November 22, 5:32 am, Tianhe Road, Lianjiang City.
As winter, with its shorter days and longer nights, is approaching, the sky is still pitch black. The night sky is made cloudy by light pollution and naturally even the stars are reluctant to show themselves to the creatures on the earth. However, today is the sixteenth day of the lunar month and the moon is still quite round and bright.
The ten lanes of Tianqing Road have now been cut in half by a huge crack, and even the fully enclosed BRT bus station has been shattered in half. The traffic police team has been dispatched urgently and has completed the pre-arrangements for traffic diversion in nearby sections of the road in preparation for the morning rush hour.
Tianhe Road is undoubtedly an important traffic artery. Tianhe District is the commercial district of Lianjiang. Countless people flock to Tianhe District from various districts of Lianjiang to work. Now that Tianhe Road has collapsed, the Metro Line 3 below has to be suspended urgently, and traffic will inevitably be greatly affected.
But it was not the Deputy Director of the Countermeasures Bureau's turn to worry about these things. Yu Kuangtu glanced at the monk construction team working overtime to repair the cracks in the ground under the spotlight, and turned his head to look at the huge footprints on the asphalt road in front of him.
The huge footprints were very close to the cracks in the ground, only about ten meters away. The footprints were very large, large enough for two or three adults to lie in, and about the depth of a palm. According to a rough estimate, the weight of a creature that could leave such deep footprints on the asphalt road should be calculated in tons...
Li Dan was touching the dirt in the footprints for almost two hours. He slowly exhaled, stood up, and said to Yu Kuangtu, "These are the footprints left by the source of the trouble."
Yu Kuangtu: "...After two hours, this is all you can come up with?"
Li Dan: "The source of this disaster is due to the existence of the cracks in the earth."
Yu Kuangtu: "Who doesn't know? The speed monitoring camera has already captured the entire process of the source of the disaster."
Li Dan glanced at him, his dark circles without any emotion, and said calmly: "I am good at tracking, not reasoning... Three days ago, this job should have been handed over to another deputy director."
Yu Kuangtu was speechless for a moment. In fact, the reason Qiao Muyi was promoted to deputy director was not only because she was capable enough, but also because her work efficiency was far better than other teams during her tenure as team leader. She was competent in both combat and case handling. Moreover, the casualty rate of team members was the lowest overall, while she made the most money and had the most holidays.
Qiao Muyi posts poisonous chicken soup every day to choke her superiors and subordinates, but she can still live so carefree, making the team members happy and enjoying her leadership. Naturally, there are very real benefits.
Yu Kuangtu sighed: "Can you confirm who made the move?"
"It was a Taoist seeker from the Celestial Palace." Li Dan said, "Although the surveillance camera only captured a fleeting moment of her, and she changed her clothes, her specific appearance and walking style did not change. It was indeed she who spent 7 minutes and 32 seconds to completely kill the source of the huge disaster that appeared here."
Yu Kuangtu's face was shrouded in a shadow. The power of the immortal palace seekers was already known in the previous "Destiny Live". She was able to beat the source of laziness and chaos from a height of 10,000 meters. Her strength was far beyond that of an ordinary fourth-level cultivator. But it took her more than 7 minutes to beat such a source of chaos?
If there were no seekers from the Immortal Palace, and we had to wait for the Countermeasures Bureau, the Yangtze River Force, and the army to come and suppress it, how much time would it have taken and how much damage would have been caused?
Yu Kuangtu glanced at the tall buildings nearby. Both sides of Tianhe Road were built with "lower-rise buildings + higher-rise residential buildings". The source of the disaster was 178 meters high, and its tonnage was difficult to estimate. By the time they came to kill the source of the disaster, it would have completely flattened the area nearby, and the prosperous area on Tianhe Road would become history. Moreover, the casualties would be in the tens of thousands...
