Chapter 154

Chapter 154

Yiyi looked at the Kemirian lizardman in front of her with confusion, then suddenly her expression turned to one of great pain.

But at this moment, explaining to an outsider that "No, she is not a judge" and getting entangled in questions like "Then why did she say so?", "I am indeed an advisor to the Intelligence Department," "In short, we are not...," and "Are you fraudsters?" would be unwise.

A colleague of the Kemirian lizardman had already proven this to him through her own experience.

So, even though it pained him greatly, the Kemirian lizardman continued along Bai Li's line:

"Yes, we are from the Intelligence Department of the Tieliu City Court."

Yiyi's eyes widened, the fine lines at the corners of her eyes seeming to smooth out.

She asked in disbelief, "Not the police?"

The Kemirian lizardman, having composed himself, replied, "No."

Yiyi suddenly raised her hand and covered her chest.

The Kemirian lizardman noticed that the old deerman's face visibly flushed red, as if all the stagnant blood in his veins had rushed to his head.

Oh no! The Kemirian lizardman realized, does this old deerman have heart disease?!

Such a disease caused by physical deterioration was too distant for professionals. Born into a common priest family, he had never seen a real heart disease patient in his entire life.

The unfamiliarity made him pause for a moment. He first wondered if such heart disease couldn't be treated by flesh doctors? Then he reacted, lifting his jacket and reaching into his inner pocket for a blood therapy needle.

Although blood therapy needles were more effective for external injuries... there were no other medicines available right now, so he decided to use it!

Determined, the Kemirian lizardman thought this way, but just as he pulled out the blood therapy needle, Bai Li Bo Mei, who could be considered the culprit of the current situation, stepped forward.

Her height wasn't enough to support the old deerman, so she could only pat Yiyi's thigh. As she gently patted and softly said, "Calm down, calm down," the old deerman's ruddy face gradually returned to its original pallor.

"Stay calm," under the Kemirian lizardman's glare, Bai Li removed her smile—she had been practicing smiling expressions recently—and lifted her head, looking earnestly at Yiyi as she advised, "Revenge is within reach; you don't want to collapse here."

"That... That's right."

Yiyi said, closing his eyes and then opening them again.

His body, alternating between tension and relaxation, was almost exhausted, but at the same time, a continuous stream of new strength surged from within him.

If this force had to be named, Yiyi might call it hope.

Yes, if these two strange people were police, Yiyi could almost predict the outcome of the police investigation into Qishulan Wikanngo.

As the dogwoman called "Ms. Bai Li" had said, Qishulan had connections in the City Hall, and the police, being ordinary people under the jurisdiction of the City Hall, would find it too easy for Qishulan to suppress them.

But the Tieliu City Court was different.

The court investigating Qishulan meant that the hateful kangaroo woman was suspected of being a follower of an evil god!

That is to say, if she was a professional of the evil god, she would receive a direct death sentence.

If she was not a professional but merely a believer in the evil god, she could change her faith after being caught and serve at least twenty years, with the possibility of a death sentence depending on her crimes; if she refused to change her faith, she would still receive a death sentence.

I really hope she is a professional of the evil god...

Yiyi's heart spewed venomous thoughts, his eyes blinking again, tears sliding down his parched face.

"Sorry, I lost my composure," Yiyi said, lowering his head to wipe away his tears. When he looked up again, a well-prepared speech flowed smoothly from his mouth:

"Mr. Judge, and Ms. Judge, I wish to report Qishulan Wikanngo to you. Six weeks ago, my only daughter went missing and has not been found. After my wife passed away, she was my only family, so I closed my clinic and investigated on my own. I verified that the police's claim that she left the city with friends was a lie. Witnesses stated that the night before she disappeared, my daughter was taken to a salon organized by Qishulan Wikanngo..."

***

The Kemirian lizardman recorded the old deerman's testimony in full.

Then, seeing the old deerman's disheveled appearance covered in wall dust, he asked if he needed to be escorted home.

The old deerman declined. Despite appearing nearly dead when he entered the alley with Bai Li, after confirming that the court was investigating Qishulan, his long neck straightened, and his back no longer hunched.

He would maintain this resolve until the day he heard that Qishulan had paid the price.

As for what kind of price he wanted...

A life can only be repaid with a life.

Bai Li watched the black-red flame burning in the old deerman's mind as he walked away, analyzing it in her heart.

Director Hanhai had previously taught her how to write character profiles, and she discovered that analyzing why someone became the person they are actually helped her magic grow.

The Mind Blade could do more than just crudely implant emotions or thoughts, or cut down followers of evil gods with mental blades.

In a sense, she was a true blade, and her role was to slice open a person's soul, presenting the most subtle thoughts in a dissected form.

When will she achieve this level as an intermediate professional?

Regardless, the constant progress she felt now truly captivated Bai Li.

She gazed slightly distractedly in the direction the old deerman had gone. At this moment, the Kemirian lizardman, having checked his notes to ensure nothing was missed, put away his notebook and pen and said sternly, "While it hasn't formed into actual law, we official professionals usually don't cast spells on citizens without warning."

