Deep inside the Special Operations Bureau building, in the spacious director's office, Yu Sheng pushed open the door and walked in. "Good, you're free—and I happen to have quite a few things I want to ask you about."
Sitting behind her desk, Baili Qing had clearly long since grown used to Yu Sheng barging in without knocking. She didn't even move, merely looking up as he found a chair in the room, carried it over, and sat down across from her desk. Only after a while did she speak. "What do you want to ask?"
Yu Sheng settled into the chair and was just about to speak when he seemed to notice something. He looked over Baili Qing's desk. "You got a new desk?"
Baili Qing's tone was faintly strange. "...Is that one of the questions?"
"Uh, no, that doesn't count. Just asking casually." Yu Sheng cleared his throat twice, then organized his thoughts. After sorting through the many things he had experienced recently, he spoke. "The 'Omen Goddess.' I want to know whether the Special Operations Bureau has any records on that name—or any information related to the word 'omen.'"
Almost the instant he finished speaking, Baili Qing shook her head. "No."
"...You're that sure?" Yu Sheng was a little surprised. "Aren't you going to check?"
"I already checked before you came." Baili Qing spoke calmly. "I'm in contact with True Spirit Yuanling, so I know a little about what happened in the Feather Star Domain as well. You came to ask about that doll called 'Eileen,' didn't you?"
"Fine. That saves me the trouble of explaining everything." Yu Sheng sighed and leaned back in his chair. "Now it's not just Eileen's problem. There also seems to be something wrong with my house..."
The moment he finished speaking, he