Opening the Main Quest

Zhang Yuanqing took the phone and carefully read through the files, including but not limited to the autopsy reports, crime scene investigations, statements from the victims' neighbors, road surveillance footage, and more.

Second by second, time passed. Zhang Yuanqing read with focused concentration while Cao Qianxiu remained quietly silent.

Half an hour later, Zhang Yuanqing's brows had drawn tighter and tighter, his expression growing increasingly grave.

At last, he set down the phone and shook his head. "Looks like your Anti-Black-and-White Alliance doesn't have any Saint-stage Scouts."

"How did you know?" Cao Qianxiu cleared her throat. "Just tell me your conclusion."

Zhang Yuanqing said in a deep voice:

"The fact that the Anti-Black-and-White Alliance provided these files means the higher-ups paid attention to this serial murder case. Was their assessment that the killer is a Transcendent Stage Night Wanderer, no higher than Level 3, and that he murdered people to refine corpses? That he is Chinese and knows Heaven's Punishment turns a blind eye to matters in Chinatown, so he specifically hunts his fellow countrymen?

"If I can deduce when and where the killer will strike next, then the task of apprehending him will be handed to us, right?"

A flicker of surprise passed through Cao Qianxiu's eyes. She then nodded, her expression approving. "You really are a Scout. Your deductions weren't off by a bit."

The team leader, "Self-Improvement," had indeed assigned her the task of capturing the killer. According to the Anti-Black-and-White Alliance's analysis, the killer should be Level 2. A peak Level 2 Lightning Mage, Cao Qianxiu, plus a Level 2 Scout would be fully capable of taking him down. To be safe, they would at most send another Level 2 Wind Mage to provide backup.

Therefore, as long as Zhang Qingyang deduced the general area where