"Oh my god, Xiaoyi, stop talking now, that's impossible!"

Hearing Mu Xiaoyi's words, Yue Jiuling immediately said, "That's normal food. Long Er and I have lived for so many years, what kind of meat haven't we eaten? That's all normal food, not human flesh!"

Ya Zi also said, "That's right, that's impossible!"

Because Mu Xiaoyi's words clearly implied that the food served in that restaurant might be made from human flesh, Yue Jiuling and Ya Zi tried their best to explain.

Yue Jiuling said, "Although the disappearance case may be related to the restaurant, it doesn't mean that the food inside is human flesh. Ugh~ After you said that, I feel really uncomfortable."

Bai Xinyu, who was listening to their conversation, quickly interrupted, saying, "Hey, the truth of the matter hasn't been investigated yet, so let's not speculate. Let's find the hiding place first before we talk about anything else."

"Yeah, don't overthink it."

Ye Dongfeng also said that he saw that his colleagues from the A3 department had already gotten off the bus to find a restaurant, so he said, "Let's go, Captain Xia has already gone far away."

Even the usually quiet Little Cabbage chimed in, "Yeah, let's not speculate. Finding Brother Hidden is the priority."

Mu Xiaoyi realized she might be overthinking things, so she shrugged and said, "Okay, let's go to the restaurant first then~"

Since it's daytime now, many shops in the food street that only open at night are not open yet, so many shops along the way are closed.

Captain Xia quickly led his team to the Shi Ren Restaurant, but like many shops, it was closed.

Xia first had someone knock on the door, and then, after someone came out, she took out their search warrant, indicating that she wanted to go in to search and investigate.

Not long after Xiao Hui and Hei Zi finished cleaning, they heard someone knocking on their shop door. So they went to open it, and before they could even ask what was going on, they saw a very conspicuous search warrant in front of them.

"Um...excuse me, what's this all about?"

After carefully examining the search warrant, Xiao Hui opened the door and asked Captain Xia, who was leading the group, "May I ask what brings you here, comrades?"

Xia, holding the search warrant, led her people into the restaurant, saying, "We received a report that your restaurant is engaging in some illegal activities, and we also suspect that you are related to the recent missing persons cases, so we came to investigate. Please cooperate with us."

Knowing beforehand that there were hardly any humans in the restaurant, and that it was almost entirely filled with monsters, the colleagues from Department A3 were very cautious when they entered, fearing that they might be attacked by the monsters or fall into some kind of trap.

When Xiao Hui saw them, he had already guessed that they were there to check their restaurant, so he didn't show any surprise. He smiled and nodded, saying, "Oh, I see. I'll go call our boss then."

Actually, when Xiao Hui opened the door and let Xia Xia bring the people in, Hei Zi, who was standing nearby, had already cleverly run upstairs to report. So, not long after, Quan Ge and Da Xiong Jie came down the stairs from the second floor.

In the lobby on the first floor, Xia was directing her team to search the area: "Team one, go to the left; team two, go to the right. Remember, search the kitchen and the toilet thoroughly. The rest of you, go upstairs!"

Just after Xia finished assigning tasks to her team members, Yue Jiuling and Ya Zi came in. Seeing that Department A3 had already made the assignments in the restaurant, Department A1 had no choice but to stand in the lobby for the time being.

Ye Dongfeng said, "By the way, where's their boss? Has he come out yet?"

Before anyone could see the owner of Shi Ren Restaurant, Brother Quan appeared on the stairs. He smiled and said to everyone, "I am the owner here. Is there anything you need? You can tell me if you need anything."

Upon seeing the restaurant owner appear, Xia took out her search warrant and said, "So you're the owner here. Our department received a report and now suspects you of engaging in some illegal activities, which are also related to the recent missing persons cases. Please cooperate with us."

"Alright, in that case, please go ahead."

Quan Ge remained calm when he saw the search warrant in Xia Xia's hand. He said nonchalantly, "Sure, you can search all you want. Xiao Hui, Hei Zi, let the comrades search thoroughly."

After entering the restaurant, Bai Xinyu started wandering around with her colleagues. She guessed that if someone was hiding here, she would definitely be able to sense it. However, after searching both the first and second floors, she still couldn't find any hidden presence.

Yue Jiuling, Ya Zi, Ye Dongfeng, and the others also started searching around the restaurant. The restaurant didn't look very big, but it had a lot of small cubicles, probably because they wanted to decorate it in a more unique way.

Moreover, there are quite a few private rooms on the second floor, so they were very careful when they were looking for one. After all, this restaurant is not run by ordinary people, and if there is some kind of barrier or something inside, it will be difficult to find.

Yue Jiuling led Xiaobaicai to find a small cubicle, while Ye Dongfeng and Yazi went upstairs together. Bai Xinyu and Mu Xiaoyi followed their colleagues from the A3 department to the toilets and kitchen. As girls, they were more careful and searched these places more thoroughly.

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