open one, glance at it, close it, and then open the next one.

Seeing this, Qiu Tu also took out the [Mist Index Book] and said, "Chief Zheng, you wouldn't be referring to the sound made by this Cataclysmic Treasure, would you?"

He said, "I just used this to examine Yin Caimei's body."

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Zheng Tao stopped in front of the morgue where Qin Shuman was hiding.

He turned his head and glanced at the Cataclysmic Artifact in Qiu Tu's hand, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

After a moment, he nodded and said affirmatively, "It's possible."

"After all, the use of Cataclysmic Noble Phantasms can produce various strange noises."

As he spoke, he abruptly pulled open the morgue cabinet where Qin Shuman was!

Inside the cabinet...

Empty.

Seeing this, Zheng Tao slowly closed the cabinet, and then continued to open the remaining morgue cabinets one by one.

Soon, all the morgue cabinets were inspected.

Zheng Tao looked around the morgue again before smiling and saying to Qiu Tu, "It seems that the strange noise was indeed coming from the Cataclysmic Treasure."

"I'm being too sensitive."

After saying that, he walked to Qiu Tu's side, patted Qiu Tu on the shoulder, and comforted him, "Section Chief Qiu, you've worked hard."

“I’m very pleased that you didn’t leave work early tonight like yesterday, but instead volunteered to work overtime.”

"As agents, we should make the most of every minute and second to work hard. Only in this way can we become the director's right-hand men in the future."

Qiu Tu: .....

Although there is no such thing as "serving the people" in this world, Qiu Tu was still a little surprised by such a frank desire to become the superior's "lackey."

So… he said with a smile, “Section Chief, you’re overthinking it. I’ll make up for the extra work I did tonight with my day off tomorrow.”

"I won't be coming tomorrow morning."

Zheng Tao, who was about to walk out, stumbled and almost tripped.

He glared at Qiu Tu hatefully, snorted, and then strode away from the morgue.

Even after he left, Qiu Tu did not let his guard down.

He took a deep breath and then muttered to himself, "Sigh, we still need to compare the murder weapon."

After saying that, he walked out of the morgue to retrieve the evidence....

.....

After he left, the entire morgue gradually fell silent.

I don't know how much time passed; it might have been a minute, or it might have been five minutes.

In the silent morgue, the sound of a doorknob turning suddenly rang out.

However, perhaps because Qiu Tu locked the door before leaving, the morgue door could not be opened even after several attempts.

However, this time the person outside the door was clearly prepared.

He inserted the key, turned it twice, and the door opened. Zheng Tao, who had just left, had returned.

His sinister gaze swept across the entire morgue, then he opened all the morgue cabinets and lifted the white sheet covering Yin Caimei.

After a second check to confirm that no one was there, Zheng Tao frowned.

He restored everything to its original state, then left the morgue and locked the door again with the spare key.

Standing at the entrance of the morgue, Zheng Tao's eyes flickered a few times before he took out his communicator and made a call.

A moment later, the call was connected.

Zheng Tao said in a low voice, "Minister, there's only Qiu Tu inside."

A chuckled voice came through the receiver, "Oh? Really? You investigated thoroughly?"

Zheng Tao said, "The investigation was very thorough. I checked before he left, and I checked again after he left, but there was no one there."

"He's probably investigating the case by himself tonight."

Jia Shu said with a half-smile, "That's good, that's good."

Zheng Tao was clearly puzzled. He tentatively asked, "Minister, have you made any discoveries?"

Jia Shu smiled and said, "No. I was just a little worried. Now it seems my worries were unnecessary."

For some reason, Zheng Tao detected a hint of disappointment in Jia Shu's words.

He wanted to ask Jia Shu what he was worried about, but knowing his boss's personality well, he opened his mouth, but ultimately didn't ask anything...

Meanwhile...

[Jia Shu's suspicion level -1, satisfaction level -3]

In the investigation team's temporary office, Qiu Tu had just picked up the book "Brave New World" when a notification popped up in front of him: "Loyalty Game".

