"Schiller!!!!" Nick's roar echoed through the office, as though he were about to spew a raging sandstorm from his mouth. The Director of the Divine Spear Bureau beside him also wore a helpless expression.
But Schiller calmly picked at his ear and said, "All right, I never said I wasn't the one who silenced them. Can't you be honest and lenient?"
Nick rolled his eyes in fury.
"What did I say before this whole thing started? What did I say?!! I said you could only participate as a psychologist..."
"I did participate as a psychologist. So now this professional psychologist has some insights. Do you want to hear them?"
Nick's angry expression vanished in an instant, replaced by confusion. He had already discussed it with Zheng Xian. Neither of them thought Schiller could have been behind this, because from what they knew of him, Schiller had better ways to achieve such a goal. If he wanted to conceal the truth, there had been no need to resort to methods like silencing witnesses—unless he had done it deliberately.
Schiller briefly explained the current situation to Nick and Zheng Xian, emphasizing the nature of the mastermind and the mysterious contamination. He also told them without reservation that a superhero might already have been contaminated.
The two of them instantly exploded with anxiety. One look at their expressions told Schiller that this quarter's psychological consultation fees might be raised a little.
Of course, he was not a demon. Schiller soothed their anxiety slightly before saying, "What I can be sure of is that this contamination must spread through some kind of medium. It can't simply occur out of nowhere. And now we've found so many contaminated people and even obtained contaminated corpses. We have enough samples to infer some clues."
Only then did