It was not until this moment that Yu Kuangtu felt a sense of fear: they had actually narrowly escaped the worst disaster in the history of Lianjiang City!
Generally speaking, areas with a highly concentrated population are mostly extremely safe and disaster-free. The location of important core cities in major countries will refer to historical disaster records. Areas where earthquakes, floods, and tsunamis are theoretically likely to occur will basically not receive any national resources - unless there is no choice like Fanying.
Therefore, major cities around the world rarely suffer large-scale disasters. Even if the population density is as high as that of a can of sardines, they will only suffer man-made disasters (collapsing buildings, breaking bridges), and rarely suffer major casualties due to natural disasters.
But the existence of the source of chaos makes all cities with unique geographical locations dangerous.
"Found it! In the subway lane, on the road towards Tianhe Center! In the right direction!"
A surprised voice came from the intercom. Yu Kuangtu and others immediately jumped down from the crack after hearing it. The leader of the monk construction team spat, "Everyone, hurry up and seal the hole!"
The subway was a long way from the ground, and the monks used the ground rock to slow down and landed smoothly inside the subway. They walked down the subway platform and saw that the glass doors between the platform and the lanes on both sides had been opened. They identified the direction, walked into the lane of the next stop, "Tianhe Center", and ran forward along the track.
Two minutes later, they saw an elliptical circle of light from a flashlight in the distance, and several monks in black vests gathered around it. Yu Kuangtu approached and heard a magnetic bass voice saying, "...There are no obvious injuries on his body, his face is haggard, but his teeth are very neat and beautiful, and his hair is only pale at the bottom, and the tip is still very fresh black. He should be burning life energy to cast spells..."
A body that looked like a decrepit old man in his 70s or 80s was sitting on the driveway, with a patch of gray at the bottom of his hair. He was wearing a red and white plaid long-sleeved shirt and jeans, and Adidas Ultraboost series shoes. There was also a full-screen mobile phone on the ground.
Yu Kuangtu's first feeling when he saw the body was that it was awkward: the clothes and shoes showed that this person should be a young man who liked running, but his appearance was that of an old man who was very old and could be considered to be mourning a happy death...
If Yu Kuangtu didn't know that he must have been made into this state by supernatural powers, he might have thought that he was a hardworking programmer in his thirties.
At this time, he discovered that the person squatting in front of the corpse was not a monk from the Countermeasures Bureau at all, but a blond man in a white windbreaker!
Yu Kuangtu's face darkened, and he walked over and shouted, "Why let foreign friends come to such a dangerous place!?"
The blond man turned around and saw him. He immediately stood up and wiped his palms. He awkwardly curled the blond hair beside his ears with his fingers and said to Yu Kuangtu in standard Mandarin: "I'm sorry, I asked to come down. It has nothing to do with others."
"Deputy Chief, I brought him down." A female countermeasure monk mustered up her courage and saluted, "I think Mr. Leopold was helpful in the investigation! And, it was actually Mr. Leopold who first noticed the body sitting in the shadowed corner of the driveway!"
Yu Kuangtu glared at her fiercely, then took a deep breath and said, "As I recall, the watchers should stay on the ground and wait for news, instead of coming down to investigate... This is the business of our Xuan Country Countermeasures Bureau!"
"Of course it's your business. I have no intention of competing with you for credit." The blond man said, "I was just eager to investigate... When I heard that the source of the trouble appeared here, I knew that the devil's followers must not have gone far, so I couldn't wait to come down."
"If my recklessness displeases you, I hope you can forgive me." The blond man said earnestly, "But our goal is the same - to catch the devil. If you are worried about me, you can send someone else to supervise me, but my investigative ability is also one of the best among the Watchers, so please let me join the investigation."
"Deputy Director, Mr. Leopold is really capable."
"Yes, yes, Mr. Leopold is a good man. He was just acting with us. There was nothing wrong with him."
"Deputy Director..."
"Okay!" Yu Kuangtu waved his hand, looked deeply at the blond man, and sighed secretly.
