However, this enchanting atmosphere vanished in the next second.
Lin Zhenzhen looked at the pair of silver handcuffs that had appeared on her hands and spoke somewhat speechlessly.
"I am just a weak woman who cannot even kill a chicken. Why don't you arrest those who violate the rules, but instead handcuff me, the victim?"
"Victims who are powerless to even kill a chicken."
The man repeated what she had just said, his tone carrying an inexplicable strangeness.
Am I not even capable of killing a chicken?
Lin Zhenzhen wanted to continue arguing with him, but the door was opened at that moment.
A man dressed in a similar uniform walked in and said respectfully, "Minister, what are your orders?"
Gong Yao was flipping through the electronic files in his hand when he said without looking up, "Take her back to Research Lab 1."
The deputy looked up in shock: "You mean Research Lab 1?"
"That's right."
The deputy frowned: "Then, do I need to report this to the jury?"
"No." Gong Yao waved his hand, and the light on the electronic screen floating in front of him instantly dimmed.
"Just use my password to get in, don't tell anyone."
"......OK."
The man who came in later stepped forward and took Lin Zhenzhen's handcuffs. Immediately afterwards, she felt a sudden lightness on her head, and the weight pressing down on her disappeared.
Lin Zhenzhen moved her stiff neck and slowly raised her head with difficulty: "Minister, is there something I haven't explained clearly? Instead of arresting the truly guilty people, you keep following me..."
Her words came to an abrupt end.
The sudden blank expression on the woman's face made Gong Yao frown.
“You have indeed made yourself very clear, but the final judgment is made by me, not you.”
"Until we get to the bottom of this, you'll have to stay here and cooperate with the investigation."
Gong Yao's voice was icy cold, devoid of any warmth.
"Do you understand what I'm saying, Number?"
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The enclosed study had a row of enormous iron shelves that seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see against the wall.
The room was dimly lit, with shadowy figures visible.
Research Lab 1 is a research institution under the Imperial System Tribunal, specializing in the research of the control and optimization of mental power.
Rex is the director of Research Lab 1 and the Empire's most renowned genius scientist.
"Yao, we have conducted a thorough examination of the girl you brought back. We have not detected any source of spiritual power in her."
"You mean, she's an ordinary person?"
"It seems that this is indeed the case."
Gong Yao rose from his chair and paced slowly around the room: "Is it possible for an ordinary person to have a spiritual imprint?"
"Impossible. Only a sufficient amount of mental energy fluctuation can generate a mental energy imprint. Ordinary humans cannot access mental energy if their brains have not been enhanced."
Gong Yao stopped in his tracks: "You mean, you want me to believe that she killed two researchers with a mental combat value of B level by virtue of her outstanding physical qualities?"
“…” Rex frowned. “This is indeed very strange.”
Gong Yao lowered his eyes and recalled the scene at that time: "Although it was very faint, I did sense the presence of spiritual imprint on her."
Rex pondered for a few seconds: "Is it possible that your perception is flawed, for example, mistaking the fluctuations left on her by others for a burning mark?"
Rex offered his own reasonable guess, although the possibility of this happening to Gong Yao was almost negligible.
Sure enough, Gong Yao immediately refuted this claim: "I am not so confused that I cannot recognize my own seal."
Rex nodded: "You're right, no, wait!"
He stared in shock, his head almost touching the camera.
"You just mentioned your Blazing Seal? Does that mean you sensed your own spiritual energy fluctuations within her?"
Gong Yao moved his eyes and calmly hummed in agreement.
Rex slumped into the sliding chair, stunned and exclaiming, "This is amazing, I've never heard of anything like it before."
That's why I came to find you.
Rex rubbed his head: "If there's really no other way, we'll have to have craniotomy to examine the prefrontal cortex, which is the most direct method."
"You can arrange it."
Rex was very efficient and quickly finalized the specific plan.
Two hours later, the surgery officially began.
The disappearance of two researchers from Research Group 3 has also begun to escalate.
The head of the research department even called the head of security, hoping that the matter could be handled discreetly, bypassing the disciplinary department.
Of course, none of their little tricks escaped Gong Yao's eyes.
He personally drafted a summons list and was preparing to hand it over to his subordinates.
A sudden, sharp pain shot through my right hand.
Gong Yao looked down and was surprised to see a wound about five centimeters long that had suddenly appeared on his arm.
The crack was straight and thin, from which tiny, plump drops of scarlet blood seeped. It looked like the mark left by some kind of sharp, small weapon.
After a moment of stunned silence, a rather absurd guess flashed through Gong Yao's mind.
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