"Eh, did someone cast a spell just now?" Bai Li asked innocently.

The Kemirian lizardman didn't respond, clearly believing that Bai Li had cast a spell.

Without the spell, the Jiwafi deerman who had left wouldn't have calmed down so quickly.

But the Kemirian lizardman had no evidence.

The most perplexing issue for the Tieliu City Court now was precisely this: no one had the ability to accurately determine whether someone was a professional.

The practitioners of the Light Dragon are skilled at discerning whether there is any corruption; the practitioners of the Golden Hammer are sensitive to energy, and as long as they have come into contact with a certain magic a few times, the next time someone uses the same magic to cast a spell, they can sense this kind of magic; if it's a practitioner whose body organs have been obviously modified by magic, the practitioners of the Mother of Sourceblood can make a distinction; and the practitioners of the Bellringing Frost Crow are particularly keen in detecting the curses of the dead.

The sealers under the command of the Gum Master can perceive certain intangible things, but this requires that these intangible things be within the sealer's seal and undergo some change within the seal; as for the teleporters who also belong to the Gum Master, they are more adept at sensing spatial fluctuations.

The practitioners of Contradictory Twins can easily determine whether someone intends to cause destruction, but if this person does not plan to do anything, the practitioners of Contradictory Twins will be as clueless as anyone else.

Fortunately, how could the practitioners of an evil deity be without corruption? After so many years of conflict with the Court, how could the Court not be familiar with the foul magic used by the practitioners of the evil deity? The Beastmen and the Shepherds of Flowers are extraordinary professions with obvious organ modifications, and the smell of the practitioners of the Fallen Heaven cannot escape the sniffing of the black-robed clergy.

Well, the method of judgment by the sealers might be a bit too weak, so let's bring in the practitioners of Contradictory Twins. After all, how could there be a believer of an evil deity who doesn't want to cause destruction?

It's really difficult for the practitioners of an evil deity to pass through this set of examinations by the Court.

However, now, the Tieliu City Court has encountered Bai Li Bomei.

She cohabits with a Holy Light Knight, who guarantees her innocence with his life; she wields a new power, and when she casts spells, there is rarely any magical glow, even the High Elemental Mage and Chief Judge of Tieliu City, Riel Qin, cannot make a determination.

Magic has not significantly altered her organs; she is not a profession that relies on the body; moreover, she has never toyed with the souls of the dead.

Putting someone in a seal is tantamount to tearing off the mask, so let's use the practitioners of Contradictory Twins to keep an eye on her. Isn’t Captain Youzhao of Huan Banxiang a sword dancer?

So Youzhao went to Huan Banxiang's house as a guest and reported back: "I feel like she wants to get rid of all the Silver Moon Maiden believers in Tieliu City, and she seems more enthusiastic about it than we are."

Riel Qin: “...”

Other high-ranking officials of the Tieliu City Court: “...”

"This is evidence," one of the officials said, "Didn't the Dream God just have another showdown with the Silver Moon Maiden? As a believer, she would naturally follow the steps of the Dream God."

"But from her background," another official said, "it's not unreasonable for her to hate the believers of the Silver Moon Maiden."

Everyone fell silent again.

Riel Qin sighed.

Originally, the fact that Bai Li Bomei was a believer of an evil deity should not have become known to all the high-ranking officials in the headquarters. But last week, during another divine war between the Silver Moon Maiden and the Mirror Eye, Bai Li protected two judges who had fallen into suicidal somnolence and were pointing guns at their temples.

At that time, calling out the name of the Mirror Eye no longer elicited a response. The deaths of these two judges were almost inevitable.

Just then, something unknown happened, and the two judges suddenly regained consciousness.

These two judges had a teammate who reported the situation in confusion, and Riel Qin, who was busy at the time, failed to intercept the report in time.

Thus, what was supposed to be known only by Riel Qin and the intelligence department was exposed to several other high-ranking officials who were handling the report.

This was the first time the Court faced such a situation.

Firstly, the evidence against Bai Li Bomei was insufficient; you can't say that because someone near her inexplicably recovered from suicidal somnolence, she must have done something.

Then, a practitioner of an evil deity saving the judges out of pure kindness, an unprecedented event, actually happened. Should she be arrested because of this?

Along with Bai Li, what she had been busy with recently was also revealed.

On the third day after the curfew ended, while Riel Qin was still hesitating, the various departments of Tieliu City had already returned to normal, and the cultural workers of Tieliu City held a banquet to celebrate the peace.

Bai Li Bomei, who had attended the banquet twice and connected with people beyond Director Hanhai, was invited to attend. An intelligence department member who was tailing her infiltrated the banquet as a waiter, but soon after the banquet began, he found Bai Li Bomei walking straight toward him.

The intelligence department member broke out in cold sweat on the spot, but unexpectedly, as Bai Li Bomei approached, she picked up a low-alcohol drink from his tray and raised it to her lips to cover her face.

She whispered:

"Hello, I just discovered a problematic individual. Can you help me rescue the girl who is reportedly already in her room?"

Intelligence department member: “...?”

Why can you directly say this to me???