This man who is respected and supported by all the monks in the Countermeasures Bureau is the person in charge sent by the Federation Watchers to investigate the Demon King incident. He is known as the second strongest watcher and is called the "Prince" by the world, Brett Leopold.
When he arrived at Lianjiang, Qiao Muyi had disappeared without a trace, but he did not blame or vent his anger on her. Instead, he lowered his posture and actively joined the investigation team. In just two days, he established good relations with everyone in the Countermeasures Bureau - all the Countermeasures monks he had contacted praised him and called him a modern knight.
In the entire Countermeasures Bureau, there are only two people who are not fond of him: Yu Kuangtu, and Li Dan next to Yu Kuangtu.
Whenever Yu Kuangtu communicated with Brett, he would feel his heart tremble and a cold breath filled his mind, making him remain rational throughout the process and subconsciously resist communicating with Brett.
But it’s useless even if he doesn’t like it. In terms of combat power, Brett is a fourth-level transcendent. If he dares to lose his temper, he will only bring humiliation upon himself.
The countermeasures system also ordered that the Lianjiang Countermeasures Bureau should investigate the Demon King incident together with investigators from the five major supernatural organizations - only the Demon King incident.
Compared with the investigators from the other four supernatural organizations, Brett was the easiest to get along with, so Yu Kuangtu had no choice but to accept his presence and examine the emaciated corpse on the ground together.
"The deceased, Zhao Yao, is a 25-year-old male." Li Dan quickly found the deceased's wallet and many documents, and said, "There is an access card with the address of Gaode Building, which should be his workplace. He is not a registered monk in Lianjiang."
Yu Kuangtu examined the deceased's hands and found a word tattooed on each of his palms: "魔" (demon) and "王" (king). He probably tattooed them himself, as both words were crooked.
Yu Kuangtu knew that the palm was the most important contact point of the human body, and its nerve sensitivity far exceeded that of other parts of the skin, and its pain sensitivity was naturally far beyond that of the arms and buttocks. How terrifying must one's will be to complete such a useless but self-satisfying ritual by tattooing one's own palm?
But this kind of detail just proves that he is a fanatical follower of the devil...but he is already dead.
Bright said, "He looked so young in the photo, but now he is so old. He must have cast an extremely terrifying spell at the cost of his life, right?"
Yu Kuangtu nodded: "Yes."
"Was it him who created the crack that goes deep underground and across the road?" asked a female monk.
Yu Kuangtu said calmly: "It should be."
"Sure enough, the Demon King's followers have a very close relationship with the source of the disaster. He created the crack, and then the source of the disaster came out. This is definitely not a coincidence," Brett said in a deep voice: "He wants to set off a disaster that will attract worldwide attention in the center of Lianjiang City."
Yu Kuangtu turned his head to look at Brett, vaguely aware that Brett led the topic to a direction he didn't want to see: "The followers of the devil do this all over the world, but this time it's Lianjiang's turn..."
"It's different," Brett shook his head slowly, his handsome face full of worry. "Previous followers of the devil would not create a source of chaos at the cost of their lives. Only this time is different. He would rather sacrifice his life to create a powerful source of chaos...
Perhaps, because the investigators from our six supernatural organizations are all in Lianjiang, someone wants to delay us in this way..."
"It was Deputy Qiao...was it Qiao Muyi who did it!?"
"She's so cruel! This is the city she's lived in for many years. She wants to destroy it as soon as she escapes!?"
"Is it true that the Demon King has no emotions?"
The monks who knew the inside story expressed expressions of astonishment, anger, and disbelief. Yu Kuangtu glared at them, making them fall silent and stand upright.
At this time, Bright explained: "I'm not referring to the suspects who are on the run, but if the real devil knew that our investigators are all in Lianjiang, he might do something like this to divert our attention."
