Let them offer their loyalty!

Yan Chen might have noticed something off about Qiu Tu's expression.

Qin Shuman turned around to close the door, then looked down at her new body with curiosity, and asked, "What's wrong? Do you know Xiaowan?"

Qiu Tu said with a strange look on his face, "It's not that I know her. It's just... that I just met her this morning."

After finishing his words, Qiu Tu addressed Qin Shuman, now in possession of the new body, "I'm not wrong, am I? Assistant Su Xiaowan."

Yes, the person who appeared in front of Qiu Tu was indeed the beautiful assistant who had stopped his car that morning to recruit him for Tang Fei.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Upon this realization, Qiu Tu couldn't help but take a deep look at Qin Shuman.

The Security Department truly deserved its reputation as the most powerful among the three major authorities in Xinjie City.

They not only planted a nail next to Yan Chen, the Investigation Bureau Chief, but had also planted a spy by the side of Tang Fei, the Deputy Director.

And both spies were the closest people to them!

One a bedmate, the other an assistant.

If those two made a move, how much could the Investigation Bureau possibly keep secret from the Security Department?

While Qiu Tu was contemplating this, Qin Shuman seemed to have had a brief exchange with Su Xiaowan and learned about the complete process of their encounter that day.

After understanding, she covered her mouth and giggled, "You two seem to have quite the fate, don't you?"

"How about it? Want me to introduce her to you?"

At this, Qin Shuman threw a coquettish glance at Qiu Tu and teasingly said, "I'll tell you, Xiaowan is really adorable~"

Qiu Tu: ....

Seeing the shell of Su Xiaowan reveal Qin Shuman's playfully cute expression, Qiu Tu's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

That contrast of an unfamiliar appearance with a familiar expression poked right at his XP.

It made him recall a life-and-death question he had seen online in his previous life: If your girlfriend and her best friend swapped bodies, who would you choose?

Good lord. Was there even a need to choose?

Of course you'd take them both.

So... faced with the current situation, Qiu Tu really just wanted to say one thing:

"The soul of Rain Butterfly is the only thing I love. As for whose shell it is, I don't care at all—yes, really don't care (wiping drool)!"

Of course, this thought, like that life-and-death question from his previous life, was not something to be said out loud, so although he was running wild with his thoughts, he forced a bitter smile and said, "Stop it now. You'll scare Assistant Su."

Qin Shuman laughed and finally stopped teasing them.

Because Qiu Tu was not in that body, he couldn't hear Su Xiaowan's cries, but she shared a body with Su Xiaowan, and when she had thrown that seductive look at Qiu Tu and teased him, Su Xiaowan's screams almost burst through the heavens!

Walking up to Qiu Tu, Qin Shuman returned to being serious. She reached out her delicate hand and gently touched Qiu Tu's forehead.

Suddenly, Qiu Tu heard another woman's voice beside his ear.

Qiu Tu looked at Qin Shuman in surprise.

Qin Shuman explained, "This is soul communication, which allows you to hear not only my voice but also Xiaowan's."

"However, this communication is short-range. You can only hear it if you are within two meters of me."

Then, Qin Shuman also softly revealed Su Xiaowan's identity, "Xiaowan is one of the first spies I trained after coming to Xinjie City."

"Although her abilities are average, she naturally possesses a kind of affinity that makes people unconsciously want to trust her, which makes her perfectly suited for espionage."

"After I trained her, I arranged for her to infiltrate the Investigation Bureau, lurking beside Tang Fei."

"Over the course of the year, I possessed her periodically to handle her official duties, and combined with her own affinity, she was quickly favored by Tang Fei and became Tang Fei's personal assistant."

Hearing Qin Shuman explain this way, Su Xiaowan added from within the body, "But... since my abilities fall quite short of Chief Rain Butterfly's, I always mess things up when she's not around."

"So... Director Tang gave me a nickname, calling me 'The Half-Dreaming, Half-Awake Assistant Su.'"

"It means my performance is unpredictable, and nobody knows whether I'm awake or asleep on any given day."

Qiu Tu couldn't help but chuckle at this, yet he found the nickname both apt and amusing.

He didn't expect Tang Fei to have such a side to her.

After introducing Su Xiaowan's identity, Qin Shuman continued, "The reason I brought her here tonight."

"One is to let you two get to know each other better so that you can help each other in case of emergencies."

"Two is... I think Xiaowan's identity might be of help to you right now."

"As Tang Fei's assistant, she can serve as a bridge between you and Tang Fei, giving you more room to maneuver in the Investigation Bureau."

At this, Qin Shuman paused for a moment, chuckled, and said, "Yet... it seems like you had already thought of this and prepared in advance."

"It almost makes what I did superfluous."

Hearing Qin Shuman's words, Qiu Tu smiled without denying, "I was driven into a corner, and that's when I thought of leveraging the relationships of the directors to make a move."

"Originally, I was only 70% sure about my plan, but now with Assistant Su's help, I feel 100% confident."

Qin Shuman smiled at this, and the two exchanged a knowing look, where all was understood without saying a word.

However, Su Xiaowan clearly didn't understand the hidden meaning in their words and expressed her soul's confusion from within her body, "Huh? Did Chief Qiu deliberately draw Director Tang here?"

"But that's wrong. Chief Qiu and Director Tang had no contact at all, so how did he manage it?"

