I have traveled between the future and the past countless times

Shen Lingxue could not help revising her opinion of Fang Xiu. Could he be one of those people who seemed cold but had a warm heart?

Did his icy face conceal a sincere heart that shone for humanity?

After a brief silence, Shen Lingxue asked several more questions, and Fang Xiu answered them truthfully.

Then Shen Lingxue was completely stunned.

What angel had descended to earth to ease humanity's suffering? If the Spirituality Lie Detector was working correctly, Fang Xiu was practically humanity's guardian angel.

She could not find anyone as upright and kind as him among all the Spirit Tamers.

"One last question. Can you really predict the future?"

Fang Xiu gazed calmly at Shen Lingxue and said evenly, "I have traveled between the future and the past countless times, witnessed death and rebirth, and experienced infinite possibilities. To me, the future is merely a toy I can observe and alter at will."

Shen Lingxue glanced at the Spirituality Lie Detector, which showed no reaction. Deep down, she already believed him.

Still, she could not help grumbling to herself. I asked whether you could predict the future. Couldn't you just give me a straight answer? Did you have to show off?

After that inward complaint, Shen Lingxue put away the lie detector and stood up. Something about her attitude seemed to have changed.

If she had been cold before, she was distant now.

It was as though she no longer wanted to stand anywhere near Fang Xiu.

That was human nature. When people discovered someone more selfless and kind than themselves, they assumed that person was a hypocrite putting on an act.

But once they realized it was no act, they instinctively distanced themselves from someone who radiated such light. That light exposed the darkness they kept hidden within themselves.

That was exactly how Shen Lingxue felt now. At first, she had been deeply displeased by Fang Xiu's cold, self-important attitude. Yet after the test, she had discovered that he was an extraordinarily upright and kind person.

If she disliked such a good man, didn't that make her the one with poor character?

Her pride would not allow her to switch from disdain to deference, so she instinctively rejected him and wanted to keep her distance.

"You passed the test. Come with me to see Director Wang." With those words, Shen Lingxue turned and walked away.

Soon, the two arrived at Wang Dehai's office.

Shen Lingxue placed the test report in front of Wang Dehai.

"He passed the test."

Wang Dehai took the report, looked Fang Xiu up and down, and smiled. "Fang Xiu, correct? Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Wang Dehai, and I'm currently the director of the Green Vine City Investigation Bureau. Please, have a seat."

He picked up the report and began leafing through it while making some tentative small talk.

But Wang Dehai had barely uttered a single word before he seemed to freeze.

"You..."

His eyes widened as he stared at the report in disbelief.

He even took out his glasses and read it twice more, but he still could not believe it.

The report was simply too perfect. Never mind a Spirit Tamer-even an ordinary person whose mind had never been corrupted could not have given such flawless answers.

He instinctively looked at Shen Lingxue, seemingly asking her a question with his eyes.

Shen Lingxue nodded expressionlessly.

Suppressing his shock, Wang Dehai took a deep breath. "Mr. Fang, based on this report alone, I would want to invite you to join the Investigation Bureau even if your ability weren't Future Prediction."

"There's no rush. We can discuss it after the lottery results are announced," Fang Xiu said calmly.

He had no intention of joining the Investigation Bureau now. That would be pointless. He wanted to join as someone who could predict the future, so he could demand an appropriate price.

At that moment, Shen Lingxue suddenly said, "Director Wang, I just used the Spirituality Lie Detector to ask Fang Xiu whether his ability was Future Prediction."

Wang Dehai immediately focused. "What was the result?"

"He passed the test."

At her confirmation, Wang Dehai's pupils contracted slightly. But he did not immediately believe it, because he knew the Spirituality Lie Detector was not infallible.

It could indeed detect lies. Whenever someone's thoughts differed from what they said, the Spirituality Lie Detector would sound an alarm. But if someone had been hypnotized and genuinely believed they could predict the future, the Spirituality Lie Detector would judge their words to be true.

That was precisely why Wang Dehai remained doubtful.

The two then began chatting. Although the report was flawless, as the director of the Investigation Bureau, Wang Dehai naturally had his own methods for judging people.

Fang Xiu found this small talk deeply irritating. To him, it was a waste of time. All he wanted now was to grow stronger and make every Ghost in the world feel pain.

Fortunately, they had not been chatting long when the office door banged open.

A young man in a work uniform rushed inside.

Wang Dehai immediately frowned. "How many times have I told you not to be so rash? If you keep acting like this..."

Before he could finish, the young man cut him off. "Director Wang, something terrible has happened! The deputy captain... he's dead!"

"What?!" Wang Dehai shot up from his office chair, his face filled with shock.

"How could he be dead? Bai Qi wasn't just our Investigation Bureau's strongest fighter. He was the number one Spirit Tamer in all of Green Vine City! Impossible! Quickly, tell me exactly what happened!"

The news of Deputy Captain Bai Qi's death left Wang Dehai utterly shaken. Bai Qi was his trump card. If that trump card fell, Green Vine City would descend into complete chaos.

"Captain Yang and Deputy Captain Bai were both searching for the Head Ghost, but they were working separately. In the end, Deputy Captain Bai found the Head Ghost first, in an unfinished building on the outskirts of Qingbei Town.

"After finding the Head Ghost, Deputy Captain Bai didn't inform Captain Yang. He fought it alone. With his strength, dealing with the Head Ghost should have been easy, but no one expected another Ghost to be hiding in that unfinished building on the outskirts of Qingbei Town. That Ghost launched a sneak attack, so Deputy Captain Bai..." The young man's face paled as he spoke.

"What? There was another Ghost?!" Wang Dehai flew into a thunderous rage. He grabbed a folder from his desk and hurled it at the young man.

"What the hell is your intelligence department doing? Why didn't you know beforehand that another Ghost was hiding in Qingbei Town?"

The young man was so frightened that he nearly cried. "D-Director Wang, the intelligence department really did inspect Qingbei Town during the citywide sweep. We genuinely didn't find that Ghost at the time. It was as though it appeared out of thin air afterward!"

Wang Dehai drew in a sharp breath and forced down his anger. "Where's Yang Ming?"

As the director of the Investigation Bureau, he knew perfectly well that he could not let anger cloud his judgment now. Although the two Ghosts had ambushed Bai Qi, their ability to kill him meant their strength was far from ordinary. Without a proper response, all of Qingbei Town might be slaughtered, and even the urban districts of Green Vine City could suffer the same fate.

"After learning what happened, Captain Yang set off for Qingbei Town. He's on his way now."

"Get the car ready! Hurry! Every investigator who isn't out on a mission is to head to Qingbei Town immediately! And call the heads of all the independent Spirit Tamer organizations. Tell them to send people to Qingbei Town. As long as they can resolve this Ghost incident, the Investigation Bureau is willing to offer three thousand Spirit Coins and ten sticks of Spirit Incense as payment!" Wang Dehai shouted, almost roaring.