"Fortunately, the seekers from Asgard came to our aid, otherwise countless lives would have been lost that night. Asgard is indeed a partner of justice." Brett sighed with a smile. He looked up at the ceiling, closed his eyes and clasped his hands together, as if to thank Asgard: "If there was no Asgard, I really don't know what would have happened..."
When the countermeasure monks carried the body to the forensic doctor for examination, Brett suddenly said to Kuang Tu: "Next, I will trouble you again."
"It's not a problem. The problem is the construction team." Yu Kuangtu said calmly.
"No, I made a suggestion to all countries in the world at the meeting last night..." Brett said, "Although we cannot be sure whether the fugitive Qiao Muyi is the Demon King, as long as we find her and confirm whether she is the Demon King, we can greatly advance the progress of 'finding the Demon King'. Therefore, finding Qiao Muyi is still our first task."
"You will soon receive orders to patrol all disaster sites and locations where the Devil's followers died."
Yu Kuangtu was slightly stunned: "Why?"
"By building a model of the Demon King's thinking, we believe that he is a pleasure criminal who thinks carefully, is good at committing crimes, and pursues a sense of achievement." Brett leaned against the wall, his hands in his windbreaker pockets, and said seriously: "People like the Demon King are likely to go to the scene of the disaster he caused to appreciate his masterpiece, and even investigate the traces at the scene to understand the scene when the disaster and death occurred..."
Li Dan suddenly asked, "Or will he join the investigation?"
Brett was slightly stunned, then burst into laughter, almost crying. He scratched his head and curled the golden hair beside his ears with his fingers: "You Xuan people are really humorous."
After a long while, he stopped laughing and said, "So I suggest that all countries send extraordinary people to monitor all disaster sites and the places where the devil's followers died. Maybe we can find some clues. Well, Xuanguo calls this plan 'waiting for the rabbit'.
Because the first suspect is still at large, we believe based on her skin color and appearance that she should still be in East Asia. After all, a strange Xuan person appearing in other places would be too conspicuous.
Therefore, Xuan Country, Fanying Country and other countries need to implement the "wait and see" plan 100%, and you may be busy scheduling in the next few days."
Brett shrugged, patted their shoulders, and said sheepishly, "Sorry, brothers, I've increased your workload."
"It's my duty, no need to apologize." Yu Kuangtu said calmly without smiling, "As the deputy director of the Countermeasures Bureau, I should work hard."
"Yes, after all, you are the protagonist of this investigation, so everything depends on you." Brett said with a smile.
"The protagonist? No, I'm not." Yu Kuangtu shook his head slowly.
At this time, the female strategist next to him also smiled and said, "Mr. Leopold, if we talk about who is the protagonist, then you are the undisputed protagonist of this investigation. It was you who captured the Demon King's followers, it was you who persuaded the six major supernatural organizations to unite to capture the Demon King, and it was you who gave advice to the investigation team... You are now the protagonist of the whole world!"
"It's all thanks to everyone. How can it be attributed to me?" Brett smiled embarrassedly and said, "I told you, just call me Brett."
"Then... I'll call you Brett. Brett, where do you think Joe... the Devil might appear?"
Leaving a countermeasure monk to accompany Brett, Yu Kuangtu took Li Dan and left towards the platform.
Brett, who was chatting with the female strategist, turned his head to glance at their backs, the smile on his face faded slightly, he stretched out his fingers to rub his temples, and curled his bright golden hair again and again.
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"That's it."
Early in the morning in Tokyo, when Ayane went to work, Ren Suo opened a YouTube video for Qiao Muyi to watch.
"Um."
Qiao Muyi, who had her back to him, responded muffledly. Ren Suo clicked his tongue, tapped the coffee table with his index finger, and asked, "So do you know what happened?"
"In the early hours of last night, the source of trouble appeared in Lianjiang and was beaten to death by a seeker of truth." Qiao Muyi said softly.
Ren Suo said: "Then do you know what this means?"