"What's the next plan, Chief Qiu? I don't understand anything you guys are saying at all?"

Upon hearing Su Xiaowan's bewildered question, both Qiu Tu and Qin Shuman couldn't help but chuckle.

However, they did not clear up Xiaowan's confusion and tacitly began to discuss serious matters.

Qin Shuman asked, "Has the autopsy report of Yin Caimei come out yet?"

Qiu Tu nodded. He then handed the autopsy report he was holding to Qin Shuman and said,

"The forensic scientist found significant narrowing in Yin Caimei's coronary arteries, with local stenosis exceeding 50%, atherosclerotic plaques formation, myocardial interstitial edema, and wavy changes in patchy myocardial fibers. Hence, the conclusion was made that she died of a cardiac sudden death."

After carefully reading the autopsy report, Qin Shuman remarked, "Indeed, sudden death is a possibility."

"But... many Cataclysmic abilities or Cataclysmic props could also create similar effects."

"Or rather, most Cataclysmics disguise their victims as having died of cardiac sudden death when killing with Cataclysmic abilities or treasures."

"After all, simply erasing the soul, leaving no cause of death, is too obvious and would easily attract our Security Department's investigation."

"Therefore, we still need to conduct a further examination on Yin Caimei's body."

After speaking, Qin Shuman inquired, "Have you obtained the treasure for Catastrophe Power inspection?"

Qiu Tu nodded, opened a drawer, took out the black box that Jia Shu had given him, and gently opened it.

As the box opened, white mist slowly drifted out from inside.

Qiu Tu used his hand to disperse the mist, then took out a black goatskin-covered notebook.

The notebook looked extraordinary at first glance, not only because of its exquisite craftsmanship but also because of the white mist seeping from the title page.

Additionally, the wet feeling of the black goatskin cover had a peculiar beauty to it.

"The Mist Index Book?" Qin Shuman glanced at it and remarked, "Not bad. It should be enough with that."

Having said that, Qin Shuman said, "Put it back, let's go and take a look at Yin Caimei's body now."

Qiu Tu nodded, then placed the black notebook back into the box, and together with Qin Shuman, they went to the morgue.

Upon reaching the separate morgue, Yin Caimei's body was still lying there quietly.

Because it had been autopsied and had been dead for a day, it looked somewhat ghastly, and it even began emitting bursts of the smell of corpse decay.

As professionals, the three of them did not pay much attention to this.

Locking the door of the morgue, Qin Shuman took a pair of rubber gloves from her pocket, put them on, and carefully inspected Yin Caimei's body.

After the inspection, she wore a contemplative expression on her face and then said to Qiu Tu, "Take out the Mist Index Book."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Tu opened the black box, took out the Mist Index Book, and handed it to Qin Shuman.

Qin Shuman took the Mist Index Book with a practiced air, drew several symbols on the cover, and instantly, the book opened by itself. Dense white mist crazily surged out from the Cataclysmic treasure and swiftly spread to every corner of the morgue.

The mist filled the air, and the material world seemed to vibrate subtly.

Qiu Tu looked around and noticed the scene was somewhat similar to when he used his Cataclysmic ability. All the lines around him seemed to be gradually withdrawn, and they were slowly moving from the real world to the spirit world...

At the same time, Qin Shuman's reassuring voice echoed in Qiu Tu's ear, "Don't be afraid, this is the non-material dimension I told you about before."

"Every space and corner of the material world, even the air, is filled with various active particles."

"Therefore, traces of the spirit cannot be observed in the real world."

"Only by transcending the material world and ascending to the dimension of the spirit world can the residual traces of the spirit be seen."

As Qin Shuman explained, without any visible action on her part, a ghostly silhouette of Yin Caimei's body slowly emerged from the white fog.

However, unlike in the real world, this time a distinct black shadow appeared very clearly within the translucent silhouette of Yin Caimei.

Seeing this, Qiu Tu tried to walk over for a closer look, then he discovered that the black shadow was located exactly over Yin Caimei's left chest.

"Could it be Resentful Spirit Entanglement?" Meanwhile, Qin Shuman's voice of surprise reached Qiu Tu's ears.

Hearing this, Qiu Tu looked curiously at Qin Shuman and asked, puzzled, "What is Resentful Spirit Entanglement?"

Qin Shuman was silent for a moment, then said, "It is said that within the Anti-government Armed Forces, there exists a Cataclysmic treasure known as the Cursed Printing Machine."

"It can use ink tainted by Cataclysmic Creatures and special paper that has been purified by the non-material dimension to print books that have the ability to distort reality."

"These books look no different from normal ones. But in fact, they contain various curses."

"Resentful Spirit Entanglement is one of them."

"Once someone has flipped through that book, the printer of the book can afflict the reader with a curse of resentment, causing the reader's body to deteriorate, decay, and even... lead to death."

'Cursed Printing Machine? Books that distort reality?'

'Afflicting readers with a curse?'

For some reason, as Qiu Tu listened to Qin Shuman's explanation, he felt as though the information was strangely familiar.

After a moment, a flash of lightning crossed his mind!

His heart gave a sudden throb as he recalled the book he had read, "Brave New World"...

Meanwhile, Qin Shuman evidently made the connection as well.

She involuntarily looked towards Qiu Tu, and as their eyes met, both were filled with horror!

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