Chapter 137 Mysterious Confidence, Mission Completed

[In the corridor.]

[Cold Kite did not follow the order to interrogate Liao Fan in Room Two.]

[Instead, she walked straight to the innermost third interrogation room.]

["Creeeak—"]

[The heavy iron door was pushed open.]

[At this moment, you are sitting upright on a metal chair.]

[The moment you see Cold Kite push the door and enter, your entire being instantly becomes somewhat constrained.]

[You act a bit nervous, your body tensing slightly.]

[You immediately unzip the backpack resting on your lap and, from the innermost compartment...]

[Pull out a stack of photos carefully wrapped in a waterproof bag.]

["Dep... Deputy Director."]

[You stand up and hand the photos to Cold Kite.]

[At the same time, you put on a worried and somewhat frightened expression.]

["Thi... this is what that Senior from my dream insisted I give to you."]

[Cold Kite takes the photos and merely glances down at them.]

[The expressionless Cold Kite's face instantly changes.]

[The angles from which the photos were taken are very hidden, but the images are extremely clear.]

[Recorded on them is Longnan No. 1 High School Principal Liao Xianyu, in the corner of a dark alley...]

[Secretly conversing with several people in black robes patterned with dark red eyeballs, suspected to be Advanced cultists of the Heart-Eroding Cult!]

[This is ironclad proof of a Origin Opening Realm Peak Martial Artist colluding with a cult!]

["And then... Senior also told me..."]

[You swallow hard at the right moment.]

["Se-Senior said that I must see Grandmaster Zhao!"]

["Otherwise... otherwise our Longnan City will be in great danger! Many people will die!"]

["Also... the Senior in the dream also told me..."]

[You lower your head, looking a bit embarrassed.]

["If I safely deliver these photos to you and successfully see the Great Grandmaster..."]

["I... I would be able to obtain resources for a Breakthrough to the Origin Opening Realm."]

["So I... I couldn't resist the temptation and took a bus here overnight."]

[Under the coverage of "True Existence" provided by Thousand Autumns of Regret (Gold)...]

[Your performance has no flaws.]

[Spinning lies is even smoother than Dove chocolate.]

["This Thousand Autumns of Regret is really useful."]

[You sigh inwardly with emotion.]

[After listening to your brief testimony, Cold Kite stares fixedly at the high-impact photos in her hand.]

[She begins a stern interrogation.]

["What is the meaning of the content in these photos? Do you know the specific details of their conversation?"]

[Cold Kite stares into your eyes, not missing a single change.]

["I don't know, I really don't know!"]

[You shake your head desperately, your eyes clear and foolish.]

["I only received projections of these photos in my dream, and when I woke up, I found them by my pillow."]

["But I recognize one of the people on there..."]

[You point to the middle-aged man in the photo who isn't wearing a black robe, your tone certain:]

["The one in ordinary clothes is the principal of our Longnan No. 1 High School, Principal Liao Xianyu."]

[Cold Kite is somewhat surprised.]

[A principal of a key high school is actually in secret contact with high-level cultists.]

["Could the Heart-Eroding Cult's true target be those Genius students of Longnan No. 1 High School?!"]

[Cold Kite suppresses the shock in her heart and questions you on many other matters regarding the "Senior in the dream" and the current situation in Longnan City.]

[Naturally, you use that innocent "I don't know anything" attitude to parry her questions seamlessly.]

[Seeing that she can't get any more valuable information, Cold Kite puts away the photos with a solemn expression.]

[She turns and leaves Interrogation Room Three.]

...

[Finally.]

[Cold Kite takes a deep breath and arrives at Interrogation Room Two, located in the middle.]

[As for why she left that rich kid named Liao Fan for the last interrogation?]

[The reason is simple.]

[Because in the preliminary report, this guy didn't take out any residual evil arts like Liu Qing did.]

[Nor did he provide valuable photographic evidence like Li Ang.]

[He has nothing in his hands.]

[Not only does he have no presentable evidence, but his attitude is also extremely arrogant.]

[Since entering the bureau, his mouth has been constantly shouting something.]

["Your rank isn't high enough! Hurry and call Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian over! I have big intelligence to tell him!"]

["Tell him to quickly prepare top-grade resources to trade with me!"]

["What big intelligence do you have?"]

[Cold Kite pushes the door open and enters, looking coldly at Liao Fan, who is sitting on the chair with his legs crossed.]

[As for why Liao Fan dares to be so confident?]

[That is naturally because that Great Grandmaster Xu Liang, lurking deep in his Sea of Consciousness, told him to do so!]