"I know," Qiao Muyi whispered, "If the seeker hadn't appeared, the source of the disaster would have caused great casualties, and everyone would blame me for the crime. My colleagues in the Countermeasures Bureau would also completely believe that I was the Demon King...
Now, even though the Seekers killed the source of the trouble, they will definitely think that I created this source of trouble to retaliate against the Countermeasures Bureau for arresting me...
If this kind of incident happens again in the future, the six major supernatural organizations will definitely think that I did it.
The longer I run away, the more sins I will bear..."
Ren Suo slapped the coffee table hard and said, "Hey, look at me when you talk. Why are you pointing your butt at me? I know you have a pretty peach-shaped butt!"
Last night, Ren Suo was sitting in front of Qiao Muyi's door. He heard her call "Ren Suo" and Ren Suo responded immediately.
Then this morning, after Qiao Muyi left the room, she had been deliberately avoiding Ren Suo, as if he were a ten-year-old cockroach, not wanting to even look at him or touch him.
Ren Suo thought, would sitting in front of a girl's door late at night cause such a big drop in favorability? But when he thought about it carefully, if a man sat in front of his door late at night, he would definitely tremble with fear.
Therefore, Ren Suo deliberately provoked Qiao Muyi, thinking that being beaten up by her would make them even. Unexpectedly, after hearing his speech, Qiao Muyi did not get angry at all, but just turned slightly to the side, so that he could only see half of her butt.
Ren Suo sighed secretly, walked over and turned Qiao Muyi's body towards him, looked at her and said, "What I mean is that the Immortal Palace is on our side now! Even if a disaster occurs and they want to frame you, they will definitely help and prevent it from happening!"
Qiao Muyi turned her head to avoid his gaze and hummed softly: "Whatever you say. So where are we going to investigate today?"
Ren Suo felt a stomachache after hearing this. He shook his head and said, "We can't go to the investigation point. I received intelligence that there will be warriors from the Spirit Hall stationed at the investigation point. We won't have a chance to investigate if we go there."
Qiao Muyi blinked and asked in confusion: "Then...what should we do?"
"Let's go somewhere else!" Ren Suo said, "Let's pretend we are ordinary tourists and try our luck at various scenic spots. Maybe we can meet a passerby with clues!"
"Luck...luck?" Qiao Muyi suddenly laughed, broke free from Ren Suo's hand, hugged her legs, buried her head in her chest, and said with a wry smile: "I have become so poor that I can only rely on luck. I should have realized a long time ago...I have no other choice."
The routine comfort time was up, and Ren Suo drank some tea to replenish his water.
He was about to speak when Qiao Muyi suddenly said, "Go back."
"Huh?" Ren Suo was stunned.
"I've already lost. Go back. Bai Ji, Yu Kuangtu... and Cheng Ling are here. As long as you say you don't know me, nothing will happen."
Qiao Muyi stepped into the darkness she had created and whispered, "Don't follow me. I'm just a villain who is destined to fail, a witch who will be sent to the stake, and a fugitive surrounded on a cliff... I can't continue to drag you down like this selfishly."
However, I also want to be selfish once in a while.
"Of course, I won't give up. The two of them are too big a target. I will continue to investigate the mastermind. What the result will be... depends on my luck. I am sometimes lucky."
So, I don’t want this occasional luck to die with me.
"Go back and practice well. If I can't clear my name, I will keep running away. Maybe there will be a chance for us to meet again. You can look forward to the day of our reunion."
Yes, reunion is my biggest luxury. Staying together forever is such a boring and vulgar thing, it is really not suitable for me.
"So, go away. I don't need you to accompany me."
Qiao Muyi didn't say anything else. After more than ten seconds, she felt a fluctuation of spiritual energy.
Indescribable relief and heart-wrenching regret occupied her mind at the same time. Her body could not help but tremble. She clenched her teeth to prevent herself from crying out loud, which would shame her - eh?
