"It looks like it'll be hard to sneak in like this..."
Yue Wen watched the teams of personnel, considering how to get past the Supernatural Affairs Bureau's blockade. Although Perfected One Nagiko was not here, the team leaders with Fourth Realm cultivation were not particularly weak by his standards, either.
Once he entered the water, even the Trace-Hiding Art would leave faint ripples. Doing that in front of so many people would be no different from running around naked.
Forcing his way in was even less viable. Quite apart from the fact that he got along well with the bureau's people and did not want to fight them, if a fight really broke out, he could forget about sneaking in. Once things blew up, Perfected One Nagiko would arrive in the blink of an eye.
Ideally, he needed a way to lure these people away.
After some thought, Yue Wen revealed himself from the Trace-Hiding Art, then used the Shapeshifting Art to recreate the bystander's face he had worn when he knocked Lan Zhi and the others unconscious.
Although his Shapeshifting Art could not yet turn him into anything he wanted, he could reuse appearances he had already worked out.
After assuming that face, Yue Wen carefully crept forward through the shadows, then, "as expected," caught a patrolman's attention.
"Who's there?" The Supernatural Affairs Bureau investigator looked over and met Yue Wen's eyes. After freezing for a second, the investigator shouted, "The target's here! It's the man on the wanted notice issued today!"
Hearing the shout, Yue Wen put on a look of "shock and anger," seemingly about to attack the investigator, but soon glanced at the fierce auras rushing over to support the man from behind.
Only then did Yue Wen "reluctantly" abandon his attack, turn, and flee at