Zhang Huan's eyes flickered as he listened to Chen Miao's explanation.
He had a strange feeling that Chen Miao had figured out how his ability worked.
That was why, after his first lie, Chen Miao had never knowingly told another lie in front of him.
He couldn't help wondering whether someone had leaked the details of his ability to Chen Miao, or whether Chen Miao had discovered them himself.
Zhang Huan glanced at the people beside him, then dismissed the possibility that someone had leaked his ability.
Only the senior officials at Headquarters knew the full details of his ability, and Chen Miao had no access to people at that level.
Among the other Earthly Fiend Stars of his rank, only a handful who also possessed investigative abilities knew roughly what he could do.
The Earthly Punishment Star, Xia Lin, for instance.
But Xia Lin only had a rough understanding, and besides, he had no reason to tell Chen Miao about any of this.
The only person who might have told Chen Miao was Lei Zhan, but Lei Zhan didn't know what his ability was.
Lei Zhan knew to be careful around him, of course. Most Earthly Fiend Stars at Headquarters shared that understanding when dealing with someone like him.
But clearly, Lei Zhan didn't know the specifics of his ability.
If he had, he wouldn't have let Zhang Huan uncover some of his secrets during their earlier conversation.
So Chen Miao must have figured it out himself!
In all his years doing this work, this was the first time someone under investigation had noticed something unusual so quickly.
It wasn't as though he had never encountered meticulous people who could pick up on something.
But by the time they truly realized something was wrong, Zhang Huan had usually already