My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 118 Two Suspects

After gathering her thoughts, Chu Zhu stared sternly at Zhang Hai, "Zhang Zihai, four or five o'clock this afternoon..."

Chu Zhu fast-forwarded directly, explaining the crisis that would occur at the church meeting that afternoon.

"?!" Zhang Hai's pupils contracted, his heart churning with turmoil. Before he could calm down, he saw Chu Zhu get up, quickly wash up, put on her clothes, and walk outside. "...Where are you going? Wait a minute!"

"Just do your own thing." Chu Zhu stopped and glanced calmly at Zhang Hai before continuing to walk away.

Zhang Hai clenched his fists, his expression shifting several times before he finally gave a wry smile and pulled out his phone. "I just wanted to ask if you actually want the cultivation technique..."

"Damn it, what kind of mess is this?!"

……

Police Inspectorate.

Special Operations Brigade Office.

Chu Zhu opened the door directly, went inside, saw Gao Changming, her expression unchanged, and as usual, started to inquire about their relationship.

"Xiao Gao, your grandma misses you so much..."

After a while.

Watching Gao Changming leave, Chu Zhu looked again at Li Kang, who had been completely bewildered since he spoke and Gao Changming's attitude changed.

"Has the case of Qi Heng, the special operations captain of the second district, been filed? Has it been submitted?"

“…Huh?” Li Kang stammered, “Not, not yet!”

"Now, immediately! Take the electric car to District One and meet with your headquarters." Chu Zhu enunciated clearly, but spoke extremely quickly, his gaze icy. "Qi Heng already knows you have evidence! So, he plans to launch a terrifying supernatural attack on District Three this afternoon! It will likely take place at the church in District Three, and the supernatural catastrophe will be roughly at level three!"

"At that time, you will inevitably enter the fray... and then, you will most likely die..."

"Then, he will have the opportunity to destroy the archived intelligence! At the same time, since it involves the church, it can easily trigger a conflict between the God Worshipping Society and the upper echelons of Jinghai City... Under such a major conflict, he can more easily cover up his own problems!"

"...What? How could you! Okay, I understand." At this moment, Li Kang broke out in a cold sweat, but then his face twisted, he glanced at Chu Zhu, opened his mouth, and hesitated to speak.

He couldn't quite understand it. Although he possessed intelligence, it was theoretically not fatal to Qi Heng.

Although there was evidence, he had already killed Xue Laosan to prevent him from escaping. Under these circumstances, even if the evidence was handed over, the brigade could not directly prosecute Qi Heng because of it.

This is also the fundamental reason why he has been taking his time and hasn't truly filed with headquarters! He is really focusing his efforts on Deputy Captain Hai's side.

But he really didn't expect, or couldn't understand... that the other side would have murderous intent just because of something that posed no threat to his position?
But Chu Zhu has already said all this... wait!
"What's the point of this?" Li Kang belatedly realized what was happening and stared at Chu Zhu in confusion.

Just like he didn't file it before because it didn't pose a threat! Now that it's filed, isn't the result still the same?

"An attack will occur at the church in District 3 between 4 and 5 PM!" Chu Zhu recounted the incident, providing a detailed overview. "Qi Heng will head to the abandoned crane tower in District 3, which provides a view of the church. It will likely happen after 4 PM!"

"He did this for two reasons. On the one hand, he was observing and keeping an eye on the situation. On the other hand, he was also choosing a suitable time to enter the fray. By then, the Third District would be in big trouble, and as someone from the Second District, he would be doing a great job in quelling the disaster. Since you had a conflict with him, the intelligence you submitted after that would naturally become less credible."

"More importantly, this means... you might lose your position later on! Of course, losing your position is a good thing, but I'm afraid he might do something to you in the middle of the event... leading to your death."

Chu Zhu paused briefly, then sighed, "Your strength is ultimately too weak! And considering the terrifying mortality rate of the Commandery..."

"...I understand." Li Kang's expression turned extremely serious. He took a deep breath and inexplicably felt a sense of relief. He was back; this was the feeling, this feeling of meticulous planning...

The reason he trusted Chu Zhu so much was because he simply couldn't imagine what would happen to him if he and Chu Zhu were enemies. Since that was the case, he was naturally bound to Chu Zhu and would become Chu Zhu's ally!
He suppressed the pounding in his heart and said, "Later, after I go to headquarters, I'll apply for a forbidden weapon..."

“Qi Heng possesses a corrupted soul sword!” Chu Zhu’s voice was heavy. “You must take this factor into account…”

"This is a bit troublesome!" Li Kang frowned. Although, based on his status and authority, he could indeed apply for a level four forbidden artifact, the problem was that his strength was only level two—

In other words, using a level-three forbidden artifact is already the limit for him!
Yes, permissions are permissions, but capabilities are another matter!

