From the moment the Patrol Hall staff handed out paper and brushes to the moment the Little Bad King finished his "One-Day Duty Record," only half an incense stick's worth of time had passed. But he did not want to stand out too much, so rather than be the first to hand it in, he carefully checked it over several times.
Why was he so composed about this internal investigation?
The truth was exactly what Li Xiaopang had imagined: he had been waiting days for this and had long foreseen that the Patrol Hall would launch an internal investigation. They had too few clues, leaving them no room to expand or dig deeper into the case through covert inquiries. But the pool of possible moles had already been narrowed down: it had to be one of the Heavenly Prison's guards. So using an internal investigation to bluff someone into revealing something was their only route to new information and leads. Sooner or later, they had to take this step.
There were, however, many ways to conduct an internal investigation. They might question someone individually, or question a group; they might solicit anonymous reports. Of course, making every guard submit an account of his activities was another method. But these methods and the investigative logic behind them were all broadly similar to Blue Star's systematic modern criminal investigation techniques.
Though the Little Bad King did not know which method the Patrol Hall would ultimately choose, he had anticipated this development and already worked out what sort of "statement" to give.
Every rescue preparation, action, and step he had carried out on the day of the incident had been done on the assumption that "I am already a suspect and am being interrogated." That mental assumption ensured that every move and action