Liu Zhen?
Which Liu Zhen?
It couldn't be—Brother Liu from the Special Management Department, could it?
Bai Zhou was dumbfounded.
But the situation was urgent, leaving him no time to think.
He put away the [Peering into the Ruins Realm Experiment Report—Research on Its Seized and Deciphered Contents] and the unopened [Caged Bird Observation Log], then vanished from the spot.
The pile of wastepaper looked completely undisturbed. The office appeared as though nothing had happened and no one had ever entered.
Click—
The office door opened. The secretary held it open for the visitors as Luo Jiu and Deputy Director Liu, his face cold, walked in side by side.
Only then did Bai Zhou notice that Deputy Director Liu's figure seemed both familiar and unfamiliar.
The familiarity naturally came from his build and facial features. No matter how Bai Zhou looked at him, he was Deputy Director Liu from the Bureau of Anomalous Investigation, the man who had shot down the arrogant principal in a suit the moment he appeared.
He was also the one who had indirectly caused the principal to escape his shell like a cicada and pass the Lord of Minor Secret Realm's identity on to Bai Zhou.
He was someone Bai Zhou could not forget!
Bai Zhou clearly remembered the man's appearance and had long marked him as someone not to be provoked. Yet Deputy Director Liu's face was now terrifyingly pale, like that of a dead man made up with white powder.
Even his lips were utterly bloodless, bluish-purple in color. His temples were deeply sunken, and his life aura was so weak it was a mess.
Looking gaunt and drained of blood and vitality, he seemed more than a decade older than when Bai Zhou had last seen him. He no longer possessed even