Why is there a fragrance?
"Fried chicken seems to be a good breakfast. If there were kids next door, they would surely cry over it."
She looked up and saw Ren Suo chewing fried chicken wings with relish. Suddenly, a fried chicken bucket appeared on the coffee table.
Without bothering to think about where Ren Suo got the fried chicken from, she opened her mouth, but found that she couldn't say what she had just said.
Qiao Muyi had already regretted what she had done just now, so when she saw Ren Suo was still there, her regret instantly turned into endless joy that refreshed her heart, blocking her reason, affecting her tear glands, and paralyzing her tongue.
If Qiao Muyi didn't have strong self-control, she might have pounced on him and raped Ren Suo a hundred times...
Seeing Qiao Muyi wanting to cry but holding back, like a child who had lost a toy and found it again, Ren Suo scratched his head and said, "Well... Sir, believe me, as long as I am by your side, all your difficulties will be solved - I have already guaranteed it with my life yesterday."
Qiao Muyi took a deep breath and asked with a trembling voice and complicated tone: "Why are you so sure?"
Ren Suo finished chewing the fried chicken wings in his hand, his mouth full of oil. He thought for a moment and said, "Because you are the protagonist of a legendary story, you will definitely become the hero of this era and a great figure in the extraordinary era. You will be respected by everyone as a demon king..."
Ren Suo blinked his eyes and found that Qiao Muyi's face was covered with tears for some reason, and bubbles were blowing from her nose due to crying.
She used her sleeve to break the snot bubble, sniffed it hard, and her voice was filled with tears: "You, you know, I take Line 3 to work every day, and I always pass by the Tianqing Road subway station."
"I sometimes go to the fifth floor of the square over there to skate. The ice surface is very smooth after it has just been renovated. It is very comfortable to skate on and it doesn't require any effort at all."
"There's a good Korean barbecue restaurant there. I just discovered it. I thought that next time you and Cheng Ling come to the city, I will definitely take you there to try it."
"There's also a game center with lots of arcade games. I love playing Taiko drumming there... I think you'll definitely like that place."
"If, if the seeker hadn't appeared, and the source of the disaster had destroyed that place, not only would the people of Lianjiang hate me, I would hate myself too! Why couldn't I do anything? Why could I only watch all this happen..."
"How can there be such a helpless protagonist..." Qiao Muyi bit her lower lip and couldn't help wiping her tears with the back of her hand: "The whole world thinks I'm the devil, and I know that I'm the devil... Why do you still have such great confidence in me? Why can't you give up on me?" Her voice broke in the last few words.
Looking at the crying Qiao Muyi, Ren Suo realized that he had overlooked something.
Unlike an outsider like him who already knew the ending, Qiao Muyi was actually enduring the pain of confusion and injustice.
Ren Suo had previously been a little unhappy about having to act as a warm baby and comfort the maid, but now he is relieved - people who know the future encourage people in the present not to give up, to keep going forward unswervingly, this is an obligation and a responsibility.
"Eat a piece of **."
Qiao Muyi looked up in surprise and saw Ren Suo handing her a piece of Sichuan pepper chicken steak.
Noticing that Qiao Muyi was staring at him, Ren Suo held his chin up and said seriously:
"If you must get an answer from me... then I will answer you, because I am not the whole world, I am the one and only Ren Suo."
I am a player who owns a small world game console, and also a mortal who can predict the future.
"Even if the whole world thinks you are the devil, in my eyes, you are my protagonist."
Qiao Muyi took the chicken chop blankly and asked softly, "A person's protagonist?"
Ren Suo nodded affirmatively: "A person's protagonist."
Qiao Muyi held the chicken steak with both hands, put it into her mouth, and took a light bite, letting the crispy outside and tender inside chicken meat and salty tears bloom on her taste buds.
I am the demon king who bears the hatred of the whole world, and I am also his own exclusive protagonist.
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