"She's still alive."
Somewhat unexpectedly, it wasn't Su Yuqing who answered Feng Ling, but Observer Dou Shuran.
Dou Shuran said, "He Xing Luo's mental state is no longer suitable for her to serve as an Inspector. She'll receive treatment at the Research Institute, and she won't carry out missions again until all her indicators have stabilized."
Feng Ling cared about He Xing Luo's situation because He Xing Luo could no longer be considered human. She was now a Puppet.
From the Supervisor General Bureau's attitude toward He Xing Luo, she could infer how they might treat her in the future.
All Card holders, whether Inspectors or Hunters, were like Schrödinger's Cat, existing in a state between human and nonhuman at every moment. One slip, and they could become Monsters.
Feng Ling said half-jokingly, "I thought Bai Lu turning her into a living Puppet would get her dragged into the Research Institute for experiments."
Dou Shuran did not deny it. She nodded and replied, "Her body is indeed unusual. We tried to repair it, but when she used the Ghost Card's wall-phasing ability, the transplanted artificial fingers couldn't be properly converted into particles. At present, she refuses all repairs and would rather retain her bodily defects."
"Unless the repair material came from He Yue Ning's body." Feng Ling thought for a moment. "But that's impossible now, because that headless Puppet was blasted into ashes in the Tunnel. I was the only one who survived."
Dou Shuran frowned slightly upon hearing this, then exchanged a glance with Zou Kai beside her.
After digesting the Eye of Horus, Feng Ling could see many things she had never noticed before—subtle body movements, fleeting microexpressions. She had not awakened the ability to read minds, but she could indeed glean some information.
For example, from Dou