Many things happened in the dead of night, but to most people, it was nothing more than a dream.
The wanted notice issued in the middle of the night did not cause much of a stir at the time. Once dawn arrived, however, the situation would naturally be entirely different—but this gave Liu Jinghe and Captain Mei Xue a very advantageous window of time.
Infinite City, Tian Shi's detective agency.
The agency that had been attacked earlier was now reduced to roughly half its former state. It had been severed layer by layer, leaving almost nowhere to hide—but there were still some usable areas.
Perhaps because it had only just been attacked, the place had not yet been occupied by the city's vagrants... After a while, that might not remain the case.
Mei Xue did not know why she had chosen this place. She only wanted somewhere to hide temporarily, and this was the first place that came to mind.
Both of them had suffered injuries of varying severity, but fortunately, their Storage Items contained medicine and tools for treating wounds.
After briefly cleaning themselves up, Captain Mei Xue could not help darkening her expression as she faced Liu Jinghe once again.
"Are you sure you want to know more?" Liu Jinghe asked calmly. "Even if knowing more means you'll never be able to recover?"
"You think they'll still listen to my explanation?" Mei Xue sneered.
Liu Jinghe fell silent for a moment. He was someone who served beside Iron Rakshasa and understood the mayor's way of doing things very well... In fact, he had personally carried out similar tasks many times in the past.
After finding paper and a pen in the agency, Liu Jinghe recreated the drawing of Chenghuang on the paper... His phone had contained a photograph,