Unless he uses a magical artifact... but a level four magical artifact? He's not that shameless! Besides, even if he uses a magic weapon, his raw strength is still inferior to Captain Qi's.

"Let me think!" Li Kang paced back and forth. At present, the best option was for him to explain the situation directly to the brigade, then have the brigade send experts, and finally capture the enemy directly according to what Chu Zhu said.

But the key question is, where is the evidence?
Li Kang's brows furrowed even more deeply. He couldn't persuade Chu Zhu, whose source of information was clearly unknown, because he couldn't reveal her identity!

“You don’t need to worry so much.” Chu Zhu glanced at Li Kang. “Zhang Hai’s side also knows about this! Unlike you, he can’t bring in a group of people.”

"!!!" Li Kang's face darkened. He looked at Chu Zhu, his lips moved a few times, as if he wanted to say something, but all the words got stuck in his throat.

“I know you and he don’t get along! But, given the current situation, you’d better cooperate with him in many ways!” Chu Zhu said slowly. “I’ve been good to you, haven’t I? I only told him that something would happen at the church! I didn’t say that the real culprit might be at the crane tower! You can use this to do him a favor…”

"Come on, you're just doing me a favor, aren't you? You must have figured out that I'd tell him it was you who said it, so that would be like doing me a favor... Okay, okay, I won't say it anymore!" Li Kang quickly raised his hands to beg for mercy after noticing Chu Zhu's death stare.

Immediately, he ran his fingers through his hair in frustration and said with a wry smile, "I'll go hand in the intelligence right now and apply for a level three forbidden artifact as a backup! Then I'll go find that old charlatan..."

Li Kang's expression twisted slightly, then he stared at Chu Zhu with some suspicion. "You wouldn't be trying to mediate the conflict between him and me, so... never mind! Thank you anyway."

Watching Li Kang's hurried departure, Chu Zhu suddenly remembered something and added, "Don't contact Haiyun! Don't tell him the inside story."

"?" Li Kang turned to look at Chu Zhu. Although he was a little confused, he still nodded.

The special operations brigade office was once again empty.

"Now, there shouldn't be any problems, right?" Chu Zhu closed her eyes slightly, reviewing the situation in her mind.

The reason he brought this up was because he suddenly realized something.

That is, Haiyun is also a suspect!

Because, according to his previous observations of the timeline, the Fallen Soul Sword was initially in Haiyun's hands.

Although this might be due to the forbidden weapon, its unspeakable side effects—someone else has to interrupt the surge of pleasure… or perhaps Qi Heng has developed a psychological aversion to the sword and doesn't want to see it in normal times. But regardless—

Haiyun has the authority to access this sword, and it has even been in his possession for a long time... even if Qi Heng may have applied to use this sword.

If you think about it from this perspective, then the situation becomes very interesting!

After reviewing the current situation, Chu Zhu had not seen any actual users of forbidden artifacts before—meaning that Hai Yun's suspicion was no less than Qi Heng's!
No, if it had been Haiyun who made the move! His gains afterward would have been even greater than Qi Heng's!

After all, he could easily pin the blame on Qi Heng, kick the captain out of the game, and then take his place... After all, Qi Heng's background wasn't exactly clean. And if it really was discovered that the forbidden weapon he requested killed Li Kang, who was suspected of obtaining incriminating information about him...

Ha ha!

"But if that's the case, Haiyun should also be a member of the Omnipotent lineage! When did he join?"

Chu Zhu frowned, and could only sigh in the end, "I don't have any information on this... Could it be a newly established organization?"

That's the tricky part about omnipotence!

Because in the four districts of Jinghai City, the All-Powerful faction is not a unified entity. Each All-Powerful faction is relatively independent, developed by a leader similar to Xue Laosan, and they are unaware of each other's activities.

Chu Zhu did indeed have some influence and understanding of the larger omnipotent forces in Jinghai City, including the other two associations.

However, Chu Zhu had no knowledge of newly established, smaller-scale all-powerful groups—unless he now exerted all his efforts to investigate them again!

However, unlike before when you were eleven, twelve, or thirteen and could reset without limit... now that you can only reset seven times a day, the cost-effectiveness of this search is extremely low.

"What a hassle! Never mind, I'll just have to be prepared for anything... It's never a bad thing to have more than I need."

Chu Zhu cleared his mind of the jumbled thoughts. This was a habit he had developed through countless deaths.

Chu Zhu patiently reviewed the situation again, and after confirming that there were no major problems, she rubbed her somewhat stiff cheeks and then began to think about another issue.

(End of this chapter)