Big Shot (Part 2)

Octopus's end was in an uproar, voices clamoring everywhere. "I'm over in the Preparation Zone. There seems to be that guy's scent here. I mean, the smell of flowers and plants from the club after they've been burned and processed."

"Is that so?" Ronan naturally remembered this detail, which he had discovered first. It was also why they suspected the target was a Pharmacist.

He first locked onto Octopus's location with his mind, then enabled communication sharing so Zhang Yingying, Bamboo Pole, and the others could receive it as well. By then, Octopus had analyzed things further. "He must have stayed here for quite a while. I mean, in a prop room next to the Preparation Zone. But he's already left now..."

Ronan's mental perception gathered over there. Unable to make sense of it for the moment, he asked again, "Can you trace his movements from the smell? Which way did he run?"

"Strangely, no."

Over there, ignoring the subtle looks from the performers preparing to go onstage and the backstage staff, Octopus circled around inside and outside the door, then crouched down to sniff along the ground. In the end, he shook his head. "The scent has no direction. But the closest route from the club to backstage would definitely be that passageway. Yet I didn't notice anything when I came through. Only here backstage did he leave traces again."

"What does that mean?"

"It means this guy has very strong control over the ingredients in his drugs. He may possess Extraordinary Power in this area. When not in use, he completely contains it; when needed, he releases it... The Association has records of this type." Zhang Yingying picked up the thread.

Bamboo Pole followed up as well. "If he left traces, that means he's already acted. Has anyone