[Master Xu had clearly instructed him before:]

["Kid, once you reach the Investigation Bureau, don't say anything to those small fry!"]

["Just insist on seeing Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian!"]

["Tell him it's a message brought by an old friend!"]

["As long as you see Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian, this old man will communicate with him personally."]

["This will make Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian owe this old man a massive favor!"]

["When the time comes, Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian just needs to leak a little something from between his fingers, and it'll be enough to trade for a large amount of high-level resources for you!"]

["Maybe he'll even use a Divine Ability to help you improve your Aptitude, letting you soar to the heavens in one bound!"]

[Liao Fan is a simpleton who has been deeply brainwashed by web novel tropes.]

[He believes whatever Number Three says.]

[He didn't think through the unreasonable parts of this at all.]

[His mind is now full of power fantasy scenarios like 'the old man in the ring carries me' and 'chatting and laughing with a Great Grandmaster.']

[So after Cold Kite enters, even facing this Deputy Director who radiates terrifying pressure...]

[Liao Fan still maintains that 'everyone is drunk but I am sober' mysterious confidence.]

[He even looks at Cold Kite with some disdain and says haughtily:]

["I said, your rank isn't high enough! Can't you understand human speech?"]

["Hurry and call Old Zhao over! I have important matters to discuss with him!"]

["If you delay a major matter, can you bear the responsibility?"]

[Cold Kite looks at this guy in front of her with his nose in the air, spouting nonsense.]

[The corner of her mouth can't help but twitch slightly.]

[She is now certain that this rich young master named Liao Fan is a pure idiot.]

[Not only does he have no substantive intelligence or evidence in his hands, but he is also blindly confident to the extreme.]

[Consequently, Cold Kite doesn't bother to argue with this brain-dead fellow.]

[She uses her Divine Soul to do a simple scan.]

[Cold Kite shakes her head and directly ignores Liao Fan's protests.]

[She turns and leaves the interrogation room.]

...

[After interrogating the three, Cold Kite returns to her office.]

[She stands in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, quickly organizing the three people's testimonies in her mind.]

["A martial arts gym coach who got residual evil arts, a commoner Genius who got evidence of collusion, and a fool who got a so-called message from a master."]

["This situation... is very similar to sixty or seventy years ago, when the cults were at their most rampant."]

["That kind of method where they create divine revelation events in the minds of believers to bewitch people."]

["These three people are most likely just deliverymen."]

[However, when Cold Kite was interrogating them just now, she specifically used her Divine Soul power...]

[To carefully check the bodies of these three people.]

[What makes her puzzled is...]

[She didn't find any signs of them being parasitized by cult monsters or having Mental Suggestion planted in them.]

["It seems I really do need to ask Old Zhao to come personally."]

[Cold Kite no longer hesitates and immediately picks up the red confidential phone on the desk, dialing Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian's private line.]

[...]

[After hearing Cold Kite's brief report on the 'Heart-Eroding Cult,' 'Life-Force Severing Technique,' and the 'photos of the Longnan City principal colluding with the cult'...]

[Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian on the other end of the phone clearly developed a great interest in this matter.]

["This old man will be there immediately."]

[In less than ten seconds.]

["BOOM—!!!"]

[A vast and majestic aura instantly descends!]

[Great Grandmaster, Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian.]

[Has arrived.]

[And at the very moment Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian's feet, clad in cloth shoes, stepped firmly into the underground corridor of the Investigation Bureau...]

[A sudden change occurred!]

[Inside the three separate interrogation rooms where Liao Fan, Liu Qing, and you were held...]

[A faint tremor occurred deep within the Sea of Consciousness of all three of you simultaneously.]

[The three Water Spirits that had been hidden inside your bodies for many days as 'information carriers'...]

[Upon sensing the aura of a Shentong Realm expert, they received the final self-destruct command.]

[They instantly woke from their dormant state, turning into three streaks of blue light invisible to the naked eye.]

[Directly passing through the thick metal walls of the interrogation rooms!]

["Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"]

[The three streaks of light drew elegant arcs in mid-air, flying at extreme speed toward the newly arrived Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian.]

[And, in the process of this flight...]

[The spiritual bodies of these three Water Spirits had already begun to rapidly perish and disintegrate.]

[By the time they flew in front of Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian, the water element had completely dissipated.]

[In mid-air, only three light spheres condensed from pure Divine Power remained.]

[Quietly floating before Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian's eyes.]

[Waiting for this Great Grandmaster to open them.]