Freeing My Hands, I Stumbled Upon an Unexpected Discovery

I'd only meant to slack off for a bit, but I hadn't expected to make an unexpected discovery.

Just as I'd said while chatting with Su Gao, infamy was a redundant, useless, yet quantifiable concept—so distinctive that it was like adding an attribute out of thin air.

Now it seemed this artificial attribute wasn't meaningless after all. It had even caused something like a contamination effect, resulting in the Kamakura Family being wiped out by the very thing they'd prayed to.

The supernatural world was even more chaotic and dangerous than I'd imagined.

I also had to admit that the mission criteria were pretty lenient. The moment the thought crossed my mind, the mission was completed. It hadn't required me to verify it further.

Come to think of it, if I failed this sort of research mission later on, would starting over let me skip the first step entirely?

As expected of a Level 3 item. It practically reeked of hand-holding!

At the same time, though, the information it revealed was astonishing.

There was no doubt that An Jing Shizhi had masterminded this, but the Native Council might well have been involved behind the scenes.

Could it really be as I'd suspected—that the Native Council was helping An Jing Shizhi deal with Hidden Danger?

I couldn't be completely sure yet, but in any case, one shouldn't get addicted to either television or studying.

Kamakura Shinji was a case in point.

Fu Qian let out a long sigh, as if he'd come to some realization.

"How's it going?"

As he mused, someone noticed the commotion.

Kamakura Mi and the others soon came over, their expressions somewhat heavy.

Fu Qian had come out far too quickly. They probably thought Kamakura Shinji was already beyond saving.

"It's fine now. He just needs a