Your Partner Is-Chu Sheng

The young girl covered her face, her heart filled with terror.

Although Chu Sheng looked about the same age as her, the aura he had revealed earlier had been terrifying beyond measure!

Only then did she remember that one of the requirements for joining the Jingwu Bureau was reaching the Qi Sea Realm.

Being around her age and already in the Qi Sea Realm—ordinary genius was no longer enough to describe him.

The number-one genius at their school was not even qualified to carry this man's shoes.

"I'm asking you a question. I don't want to repeat myself a second time," Chu Sheng said coldly.

"Y-yes..."

The girl came back to her senses and nodded frantically.

Then, from the accounts of the girl and the woman, Chu Sheng roughly learned what had happened.

A month ago, the woman's son's homeroom teacher suddenly called and told her that her son, Cui Hao, had gotten into trouble at school, urging her to come over at once.

By the time the woman arrived, people from the Wind Chasing Hall had already reached the school as well.

They told her that Cui Hao was dead, and that his body had already been sent for an autopsy.

When the woman followed them to the Wind Chasing Hall, she was informed that Cui Hao had died by suicide. Furthermore, due to a staff error, his body had already been sent off for cremation.

By the time the woman finally saw her son, he had already become a jar of ashes...

The woman was no fool. Of course she knew there was something fishy about it, and Cui Hao could never have committed suicide!

But what could an ordinary person like her possibly do?

She wanted to ask the school what had happened, but she was driven away before she could even enter through the gates.

The school even warned her not to make trouble there.

Otherwise, they would have the Wind Chasing Hall arrest her on the grounds of damaging the school's reputation.

That was when the woman thought of the neighbor's daughter—the girl beside her, Wang Qiong.

Wang Qiong attended the same school as Cui Hao.

But she did not know the exact details either. She had only heard that Cui Hao had offended someone at school, and that person's family had considerable influence.

The woman believed her son's death was definitely connected to that person.

Unfortunately, the Wind Chasing Hall would not accept the case at all.

The woman wiped away her tears. "Sir, if I don't seek justice for him, who will? We can't just let him die without a clear cause, can we?"

Chu Sheng did not answer. He merely asked, "What realm is the person Cui Hao offended? Does he have bodyguards? Think carefully before you answer."

As the woman pondered, the girl beside her hurriedly said, "That Chu Yunfei is only at the Opening Meridian Fourth Layer, but I heard he has a Qi Sea Realm bodyguard."

"So you suspect his bodyguard did it?"

"Yes!" The woman finally understood, her eyes brimming with gratitude as she looked at Chu Sheng.

Chu Sheng slowly rose to his feet. "Our Jingwu Bureau accepts this case. Go home and wait for news."

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir..." The woman repeatedly thanked him.

The fearful look had also vanished from the little girl's face. Though she did not know what Chu Sheng meant by "accepting the case,"

seeing her mother's expression, she knew that this big brother before her was a good person.

Even if he did not quite look like one...

As she was leaving, Wang Qiong hesitated, wanting to ask how long it would take.

In a little over a week, it would be the National College Entrance Examination. Chu Yunfei had already been at the Opening Meridian Fourth Layer a month ago; he might have advanced to the Opening Meridian Fifth Layer by now.

If he performed well on the National College Entrance Examination and caught the eye of a top academy, investigating him afterward would be as difficult as climbing to the heavens.

But when she saw Chu Sheng's icy gaze, she remembered the slap from earlier.

In the end, she did not dare ask...

Director's Office.

"As expected of Young Master Chu, so extraordinarily clever. Since a Qi Sea Realm martial artist was involved, we have no choice but to take this case."

Lu Huaimin continued, "The question is, where do you plan to start investigating?"

The main problem now was that Cui Hao's body was gone, and the Wind Chasing Hall had already reached its conclusion.

Trying to investigate further would be fraught with difficulties.

Chu Sheng had already made up his mind on the way here. "The Wind Chasing Hall!"

"The Wind Chasing Hall is under the city lord's jurisdiction. We belong to different systems and keep to our own waters without trespassing. It won't be easy for you to investigate there."

"So?" Chu Sheng replied calmly.

Lu Huaimin froze for a moment, then understood that Chu Sheng intended to use his power to bully others. He could not help giving him a thumbs-up.

"As expected of Young Master Chu. You adapted to your new identity quickly enough. Just don't drag me into the water if you stir up trouble."

"Don't worry. I'll definitely drag you in."

Before long, a rather strange D-rank mission appeared on the Jingwu Bureau app.

Determine the true cause of a high school student's death and apprehend the real culprit.

It was not that the case was especially complicated, but that it was far too simple. This should have been something for the Wind Chasing Hall to handle.

Most surprisingly, the mission came with an additional requirement: applicants had to be bold!

"This is interesting. A tiny case like this requires guts? What, is it haunted or something?"

"Honestly, whose relative is that high school student? A case like this actually needs our Jingwu Bureau to step in?"

"And it's even a D-rank mission. This is practically a free hundred merit points..."

"It even wants bold people? I'd like to see just how terrifying this mission is!"

Gao Qiang had one defining trait: he did not believe in evil omens, and he had plenty of nerve.

He firmly believed that the greater the waves, the more valuable the fish.

With a mission this strange, others might carefully consider whether there was some trap hidden within it.

But he would not!

**Ding!**

You have successfully registered for this mission.

Your partner is—Chu Sheng.

Gao Qiang was dumbfounded when he saw the notification. "Young Master Chu?"

Who in the entire Jingwu Bureau did not know that Chu Sheng had ties to the Long Family of Dongyun Province?

Once he saw that he would be going on the mission with Chu Sheng, all his worries vanished.

With someone so well-connected joining him on the mission, what danger could there possibly be?

Outside the Jingwu Bureau, the two met up.

By now, Gao Qiang had also gone through the mission details.

"Young Master Chu, are we going to No. 1 High School to learn more about the situation?"

In his view, going to the school was the best option.

"No rush. We'll go to the Wind Chasing Hall first."

"Where?" Gao Qiang blanked out.

Chu Sheng did not answer, merely sweeping his gaze over him.

Only then did Gao Qiang belatedly cry out, "The Wind Chasing Hall???"

"Is there a problem?"

"N-no... Young Master Chu truly has divine powers..."

Gao Qiang thought Chu Sheng had already found someone to smooth over their relationship with the Wind Chasing Hall.

Little did he know, he had only guessed half right.

Chu Sheng did indeed intend to open up relations with the Wind Chasing Hall—by beating them open, in the literal sense.

Wind Chasing Hall, third-floor director's office.

Upon hearing his subordinate's report, Xie Lian calmly took a sip of tea.

"She truly is a country woman who has never seen the world. She could not even recognize the real master, yet she tried to block the road and cry injustice."

The agent under him continued, "Someone saw that woman enter the Jingwu Bureau, where she stayed for more than twenty minutes."

"It doesn't matter. Even if the Jingwu Bureau wants to interfere, they have no grounds to do so."

Just then,

Xie Lian's confidant, Sun Ming, came to report.

"Director, two Bronze Patrol officers from the Jingwu Bureau have arrived. They say they are here to investigate a case."

"..."

Xie Lian had not expected to be slapped in the face the instant his words left his mouth.

Unable to save face, anger surged within him as he snapped,

"Two mere Bronze Patrol officers? Send them away! If they have anything to say, tell their director to take it up with the city lord!"