He paused for a moment, then looked completely bewildered.

'Suspicion level -1? Satisfaction level -3?'

Am I hallucinating?

Why did decreased skepticism also lead to decreased satisfaction?

Qiu Tu really felt that he couldn't understand Jia Shu's game stats at all.

What the hell is all this?!

Could it be that Jia Shu was actually a spy?

Did he become disillusioned with himself after discovering his loyalty to the Investigation Bureau?

Or is he a pervert who would only be satisfied if I betrayed the Investigation Bureau?

Qiu Tu felt that these twisted ideas were indeed hard to understand!

While mentally criticizing Jia Shu, Qiu Tu took the evidence to the morgue.

Upon arriving at the morgue, Qiu Tu unlocked the door and entered. Qin Shuman stood next to the morgue cabinet where she had been hiding, looking at Qiu Tu with a complicated expression.

Qiu Tu locked the door from the inside before asking softly, "Has he come again?"

Qin Shuman nodded slightly.

Qiu Tu smiled.

Fortunately, when he discovered Zheng Tao's problem, he decisively used his catastrophic ability, [Order Space]. He also set the rules for today: no one except himself can see, hear, smell, touch, or perceive Qin Shuman (Su Xiaowan).

Moreover, this rule was not lifted even after he left the morgue.

That's why Zheng Tao completely ignored Qin Shuman's existence during both of his investigations: in fact, Qin Shuman was lying quietly in that morgue.

What made Qiu Tu even more fortunate was that Su Xiaowan and Zheng Tao were both ordinary people.

If they were cataclysmic beings like Qin Shuman or Jia Shu, Qiu Tu's abilities would be ineffective, and he wouldn't be able to deceive everyone as he has now.

Then he will need to fabricate more excuses and lies to cover things up.

Indeed, cataclysmic abilities can change the world!

Thinking this, Qiu Tu deactivated his catastrophic abilities and handed the [Mist Index Book] and "Brave New World" to Qin Shuman.

Feeling the discomfort of his mental energy being drained, Qiu Tu forced himself to say, "Help me check if this book is the murder weapon."

Qin Shuman gave him a complicated look, took the book, and used the [Mist Index Book].

A moment later, just as Qiu Tu felt the side effects of the cataclysmic ability gradually disappearing, Qin Shuman's voice rang in his ears, "I've checked. This book is indeed the murder weapon."

Qiu Tu raised his head and looked at Qin Shuman.

Qin Shuman smiled at him and then said,

"Since this book is the murder weapon that killed Yin Caimei."

"So... there's only one mystery left in this case."

"That is, who gave this book to Yin Caimei?"

"Once we can figure this out, we can determine the killer with a high probability."

"Moreover..." Qin Shuman paused, a cold glint flashing in her eyes, "that murderer is also very likely a spy for the anti-government forces!"

Hearing Qin Shuman's words, Qiu Tu nodded slightly and then asked, "So who do you think gave her this book?"

Qin Shuman thought for a moment, then shook her head slightly. "It's hard to say. Too many people are suspects. For example, Vice President Tian, ​​those transport companies, and one of her friends."

"You'd better investigate Yin Caimei or someone close to Vice President Tian."

"Look, when exactly did this book end up in her hands?"

"This helps us quickly narrow down the scope."

At this point, Qin Shuman paused for a moment, then added, "Hopefully it wasn't something she brought with her when she left the anti-government forces."

Upon hearing Qin Shuman's words, Qiu Tu's eyes revealed a thoughtful expression. He shook his head slightly, "It's highly unlikely that it was there from the beginning."

"According to her previous statements, her acquaintance with Vice President Tian was an accident."

"The anti-government forces probably don't have the financial resources to equip every ordinary spy with a cataclysmic artifact that can silence them, right?"

Hearing Qiu Tu's analysis, Qin Shuman nodded slightly.